Abstract This paper will show that gun control laws in the United States have had no significant effects on reducing crime. Although the anti-gun lobby supposes that passing more stringent laws will reduce the level of crime it will be shown that this just places additional hardships on the law abiding citizens of the United States. The work of various studies and reports from the United States government and private foundations will be the mainstay supporting concepts of this paper.
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Gun Control on its Way Paul Waldman’s “Gun control fight just beginning” appeared in the CNN news website in April 19‚ 2013. In this argument‚ Waldman aims to inform his audience about the terms of the gun control debate. The argument that he is counteracting is that people are using their ethos to give credibility to their scare tactics. This dominates the argument through pathos (lies) to completely override all example of logic to keep any gun control legislation from passing. Waldman is effective
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Let Us Keep Our Guns! I don’t think that it is OK for the government to take our firearms away from us law abiding citizens. There are many reasons for us‚ as a free and undivided country‚ that I believe we should have the right to possess guns. First of all‚ it is in our constitutional amendments as Americans that we have the right to bear arms. Our second amendment states that we can and should not only own‚ but also carry our guns. People enjoy using firearms to hunt for sport and survival
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Gun Control and Gun Violence Gun Control and Gun Violence “The Federal Bureau Investigation Uniform Crime Report involving firearms showed to be at sixty-seven point seven percent of the nation’s murders‚ forty-one point three percent of robberies‚ and twenty-one point two percent of aggravated assaults…From January 2012 to June 2012 there was an increase of one point nine percent violent crimes reported.” (FBI) There should be a balance between Gun Control and Gun Violence. Gun Violence will
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‚ about the gun control and the use of gun in mass shootings have gone up in the years. When Omar Mateen entered an Orlando‚ Florida‚ nightclub on Sunday June 12‚ 2016‚ to carry out the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history‚ he wielded a weapon that has been used in massacres from California to Connecticut: a military-inspired semi-automatic rifle the AR-15 rifles. The NSSF (National Shooting Sports Foundation) estimates there are roughly 5 million to 10 million AR-15 rifles owned in the United
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The gun control debate has been going on for a long time in U.S history. It became very controversial after the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy‚ Robert Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. After the death of these influential men‚ President Lyndon B. Johnson renewed the fight for gun control. Since the time of President Lyndon B. Johnson and his movement of gun control‚ countless political leaders have developed their opinions on gun ownership or restrictions. So they’re two sides
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Elementary School in Newtown‚ CT. It was one of the deadliest school shootings in US history. The shooting renewed debate on the issue of gun control. It sparked a conflict between the Executive and Legislative branches over how best to deal with the situation. Unfortunately‚ the gun debate tends to be a black or white issue – either you are “for guns” or “against guns”. There seems to be little middle ground. The media and politicians often play into the hype‚ making a big deal about which side people
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Ethics on Gun Control Crime is not a new issue for America nor is the connection it has to guns. What is equally not new for Americans is the debate over gun control and the rights that are possibly going to be stripped away form them. Guns have been considered the cause of many deaths even though a human with decision-making ability was ultimately the one who made the decision to kill. With the deaths of recent victims involving a variety of guns‚ this argument has been revived and is continuing
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Were you aware that in the recent year of 2010‚ over thirty-one thousand Americans died because of guns? This would be equal to more than eighty-five deaths each day‚ three deaths per hour. What is the leading death in the major state of Wyoming you may ask? This would be guns. Have you ever believed that guns have gone too out of control in the US because of the lack of background checks? Gun control laws must be more powerful in the United States. This is because these laws play an extraordinary
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(Research Essay) Gun Control A definition of gun control has different meanings to different people. A general statement is it is designed to restrict or limit the possession‚ production‚ importation‚ shipment‚ sale‚ and/or use of firearms (Wikipedia). There are many options including Assault rifle bans‚ large magazine clips ban‚ and criminal background checks. To a liberal who fears lifeless objects as being evil‚ it means walking on the bill of rights to assuage their fears‚ and avoiding or
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