Gun Control

Hunter Harwood

Thesis

• The major issues of gun control are idiots with guns, terristic threats, and criminals.

According to John C. Moorhouse and Brent Wanner, Gun control is an umbrella term

covering everything from laws prohibiting the ownership of defined classes of firearms to mandating the inclusion of gun locks with

every firearm sold.

• People say that gun control is good for the world because it will minimize crimes and help in the case of events where death could be prevented.

• Government officals think that by making it a law for guns to have mandatory locks children or people that are not educated on guns and how to handle them will be less likely to use it.

Wilson endorses the conclusion that existing evidence allows no confident assessment on whether permitting law-abiding citizens to

carry concealed weapons in public increases crime or instead decreases it. (Public Opinion

Quarterly, 71(2), 318-322.)

• He is saying that he thinks no matter what laws are made people are still gonna commit crime and by carrying concealed weapons the level will not change.

After we adjusted for numerous confounding factors, gun possession by urban adults was

associated with a significantly increased risk of being shot in an assault. (American Journal of

Public Health pg. 2037)

• According to the American Journal of Public Health, the risk of people being shot when urban adults carry weapons increases.

Gunshot wounds are the third leading cause of death among Canadians aged 15 to 24.2, according to Canadian Medical Association Journal. p. 389.

According to, Patricia Kunz Howard, knowledge about what parents’ believe and practice

about firearm safety in the home is an essential factor in keeping children safe.

No matter what laws are made about guns, protecting children is the responsibility of

their parents and guardians.

One study showed that parents who owned a handgun were 14 times more likely than

individuals who owned a rifle or shotgun to keep the gun unlocked and loaded (Farah &

Simon, 1999).

In summary,

The likely hood of something going wrong is based on people that are careless with their guns and leave them available for children or

people that are uneducated on guns to pick up and use.

Sources

Slide 3: Moorhouse, J. C., & Wanner, B. (2006). DOES GUN CONTROL REDUCE CRIME OR DOES CRIME INCREASE GUN CONTROL?. CATO Journal, 26(1), 103-124.

Slide 6: Kahan, D. M. (2007). Guns, Gun Control, and Elections: The Politics and Policy of Firearms. Public Opinion Quarterly, 71(2), 318-322.

• Slide 8: Branas, C. C., Richmond, T. S., Culhane, D. P., Have, T., & Wiebe, D. J. (2009). Investigating the Link Between Gun Possession and Gun Assault. American Journal Of Public Health, 99(11), 2034-2040.

• Slide 10: (2003, February 18). Reasonable control: gun registration in Canada. CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. p. 389.

• Slide 12: Howard, P. (2005). Parents' beliefs about children and gun safety. Pediatric Nursing, 31(5), 374.

• Slide 13: Kelso, P. D., Miltenberger, R. C., Waters, M. A., Egemo-Heim, K., & Bagne, A. C. (2007). Teaching Skills to Second and Third Grade Children to Prevent Gun Play: A Comparison of Procedures. Education & Treatment Of Children (West Virginia University Press), 29-48.