Gun Control in Canada :: Second Amendment The Right To Bear Arms

Part IIntroductionThe issue of hitman short-changetrol and violence, both in Canada and the unify States,is one that simply go forth non go away. If history is to be any guide, no presswhat the resolution to the throttle accommodate debate is, it is probable that thearguments pro and con leave be much the same as they always declare been. In 1977,legislation was passed by the Canadian Parliament regulating wide guns for thefirst time, restructuring the availability of firearms, and increasing a varietyof penalties . Canadian firearms police force is primarily federal official, and therforenational in scope, while the bulk of the firearms regulation in the UnitedStates is at the state level attempts to introduce stricter leglislation at thefederal level are often defeated.The importance of this issue is that not all North Americans are necessarilysupportive of strict gun control as being a feasible alternative to lordlyurban violence. There are concerns with the opponents of gun control, that theprofessional criminal who wants a gun can obtain one, and leaves the averagelaw-abiding citizen helpless in defending themselves against the perils of urbanlife . Is it our right to bear arms as North Americans ? Or is it privilege? Andwhat are the benefits of having strict gun control laws? Through the analysis ofthe writings and reports of academics and experts of gun control and urbanviolence, it will be possible to examine the issues and theories of the socialimpact of this issue.Part II Review of the Literature A) SummaryIn a paper which looked at gun control and firearms violence in North America,Robert J. Mundt, of the University of North Carolina, points by that Crime inAmerica is popularly perceived in Canada as something to be expected in asociety which has less respect for the reign over of law than does Canadiansociety...In 1977, the Canadian government took the initiative to fade stricter guncontrol. Among the provisions legislated by the Cana dian government was aFirearms encyclopedism Certificate for the purchase of any firearm, andstrengthened the registration requirements for handguns and other confineweapons... .The purpose of the 1977 leglislation was to reduce the availability offirearms, on the assumption that there is a positive relationship betweenavailability and workout. In Robert J. Mundts study, when compared with the UnitedStates, trends in Canada over the past ten years in sundry(a) types of violentcrime, suicide, and accidental death show no dramatic results, and somesuggestions of perceptible effects of the 1977 Canadian gun control legislation.The save positive effect, Mundt, found in the study was the decrease in the use