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GUN CONTROL
GUN CONTROL
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Victimology refers to the study of crime victims alongside their psychological effects and the experience they go through. It looks at the relationships between victims and the offenders alongside their interactions with the criminal justice system. Victimology could also be defined as the scientific study of the physical, emotional, and financial harm people suffer because of illegal activities (page 2, Crime Victims).Victimologists investigate the victims plight: the impact of the injuries and losses inflicted by offenders on the individuals they target. They also carry out research into the publics political, social, and economic reactions to the plight of victims, study how victims are handled by officials and agencies within the criminal justice system, especially interactions with police officers, detectives, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, probation officers, and members of parole boards.
A victim refers to a person who suffers injuries, losses or hardships for any given reason. People tend to be accident victims, natural disaster victims, disease or social problems like warfare, discrimination, political witch hunting and other injustices. Crime victims however are harmed by illegal acts (page 2, Crime Victims).
Gun control refers to laws, policies, practices, or proposals constructed limit the possession, production, importation, shipment, sale, and/or usage of HYPERLINK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm o Firearm firearms. The laws and policies related to gun control vary so much around the world especially based on countries. Countries like the HYPERLINK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_United_Kingdom o Gun politics in the United Kingdom United Kingdom actually have very strict limits on possession of guns whereas others like the HYPERLINK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_United_States o Gun politics in the United States United States tend to have relatively and considerably modest limits. Elsewhere, the topic remains a source of intense debate with proponents generally arguing the dangers of widespread gun ownership, and opponents generally arguing individual rights of self-protection as well as individual liberties.
The gun control concept is a miniature of a much greater topic commonly referred to as arms control. In so many scenarios, gun control is to a greater extent related to the various firearm restrictions normally imposed or sanctioned by a country to its citizens or another country on usage, transportation and possession. This in most instances specific with regard to the category of small arms. However, to a global and larger scale, there are instances where we have the inclusion of what are commonly referred to as light weapons.
Gun control is in most instances considered a HYPERLINK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-defense_(theory) o Self-defense (theory) self-defense mechanism that is very fundamental and an accepted HYPERLINK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_right o Human right http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_right human right. Many people actually believe that firearms are an important tool in their lives and do help them to exercise their right of self defense and protection from physical harm by other offenders. The prohibition of a means so effective to self-defense does seem to be HYPERLINK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics o Ethics unethical to many persons. For instance, HYPERLINK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson o Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jeffersons Commonplace Book, has a quote which spells that laws which forbid people from carrying fire arms actually disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws tend to make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants. They serve to encourage than prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.
It is highly inappropriate to allow each and every person to own guns around especially where licensing from the relevant authority has not been issued. Whether for self-defense or any other reason, gun control is a sensitive issue to tackle. A good example would be the constant skirmishes in Northern Kenya where individuals have ease access to small arms that are brought in from the neighboring Somalia. This has prompted if not allowed mass killings, perpetuated terrorism for very flimsy reasons which in turn end up killing innocent individuals for no apparent reasons. Similarly, the issue associated with illegal gun ownership has seen cattle rustling take a rise in areas of Turkana and West Pokot in Kenya. Families raid their neighbors and do away with cattle and other animals after they have done harm in the villages, killing innocent civilians especially women and children who in fact having nothing to be blamed for. In that case, the governments of the day must come into place, take control of every situation by ensuring no arms are in possession of the common citizens given they are illegally used thereby bringing an end to precious lifes of innocent children and women in the societies. Citizens must thus be taught about the value of life, the effects of illegal firearms and the effects that one would get upon having been found in illegal possession of the same especially with bad intentions to the publics.
There is no logical reasoning that could be proved right for any victims to be allowed to possess or be armed. This would then mean each and every individual would be armed in a bid to seek revenge or retaliation for the slightest mistake done to them. In the long run, the entire world would have arms of all types with people in possession and harming others with the flimsy excuse of protecting/defending oneself. A good example would be the night raids carried out by unknown people between two neighboring communities in the Coastal town of Kenya, in Tana River district. Communities turned against one another as they fought for pasture. One community comprises herders whereas the others are farmers. Herders would deliberately provoke their counterparts by grazing on their land and destroy crops. In return, these farmers would arm themselves overnight, execute their neighbors with the animals and leave an entire village with no one in sight.
In conclusion, the gun control is a sensitive issue. No one however mighty in society or the government should be allowed to possess any fire arm especially illegally in the name of self defense mechanisms. With proper structures in place, every person does need to feel secure and need not have any fire arms in the guise of self defense.
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