Guns are extremely powerful weapons. They can cause destruction‚ harm or even death. They can be used to defend and protect or threaten and kill. Any way you look at it‚ guns are powerful tools not only physically but socially. As college students it is important to stay abreast of the current events and issues circulating our country today‚ one of which is the controversial issue of gun control. It is extremely important to pay attention to where gun control laws are headed. The directions they
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Gun Control Legislation: Background Checks and Public Policy. Gun control legislation is a very controversial topic and one that has taken a lot of attention in both academic and public policy circles here in the United States for the past 20 or 30 years. One of the most powerful tools which people have discovered for dealing with the issue of controlling who should or shouldn’t have access to guns is through the creation of background checks. The purpose of background checks in a general sense
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people think that children hardly ever find guns‚ research shows that if children are left in a room with a hidden gun‚ 75% of them will find the gun within 15 minutes or less. Should children be taught gun safety? More and more children are dying due to firearm accidents now a days due to the fact that there is an estimated amount of over 300 million guns in America today. With that many guns you can arm every man‚ woman and child in America. With more guns showing up in America‚ the more likely your
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Montgomery College-Germantown Department of Mathematics Spring 2013 Course: Calculus 1/MA181 Days and Time: Monday/Wednesday 7:00-9:15 PM Room: High Tech and Science Center 204 Instructor Information: Professor: Maritza Rosas Telephone: 781-812-5718 E-mail: Maritza.Rosas@montgomerycollege.edu Mrosas162002@yahoo.com Course Description: Intended primarily for students of the physical sciences‚ engineering‚ and mathematics. An introduction to major ideas of
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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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Anti Gun Control Should the mere fact that criminals committing crimes with the use of guns infringe the national right of the innocent to possess guns. This is a question that arouses everywhere and no matter which way it is viewed the controversy will always go on. "A gun is a mere tool that can be used for good or evil. Our country is based on the belief that man is good until he or she is proven to be otherwise."(Harris p.2) This means that only a few people are committing crimes with uses of
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Gun Control in America: Past‚ Present‚ & Future Abstract "Had Americans in 1787 been told that the federal government could ban… firearms… it is hard to imagine that the Constitution would have been ratified‚” these words were used by the National Rifle Association in a court brief where it challenged the most restrictive gun control laws in the country at the time‚ those is Washington‚ D.C. (Schwartz‚ 2008‚ Individual freedoms section para.4). Cities‚ such as Chicago‚ New York‚ and the District
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Gun control has sparked quite a controversy over the years. Some people believe that having strict gun control is the only way to fix the problems. While others‚ including myself‚ believe it is more a problem with the person that is behind the trigger. There has been laws about gun control as early as 1934. as citizens‚ we need to ask ourselves if having gun control will solve all the issues at hand. With both arguments‚ there is facts to support. I believe that gun control will not have the ability
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One specific amendment‚ the Fourth Amendment‚ requires the federal government to get a warrant‚ signed by a judge‚ stating the area being searched‚ the person they are searching‚ or what they are going to search. There have been various occasions where the Fourth Amendment’s been brought up in court. Some of them include with federal agencies‚ Supreme Court cases‚ corporations‚ and well-known people. Recently‚ federal agencies have come under fire for violating peoples’ Fourth Amendment right. Of the
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parents about their children’s safety in our schools. Since last year number of school shootings by students have occurred regularly. On Tuesday February 29‚ 2000 in Mount Morris Township‚ Michigan a six-year old boy shot his classmate to death in their first grade classroom. Police reports show that the two youngsters had an argument the previous day. A single shot was fired inside the classroom at Buell Elementary School around 10 a.m. The young boy said he brought the gun to school to frighten her
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