Gun Control Policy in America with a Global Comparison

S. government needs to directly control the distribution of guns. This has been a difficult issue to overcome because, throughout this country's history, there has been a definite split between liberals and conservatives on the issue of gun laws. American conservatives fully support and enforce our 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, and believe that if guns were available to more people, that gun violence would decrease. On the other hand, liberals would like to see a stricter gun control policy and fewer guns in the country, because they believe it will correlate with less gun violence and mass shootings. An additional reasoning behind the right given to bear arms was to prevent America from needing a standing army. Although it may be hard to think about that being a concern of America in today’s world, in the 18th • Baltzell,​ George W.

Constitution of the United States - We the People. Constitution for the United States - We the People. Accessed April 24, 2018. • Haynes​ V (2016) Gun Control in the United States. J Pol Sci Pub Aff 4:206. doi:10. DOWDING,​ K. HEES, M. Gun Policy: Global Comparisons. Council on Foreign Relations. Accessed April 24, 2018. cfr. org/backgrounder/us-gun-policy-global-comparisons. The history of gun restrictions in the US has maintained a regular pattern. During the early 1900s, several states enacted policies which restricted gun ownership. However, this move was overlooked by the participating states. In 1934, the US Senate implemented the State Firearm Act, which was closely followed by the Federal Gun Act in 1938. During this period, handguns, silencers, and machine guns were all restricted. The law restricts individuals from owning machines such as semi-atomic, and machines guns. Additionally, individuals are not allowed to own guns that are 30 CM long.

Furthermore, UK government only allows its people to freely own shotguns and manually cartridge pistols, this according to Section I of Firearms Act. The policy furthers that for one to qualify to own a firearm, one has to be of age 14 and above and they ought to justify the reasons as why they want to have possession of guns and must, by all means, be clean from criminal activities. Just like in the US, applicants are required by the law to renew their license after a period of five years. Similar to Canada, the legislations put in place in Australia only allows one to own a gun after successfully passing the background examination. To foster the aforenoted, the government developed a program where civilians were allowed to report cases of illegal gun ownership at a price.

This move saw the government collecting around to 600,000 illegal ammunitions. Just like US and Canada, the Australians must justify the need for possessing guns though, it is noted that the government has not fully designed laws that restrict semi-auto guns from mentally unstable people. Outcomes of the current reform of US gun policy The current policies that restrict firearm ownership are with no doubts important, it helps save lives. The aforenoted discussions are characterized by features stipulated in the second Amendment, the right to own guns as well as the responsibility of US government to meet the basic requirements of its citizens. People who support the notion of gun control argues that, unrestricted firearm ownership hampers the routinize role of the government thus raising security concerns. Furthermore, the point of gun ownership is only supported on the grounds of self-defense, and sporting exercises, otherwise they hold that advocating for gun control will help create a conducive and safer community.

On the other hand, the groups which oppose the move by the government towards gun restriction argues that law-abiding citizens can use the guns to apprehend crime and other criminal activities since criminals have easy access to guns thus threatening the ordered lives of the community. Gun politics in the US are hinged on the judicial elucidation of the law.