Pro-Gun Control vs Anti-Gun Control

Pro-Gun Control

http://www.2acheck.com/the-boycott-list/nras-list-of-antis/

This website shows the list of organisations and celebrities who are pro-gun control. The information was released by National Rifle Association.
This website lists 141 organisations who have supported pro-gun organisations either by donating money or showing other type of support. The majority of these organisations have been listed as "Campaign Partners" for there support to repeal the Brady Act and the Clinton "assault weapons" bans. The Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act 1993 was enforced in order to ensure that a background check is done before every firearm purchase. Similarly the Federal Assault Weapon Ban of 1994 expired after 10 years so these organisations are working to reinstate the prohibition on the manufacture of civilian use of semi-automatic firearms which were defined as assault weapons, but have not been successful so far. Some of these organisations include the American Civil Liberties Union, Consumer Federation of America and National Safe Kids Campaign.
This website also lists Anti-Gun Corporations and Corporation Heads. The list includes well know corporations such as Ben and Jerry's Ice-cream, Hallmark cards, Levi Strauss & Co. and Time Warner Inc.
There is also a lot of media coverage for pro-gun control such as publications in Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone Magazine, The New York Times, and the Washington Post. The large amount of pro-gun control media coverage is used to persuade the public against guns and gun violence.
Similarly many celebrities and national figures have spent time in providing a voice for pro-gun control organisations and legislation. Celebrities such as Jennifer Aniston, Ellen Degeneres, Bruce Springsteen, Maya Angelou and Danny DeVito are just a few to name who have helped promote pro-gun control campaigns. The use of celebrities in order to promote pro-gun control can be influential to people to try and change their views on gun control from anti-gun control to pro-gun control and help make The United States a safer country to live.

Anti-Gun Control

http://time.com/4100408/a-criminologists-case-against-gun-control/

This article is a criminologist case against gun control written in Time magazine. Throughout the article he explains why he believes attempting to have stricter control or ban on guns won't work mainly due to the second amendment. Jacob Davidson notes that there has been a remarkable decrease in gun crime in th U.S since the early 1990s, despite the fact that the number of firearms has increased by 10 million each year. This goes to show that there is no correlation between the number of firearms in private hands and the amount of gun crime. Surprisingly most gun related deaths are suicide rather than murders. In fact there are twice as many suicides than murders in the U.S.

Davidson emphasis on the fact that there is no simple and effercitve policy which will reduce gun crime, as it is hard to find an initiative that is implementable and enforceable that would make any impact on gun crime. Many citizens want to ban "assault weapons" as they make claims that they are very dangerous, despite the fact that they are no more dangerous than other weapons. Davidson refers to Obama's speech on how the UK has banned the ownership of handguns due to the 1996 school massacre in Dunblane, Scotland. However Davidson believes that the ban will not work in the U.S due to the Consitution and the Supreme Court decision which guarantees the right for Americans to keep and bear arms in their homes for lawful purposes.