Website comparison: Pro Gun Control versus Anti Gun Control

http://www.ammoland.com/2011/08/15/gun-control-is-anti-american/

For many Americans and for this website, their stance on the gun control issues are very negative, they believe that “America is defined by its freedoms.” And that Americans have the right “to enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Therefore by having such laws around gun control, is against their right as Americans set out in the Declaration of Independence and the second amendment in the Bill of Rights, prohibiting their freedoms to bear and carry arms. The webpage says that “Gun control uses fear to disarm free people” once again reiterating the fact that they are free, this time drawing on people’s fears of not carrying a gun.

The article goes on to blame the government, saying that we can no longer trust our government and drawing on the Declaration of Independence once again. The fact that the government is “for the people, by the people and made up, of the people it represents” so that by having gun control laws the government fails to represent the people who are pro guns.

The article concludes by “saying Gun control uses fear to control people that don’t have the time to learn.” Once again drawing on fear, and the ideas that those who are pro gun control haven’t taken the time to look in to the positives in bearing arms, and seen the benefits. The articles final line is that “It is and always has been about control. That is not American.” it reiterates the idea of American freedom and lack of it in gun control.

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~zj5j-gttl/guns.htm

For many Americans however they agree with the ideas of gun control and that it is a positive thing. This website sets forth “a case for gun control” and express’s many reasons why we should have laws controlling the use of arms. Like the first website this one draws on the amendments on the Bill of Rights but instead of saying it holds absolutely power it states that it is “important to note that no right is absolute” therefore applying that to bear and carry arms although stated in the bill of rights, is not always the right thing for America today, and there are limitations to everything.

The Article simply states that “The problem with guns is fairly straightforward: they make it easy to kill or injure a person.” This being very true, it goes on to show facts and figures surrounding guns for example “60 percent of all murder victims in the United States in 1989 (about 12,000 people) were killed with firearms.” Here putting a negative view on guns.

The article not only plays on the fact you could kill someone else but also the ideas that having a gun present is more likely to result in suicide.“Residents of homes where a gun is present are 5 times more likely to experience a suicide than residents of homes without guns”

It seeks to offer a response to ideas of self defence by saying that “research has shown that a gun kept in the home is 43 times more likely to kill a member of the household, or friend, than an intruder.” Thus for many times the gun is not used for its purpose and results in the opposite of what it is stated to do, to protect.

The webpage concludes by not proposing to outlaw guns completely, but by offering a “proposal for rational gun control” in which he “would consider a valid compromise” as so many Americans despite information and facts given on guns prefer to Carry and bear arms.