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Sean Coward

Ms. Douglas

UWRT 1104

3/23/17

Gun Laws: U.S. vs. The World

The issue of gun laws has been spreading rapidly from different cities to states, and to

even other countries. This world has always had issues with violence since the beginning of time.

Now that we have the invention of guns, the problem only gets worse. The United States has

suffered from the invention of guns more than any other country. Ever since the beginning of

artillery use, the U.S. have been involved and have worked to make bigger and stronger

weapons. As the U.S. develops more guns are being exposed to citizens in the community and

are being used for illegal activity. The worlds development has made people more aware and

knowledgeable, but also more violent and its causing the amount of crime to rise higher than its

ever been. Now these countries are looking for a solution to deplete the amount of gun violence.

So, the big question that everyone wants to know is, what do we do?

A big part of the gun issue is that the United States gun laws and regulations arent strong

enough to protect the country. The second amendment allows the right to bear arms but has been

taken a little more vaguely than it should be. According to Heedinggodscall.com over two

million firearms are in the hands of U.S. civilians. Eugene Bardach was one of the writers that

would agree with this outlook. He believed that the government needed to put more energy into

working on gun laws. With a surplus of weapons being in the hands of citizens, it is no doubt

that we will encounter violence. Not only are we encountering several acts of terror but our own

citizens are committing crimes against each other. The United States encounters an act of gun
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violence at least thirty times a day. This is an outrageous number of crimes being committed that

could be resolved by a change in government laws.

The United States government is known for having some of the strongest forms of

legislature in the world. We have the constitution, the articles of confederations, and we the

government is continuing to pass new laws every day. The United States is also the most

developed country and is rapidly changing so it shouldnt be an issue for the government to

enforce people to obey the laws set and to discipline the people that dont. If the law doesnt do

anything to enforce the laws that they make, then nobody is going to follow them.

The U.S. could help decrease the amount of gun violence and casualties if they consider

the laws of other countries and work to limit their gun supply so that citizens wont have the

weapons to commit crimes. Some of these countries are developed. For example, China,

Singapore, and Malaysia dont allow citizens to own firearms, according to Democratic

Underground. With these laws in place their amount of violence and casualties is significantly

lower than other countries. Working to stricken laws does make a difference in some cases but

sometimes the best to solution is to eliminate the item that started the issue. Robert Bruce-Chwatt

writes a lot about the gun laws of different countries. He has written about some of the issues that

European countries have had and what theyve did to fix them. He discusses their laws and the

government act that take place. Chwatt talks about countries like Japan and Britain, who havent

completely taken away weapons but have determined the types of guns people can have and the

quantity they can have. In Britain, the gun laws are so strict that the police arent even allowed to

carry a gun. The only people who can have anything other than a handgun are Britains soldiers.

The United States restricting gun access to military only would be good for the country and

would decrease the amount of deaths each year.

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When other countries produce ideas to help the United States with the gun laws a

difference would be made. The U.S. is such an independent country that I dont believe that they

would change their laws or try to restrict weaponry because it could cause outrage. Most citizens

that own weapons wouldnt be willing to limit their gun supply when there hasnt been any issue

with them before. The U.S. government would have to be very sensitive and lenient with trying

to eliminate gun supply so that there wouldnt be retaliation.

A solution for decreasing casualties in the U.S. by guns would be to tax them so high that

criminals wouldnt be able to purchase them. A lot of the people that purchase guns to illegally

buy them from cheap gun shops or under the counter. If the government were to tax higher on

weaponry, less people would purchase guns and less crimes would be committed. Daniel Webster

is an author that discussed the drug traffic issues in Milwaukee and how it affects the United

States. He would most likely agree with a higher taxation on weapons because it would decrease

the amount of trafficking due to higher resell prices. It wouldnt be possible for them to make

profit unless they sold them for higher than retail or to steal the weapons.

A tax raise would be a much easier solution than decreasing gun supply and restricting

the citizens from getting them. Gun owners most likely wouldnt be as upset with guns costing

more as oppose to their guns being taken away from them. This idea could make it easier for

majority of the weapons to be supplied to our military instead of being in the hands of civilians.

It could also bring in more money for the U.S. so it might help in many ways.

The United States government could improve the issue of gun laws in many different

ways but it starts with legislature looking at laws and determining ways to make a difference.

When the government steps in, they can make the U.S. safer for civilians. There would be less

deaths and less crime if the U.S. worked to make better laws and enforce the consequences that
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come with committing these crimes. The United States has a lot to improve on but the main

focus is to make progress and to make our nation better each day.
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Works Cited

"What Countries Actually Have a Total Gun Ban?" Democratic Underground. Democratic

Underground, 2002. Web. 30 Mar. 2017.

"USA Gun Violence Statistics." USA Gun Violence Statistics. N.p., 2010. Web. 30 Mar. 2017.