why Americans own so many guns is because of the Second Amendment‚ which states‚ “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.” (Rauch) This amendment guarantees U.S. citizens the right to have firearms. Since this amendment is relatively vague‚ it is up for interpretation‚ and is often used by gun advocates to argue for lenient gun laws. Hence‚ gun control is a frequently discussed
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Final Draft Gun Control in America Is it possible that guns are the cause for all the violence and murders in America? Remember the tragedy that took place on December 14‚ 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown‚ Connecticut‚ when Adam Lanza opened fire and fatally shot twenty children and six adults. What about the event that took place just six months before that in a theater in Aurora‚ Colorado? On July 20‚ 2012‚ James Holmes open fired during a shooting scene in The Dark Night Rises. His
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Gun control Does the banning of assault rifles violate our 2nd amendment? Gun control in America has been a controversial issue for years. It is a growing problem that has resulted in a lot of innocent murders‚ and school shootings. Many people think that if gun control was strictly enforced it would help reduce the amount of crime. On the other hand‚ many innocent people feel they have the right to own a gun for protection. I’m going to analyze the quote‚ “Guns don’t kill people‚ stupid
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Gun Control America in the past 10 years has experienced tragedy after tragedy. Most tragedies due to war‚ finances‚ and gun violence. After the more recent massacres‚ America must do something soon and effective. Strengthening gun security across the U.S. has been a debatable topic‚ which many are for as well as against. Some believe it isn’t the right time to discuss gun control after tragic events have occurred‚ emotions are so high. In response to that‚ when then? When should America find
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Gun Control Gun control has been a debatable issue for all times. I stand for gun control‚ knowing that all that stands between you and death is the pull of a trigger‚ truly scares me. The united states needs stricter gun laws for many reasons. To prevent school shootings as well as mass shootings‚ reduce suicides and crime rates‚ and to prevent most untrained civilians from owning guns that can potentially harm them and everyone around them. James Holmes and the Aurora theater. Twelve people
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Title: Control Guns‚ Control Deaths General Purpose: To persuade. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that we need stricter enforcement of current gun laws‚ as well as new‚ stricter‚ gun control laws. Central Idea: Gun Control is a hotly debated issue within the United States‚ and today I want you to know that the number of deaths due to firearms is an alarming problem‚ which can be brought under control if we strictly enforce existing gun laws as well as introduce new laws since more deaths
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Gun Control If gun control is altered‚ then we will have less criminals roaming the streets. Access to firearms makes murder easy‚ efficient‚ and nonpersonal‚ which increases the chance a crime will be committed. Josh Sugarmann‚ the Executive Director of the Violence Policy Center has once said‚ "We recoil in horror and search for explanations‚ but we never face up to the obvious preventive measure: a ban on the easy killing machines that makes murder and robbery so easy.” Allowing uncertified
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Gun Violence Sociology 1010 Kenneth Cornwell Zanestate College Carl A. Field Today in our society we have a massive problem with gun violence. Many people are abusing their right to own guns by doing was is called a shooting. A shooting is a kill spree of mostlky public areas. This happens because of people wioth a mental background not being check for illnesses and abeing allowed to purchase firearms. This is not always the case‚ for there are problems with bullies in our society. Bullies
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SWK 237-Introduction to Social work Professor Rubin Gun Control Gun control is a term that describes the use of law to limit people’s access to handguns‚ shotguns‚ rifles‚ and other firearms‚ through passing statutes that require‚ for example‚ gun purchasers to undergo background checks for criminal records‚ for guns to be registered‚ or a number of other methods. In the United States‚ gun control is a hotly contested political issue that can make or break the careers
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Gun Control‚ Why Too Much Is Bad Gun Control‚ Why Too Much Is Bad Controlling access to firearms will not make shootings happen less frequently. While the media prefers to report and sensationalize the shootings committed by ’loners who kept to themselves until they finally snapped ’‚ the average gun violence incident happens among the already present criminal element. Therefore‚ taking firearms out of the hands of law-abiding citizens will not only do nothing about criminal access
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