created to ensure the continuation and successful of the state militias as a means of defense‚ or was it created to ensure an individual’s right to own a firearm. People‚ gun control advocates‚ began to read the second amendment concerned with rising violence in society and the role firearms play in that violence. While on the other side‚ firearm enthusiasts saw the attacks on gun ownership as attacks on freedom and defended their interpretation of the second amendment just as aggressively. Much of
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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 of felonies(with exceptions)‚ those found mentally ill‚ drug users‚ and more. Rifles and shotgun sales through the mail were also
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go through some requirements and training. A firearm should not be given just to anyone. I agree that busy public places should do background checks on guns for the safety of everyone. One of the most important places to have background checks would be at schools‚ especially since all this shooting have been happening at schools. I agreed with the second article when it said that felons and mentally ill people should not have the possession of a firearm. In my point of view‚ I disagree when it said
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calls for better monitoring of firearm owners (Tighter firearm laws‚ 2017)”. Since‚ gun possession rates in Australia have risen over the past few years many believe that Australian gun laws should be revisit or in other words reformed. Many Australian citizens have been extremely amazed that a “15 year old boy involved in the shooting death of a public servant in NSW last week‚ got access to a handgun. Many panel of experts have been looking at the laws surrounding firearm possession and who they benefit
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the bucket of a firearm mischance than kids in other progressed rich nations… About 200 Americans go to crisis rooms each day with gunfire wounds." A review distributed in the American Journal of Public Health found that
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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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(Alpers‚ 2013) in the year two thousand ten 31‚328 people died from accidental discharge‚ suicide‚ homicide‚ or undetermined intent and 31‚940 people died in two thousand eleven. The Federal Gun Laws states under the Brandy Act people could not own a firearm for personal or business use if you (1. Were convicted of a crime punishable in prison for more than one year; (2. Are a fugitive from justice; (3. Are addicted to‚ or illegally use‚ any controlled substance; (4. Have been ruled mentally
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times of crisis when help may be not willing to come‚ or not in range. Instead of placing more restrictions on guns and their owners‚ we should uphold the current laws‚ with the ability to protect ourselves and other Americans through the usage of firearms. As we look at some of the ways pro-gun control advocates are preparing to enforce gun control‚ you may wonder why we are even attempting to use such long-drawn-out means. The mere idea that regulating a certain
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right to own a firearm‚ but I feel that there should be some control over the ownership and selling of these deadly devices. When the topic of gun control is brought into a discussion the first thing people think is that the government is coming and is going to take away their guns or their rights and freedom to own a gun. This idea would be true if the government outlawed firearms‚ but gun control is just the implantation of regulations on the selling‚ owning‚ and use of firearms. I hope that this
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not need any more stringent gun control laws because crime is always going to happen no matter what‚ in the past the government has put restrictions on firearms but there are still gun crimes being committed. So why do people own guns? Statistics show that there are roughly 307 million people in the United States and around 300 million firearms are owned by U.S civilians (Agresti and Smith). Based on surveys‚ gun owners were asked why they own guns. 67% stated that they own guns for protection
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