Gun_Control

Gun Control A Bill to Stop Handgun Violence The rate of crime and violence involving handguns in the United States of America is at an unacceptable level. In 1993, “of the 1.4 million Americans who were victimized by criminals carrying guns and committing crimes such as rape, robbery, and assault, 1.1 million of those incidents (86 percent) involved handguns.”(Spitzer Pg.50). In 1998, firearms were used in 65 percent of homicides, and 52 percent of homicides were committed with a handgun(Source 5). The United States must take action to impose stiffer regulations on the sale of handguns. Regulations such as a waiting period, vigorous background check, as well as mandatory classes on gun safety need to be administered immediately. Furthermore, childproofing needs to be a feature on all handguns, and parents seeking to purchase a handgun should be required to attend additional educational classes. Handguns account for 52 percent of all murders, yet make up only 20 percent of all firearms in this country(Source 7). Handguns are appealing to criminals because they are relatively small and easy to conceal. The United States government needs to lower the amount of violent crime involving handguns. A waiting period must bill, gun, handgun, states, percent, legislation, united, law, handguns, regulations, control, waiting, purchase, process, period, party, one, legislative, crimes, background, never, government, deaths, classes, because, against, violence, safety, nra, mandatory, long, ila, groups, crime, contributions