Assault weapons should be banned.

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Recent incidences of mass shooting in most parts of the nation have necessitated the need to revisit and amend gun laws with the sole intention of banning the sale, ownership, and use of assault rifles.
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Brennan, Pauline Gasdow, Alan J. Lizotte, and David McDowall. “Guns, Southernness, and gun control.” Journal of Quantitative Criminology 9.3 (1993): 289-307.
Different regions in the US will have diverging opinions and viewpoints regarding the decision to ban the use of assault weapons. This can be attributed to existing cultural factors which are precise and peculiar to a given locality or state. Brennan and his two colleagues set out to explain why the level of strictness or leniency when discussing gun control differs from one region to another. However, their study precisely focuses on the southern side of the country since the majority of those who oppose the initiative to ban the use of assault weapons reside there. This can be proved by the quote, “Southerners, in general, were the most opposed to permits and handgun bans” (Brennan, Lizotte and McDowall 290). This article will be resourceful in identifying why the bill on gun control is yet to be enacted into law. The most apparent and obvious reason would be probably because the majority of the southern states have refused to back the move to have gun control laws implemented all over the nation.
Cohen, Philip. “American tales of guns and ignorance.

” New Scientist 184.2479-2480 (2004): 4-5.
In his article, Cohen argues that the US has created a brooding ground for gun violence because “gun ownership laws and strategies for firearms education are based on poorly gathered or incomplete data and badly designed trials” (Cohen 4). While this may sound very judgmental and conclusive, there is adequate proof of laxity from both the state and federal governments to address the issue of gun ownership. The US National Academy of Sciences is mandated with the role of assessing the relationship between gun culture and the ongoing incidences of a mass shooting and gun violence. Cohen’s research shows that the critical intervention policies dictating the law on gun ownership are based on the generalized and scantily gathered information. Some of the incidences involving h gun violence are not broadcasted in the media to reduce public outcry. The US government will limit what its media shares with the International community regarding the state of the nation as far as the debate on gun ownership is concerned. In order to bring to a culmination the recent wave of the campaign on banning the possession and use of assault weapons, the US government needs to unearth some of the secrets which have been kept out of reach from the public limelight.
Esposito, Luigi, and Laura L. Finley. “Beyond gun control: Examining neoliberalism, pro-gun politics and gun violence in the United States.” Theory in Action 7.2 (2014): 74.
The campaign to pass a bill that will be crucial in imposing very stringent restrictions regarding the ownership of guns has been ongoing for a long time now. What is more devastating is the fact that despite such repetitive campaigns, the current culture which Esposito and Finley term as Neoliberalism gives pro-gun supporters an opportunity to continue with their hideous acts. This can only be compared to turning a blind eye to the same laws that the country should be revisiting. The quest to control the use and ownership of guns is now a national debate, and therefore no one can claim that the campaign is new to them. Research shows that since the 1980s, the US market ideologies and other cultural factors may have supported and facilitated the rise of pro-gun politics. In a nutshell, “efforts to minimize gun violence must move beyond the issue of gun control and focus on challenging the neoliberal ideological forces and social structures that, among other things, erode social bonds, encourage hyper-individualism, and normalize the survival of the fittest ethic” (Esposito and Finley 74). On some occasions, the government is to blame for its laxity in addressing such issues. It is worth noting that President Donald Trump did not mention anything about gun laws in the recent incidence of the mass shooting at a Florida school which led to the death of 17 persons while 15 others were left wounded.
Koper, Christopher S., and Jeffrey A. Roth. “The impact of the 1994 federal assault weapons ban on gun markets: An assessment of short-term primary and secondary market effects.” Journal of quantitative criminology 18.3 (2002): 239-266.
The gun market fraternity which involves producers, wholesalers, retailers and the consumers, are a crucial part of the debate regarding gun control. All persons need to face up to facts with the datum that some of the producers, wholesalers, and retailers of firearms entirely depends on the gun selling merchandise as their only source of survival. The 1994 move by the federal government to limit and restrict the production of certain types of firearms was worthy, but its effects were short term. Koper and Roth’s article sets out to assess the impact of the ban on the production, sale, and ownership of a couple of firearms which were precisely reserved for the military. Research showed that the illegal sale of these assault weapons was still ongoing, but all this was happening on a low key. However, “a surge in assault weapon production just before the ban caused prices to fall in the months following the ban” (Koper and Roth 241). This instills fears on whether the ongoing move to ban the sale and ownership of guns will be successful. The success of this initiative depends on the collaboration of all parties and placing very stringent policies.
Krouse, William J. Gun control legislation. DIANE Publishing, 2012.
The legislators are the most influential individuals when it comes to drafting laws regarding gun control. Previously, the Congress has failed to implement bills which many people would be a significant turning point in the history of the US. The question, in this case, remains, how many more people have to lose their lives so that the gun control law can be enacted. Koper and Roth’s article sets out to examine why the 111th and the 112th congress failed to push for gun control despite there being compelling and adequate evidence to advance the agenda for approval. A typical example is where “on November 16, 2011, the House passed a bill (H.R. 822) that would establish a greater degree of reciprocity between states that issue concealed carry permits for handguns to civilians than currently exists under state law” (Krouse 24). The outcomes of the entire initiative were subject to the verdict of the US supreme court regarding the gun ownership and control. This is evident proof that the criminal justice section and precisely the courts, in this case, have an impact in dictating why there should be gun control laws. At times, legislators shun from discussing the real problems that face the nation and instead goes ahead to blame such incidences on the mental in-capacitance of the shooter and other vague reasons.
Moorhouse, John C., and Brent Wanner. “Does gun control reduce crime or does crime increase gun control.” Cato J. 26 (2006): 103.
On regular occasions, the move to control the sale, ownership, and use of firearms helps deter crime, but it seems the converse is true in the contemporary world. John and Brent’s article raises the question of whether the government has to wait till the situation gets out of hand so that they can start acting. There is compelling evidence proving that “gun control laws reduce the incidence of violent crimes by reducing the prevalence of firearms” (John and Brent 103). The debate advocating for the banning of assault weapons has been ongoing for a long time now. However, the move to address this threat only resurfaces once there is a recent incident involving the death of a couple of individuals. It is at that time that congressmen and women will issue condolence notes and promises to revisit the gun control laws once they converge. All stakeholders should unite in the course to push for the enactment of the gun bills into statutes instead of speedily hurrying to impose gun laws once a crime has already escalated.