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

Part IIntroductionThe issue of throttle valve sway and violence, both in Canada and the linked States,is hotshot that simply will not go away. If history is to be any guide, no matterwhat the resolution to the gunslinger control debate is, it is probable that thearguments pro and con will be much the same as they always have been. In 1977,legislation was passed by the Canadian Parliament regulating unyielding guns for thefirst time, restructuring the availability of firearms, and increasing a varietyof penalties . Canadian firearms law is primarily federal, 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 argon often defeated.The importance of this issue is that not all northwestward Americans are necessarilysupportive of strict gun control as being a feasible alternative to controllingurban violence. There are concerns with the opponents of gun co ntrol, 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 justifiedly 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 wallpaper which looked at gun control and firearms violence in North America,Robert J. Mundt, of the University of North Carolina, points out that Crime inAmerica is popularly perceived in Canada as something to be expected in asociety which has less respect for the rule of law than does Canadiansociety...In 1977, the Canadian government took the initiative to legislate stricter guncontrol. Among the provisions legislated by the Cana dian government was aFirearms Acquisition Certificate for the purchase of any firearm, andstrengthened the registration requirements for handguns and other restrictedweapons... .The purpose of the 1977 leglislation was to visit the availability offirearms, on the assumption that there is a positive relationship betweenavailability and use. In Robert J. Mundts study, when compared with the UnitedStates, trends in Canada over the past times ten years in various types of violentcrime, suicide, and accidental death show no dramatic results, and fewsuggestions of perceptible effects of the 1977 Canadian gun control legislation.The only positive effect, Mundt, found in the study was the decrease in the use