Currently there are no laws or regulations in place that require private sales‚ gun show sales or internet sales to perform a background check during a firearm purchase unlike federally licensed firearm dealers. This leaves a loophole open for criminals to purchase firearms leading to more gun violence such as mass shooting and robberies. Gun violence can be reduced by requiring background checks for all guns sales‚ expanding background checks to include mental health status‚ and better reporting
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self-defense. Citizens without guns are victims of harsh crimes daily by criminals who carry firearms. Carrying a firearm creates a higher capability of protecting a family. In case of a home intruder‚ a firearm will keep the family safe until police arrives. Sexual assault is common among women in America. A firearm will protect women against
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Gun Control vs. Gun Rights Gun controls vs. gun rights have been an issue for many years. With every death used by guns‚ the debate gets hotter and hotter. Gun control believers want you to believe that if all guns were outlawed then there would be no crime. Gun rights believers want you to understand that it is your constitutional right to own a gun. Unlawful or irresponsible people contribute to the debate between gun control vs. gun rights. The Second Amendment of the Constitution states
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Gun Control in America In the wake of the Connecticut school shooting‚ gun control has become an intensely debated topic. Many citizens believe that guns should be immediately banned while others feel the best course of action is to equip instructors with guns. However‚ those on each side of the issue believe that maintaining safety is the main priority. I believe the best course of action is not to simply take guns away from those who wish to do harm but rather prevent them from obtaining
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Guns and Guns Control In his article in The New York Times entitled “8 Figures on Gun Ownership‚ and Attitudes‚ in America‚” Michael Cooper‚ he describes the America’s complex relationship with guns. He clarifies this report‚ 3‚930 adults‚ including 1‚269 weapon proprietors‚ conducted in March and April. The country surveys partitioned with regards to the firearm. Each year thousands of people are shot by firearms in different places in the United States. Gun laws are the main factor of much of
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Gun control in the United States has become a highly controversial topic over the years. There have been plenty of debates on the gun control laws and people have taken to being either pro gun control laws or anti gun control laws. One thing we can’t deny would be that gun control laws would keep us all safer and even save lives. Statistic show that more guns equals to more homicide cases. If more citizens have easy access to guns‚ they’re more likely to kill than if they didn’t have easy access
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gun control & policy Gun Control and Policy: A Review of the Literature Abstract “A Well regulated militia‚ being necessary to the security of a Free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear arms‚ shall not be infringed.” Amendment II‚ Bill of Rights Constitution of the U.S The Second Amendment has been a major issue in American politics since 1876. The nation ’s powerful gun lobby‚ the National Rifle Association‚ holds that it means the right to keep
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Guns are a big controversial topic within today’s society; concerning the regulations‚ the second amendment‚ and the violence that trails behind them. Every day on the news you would hear about someone being shot‚ it does not matter what kind of shooting. A school shooting‚ police shooting‚ or just some random person’s death being plastered all over the news. In any of those scenarios‚ you would always hear about the person who did the shooting. However‚ you would hear more about the gun than you
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civilians before turning his gun on himself. Because of the shooting‚ gun control laws have been the center of political debate inside of the U.S. Most attention is focused on the United States proposed gun control laws announced yesterday by president Barack Obama. Of the many policies being demanded by anti-gun advocates‚ very few were approved yesterday. Of the few things that happened‚ President Obama passed a total of twenty-three excutive orders strengthening existing gun laws. These executive
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Literature Review- Gun Control Gun control has been a very controversial issue in American history in part‚ because America is the most armed nation in the world‚ with American citizens owning about 300 million fire arms. In fact‚ this is even more than a quarter of the whole world’s firearms. Besides‚ Guns have always been a hobby of Americans because of the gun culture that is unlike other states. American gun culture has survived since the earliest days of the republic because hunting has been
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