Goal To Accomplish

My goal is to inform people about guns and the law and updating them with latest information with what the people and the government are obligated to do with the 2nd amendment.

Guns of New York

Written in the news are complaints and concerns on how dangerous guns of New York can be . Apparently quoted there were 500,000 illegal handguns flooded around New York City. Bloomberg believes it is not the gun holder's fault but the gun itself because they even have it in the first place so they are tempted which I personally think is very stupid and obscured. There was also a recent lawsuit about all of this. Guns make it a very dangerous living enviroment because nobody is safe because anyone can get hurt any minute and it can be the most innocent person alive which had done no harm to anyone. Therefore guns should only be used to those who are liscensed and those who are capable of handling a gun without using it for the wrong reasons. That is impossible because of the society we live in today. Everyone holds grudges, and is filled with hate and greed againest one another that some feel that there is a need to get even or revenge. Guns are a tool of violence, they serve a high threat. They are one of the most effective weapons around. If we elimnated guns, we would see less people dying but somehow people feel that there is a need for guns to be around because it serves as a protection for some people. Most guns are as well used in war, and they're mainly for battling and killing. In the article, it stated that they wanted to offer a solution to all this drama  by saying "So I will offer here a modest solution to the problem of a half-million illegal handguns in New York. And I stole it right out of George W. Bush's playbook. We'll offer a "path to legalization" for these weapons. (Please don't call it "amnesty.") Those who own these guns will be asked to simply register them. After standing in line, filling out forms, paying some fines, and solemnly agreeing to attend gun-safety classes, these gun-owners will be henceforth "legalized," with full conceal-carry permits, and all the rights, privileges and responsibilities accorded thereto. These new legal gun-owners will now become proud responsible citizens, give up their old ways, pay their taxes, and even assist the police in defending the innocent and apprehending real criminals – those who aggress against persons and property.". With a solution like this, they believe they can change around the rules, and hopefully lower down the death rates by guns.

Source: http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/olson7.html

Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese opposition politican and a former General Secretary of the National League of Democracy. Born on June 19, 1945 (Age 65) till present, she is known for leading the burmese, democracy movement, and general secretary of the national democracy. She had recently just been released from being in jail and kept captivity for under house arrest before the elections for about fiftheen and of the twenty-one years from 1990 until November 13, 2010. She became the recipient of the Rafto prize and Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in year of 1990 and Nobel Peace Prize in the year of 1991. In the year of 1992 she was awarded with the Jawahiri Nehru Award for International Understanding by the Government of India and international Simon Bolivar Prize from the Government of Venezula. She also goes by the name Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, "Daw" isn't part of her name but is added due to an honorific known to be older, revered woman or "aunt".

In the year of 1990 the military junta called a general election. The National League of Democracy recieved 59% of the votes, guareenting NLD representation of 80% of the parliament seats. Aung San Suu Kyi, being NLD's candidate had been rejected because the military refused to hand over power. Resulted as a international outcry. She was then placed under a house arrest at her home on University Avenue in Rangoon. Although, during her arrest, she had received several awards. After receiving such awards, she used the money to establish a health and education trust for the Burmese people.

In the year of 1996, there was an attack towards Aung San Suu Kyi - trying to get her killed. There was a motorcade while traveling with the National League for Democracy with the leaders Tin OO and U Kyi Maung was attacked in Rangoon. About 200 men were on about the attack, holding weapons and the car that Aung San Suu Kyi had been in had a smashed window and two backdoors smashed. Each man was payed 500 kyats or so it is believed ($5 US dollars)  each to participate. An investigation was launched but no action was taken.

As Aung San Suu Kyi began her politcal career had been placed under arrest for numerous occasions. During these times, she had been prevented herself away from public meetings and other people. During her house arrest, she occupied her time with reading philosphy, politics, biographies, that her husband had sent her. Everyone has been blocked from seeing or interviewing her during this house arrest.

