guns good or bad
Debate between- Robert Honacker, Gail Queen, Elizabeth Baker, and Mark Tanner.
Today in the United States gun control is a topic of immense debate, because of the shooting that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary located in Newtown, Connecticut. This most recent tragic event ended the lives of 20 students and six adults. Similar events have occurred across the United States at a movie theater in Colorado, on college campuses in Texas and Virginia, or at the grocery store in Arizona each destroying families in many communities. The questions deserving consideration is have the American people had enough lives destroyed by these horrible events and are Americans ready for the federal government to impose stricter gun control laws. Learning Team C is for stricter gun control laws and will outline their thoughts in this debate paper.
Current Gun Laws
For numerous Americans, bearing arms is one of the important inalienable rights that each individual possess. This association originated during the period of American frontier history, where guns were vital in the expansion of the society moving westward. These settlers relied on guns to guard themselves from others that would cause them harm, vicious animal attacks as well as hunting for food. In rural states, developing shooting and survival skills is a ‘rite of passage’ before entering manhood. Currently, in metropolitan cities young men still use firearms as a means to gain acceptance, respect, and to prove their manhood.
During the past few decades several gun control acts and bans have become federal laws. In 1934 Congress passed the National Firearm Acts. Under this act, a statutory excise tax is collected from manufacturers and traders of certain firearms along with mandating the registration of such firearms. The Gun Control Act of 1968 is a federal law enacted by President Lynden Johnson. This law in a broad way regulates the firearms industry as well as their owners. The law focuses on the interstate
Today in the United States gun control is a topic of immense debate, because of the shooting that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary located in Newtown, Connecticut. This most recent tragic event ended the lives of 20 students and six adults. Similar events have occurred across the United States at a movie theater in Colorado, on college campuses in Texas and Virginia, or at the grocery store in Arizona each destroying families in many communities. The questions deserving consideration is have the American people had enough lives destroyed by these horrible events and are Americans ready for the federal government to impose stricter gun control laws. Learning Team C is for stricter gun control laws and will outline their thoughts in this debate paper.
Current Gun Laws
For numerous Americans, bearing arms is one of the important inalienable rights that each individual possess. This association originated during the period of American frontier history, where guns were vital in the expansion of the society moving westward. These settlers relied on guns to guard themselves from others that would cause them harm, vicious animal attacks as well as hunting for food. In rural states, developing shooting and survival skills is a ‘rite of passage’ before entering manhood. Currently, in metropolitan cities young men still use firearms as a means to gain acceptance, respect, and to prove their manhood.
During the past few decades several gun control acts and bans have become federal laws. In 1934 Congress passed the National Firearm Acts. Under this act, a statutory excise tax is collected from manufacturers and traders of certain firearms along with mandating the registration of such firearms. The Gun Control Act of 1968 is a federal law enacted by President Lynden Johnson. This law in a broad way regulates the firearms industry as well as their owners. The law focuses on the interstate