Gun control or weapon control has been around for as long as recorded history‚ from the great empires of the past to the modern day societies of today. America is unique because this nation lets it’s citizen bear arms for their own protection from foreign or domestic invaders. The Second amendment states “ A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right of the people to bear arms shall not be infringed” (Jefferson). This right is one of the original amendments
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violence around the world‚ the issue of gun control reform has been widely debated across all political parties. The arguments against reform almost always boil down to citing the constitution’s second amendment; the right for citizens to keep and bear arms‚ whereas proponents of reform suggest the installment of new laws ranging anywhere to a simple mental screening before a person is given a license to complete withdrawal and ban on any form of assault weapons and guns‚ citing that it is far too easy for
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Gun Control I supportive of gun control laws‚ there are fewer deaths and less violence if there are fewer guns in the hands of citizens. Less gun control is a uniquely American phenomenon. The Founding Fathers had no way to know in 230 years that people living in large urban areas such as New York‚ Chicago and Los Angeles would be angry enough to kill each other with guns over drugs and money on a daily basis. Countries with tighter gun control laws have far less violence and fewer deaths. If life
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Thinking” textbook‚ which can be titled “Guns” for the use of this essay. While “Guns” may be a pro-firearm‚ pro-second amendment article at its heart‚ the anonymous author misses the mark when he resorts to borderline ad-hominem attacks against the “unreasonable”‚ “control fanatics” of the gun control lobby. The author’s bias leaves the reader uninformed about more viable counter-arguments to the rhetoric of the anti-gun sector‚ misrepresents the arguments of the opposing viewpoint‚
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about gun-control. Even though they all reached the same conclusion‚ that there is a need for stricter firearm policies‚ their methodology while researching about this topic has changed over time. In the recent years‚ scholars usually talked about why people favoured or opposed gun control. But as the years have passed that has changed to them talking about the loopholes in the current firearm laws and how they need need to be stricter. So‚ has the scholarly conversation about gun control has seen
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Gun control in the United States has been a source of societal and political debate dating back to the 1934 when the National Firearms Act of 1934 was enacted. While countries around the world define the basics of gun control as “laws that control how guns are sold and used and who can own them” (Merriam-Webster). Some have become concerned about the United States policies regarding the “relaxed” state of current laws. Countries around the world with tight policies contend to have reduced death and
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On the contrary‚ opponents of gun-control laws claim that it is useless to prevent violence by regulating guns. In fact‚ law-abiding citizens are already permitted to carry concealed weapons in forty states with gun crimes rate remaining the same (Wright). In my opinion‚ with guns thousands of citizens could save their lives. Just like Jessica‚ they gain courage because guns are available to them when emergencies occur. Also‚ in many campus shootings‚ professors and students could not defend themselves
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Meglyn Huber WR 122 Jacob Miendersee 2/29/2013 Counter Argument Position Paper: “What’s so Bad About Hate?” by Andrew Sullivan With so much diversity in the world‚ there will always be conflicts about beliefs and feelings towards each other. When those who act out on these negative feelings towards minorities‚ it is called a “hate crime”. To combat these vicious and horrible offenses‚ throughout history‚ presidents and National leaders have declared a symbolic “war on hate”. From President
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In the dialogue Crito‚ Crito is making the argument to Socrate that he needs to escape jail‚ because he is an innocent man‚ that he doesn’t deserve to die‚ and that he needs to leave before he loses his life. While‚ Socrate counter argues that he must stay in jail and reserve the punishment that they voted for him‚ because for him to ran and escape jail that in itself is injustice even if he is in fact an innocent man. In Socrate’s counter argument he proclaims that if he and Crito came up with a
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3rd hour Debate Arguments Against Gun Control: 3rd Argument It is quite clear that by looking at criminals intentions and the overall protection of our country’s people gun control should not be administered. Since the establishment of our great nation guns have played a central role and have been of great importance. Though some may think that guns are weapons of war‚ crime‚ and violence our Founding Fathers realized they were an essential right that needed to be preserved for the citizens
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