SOC 4010 Chapter : SOC 4010 Reading Rounding up the Guns

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 4010
• Professor: Norman Dubeski

Document Summary

Rounding up the guns national review online. tuscan shooter jared lee loughner wasn t marked a prohibited possessor when he bought his gun lott isn t outraged, its impossible to flag everyone who might possibly become a criminal. He wsant a convicted criminal, just had an arrest record, was never involuntarily committed. Even if he was deterred he still would have found one. Background checks do nothing to prevent those with intent, no academic studies have found that they reduce violent crime. Useful for enclosed spaces, moves slower so safer for those outside the home. banning guns from civic events would be ineffective, it would only ban spontaneous contact that congressman feel is important. federal assault-weapons ban: when it expired people expected a massive violent crime wave, every category of violent crime has fallen. Those 6 states with the ban remaining saw a smaller drop than those without it.