2A: Gun Control in the US Can US gun addiction be controlled? By Mathilde Ahrenkiel‚ mathildeahrenkiel@gmail.com‚ Capus News‚ 20.09.2013 “I will try very hard”1 those are the words of President Obama as he spoke at the National Rifle Association Campaign on gun control in January 2013. His words underline the problem of a nation of enthusiastic gun owners‚ who are not afraid of teaching their children how to use a gun and to shoot to protect their freedom
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Gun Control The topic of stricter gun control laws has been a monumental discussion for multiple decades now. Gun control laws are policies that control the manufacturing‚ selling‚ handling‚ and use of firearms. Guns are rarely used in the act of self-defense and are mostly end up being used for dangerous situations that end up hurting people. In 2014‚ 2‚549 children (age 0 to 19 years) died by gunshot and an additional 13‚576 were injured‚ according to injury.research.chop.edu. Also‚ guns are too
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also an important year for gun control. The Gun Control Act was fueled by assassinations of John F. Kennedy‚ Martin Luther King‚ and Robert Kennedy. The Gun Control Act meant stricter regulations; license requirements were expanded to include all dealers and a more detailed record keeping was expected of them. This act essentially defined those who were banned from possessing firearms. Handgun sales were restricted over state lines; the list of people who could not buy guns included those convicted
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right to bear arms; however certain gun control laws must be put into place in order to keep the public safe and protect the well being of our country. Gun control in the United States has been a controversial topic for American’s for a great number of years. The first gun laws date back to the Revolutionary War and have continued to evolve into the widely debated proposals of present day. (Wikipedia‚ 2013) There are a number of pros and cons where gun control in concerned. Most rational American’s
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Gun control refers to laws or policies that regulate the manufacture‚ sale‚ transfer‚ possession‚ modification‚ or use of firearms by civilians. Some U.S. states have already adopted a variety of these gun control laws. In a society where gun violence and crimes is widely prevalent‚ there has been a widespread fear of guns. In light of current events and gun crimes‚ there has been controversy about the idea of gun control. These new laws that are intended to be enforce not only affect people who
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CJ 133 | Guns and Gun Control | Writing Assignment 6 | Katie Epps 1/18/2009 | Gun control has been one of the biggest topics facing our nation aside from abortion and homosexual marriages. There are so many different angles and arguments that surround it‚ its no wonder a definite decision can not be made. Violent crimes remain one of the most serious problems in the United States‚ in many of the violent crimes committed guns are used but an actual link between the two remains pretty
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Gun control has been an major issue in our society‚ but there has not been any laws restricting the purchasing of them. Without gun control laws many people‚ with mental illnesses‚ are able to purchase these deadly weapons and cause mass destruction. Gun control law should not only target the mentally ill‚ but also regular‚ everyday people because it is unknown when individual can get violent. Laws should be in places to restrict the purchasing of guns because it has taken the lives of many people
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adaptation‚ implementation and administration‚ and lastly evaluation (Paetz et al. 716). Gun control became a controversial argument after Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Twenty elementary school kids‚ ages from six to seven were shot. While‚ six adult instructors were shot (Barron). All of the victims were shot at point-blank range. American Citizen demanded a stricter gun policy. The phase “gun control” popped up in every news articles. This brings us to stage number one of the policymaking
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rural area of Arkansas‚ guns were carried more for hunting then they were carried for everyday protection. Today‚ in the year 2014‚ living outside of a large Metropolitan city in Indiana I see guns being carried openly for personal protection more then I see them being carried for hunting. Gun Control is a topic you can hear at many restaurant tables or amongst people standing in a store. Do people really understand what they are talking about? Will stronger gun control laws help those that carry
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stringent gun control? This is a question that has been sparking nationwide in America. Gun control is simply defined as a regulation of selling‚ owning‚ and use of guns. This debate has many arguments saying that the U.S should have stricter gun laws to prevent fewer crimes or some even say to abolish the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution and others argue that the U.S does not need any more laws to strict guns away from U.S citizens (Sowell). People for more gun control laws feel
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