Sociology

The issue of whether to control gun ownership or not has resulted to heated debate in the level of state, national and global. The paper is an argument in favor of gun control in respect to the three levels and the laws that enabled the control of guns to be effective. The state is responsible for control of gun ownership through implementation of gun ownership laws.

State
Individuals in a state are not suppose to own guns except the authorized security bodies such as police, military and any other licensed official. Any other individual in a state in possession of gun does so illegally and is bound to face the law. The Second Amendment by Supreme Court in United state is a clear sign that State is concerned with control of gun ownership as a way of reducing the rate of claim. Control of gun ownership is an advantage to the state because the rate of crime is reduced with a certain percentage (Jerremy, 2008).

A study carried out by Justice and treasury departments shows that individuals below twenty years old have caused about 24 percent of reported death cases. This is an assault to human right to life that should be protected by the state. The objective of gun control is to prevent unauthorized individuals from owning guns that result to murder. Control of gun ownership is the role of state which should be done through enactment of strict rules (Debatepedia, n.d). The state through enactment of gun possession laws is doing great in respect to reduction of crime rate. Many cases of death rate associated to gun shooting have declined since the control of gun ownership in different states.

National
The laws about possession of gun vary from nation to nation and the major argument is on private possession of guns. It is believed that guns are used for killing and about 35,000 deaths reported in national level are caused by guns. The control of guns in national level helps to reduce death rates and other crimes against humanity. Guns are the real causes of violence, accidents and genocide. Violence includes fighting of individuals against each other on ethnic lines whereby people shoot against each other. In developing nations this, has been a common practice especially after any dispute in election (Jacobs, 21). Laws that control individuals who are supposed to possess firearms lead to reduction in the rate of violence within nations. National safety council data show that death caused through shooting has reduced for the past years since the incorporationof tight rules about possession of guns.

Accidental death that results from illegal possession of guns can be reduced though regulation of the people who are supposed to own guns. Nations have the role of ensuring that every gun in a particular nation is registered and the person in possession is legalized. Suicide level is reduced within a nation when the control of guns is emphasized and this is achieved through security laws.  The control of guns in the national level advocates for reduction of crimes such as drug trafficking, murder, mayhem and violence. Law offenders usually want to protect themselves from attack by law enforcers and this is the reason that has led to illegal possession of guns (Utter, 15). When these crimes are reduced, control of gun is efficiently achieved. National laws such as confiscation of illegal guns have helped several nations control illegal fire arm business. The confiscated arms are usually burned so as to avoid them from getting back to the wrong hands.

Global
The entire world has a role of ensuring that the business of firearms is on the right legalized personnel. The extent to which illegal firearms have had impact on the lives of many individuals is the major reason behind the control of guns. Every individual in the world is responsible for protecting the life of other individuals. The legal system has been instrumental in this particular field of gun protection (James, 2007). To control guns means safeguarding of individuals right to life. The press as a global body has helped extensively in the fight against illegal gun possession. The media reports instances of crime as is caused by guns and this has aided people all over the world to overcome such challenges.

The business of firearms is at the advanced stages where individuals can get guns from the market without strain. This has led to movement of illegal guns from far Middle East to other parts of the world. Government policies such as use of gun detectors have been installed along the borders so as to detect any gun smuggled from one country to another. The detection process has led to reduction of the number of firearms that contributes to increased levels of crime within the streets. Global Gun Control Act has aided many countries to undergo an easy process of tracking illegal firearms through determination of the real purchaser of the gun, model and serial number (Jim, 2008). The law prohibits illegal ownership of guns and this has led to reduction of domestic violence and other related crimes.

Failure of gun control
Gun control has led to reduction in the rate of crimes and violence through enactment of weapon laws and regulations. The enforcement of such laws is   faced with certain challenges due to complexity of the legal system in different nations, states and the entire world. The level of crime in a given country is not measured by the number of guns in the wrong hands. Laws governing control of guns may not be effective in certain aspects and this has led to increased levels of crimes. Some laws such as preventing citizens below the age of 20 years did not help to reduce criminal activity because other individuals in possession of guns caused accidental death and murder (Russell, 2009). Other particular laws that restrict gun ownership are a disadvantage on citizens against armed criminals.

Self defense is a very important element in the life of individual and laws that restricts possession of guns makes individuals defenseless thus it is a way of exposing lawful citizens to risk of crime. Laws governing the control of guns do not work in the modern worlds because of corruption and easy smuggling of firearms from one country to another. The control laws are economically costly and this means that many nations are not in a position to afford such costs. The cost of incurred as result of gun deaths amounts to 6 billion per year in Canada an estimate in other global nations. This has been the major problem in the past and has seen many individuals possess guns illegally (PBS NewsHour, 2009). Failure of control rules in the past has led to illegal possession of firearms thus high rates of violence, murder drug trafficking and other crimes.