Guns: Protection or Threat? Daniel Boone, Annie Oakley, Al Capone and John Wayne are just examples that guns are almost as much a part of America as the Wild West and Hollywood. Guns have always played a prominent role in America, from revolution and war to the march westward across the frontier. Guns are not only a staple of our entertainment culture, but also an essential component of American history. From the toy guns marketed to children playing cops and robbers to the sporting guns sold to their parents, guns are a prominent part of American life. Recently, with school shootings in Littleton and Columbine gun control has been looked upon more seriously. The debate on gun control has one side believing gun ownership rights have been abused while the other side believes people are the problem, not firearms. Gun Control is a term that refers to the attempt to reduce violence caused by use of firearms by regulating their ownership and use (“Gun Control” Encarta 1). Gun control efforts generally focus on passing legislation by local, state, or national government to restrict legal ownership of certain firearms. Nations and localities throughout the world control the availability of guns. For about a generation now, crime has run rampant in America. Since the mid-1980’s, the political debate on gun control has become louder and has reflected the same core conflict that divides pro-gun and gun-control forces. Firearms are used to commit as many as 650,000 crimes each year, but they are also used to prevent crimes as many as one million times each year (Reynolds 1).
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