new proposed gun control laws in the aftermath of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton‚ Connecticut that occurred on December 14th‚ 2012. This incident claimed the lives of twenty 1st graders and six adults and has set the government in motion to try to prevent future acts of violence by strengthening gun control laws in the United States (Smith). This has been a topic that has been an extremely emotional debate with people on both sides unwilling to compromise. Gun advocates and
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Sandi Greene Rhetorical Analysis- Gun Control- Rough Draft Gun Control laws have been discussed more and more now due to more recent tragedies because of gun violence. James Q. Wilson‚ previous a professor of Pepperdine University‚ UCLA‚ and an author of many public policy books‚ wrote and editorial letter trying to convince his intended audience that if the government passes more gun control laws it will not decrease the gun violence in America as much as society wants to believe
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“Where you have the most armed citizens in America‚ you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control‚ you have the highest crime rate.” -Ted Nugent. One of the biggest political issues today is gun control. There have been so many shootings in the streets‚ in schools‚ in federal buildings‚ colleges‚ and movie theaters. There are many theories on gun control from both conservative and liberal sides; I believe the answer in somewhere in the middle. In 1791 the Constitution
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Do We Need Tougher Gun Control Laws? One of the most controversial issues in our society today is the topic of private gun ownership and gun control laws. This controversy has arisen mostly due to the different ways that the second constitutional amendment is interpreted. The amendment states that "a well regulated militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right to the people to keep and bear arms‚ shall not be infringed" (Lott‚ 2000). On one side of the issue‚ there are those
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Gun Control Gun control policies are laws that regulate the manufacture‚ sale‚ transfer‚ possession‚ modification‚ or use of firearms. These laws or policies vary widely around the world. Some countries such as United Kingdom‚ have very strict limits on gun possession while others like the United States‚ have laws that vary significantly within their states. However due to recent events the government is trying to pass and enforce new gun laws that would make certain types of weapons illegal as
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shootings. And I think regulation of guns is a necessary action that needs to be taken in order to save lives. Gun control is necessary in order to have a peaceful country and world. Guns are very powerful weapons‚ and they are way too easy to access nowadays in America. The United States has the highest gun ownership rate in the world‚ The U.S. has 88.8 guns for every 100 American residents‚ gun crime and murders had been increasing every year. Without gun control‚ many lives are being taken for unnecessary
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Gun control has always been a highly contested issue‚ some people believe that the government has no right to regulate the guns that they can obtain/the guns that they are allowed to own. However‚ others believe‚ for safety issues‚ that there should be a more thorough process to obtain guns and/or restrictions on the types of firearms that citizens can possess. The recent Oregon shooting has rekindled the debate of gun control‚ many advocates of both sides of the issue have recently started making
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ProCon.org recently featured an article that studied gun control. “Stricter state gun laws associated with fewer gun deaths‚ study finds.” The article discussed gun control laws in states with stricter laws tend to have lower rates of gun related homicides‚ and a suicide (ProCon para. 1) Gun control in the United States is becoming a wide spread issue and is becoming a problem everywhere. Although I am living in a city with uprising crime that has been skyrocketing over the years‚ I wasn’t aware
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The current gun control laws should be strictly enforced to avoid creating new laws. News laws make it harder on law abiding citizens to purchase firearms‚ ammunition‚ and magazines/clips. Some feel it would decrease gun violence by creating new laws. This is unfair to thousands of people who are gun advocates‚ including myself. Hundreds of thousands of people own a gun‚ if not more than one gun. In order to become a gun owner‚ there are legal steps to be followed in order to earn a permit.
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thinking about gun control lately? Have you been thinking about how safe you really are in this world including your children’s safety? Can you believe that the total number of incidents in 2015 is a shocking number of 48‚825? That is completely insane. Currently gun control is a topic of conversation mostly because of the recent tragedies. Statistics show that gun violence is raising the bar in tragedies through the year‚ now no legitimate study in the U.S. has ever shown that gun control has no positive
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