Poem:

Aung San Suu Kyi

One who was a strong believer and fighter,

She only made the world brighter,

But that was considered wrong,

Beacuse she was too strong

Types of Guns (Defined)

PISTOLS

When people say PISTOLS, it is also referred to as HANDGUNS. As for the FBI Uniform Crime Report System, they are defined as something else, in other words they are also known as semiautomatic which is often called automatic when it really isn't. "Both automatic and semiautomatic handguns are loaded with cartridges by first loading a container called a magazine, or loosely called a "clip", then inserting the magazine into the grip (handle) of the gun.  Such magazines can be made to hold a gazillion cartridges, but the ones that come with the handguns have limits of anywhere from five to 19 cartridges."

REVOVLERS

A revovler is a LONG gun in that rifiles (LONG TYPES OF GUNS) have been built using a cylinder to hold the cartiridges

DERRINGERS

A type of "handgun"  that is very small and short. It has one barrel or often two barrels together in one barrel structure that hinges that go down in front to enable the cartiridges to be loaded directly into the end of each barrel. Such guns have been built with several bores.  The design is named after the inventor or an early maker of such guns, although with a spelling error.

RIFLES

Rifiles is a gun that is designed to be held in two hands and has a barrel over 18 inches long and a "stock" that rests up against the shooter's shoulder when the gun is fired.  This stock helps to steady the firearm so that it can be aimed more accurately than a handheld firearm.  The firearm name comes from the treatment called "rifling" on the inside of the barrel.  This is a set of grooves that spiral down the length of the barrel.  These grooves cause the projectile to spin along its flight from the gun to the target.  This spin causes the projectile to fly straighter.

 SHOTGUNS

A shotgun is a long gun that looks somewhat like a traditional rifle on the outside.  But a shotgun is usually used to shoot a packet of "shot," like little beads.  Because of what it shoots, the inside of a shotgun barrel is not usually "rifled."  If the gun is used only to shoot big chunks of lead, called "slugs," the barrel may be rifled.  Most shotguns, however, are designed primarily to shoot the "shot" and, if the gun is used to shoot slugs, the slugs themselves usually have the grooves to cause the slugs to spin as they come out of the barrel.

 SEMIAUTOMATIC FIREARMS

A semiautomatic firearm is one that shoots one cartridge each time the trigger is pulled, but uses energy from the firing of each cartridge to eject the empty case and insert the next cartridge into the firing chamber of the gun.
 
MACHINE GUN  

A machine gun is a fully automatic "rifled" gun.  A fully automatic gun is one that shoots cartridges--usually rapidly--as long as the trigger is held.  For handheld guns, the term "machine gun" is usually used for rifles only, although there are "machine pistols."  Some (usually larger caliber) machine guns are mounted on or in tanks, aircraft, etc.  Some used by the military are mounted on tripods for field use.  A machine gun rifle that shoots cartridges of calibers that are normally used in handguns is called a sub-machinegun.  The old Thompson sub-machinegun ("Tommy gun") seen in war and prohibition era gangster movies is the most common example of this. 

BOLT ACTION

 Many rifiles & few shotguns use "bolt action" when inserting a cartridge into the firing chamber of the gun. The "bolt" is a nearly cylindrical rod that fits in the gun behind the firing chamber,  it has two tabs that stick out into channels in the gun frame, and these tabs turn into cuts off to the sides of the main channels to lock the bolt into position when the bolt is "closed" behind the cartridge in the firing chamber.The bolt then pushes the cartridge into the chamber, and is then turned to lock in place and make a totally enclosed firing chamber except for the bore of the barrel in front of the cartridge.  Turning the bolt back, then pulling the bolt to the rear, pulls out the cartridge or the empty case and ejects it. A handle that sticks out to the side of the bolt near the rear end is used to move the bolt in and out and to turn it into and out of the locked position.

 

PUMP ACTION:

Numbers of rifles and shotguns use "pump action" to enter and eject cartridges and cases into and out of the gun firing chamber.  The "pump" is under the barrel out in front of the trigger when a cartridge/case is not being moved.  There, it serves as a device to hold the gun and steady it the same as gun stocks on some guns.  To eject a case and load the next cartridge, the pump is pulled back as far as it will go toward the rear end of the gun, then pushed back out to the far position. 

