Gun Control

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This paper presents many examples of deaths, including by school children, caused by easy access to guns and states that the crimes, accidental deaths and suicides are additional problems created by these guns. The author points out that the U.S. was founded with the use of guns as illustrated by frontier history where guns were the primary tool for defense and law enforcement; therefore, the mindset of Americans is set firmly to accept the presence of guns. The paper stresses that, while enacting tougher gun restrictions will not solve the entire problem, it should be a part of the multi-level approach taken to reduce violence in the society because as long as anyone who wants to buy guns can do so and buy as many as they like as often as they like with virtually no restrictions, there cannot be a meaningful attempt at reducing violence.

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"Other countries do not compare to the United States when gun legislation is compared to crimes using guns. Switzerland is a country where crime is virtually unknown, yet most Swiss males are required by law to keep in their homes what amounts to a portable, personal machine gun. In Israel, the armed forces are similar to those in Switzerland. Israelis keep their military weapons, including army-issue Uzis, in their closets. Yet street crime in Israel is very low by American standards. England has fewer guns and much less crime than the United States, and the police do not even carry guns."

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