Divided America: Analyzing the Contradiction of Gun between Right and Control under Trump’s Presidency
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2021
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
UNIVERSITY OF ABBES LAGHROUR-KHENCHELA
Abstract
Abstract
In the last decade, gun violence became a fact of life in the United States of America. The main
problem in this issue lies on how Trump‘s efforts to balance between gun rights and public safety in
the country. With the controversial debate in Congress between Democrats and Republicans that
centred on whether regulations on individual‘s rights to use arms would save lives and reduce crimes
or not. This study adopts the historical and analytical approaches in order to examine the gun violence
from different perspectives. Proponents of gun control legislation assert that enforcement of gun
control laws secure the lives of people. By contrast, opponents assert that prohibiting people from
exercising their right to bear arms would not reduce crime and that individuals would have adequate
means for self-defense.