LEVER ACTION

 Lever action is mainly used on rifles, very few shotguns have it as well.The lever is located under the trigger and a bit behind it. Part of the functions help it so that you don't pull the trigger by accident. The lever hinges at a point forward of the trigger.  To eject a cartridge or empty case from the gun firing chamber, the rear (handle) end of the lever is pushed forward.  Bringing the lever back into the firing position loads a cartridge into the firing chamber, if the gun magazine was not empty, and cocks the hammer so that the gun is ready to fire again.  The lever action rifle was the first "repeating" rifle and appears in "western" movies about the cowboys, cavalry and indians

ASSAULT RIFLES
An assault rifle is a rifle used by militaries.  It has a switch that permits it to fire like a semiautomatic rifle or as a fully automatic rifle.  Some also have a switch position that causes the gun to shoot a short burst of several shots each time the trigger is pulled.  Compare to what laws and gun control advocates call assault weapons.

SOURCE: http://www.gunsandcrime.org/guntypes.html

Pictures of the different types of guns

Known as a REVOVLER- a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)

Known as a BERSA HANDGUN- firearm designed to be held and operated by one hand, with the other hand optionally supporting the shooting hand.

 

Variety of Guns shown.

Categories of Guns

Throughout history, guns have revolutionized to a more advanced and more convinent use. Mainly for protection purposes which includes, self defense and war. There have been many types of guns made throughout history and each one of them progressed over time with more ideas and more advanced technology to make the gun more effective and more powerful. Several types of guns include, the bolt, pump, semiautomatic, lever and automatic. Each one takes a different category in the different types of guns that are made. Every type of gun has it's different functions and some better than most.

One broad category of guns is the HANDGUN, which are designed to be held only in one hand and includes pistols, semiautomatic handguns, machine pistols, revovlers, and derringers.
On another note, another broad category of guns is called LONG GUNS, also known as shoulder guns which include rifles and shot guns which require two hands and your shoulder to place a the gun on so that it has support when you shoot it off.
Finally, the last category of guns is called FIREARMS, which have to be placed on the ground in order to shoot it off due to the heavyness of the machine and how much damage it can do when you set it off. Examples are tanks, foundations, canons, aircraft, etc.

SOURCE: http://www.gunsandcrime.org/guntypes.html

Guns Laws in New York City

What are the Gun Laws in New York?

Answers: Child Access Prevention Law? No.
Definition Juvenile Possession Law? Yes.
Definition
Juvenile Sale/Transfer Law? Yes.
Definition

State Requirements

Rifles and Shotguns

• Permit to purchase rifles and shotguns? No.
• Registration of rifles and shotguns? No, except in New York City.
• Licensing of owners of rifles and shotguns? No, except in New York City.
• Permit to carry rifles and shotguns? No, except in New York City.

Handguns

• Permit to purchase handgun? Yes.
• Registration of handguns? Yes.
• Licensing of owners of handguns? Yes.
• Permit to carry handguns? Yes.

Other Requirements

• Is there a State waiting period? Up to 6-month wait to acquire permit to purchase a handgun.
• Is there a FBI *NICS check for firearm transactions? Yes.
• Permit to carry a concealed weapon required? Yes.
• Record of sale: Yes.

*NICS - National Instant Check System
Caution: This summary is meant for general purposes only. Firearm laws frequently change.
Source: Department of the Treasury Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms - State Laws And Published Ordinances - Firearms

Every state has thier own different gun laws. New York City is one of the biggest cities around in the United States, and we may have different types of gun laws then other states. Some maybe more flexible than others and some may be more stricter than others depending on the location and the people that surround the state. As for New York City, from the information above it shows you the New York City state gun laws and what we're allowed and not allowed to do with them. Some may vary in serious consequences if the laws are not followed, which is why people should be very cautious when it comes to gun control because guns are also one of the main death rates in the world. They are highly dangerous and can cause serious damage that are unreversible.

Do More Guns Mean More Deaths and Injuries?

Guns serve many purposes in this society today. Mainly to defend, others use it to thier own advantages and uses it for death. Guns are one of the main reasons of the death rates in our society today. Most of them are used for illegal purposes.

"The Brady Center argues that when the civilian population has more access to guns, more teens and children die from gun wounds.   For example, during a year when over 5,000 teens and children died from gun wounds in the USA, in Great Britain, where gun ownership is very restricted, 19 teens and children died from gun wounds.

