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Running Head: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GUN CONTROL LAW AND HOMICIDE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GUN CONTROL LAW AND HOMICIDE
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GUN CONTROL LAW AND HOMICIDE
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Gun control laws are the regulation and rules that govern the manufacturing process,
sales and transfer from one person to another, possession use and modification of the firearms
by the member of the public. While homicide is the act of taking the life of another person,
ownership of gun by the civilians need to be subject to specific restriction to ensure that the
firearms are with responsible people (Spitzer, 2009). This essay discusses in details the
relationship between the gun control law and the homicides rates in human being.
A review done by the united nation in the year 1998 indicates that the cases of
homicides reduced gradually after the introduction of the gun control law by the government.
The act of government ensuring that guns do not fall in the hands of criminals and disarming
criminals plays a vital role in reducing the numbers of reported cases of homicides. Public
disarmament is by governments purchasing banned weapons from the civic owners (Spitzer,
2009). Age restriction by the gun control laws on the possession of guns ensures that only
adults who can make a clear decision on the usage of a firearm, unlike children who are capable
of using the weapons in an immoral approach.
When the gun control laws fail to regulate the number and possession of the gun by
unauthorised people the cases of homicide increases in society. It is evident that availability
and ownership of gun across high-incomes countries increase the risk factors of homicide
cases. Research by the Harvard injury control canter points out that if the society owns a firearm
in large numbers, the instances of people taking a life of other people will increase in large
quantities (Malcolm, 2009). Homicides happen because the nation views guns as superior and
always available for use by the evil people in the community.as compared to other kinds of
weapons. Possession of firearms by weak and unskilled assaulters possess a significant threat
to the civilians.
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Failure to regulate the rate of gun manufacturing in a country will result in more
reported cases of homicides especially in the high-income countries like the United States of
America. There are no available data records on the number of guns distributed to the civilians,
which makes it hard for the government to trace or even to monitor the usage of these firearms
(Malcolm, 2009). There are high cases that the government bodies that deals with the
manufacturing and licensing of the guns are responsible for the increased number of local
homicide cases experiences in our society.
Regulation of Gun control law can also increase the rate of homicides incidents when
the control units impose so many restrictions on the acquisition of gun by the civilians the more
the emergence of the black markets (Brookman, Maguire, & Maguire, 2017). Black markets
manufactures and sales firearms to the public with no regulation this leads to increased
incidence of weapons landing in the wrong hands. Difficulties in tracking and monitoring the
uses of weapons are the primary issue associated with the black markets manufacturing and
selling guns to the civilians. Gun control laws and regulation lead to both reduction and
increasing cases of homicides; however positive changes outweighs negatives impacts and
therefore it very relevant government to introduce and put more emphasis on these laws (Lott,
2003). Gun laws will play an essential role in organising the occurrences of homicides cases in
society. Disarming the public and offering public education to people are the possible ways to
reduce the high instances of homicides in our community.
The following are academic Empirical journal articles related to the relationship
between gun control law and homicide cases research question. Aggression and Violent
behaviour represents empirical research that investigates homicides victimisation caused by
gun availability. Federal reports done in the United States Americas states that the rate of a
reported case of homicides cases is high in the urban areas as compared those in rural areas
(Henigan, 2...