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Why Should We Ban Handguns in the United States Recently in Michigan a six-year-old brought a handgun to school and shot a classmate and killed her. In 1990 there were 23,438 homicides in the United States, 9,923 due to handguns (418). This was one of the points that Nicholas Dixon brings up in his article, "Why Should We Ban Handguns in the United States". Dixon's argues for the ban of handguns in the United States, with the complete ban outweighing the negative effects. He does not argue for the outright ban of all guns, that is questioning the Second Amendment's right to bear arms. Arguing the complete ban of all guns would be impossible which is why he stays to strictly handguns. Dixon's line of reason is that if we reduce the handgun population, we will reduce the handgun violence, which will lower the numb
That exclusion can represent a large percentage of the violent crimes that take place. Lowering the "pool" of guns I feel that this will not lead to a decrease in the amount of violent crimes in America. The semi-automatic guns that are on the street today are more violent than the handguns that are being discussed. The idea behind the ban is to lower the " overall 'pool' of guns" (422). The handguns were also chosen because they were seen to be the primary cause of the violent crimes in America. This point also goes back to the idea of theft, which might create more household break-ins, increasing violence. The violent crimes that were limited to handguns will then be transferred to crimes using other kinds of guns. Even though criminal offenders would still have guns, the amount available would be significantly decreased. Handguns were chosen to be the gun of choice to be banned because of its easiness to be concealed. had a significantly higher rate of homicide, than all countries included (419). Although that lowering the population of handguns might decrease the number of violent crimes there is no way to know for certain that it will. In an International comparison the U. There are guns that are not considered handguns or "long guns", that can still be concealed. This was attributed to the more lenient laws that are in the U.
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