The Brady Center also argues for laws that promote gun safety, such as requiring child-proof locks on gun triggers.   They have praised Smith and Wesson (gun maker) for starting to make guns with safety features.   The Brady Center asserts that the public good is served by enacting laws that more carefully protect children from access to guns.

The basic reason NRA is against regulation of gun ownership is the belief that each piece of federal regulation will lead to more until finally, gun ownership will be very restricted.   Research findings provided by the NRA conclude that gun ownership results in protection from crime.   They argue that when more people have guns, crime rates are reduced.   They argue that research results provided by the Brady Center and others in favor of gun controls are false or overstated.

The NRA is strongly against Smith and Wesson adding safety features to guns.   The NRA's position is that if gun manufacturers build guns with safety features, then the federal government will start requiring those safety features.   If the federal government requires safety features, that will provide momentum to the federal government for passing more regulations."

Source: http://www.awesomelibrary.org/guncontrol.html

Second Amendment - Bearing Arms

"A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed"

There are no defintive resoultion in courts of what the Second Amendment exactly protects because sometimes depending on the firearm we cannot say that the Second Amendment guarentees the rights to bear and keep such an instrument like a shotgun that has a barrel of less than 18 inches in length. There were many cases againest other states that dealt with bearing arms and what rights it protects to handling and using guns.

The Second Amendment preserves and guarantees an individual right for a collective purpose. The militia clause was a declaration of purpose, and preserving the people's right to keep and bear arms was the method the framers chose to, in-part, ensure the continuation of a well-regulated militia. There is no contrary evidence from the writings of the Founding Fathers, early American legal commentators, or pre-twentieth century Supreme Court decisions, indicating that the Second Amendment was intended to apply solely to active militia members

In the year of  1803, St. George Tucker, a lawyer,  Revolutionary War militia officer, legal scholar, and later a U.S. District Court judge who had been appointed by James Madison in the year of 1813, wrote of the Second Amendment:

The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, and this without any qualification as to their condition or degree, as is the case in the British government.

In the appendix to the Commentaries, Tucker elaborates further:

This may be considered as the true palladium of liberty... The right of self-defense is the first law of nature; in most governments it has been the study of rulers to confine this right within the narrowest limits possible. Whenever standing armies are kept up, and the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any color or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction. In England, the people have been disarmed, generally, under the specious pretext of preserving the game: a never failing lure to bring over the landed aristocracy to support any measure, under that mask, though calculated for very different purposes. True it is, their bill of rights seems at first view to counteract this policy: but the right of bearing arms is confined to protestants, and the words suitable to their condition and degree, have been interpreted to authorise the prohibition of keeping a gun or other engine for the destruction of game, to any farmer, or inferior tradesman, or other person not qualified to kill game. So that not one man in five hundred can keep a gun in his house without being subject to a penalty.

Not only are Tucker's remarks solid evidence that the militia clause was not intended to restrict the right to keep arms to active militia members, but he speaks of a broad right – Tucker specifically mentions self-defense.
Tucker has been cited in over 40 cases, you can find one of Tucker's major cases in virtually every Supreme Court era.  (Source: The Second Amendment in the Nineteenth Century)

There are 3 ways the Second Amendment is usually interpreted to deny it was intended to protect an individual right to keep and bear arms:

• It protects a state's right to keep and bear arms.
• The right is individual, but limited to active militia members because the militia clause narrows the right's scope.
• The term "people" refers to the people collectively, rather than the people as individuals

Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/anncon/html/amdt2_user.html#amdt2_hd1

            http://www.guncite.com/gc2ndpur.html

What is the whole history of the 2nd Amendment that has to do with Guns and Laws?

The second amendment gives you the rights to keep and bear arms. In other words protect yourself if attacked within the home.
The following purposes for the rights to bear arms or the right to arm are:

deterring undemocratic government;

repelling invasion

suppressing insurrection

facilitating a natural right of self-defense;

participating in law enforcement;

enabling the people to organize a militia system,

These are considered most important and most considered.

 The rights to own a gun is not based on the second amendment, with or without the second amendment individuals would still have the rights to posess a gun, firearm and etc.

There was compromise and conflict in Congress while producing the Bill of right:
James Madison initial proposal for a bill of rights was brought to the floor of the House of Representatives on June 8, 1789, during the first session of Congress. The initial proposed passage relating to arms was:

The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; a well armed and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person.

