OliverHuangDr.Flanagan,RyanPPrinciplesofEnglishGunControl:Need?Should?24October2017MarketingCatalogXiangxiLiuclaimsinhisessay“GunControl?NO!”publishedonZhihuwebsitein2016thatthereisnoneedforgovernmentinAmericatoachieveguncontrolthoroughly.HeemphasizesthatAmericansneedgunsasprotectionincasebecauseofinadequatepolicedistributingoverAmerica.“Ifthenearestpolicestationis45-minutes-rideawayyourhome,whatcanyoudowithoutgunswhensomebadguyistryingtobreakintoyourhouse?”Hesaid,“Call911?Orjustcallforanambulance.”Heoffersastoryofhisfriendwhowasattackedathomewithoutgunsandhisownexperienceasagun-takingagentforfederationasanillustration.It’sunderstandabletobelieveXiangxiarguedasabovebasingonhisdesiretomakeresponsetoquestionersinthewebsite.Besides,consideringhisjobasgun-takingagentforgovernment,itcanbeassumedthathewantedtoexpresshisownideasaboutguncontrolwhichhethinksareclearenoughtohelpinsightthisissue.In“TheNRAthinksyou'restupid”(2017)publishedonCNN,MichaelA.NutterarguesthatNationalRifleAssociation(NRA)hasnosinceritytotakeactiononguncontrol.HepointsoutthattheleadersinNRAchosepoliticaldistractioninsteadofrealgunsafetyreformbecauseofthegreatbenefitsfromguns.AccordingtoMichael,theattitudeofNRAisnotsatisfactorybecause“Itisanamazingdisplayofdisingenuousandcynicalpoliticalsleightofhandthat,theNRAgrudginglyagreesthatsomeregulationofthesedevicesisOK.”Tosupporthisargument,theauthorquoteswhatNRAsaidtoitssupporters“itisOKtosupport‘someregulation’ofbumpstocks”,andalsooffersquestionsbothstraightandemotionaltochallengeNRA’smotivationandsincerity.AsfarasMichael’sprofessionisconcerned,areporterforCNN,itcanbeassumedthathisargumentisnotonlyabouthisthoughtsbuttogaingreateramountofreadersaswell.Ina2015articlepublishedinAnalysisofSocialIssuesandPublicPolicy,WolfgangStroebeinsiststhatgunprevalenceispositivelyrelatedtohomiciderates.Theargumentoutlinesthatthereisnoevidenceforaprotectiveeffectofgunownershipandcontrarilyfortheunsafeaspect.AswhatStroebesuggestsinhisarticle,althoughgunsarenotaprimarydeterminantforhomicide,theirefficacyasmurderinstrumentsjustmakesiteasier.Theauthorshowsahorriblemass-shootingeventfirstfollowinggraphmadeofdataaboutUShouseholdgunownershiprateandhomiciderate,whicharefunctionedasanillustration.Thenafewotherfirearm-relateddeathsrelatedgun-ownershipareprovidedtofurtherexplainthesimilarinfluencegunprevalencehas.ConsideringStroebe’sidentityastheemeritusprofessorofsocialpsychologyatUtrechtUniversityandaseniorresearcher,whohasgainreputations,it’srelianttobelievehewritesthisarticletomakecontributionstothefieldSocialPsychologywhichhedevoteddecadestostudying.Inassay“UnpackingHeat:DuelingIdentitiesandComplexViewsonGunControlamongRuralPolice”publishedinRuralSociology,RachaelA.Woldoff,RobertC.LitchfieldandAngelaSycafooseMatthewsarguethatofficers’viewaboutguncontrolvariesastheirmultipleidentitieschangeinthelife,suchaspolicetryingtocontroldangeroussituationswithgunstheyencounterandcitizenswhodesiregunsasself-protection.“Officerssymbolicallyrejectedtheconceptofguncontrolandinsteadsupportedindividuals’gunrightswhilemostofthemdistancedthemselvesfromgun-relatedaspectsofruralidentity”,theauthorssay.However,authorsalsopointoutthatwhenitcomestoon-the-jobexperiences,mostofthemshowsconcernaboutbadinfluencegun-ownershiphasoneverydaylifeandalsodesiretocontrolit.Thisarticleismostlybasing...
