Gun Control and The Boston Marathon
Police captured the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, seriously wounded in a backyard boat. The oldest of the Tsarnaev brothers and first suspect was shot dead the day before after a harrowing car chase followed by a gun battle.
The capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev puts an end to five days of terror and anxiety for Boston, propagated by the double bombing at the marathon, which killed three people and wounded 176.
The horrific bombing has already aggravated the problematic gun-control debate in the United States, more alive than ever. As there are some people who are against gun ownership, there are others who think that owning a gun could help with it comes to protection. Even if anyone owns a gun, the best place to keep it would be a safe. With there being a gun safe under 500$ on the market, there shouldn’t be any excuses as to why a gun cannot be kept out of reach and in a safe place.
After the two brothers behind the attack were found to be armed, the debate would become especially significant if they discover that the Tsarnaevs obtained their firearms illegally.
On the one hand, supporters of gun ownership claim that attacks such as the one in Boston and the violent chase that followed it to capture the suspects are enough reasons why all citizens should have the right to be prepared in case they had to face a similar threat. Pro-gun advocates insist on everyone’s right to defend themselves in dangerous circumstances. The experts over at Sniper Country believe all law-abiding citizens of the USA have a right to carry a firearm in a concealed holster if they have a desire to do so.
On the other hand, gun-control advocates claim there is no relation between mass attacks, such as the Boston bombing, and the need to keep firearms at home. They also warn about the danger of not having a strong regulatory system that traces and monitors all gun sales in order to prevent more tragedies, such as the school shooting in Newtown, from happening. Gun-control supporters demand a clear action on the federal level that ensuresstricter firearms legislation.
Inevitably, those who oppose any regulations of firearms will find in this dreadful incident one more reason to be ready. However, the Boston marathon bombing is an example of an incident in which armed citizens would not have been more capable of stopping the violence than the unarmed.
