Also‚ mass shootings and murders in recent months makes this issue one of the most arguable situation in country. Twice in the past two years gun control has reached the nation’s highest court. Based on production data from firearm manufactures‚ there are 300 million firearms owned by civilians in the United States. U.S. has 88.8 guns per 100 people‚ which is the highest total and per capita number in the world. The second amendment of constitution protects individual gun ownership
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Gun control has been a long debated issue amongst people. I chose to research the pros and cons of laws already in place. Firearms are grouped into three different categories: Handguns‚ Rifles‚ and Shotguns. Under federal law it is illegal to be given‚ obtain‚ or move any firearm or ammunition for people who have been “convicted of or under indictment for a felony punishable by more than one year in prison‚ someone convicted of a misdemeanor punishable by more than two years in prison‚ a fugitive
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Thesis Statement: Gun control decreases crime. If gun control is regulated‚ then we will have less crime. Access to firearms makes killing easy‚ efficient‚ and impersonal‚ which increases the lethality of crime. 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 handy killing machines that make crimes so easy.”Allowing untrained people to carry
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America‚ the right to own‚ bear and keep firearms‚ along with the right to defend oneself‚ is as central to the American identity as apple pie. However‚ unlike American cuisine‚ the issue of “gun politics” (as many academics and pundits call the issue) or gun control in the United States is extremely polarizing. During the last couple decades‚ the debate over gun control has been characterized by a stalemate between the individual’s right to own firearms protected by the Constitution and the duty
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all of our rights. The government can restrict our rights‚ and they do. The fact is‚ there are already limits on firearms by the government. For example: people cannot own machine guns‚ hand grenades‚ or shoulder-launched missiles and children‚ mentally ill‚ and felons cannot own any type of gun. The Supreme Court has refused to inspect the laws that bound the right to carry firearms and specific types
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work. From the precedent‚ gun control laws have actually given rise to homicide and increased the crime rate. Most criminals do not get their firearms from gun stores or pawnshops. They either borrow them‚ or steal them. Only about one-sixth legally bought firearms are being used for criminal activity. Our goal should not be to reduce the carry of firearms‚ but put an end to them being carried by criminals. The National Rifle Association works hard to protect America’s right to bear arms. They are
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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 a popular pastime‚ and also because guns
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and gun laws that restrict citizens from having guns infringes the Second Amendment. I grew up learning how to properly handle firearms‚ and know that it takes a great amount of teaching to be safe with using a firearm. My family has used guns for many years for hunting‚ so gun control will directly affect me because in the future I will be unable use certain firearms. 3. Gun control laws don’t necessarily lower crimes involved with weapons‚ because it actually might affect the law abiding citizens
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Crime and guns. The two seem to go hand in hand with one another. Are the two really associated though? Do guns necessarily lead to crime? And if so do laws placing restrictions on firearm ownership and use stop the crime or protect the citizens? These are the questions many citizens and lawmakers are asking themselves when setting about to create gun control laws. The debate over gun control‚ however‚ is nothing new. In 1924‚ presidential candidate‚ Robert La Follete said‚ “our choice is not merely
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very low number considering an estimated 2‚446‚294 AR-15 model rifles alone being owned in the U.S. it would seem assault weapons are not the culprit of violent crime (Peters). Many other countries have also banned assault weapons and even debarred firearms completely. For example France has banned all assault weapons and pistols‚ allowing only the possession of rifles and shotguns; which the owner must pass a criminal background check and mental health background check as well. After being granted
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