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Are guns a good way of protecting your home and family? Do guns increase the risks of someone getting hurt? Join our debate on self-defense and firearms.
Guns and self-defence
Guns and gun control are important policy issues in modern societies. In theory, governments, and in particular the police forces, are in charge of protecting citizens and their homes. However, crime is still a big problem and self-defense may justify ownership of firearms. Thousands of families suffer burglary and other forms of assault in their homes every year. Some people argue that protecting ourselves is part of human nature and, thus, people should have the means to do it. The possession of one or several firearms may help defending our properties and families from thieves and other criminals that try to break in our homes. This is particularly the case in situations where police are ineffective and crime rates are high. Some scholars suggest that regulation allowing law-abiding citizens to carry guns legally in public may reduce crime rates. According to this argument, potential criminals, not knowing who might be carrying a weapon, may be less prone to assault other people (1).
However most statistics show that having guns home increase the risk of lethal accidents, domestic violence or suicides. The misuse of guns is very common. The Harvard Injury Control Research Center, found that the rate of gun homicide, and the total homicide rate was significantly correlated with levels of gun ownership (2). In the US it was found that there is also correlation between right-to-carry gun laws and higher crime rates. This correlation is particularly significant in the case of aggravated assault rates (3). While in the US firearm ownership is seen as a civilian right, and and a socially acceptable means of self-defense, in most countries the possession of guns is severely restricted. The number of mass shootings seems to be correlated with gun possession. Unfortunately every year the US suffer several extremely serious mass shootings, some of them take place in schools and universities.
Deadliest mass shootings in America
Attack |
Year |
Deaths |
Weapons used |
---|---|---|---|
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting |
2018 |
17 |
Semi-automatic rifle |
Las Vegas shooting |
2017 |
59 (including the perpetrator) |
Semi-automatic rifles |
Sutherland Springs church shooting |
2017 |
27 (including the perpetrator) |
Semi-automatic rifle |
Orlando nightclub shooting |
2016 |
50 (including the perpetrator) |
Semi-automatic rifle |
San Bernardino attack |
2015 |
16 (including both perpetrators) |
Semi-automatic rifles |
Umpqua Community College shooting |
2015 |
10 (including the perpetrator) |
Handguns |
Washington Navy Yard shooting |
2013 |
13 (including the perpetrator) |
Shotgun and handgun |
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting |
2012 |
28 (including the perpetrator) |
Semi-automatic rifle and bolt-action rifle |
Aurora shooting |
2012 |
12 |
Multiple weapons |
Binghamton shootings |
2009 |
14 (including the perpetrator) |
Handguns |
Fort Hood shooting |
2009 |
13 |
Handguns |
Geneva County massacre |
2009 |
11 (including the perpetrator) |
Multiple weapons |
Virginia Tech shooting |
2007 |
33 (including the perpetrator) |
Handguns |
Red Lake shootings |
2005 |
10 (including the perpetrator) |
Multiple weapons |
Columbine High School massacre |
1999 |
15 (including both perpetrators) |
Multiple weapons |
Atlanta shootings |
1999 |
10 (including the perpetrator) |
Handguns |
Luby's shooting |
1991 |
24 (including the perpetrator) |
Handguns |
GMAC shootings |
1990 |
10 (including the perpetrator) |
Semi-automatic rifle |
Edmond post office shooting |
1986 |
15 (including the perpetrator) |
Handguns |
San Ysidro McDonald's massacre |
1984 |
22 (including the perpetrator) |
Multiple weapons |
Wilkes-Barre shootings |
1982 |
13 |
Semi-automatic rifle |
University of Texas tower shooting |
1966 |
18 (including the perpetrator) |
Multiple weapons |
Camden shootings |
1949 |
13 |
Handgun |
And where do you stand? Do you think guns are a good way of protecting your family and properties? Or do guns contribute to generate more risks and violence even when their intended purpose is self-defense? Should guns be banned?
References:
- Lott, E. (1998) More Guns, Less Crime. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Hemenway, D.; Miller, M. (2000). "Firearm availability and homicide rates across 26 high-income countries". The Journal of Trauma 49 (6): 985–988.
- Parker C.B. "Right-to-carry gun laws linked to increase in violent crime, Stanford research shows".Stanford Report November 14, 2014.
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