On July 21, Madison again raised the issue of his Bill and proposed a select committee be created to report on it. The House voted in favor of Madison's motion, and the Bill of Rights entered committee for review. The committee returned to the House a reworded version of the Second Amendment on July 28. On August 17, that version was read into the Journal:

A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, being the best security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; but no person religiously scrupulous shall be compelled to bear arms

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Background Information on Guns and the Law

1) Why are guns and the law so important?

Guns and the Law are very important because they help the police force or the people that have the rights to own a gun protect themselves and others for self defense and saving people's lives.
2) What impact do they have on the society?

 They have a strong impact on the society today because people that are not even allowed to have guns have it anyhow, just to shoot around and killl people for no reason. Guns are one of the major death causes to why innocents are dying every day for no reason because of carelessness and people who just carry around guns for no reason.
3) What do you need in order to have legal rights to carry a gun around?

You need a legal permit issued by the govenment stating that you are allowed to carry a gun at all times for protection and whatever else reason you have it for. Also called the fire-arm license.

4) What is a guns purpose?

 To protect and defend.
5) What history do guns have?

Alaska is the first state to adopt carry laws mimicking Vermont's (normally referred to as "Vermont Carry"), in which no license is required to carry a handgun either openly or concealed. However, permits are still issued to residents for purposes such as reciprocity with other states^[15] and exemption from the Federal Gun Free School Zone Act.^[16] The term "Alaska Carry" has been used to describe laws which require no license to carry handguns openly or concealed but licenses are still available for those who want them. Some city ordinances do not permit concealed carry without a concealed carry license, but these have been invalidated by the recent state preemption statute.^[17] Note: The Federal Gun Free School Zone Act of 1995 severely limits where an unlicensed person may carry.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_(by_state)

6) Who was the first to adapt guns?
Alaska was the first to adapt guns.

7) How old do you have to be in order to carry guns?

21 for a Hand Gun.
18 for a Rifle or Shotgun.
8) What are the consquences of carrying a gun without a licscese?

Years in Jail or even death.

Introductory to Guns and the Law

"Are there too many or not enough guns in the U.S.?"
I am interested in this topic because I want to elaborate my opinion on whether or not if there are too many guns in the U.S and not and whether or not the law enforces it well.

"Gun laws in the United States vary from state to state and are independent of, though sometimes broader or more limited in scope than, existing federal firearms laws. Some U.S. states have also created so-called assault weapon bans that are independent of, though often similar to, the expired federal assault weapons ban. The state level bans vary significantly in their form, content, and level of restriction. Forty-four states have a provision in their state constitutions similar to the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights. The exceptions are California, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, and New York; however, the statutory civil rights laws of New York contain a provision virtually identical to the Second Amendment.[1][2] As well, the Supreme Court of the United States has held that the Second Amendment applies to all state governments and their political subdivisions.[3]
Firearm license-holders are subject to the firearm laws of the state they are in, not the state in which the permit was issued. Reciprocity between states exists for certain licenses, such as concealed carry permits. These are recognized on a state-by-state basis. For example, Arizona recognizes a Nevada permit, but Nevada does not recognize an Arizona permit. Florida issues a license to carry both concealed weapons and firearms, but others license only the concealed carry of firearms. Some states do not recognize out of state permits to carry a firearm at all, so it is important to understand the laws of each state when traveling with a handgun.[4]
When planning a trip it can be very confusing to match the concealed carry weapon permit to the state laws. John Thune of South Dakota introduced a national reciprocity bill, but it has never been able to advance out of Senate committees. Checking with each state's legal page is important. There are travel tools that may help shorten the search time.[5]
In many cases, state firearms laws can be considerably less restrictive than federal firearms laws. This does not confer any de jure immunity against prosecution for violations of the federal laws. However, state and local police departments are not legally obligated to enforce federal law."
- Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_(by_state)

Someone who made a difference.

         Mahatma Gandhi

Gandhi is one of the most known people who had made a difference for the better in our world. Born in October 1869-January 1948. He was a political and spiritual leader in India during the Indian independence movement. He believed in non-violence, civil rights and freedom all around the world.

Source: http://www.wikipedia.org/