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Trying to set a standard, the courts soon rejected all appeals for the ordinance. Both the NRA and the United States congress claim they are working for the well being of Americans. Also both groups realize that each right has responsibilities that must be followed. The problem is determining what that right really is. You may be asking why all the arguing over guns, or what is the problem with guns? Well there have been numerous problems occurring recently. Suicides, murders, rapes, robberies, accidental shootings, and other crimes are quite often results of gun use. .
"Approximately 60 percent of all murder victims in the United States in 1989 (about 12,000 people) were killed with firearms. According to estimates, firearm attacks injured another 70,000 victims, some of whom were left permanently disabled. Also in robberies and assaults, victims are far more likely to die when the perpetrator is armed with a gun than when he or she has another weapon or is unarmed." (Roth) Another problem with guns is suicides. "Residents of homes where a gun is present are 5 times more likely to experience a suicide than residents of homes without guns" (Kellermann Etal. 467-472.). .
As you can begin to see many criminal or deadly circumstances are enhanced by the presence of guns, but what about other weapons? More recent studies on weapons and violent crimes have generally concluded that death was at least twice as likely in gun assaults as in knife assaults. The United States cannot be the only country dealing with the problem of gun control. So how are other countries dealing with guns? Many have banned guns and others have high restrictions on guns. In comparison, Kate's states, " The United States has more homicides per capita than other countries that virtually prohibit gun ownership"(187). Could this be the answer for America? It would be hard to know. .
Another point is that "Europe's low violence rates long preceded the gun bans.
