Gun Control in the United States

Victor H
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Guns in the United States are viewed as a sacred emblem to its independence from Great Britain. Recent mass shootings have reignited the gun-control/rights debate in the US. Gun violence can be described as the use of firearms to cause terror through harm or death to an individual or groups of people. It has claimed many innocent peoples’ lives thus resulting in national tragedies in the U.S. The main issue lies in the ownership and issuances of unlicensed guns. Some argue that in order for the crime rates due to gun violence to decline, the U.S. government needs to directly control the distribution of guns. The 2nd amendment of the U.S. Constitution states that,“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” (U.S. Const. Am. 2). Those who read the Constitution with a loose interpretation believe that gun control is not unconstitutional, however, those who read the Constitution with a strict interpretation believe that gun control would prohibit people from excercising their 2nd amendment right to keep and bear arms. The purpose of this literature review is to explore the scholarship on gun control by examining public opinion polls in the U.S., the ideological divide between advocates for gun control and gun rights, race and racial attitudes, self-interest theory, contemporary mass shootings and the future of gun control.
美国的枪支管制
在美国,枪支被视为脱离英国独立的神圣象征。最近的大规模枪击事件重新点燃了美国枪支管制/权利的辩论。枪支暴力可以被描述为使用火器通过伤害或死亡对个人或群体造成恐怖。它夺走了许多无辜者的生命,给美国带来了全国性的悲剧。主要问题在于无证枪支的持有和发放。一些人主张,为了减少枪支暴力导致的犯罪率,美国政府需要直接控制枪支的流通。美国宪法第二修正案规定:“一支纪律严明的民兵是保障自由州的安全所必需的,人民持有和携带武器的权利不得侵犯”(《美国宪法》第2条)。Am. 2).宽松解读宪法的人认为枪支管制不违宪,而严格解读宪法的人认为枪支管制将禁止人们行使第二修正案规定的持有和携带武器的权利。本文献综述的目的是通过考察美国的民意调查、枪支管制倡导者和枪支权利倡导者之间的意识形态分歧、种族和种族态度、自利理论、当代大规模枪击事件和枪支管制的未来,来探索枪支管制方面的学术研究。
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