2013년 3월 7일 목요일

Week 3 - Study links gun laws and lower gun morality

        The article is about gun laws experienced a lower overall morality rate from firearms. "States that most laws have a 42% decreased rate of firearms fatalities compared to those with the least laws." said Dr, Eric, professor of Harvard Medical school. Most of the gun laws 40% reduction is related to murders and 37% reduction is related to suicides.
       
       Today in U.S, numerous of citizens are still exposed from firearms. Once, I visited my friend's house to celebrate his birthday. He showed dad's room secretly and showed me a gun. I was culturally shocked at that time, in South Korea it was illegal to carry a gun. In this article mentioned in every states, they have different gun laws. It is difficult to regulate and tough to make a decision.

       Article is related to U.S history because when English and other colonies were established, they needed guns to protect family, house, and lands. It was a proper action to carry guns. If Natives are assaulting settlers' houses then they will fight to survive. Especially for west frontier settlers guns were necessary to them.
     
       Therefore, gun regulation became popular issue and government is trying to regulate guns but it is difficult to control.


By Tom Watkins, CNN
March 7, 2013 -- Updated 0630 GMT (1430 HKT)
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/06/us/guns-laws-mortality/index.html?hpt=us_c2

댓글 5개:

  1. Americans have the right to bear arms. However, the government should carefully regulate them not to abuse the right.

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  2. Yeah I think so too! The guns should be regulated, though.

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  3. Guns need to be out of US. It is too dangerous to have a gun in the street or anywhere. It has to be gone or be too expensive so that no one can buy it.

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  4. I think they have to unite the law or regulation about gun. But I agree with you that it is hard to regulate because U.S. are so big.

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  5. I hope that they get rid of the guns as soon as possible...

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