North American Continent. Firearms are also used in a misguided way. For example‚ in many homicide or suicide cases‚ as well as robberies and other acts of injustice‚ guns are used to harm people or to instill fear. Reasons like these are why there are‚ and should be‚ gun regulations. Since the beginning of gun regulations in America‚ there
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found as not guilty due to them pleading insanity or mentally unstable‚ will permanently be prohibited from purchasing firearms. (Mayo Clinic). While the act has been enacted for 18 years‚ it has prevented 2.4 million purchases of firearms to possible felons or the mentally ill. Not only do they have to have a clean record‚ they also have to pass a written test to obtain a Firearm Safety Certificate to purchase the gun. Federal law requires that licensed dealers conduct a background check on the purchaser
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Chief of Police SUBJECT : Progress Report re-Illegal Possession of Firearms ( RA 1866 ) ------------------------------------------------- DATE : MAY 03 2013 ------------------------------------------------- 1. Reference: a. Spot Report submitted on May 02‚ 2013 b. Initial Investigation Report dated May 01‚ 2013 2. On May 01‚ 2013 suspect one alias “Boyong Manalac” caught for illegal possession of firearms during Basketball game on Brgy. Mulawin‚ Orani‚ Bataan. Initial investigation
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article‚ one of the most obvious is in the section where he makes the point that “concealed carry permit holders are not always ‘law-abiding’ citizens”. The author continues in this section to write about how easy it is for certain people to obtain firearms and concealed carry licenses‚ even though they should not be allowed to legally. The author blames this problem on a series of systems that are in place‚ that are nowhere near enough‚ putting the blame being on communication‚ or lack-there-of‚ between
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on college campuses‚ many pro-activists have suggested that teachers and students should be allowed to carry a concealed weapons permit on campus. Some claim that their rights have been violated because most college campus forbids the use of any firearm or weapon on campus. The right to carry a gun is not the problem here‚ but rather or not people would allow guns on college campuses. It is our right‚ as the Constitution states‚ to grant citizens the right to bear arms. Being from the South‚ I am
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Celia Ruefle English 11 12/4/15 Gun Control Gun control is laws or policies that regulate the manufacture‚ sale‚ transfer‚ possession‚ modification‚ or use of firearms. Gun control has been an important issue and topic of debate for a long time in the United States. Some people believe that gun control would not prevent gun deaths‚ whereas others think that having more gun restrictions could save many lives. I believe tighter regulations are needed to reduce gun-related violence. One of the
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federal gun control law was the National Firearms Act of 1934. This law imposed a restrictive two hundred dollar tax on the manufacture or sale of machine guns and sawed-off shotguns. Also‚ all sales of these weapons were to be documented in a national registry (The Long). Then in 1968‚ a new law passed. This was the Gun Control Act of 1968 and it was the first major gun control law in America. It prohibited certain people from being able to purchase firearms including convicted felons‚ fugitives
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violence with assault weapons bans or no assault weapons ban. The center for disease control also did a study on strategies for preventing violence with firearm laws. The Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 is a law that made unlawful of owning and trading of over 50 models of semi-automatic firearms classified as “assault weapons.” Most of the firearms
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have the brain capacity to understand then there is bound to be injuries or accidental homicides. Stating‚ “an estimated 58% of firearm deaths among children and youth under age 20 in 1998 were homicides” (Reich‚ Culross‚ Behrman‚ 2002). Giving evidence of an issue that has not had effective legislation to curve the problem due to peoples’ inability to give up firearms. Furthermore‚ the necessity of education through parents is vital to curve shootings of youths in the United States of America. The
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This occurred as a response to recent violence. This act sought to control firearms through a tax of $200 for each gun sale. Later on‚ the Federal Firearms Act of 1938 required anyone selling or shipping firearms to be licensed through the U.S. Department of Commerce. As of this date it was also stipulated that guns could not be sold to persons convicted of certain crimes and required sellers
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