Debate: Can stricter gun control laws decrease the rate of crimes involving guns?
Yes, because with fewer weapons, you get fewer crimes.
Take a look at the crime rates of countries like the United Kingdom. Their crime rate is very low, pared to ours here in the United States. Just by simply putting stricter laws in place on who can own them, it will greatly reduce the crimes involving guns.
Posted by: 5h4yGlory
Past Practice
There was an assault weapon(攻击性武器) ban back in 1994 under Bill Clinton. Shootings and crime did not go down for the 10 years when this law was in effect. Criminals do not follow rules. The law only affects those who try to obey the law to arm them to protect themselves.
Posted by: jb1988
Wake up, you Americans!
It's hardly surprising that America has one of the highest gun related murder rates of all countries! And of course guns don't kill people, but the more people own guns, the easier it is to get access to one, the higher the chance of people using it to kill somebody is!
In Germany, we have really strict gun laws and only a few people own guns, and obviously we don't need them. There's no reason that a normal citizen would need a gun! Guns are made for one reason only: killing.
Posted by: cstephie13
More gun control laws, fewer shootings
On the same day as the Sandy Hook tragedy, a man in China entered a primary school with a knife and injured 22 students on December, 14. However, nobody was killed. Compare that to the 26 students and teachers killed at Sandy Hook in Connecticut with a powerful gun. We must learn something from this tragedy.
Posted by: Jasonx986
Gun violence goes up with more gun control
Criminals will take advantage of the situation. They will do whatever they want and take whatever they want and kill whoever gets in their way. They will get guns illegally. Crime rates go up as a result of more gun control, because criminals know you don't have one, and they will kill you as they like. There is no point in banning guns!
Posted by: eebnflow
【小题1】According to the first post, in the United Kingdom .A．the crime rate is higher than America'sB．the crime rate is rising sharplyC．there is no gun control lawsD．buying guns is very hard【小题2】We can infer that jb1988 .A．is against gun control lawsB．was working under Bill ClintonC．is in favor of gun control lawsD．has a gun【小题3】Which of the following does cstephie13 probably agree with ?A．The more people own guns, the more people will be killed by them.B．The USA has one of the highest murder rates in the world.C．People need guns to protect themselves in time of danger.D．Guns are made to protect rather than kill.【小题4】What do we know about the Sandy Hook tragedy ?A．22 students and teachers were killed by a powerful gun.B．22 students were injured without any deaths.C．The tragedy took place on December 14 in Connecticut.D．26 primary students were killed by a knife.【小题5】Which of the following thinks that guns should not be controlled ?A．Jasonx986B．eebnflowC．5h4yGloryD．cstephie13D
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(答案→)D
解析：文章主要讲的是围绕“更严厉的枪支控制能否减少枪支犯罪率”展开的辩论。大多数都赞成对枪支下禁令，减少人们能够拥有枪支的数量。也有少数认为，减少枪支不会减少犯罪率，相反还会导致犯罪率的上升。
【小题1】根据“Yes, because with fewer weapons, you get fewer crimes. ...Take a look at the crime rates of countries like the United Kingdom. Their crime rate is very low”可知，拥有武器的人越少，枪支犯罪就越少，英国就是这样的一个例子。由此可推断，英国对枪支的限制很严格，故选D。
【小题2】根据“Shootings and crime did not go down for the 10 years when this law was in effect. Criminals do not follow rules.”可知，枪支犯罪并未下降，罪犯并不会遵守法律法规，由此可见，jb1988不赞成对枪支进行限制，故选A。
【小题3】根据“And of course guns don't kill people, but the more people own guns, the easier it is to get access to one, the higher the chance of people using it to kill somebody is!”可知，人们拥有的枪支越多，得到枪支就会变得更容易，不法之徒使用枪支进行犯罪的可能性就越大，故选A。
【小题4】根据“On the same day as the Sandy Hook tragedy, ...on December, 14 ...killed at Sandy Hook in Connecticut”可知，the Sandy Hook tragedy12月14号发生在Connecticut，故选C。
【小题5】根据“Crime rates go up as a result of more gun control, ...There is no point in banning guns!”可知，海报eebnflow并不赞成对枪支下禁令，故选B。