美式辩论 Ban Gun Bill
Topic:To protect the public security, the U.S. Congress should pass the ‘Ban Gun Bill’.
PRO:
The Second Amendment, which states: "A well regulated militia[məˈl ɪʃə]民兵, being necessary to the security[sɪˈkj ʊər əti] of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.[ɪnˈfrɪnd ʒ]侵犯"
So the purpose of the law is to protect the citizens in U.S. But in fact, the law lead to many accident.Largely, the current[ˈkʌr ənt]现在的 public gun control debate in the United States occurs after a major mass shooting. There were at least 126 mass shootings between Jan. 2000 and July 2014.
The presence[ˈprezns]仪表 of a gun makes a conflict[ˈkɒnfl ɪkt]冲突 矛盾 more likely to become violent.An editorial[ˌedɪˈt ɔ:riəl]社论的 published in the June 1985 noted, "gun-inflicted[ɪnˈflɪkt]强加给 deaths often ensue[ɪnˈsju:]继而产生 from impromptu[ɪmˈprɒmptju:]临时的 arguments and fights; in the US, two-thirds of the 7,900 deaths in 1981 involving [ɪnˈvɒlv]牵涉arguments and brawls[brɔ:l]吵架 were caused by guns."As can be seen, the guns threatens seriously the U.S. public security.
1) Ban the gun would reduce the number of accidental[ˌæksɪˈdentl 意外的 gun
deaths.
2) Armed civilians[səˈv ɪli ən]平民百姓 are unlikely to stop crimes and are more
likely to make dangerous situations, including mass shootings, more deadly.
3) Ban the gun would reduce gun deaths.
So to protect the public security, the U.S. Congress should pass the ‘Ban Gun Bill’
1) estimated[ˈestɪm ət]预估 that 31% of total accidental shooting deaths could have been prevented by installing[ɪnˈstɔ:l]安置 safety devices[dɪˈva ɪs]装备 方法 on guns: 100% of deaths per year in which a child under 6 years old shoots and kills him/herself or another child could be prevented by au tomatic[ˌɔ:təˈmætɪk]自动手枪 child-proof safety locks; and 23% of accidental
[ˌæksɪˈdentl 意外的shooting deaths by adolescents and adults per year could be prevented by loading indicators指示者 showing when a bullet[ˈbʊl ɪt]子弹 was in the chamber[ˈtʃe ɪmb ə(r)]卧室 ready to be fired.
who has researched children’s behavior around guns, stated, "Cause children are naturally curious and impulsive[ɪmˈpʌls ɪv 冲动地, and because we have shown time and again that we cannot 'gun-proof' them with education, we have a responsibility to keep guns out of the hands of children."
2) found that in 2013 arguments resulted in 1,962 gun deaths (59.9% of the total).
A 1993 study published in found that "rather than confer protection, guns kept in the home are associated[əˈs əʊʃie ɪt ɪd]联合的 with an increase in the risk of homicide[ˈhɒm ɪsa ɪd]杀人犯 by a family member or intimate[ˈɪnt ɪm ət]亲密的 acquaintance[əˈkwe ɪnt əns]熟人."
3) Guns were the leading cause of death by homicide[ˈhɒm ɪsa ɪd]杀人犯 (66.6% of all homicides) and by suicide[ˈsu:ɪsa ɪd]自杀者 (52.2% of all suicides). Firearms['faɪˌɑ:rmz]枪械 were the 12th leading cause of all deaths, representing 1.3% of to tal deaths topping liver disease, hypertension[ˌhaɪp əˈten ʃ
n 高血压, and Parkinson’s disease, as well as deaths from fires, drowning, and machinery[məˈʃi:nəri]机器 accidents
"American children under age 15 were nine times more likely to die of a gun accident than children in other advanced wealthy countries… About 200 Americans go to emergency rooms every day with gunshot wounds."
A study published in the found that "legal[ˈli:gl]合法的 purchase[ˈpɜ:tʃəs]购买 of a handgun appears to be associated with a long-lasting increased risk of violent death"