Global Ethics Corner: Do Stricter Gun Controls Reduce Gun-Related Violence?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
Length: 02:00
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Global Ethics Corner is a weekly 2 minute segment devoted to newsworthy ethical issues. It presents both sides of an issue, asking viewers to weigh the information and make up their own minds.
Transcript
Gun violence strikes almost every society. But not all societies are equally at risk. For example, in 2008, the United States saw more than 12,000 firearm-related homicides. Japan saw just 11. What explains such differences? Do more guns necessarily mean more violence?
These questions took on new urgency with the slaughter of 12 Americans in Aurora, Colorado. In the span of minutes, a gunman shot and killed 12 people, wounding 58 others. He used three of the most popular firearms on the U.S. market. He had purchased all of them legally.
The gunman's access to lethal weaponry has revived the gun control debate across the United States, which has the highest rates of gun ownership in the world. It's easier to buy a gun in the U.S. than in any other industrialized state. Special interest groups like the National Rifle Association want to keep it that way. So do many Americans, who cite th...
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