Gun Control: Australia Has the Right Idea Picture this scenario: an elementary class is enjoying recess out on the playground‚ and one child picks up a rock and throws it at a classmate.The teacher‚ instead of punishing the child‚ gives all other children a rock to defend themselves with‚ because the only thing that can stop a bad kid with a rock is a good kid with a rock‚ right? In the United States‚ there are more guns than there are people. According to a Congressional Research Service report
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Gun control Introduction On July 12 2012‚ James Eagan Holmes walked in to a cinema dressed in tactical clothing‚ armed with tear-gas grenades and several firearms he killed twelve people and injured fifty-eight. On December 14 2012‚ twenty-year old Adam Lanza walked in to Sandy Hook elementary school and killed 20 children and 6 adults armed with combat gear using semi-automatic guns. In Australia‚ a mass shooting occurred at the popular tourist site Port Arthur leaving 35 people dead
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Donohue English 2 Gun Control A lot of questions were raised about the effects of everyone being allowed to carry guns. In the 2nd amendment it is stated “Right to bear arms”. It would be violate the right of the people if they will allow the gun control. There should not be gun control because it’s unfair for the people that use it for the right reason and gun control would not lower the crime rates. First of all gun control would not be unfair for the people that use gun for the right purposes
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Control Generally‚ firearms are clustered into three broad categories; handguns‚ shotguns‚ and rifles. Basing on data production from the manufacturers of firearms‚ roughly there are 371 million firearms privately owned by citizens and domestic law enforcement in the United States (The National Research Council‚ pg. 57). The American persistent gun culture results from its revolutionary roots‚ colonial history‚ the second amendment‚ and frontier expansion. According to the second amendment; “A well-regulated
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pros and cons of gun control have been contemplated and talked about for many years. Gun control is currently a major issue in today’s society. There have been numerous meetings and debates about gun control issues‚ but nothing has made any major impacts. The United States government doesn’t know what to do about the issue. The citizens of the United States don’t know what to do. The issues of gun control remains an issue that still needs to be decided. People talking about gun control are usually extremely
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The topic of gun control has always been a volatile topic often discussed in politics. Gun control may be defined as any law‚ practice or policy proposed to restrict or limit the possession‚ use or production of guns by citizens of our country. The topic of gun control increased in popularity in the 1960’s when national crime rates dramatically increased. “With more than 20‚000 laws on the books at the local‚ state and federal levels‚ firearms are in fact one of the most regulated products in
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Gun Control Vikas Gupta (000332025) Mohawk College Abstract Gun Control is the “hot button” issue in recent times. Gun control generally refers to laws that regulate the sale‚ transfer‚ possession or use of fire arms. They vary greatly around the world. Some countries‚ such as the United Kingdom‚ have very strict limits on gun possession while others‚ like the United States‚ have‚ compared to most industrial democracies‚ relatively few and weak restrictions (although policies vary from
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1. Banning guns Owning a gun is legal in the USA. Actually‚ it’s the second amendment. The USA has the highest civilian gun ownership rate in the world. US civilians own about 270 million guns‚ compared to about 3 million guns owned by the military and less than 1 million guns owned by the police‚ also in the USA. In 2009‚ gun deaths actually outraced motor vehicle deaths in 10 US states. The 20% of gun owners possess 60% of all guns in the USA. Gun violence and gun control have been in the
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States almost 100‚000 people are shot or killed with a gun in one year? 10‚527 people die a year in handgun related incidents in the United States. This number‚ by far‚ outweighs the number of gun related deaths in countries such as Sweden‚ Great Britain‚ and Japan‚ which number 13‚ 22‚ and 87‚ respectively. What is the reason for such drastic differences in numbers? Sweden‚ Great Britain‚ and Japan are all countries that have stricter gun control laws than the US. Mind you‚ these are just the number of
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Gun Control and Gun Violence Gun Control and Gun Violence “The Federal Bureau Investigation Uniform Crime Report involving firearms showed to be at sixty-seven point seven percent of the nation’s murders‚ forty-one point three percent of robberies‚ and twenty-one point two percent of aggravated assaults…From January 2012 to June 2012 there was an increase of one point nine percent violent crimes reported.” (FBI) There should be a balance between Gun Control and Gun Violence. Gun Violence will
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