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    Argumentative Essay against Gun Control Since 1980‚ forty-four states have passed laws allowing gun owners to carry concealed weapons outside their homes for personal protection. (Five additional states had these laws before 1980. Illinois is the sole holdout.) A federal ban on the possession‚ transfer‚ or manufacture of semiautomatic assault weapons‚ passed in 1994‚ was allowed to expire in 2004. In 2005‚ Florida passed the Stand Your Ground law‚ an extension of the so-called castle doctrine

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    Fathers held to equal importance as the Constitution itself. Whether or not gun control laws work‚ the fact of the matter is that these kinds of laws directly violate the constitution. The consequences of such laws that take away guns that could potentially be counterproductive; they exacerbate the problem instead of fixing it. There should not be laws that take away gun ownership because Americans have the right to own gunsgun can as a deterrent effect toward crimes‚ and because there are other ways

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    102: Week 6 – Argumentative Essay‚ Gun Control in America 2/12/13 Rozier Wright Professor Warrick Potomac College English 102: Week 6 – Argumentative Essay‚ Gun Control in America 2/12/13 Rozier Wright Professor Warrick Potomac College Gun Control in America In my lifetime there have been countless fatalities due to gun violence. Some people would say that‚ “guns don’t kill people‚ people kill people”. Other citizens believe that the guns are the root of these deaths and more

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    Gun control Does the banning of assault rifles violate our 2nd amendment? Gun control in America has been a controversial issue for years. It is a growing problem that has resulted in a lot of innocent murders‚ and school shootings.   Many people think that if gun control was strictly enforced it would help reduce the amount of crime. On the other hand‚ many innocent people feel they have the right to own a gun for protection. I’m going to analyze the quote‚ “Guns don’t kill people‚ stupid

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    Second Amendment Political Dilemmas The state of the union speech given by Barack Obama on gun control Legislation Bill On the 12th February 2013 President Barrack Obama delivered the state of the union speech to congress‚ in his speech he demanded for votes on gun control bills. Obama is trying to lobby congress to support him on new gun control legislation which includes banning of military style or semi-automatic firearms and high capacity magazines. During his speech he talks about events

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    hold firm‚ or does it not? Personally‚ I believe that there should be a tight control on the sales and distribution of guns in the country‚ as they are a threat to human lives. Firstly‚ the rights to own guns should be controlled as they have the power to kill‚ to inflict damage. Instead of “being necessary to the security of the state”‚ it is contributing to the unknown dangers of the state. People are not using the guns that they are given the right to own to protect themselves‚ but rather to hurt

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    101 Professor Hilsher November 20‚ 2013 Gun Control Issues 1. Will outlawing guns make the United States any safer? Many may think banning guns will help dissolve crimes throughout the country‚ but is that actually true? Laws will inevitably be broken. If you ban guns from citizens who obey the law‚ most will obey it even though they don’t agree on it. Those who already don’t follow the law are going to find a way to get guns and use them in the wrong way either way.

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    Roxanne Walton Logic Prof. C. Van Youngman September 12‚ 2012 Gun Control-Affirmative America was founded on basic fundamental rights that are to govern a civilized society. When those rights are challenged by those same citizens‚ reform is imminent and necessary. As stated in the second amendment of the United States constitution‚ “A well regulated militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right of the people to keep and bear arms‚ shall not be infringed”. Enforced

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    In the past few years so many lives have been lost due to guns in the hands of the wrong people. There have been many debates weather or not the United States should have stricter gun laws. Due to recent tragedies like the shooting in Newtown Connecticut there should be limits to the second amendment right to bear arms‚ because stricter laws is always the best way to prevent crimes. There should be limits to the second amendment right to bear arms‚ because the numbers show that there

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    English 102 Alex West 2-23-2012 Argumentative-Persuasive Writing Gun Control One of the most currently popular and controversial topics often displayed in the media is gun control. Though it is no new subject in our country gun control has flooded the news and has been a rapidly growing concern. American citizens along with the NRA are working to defend their rights. However‚ many politicians and gun control supporters want bans and limits on the ownership of firearms. Because of the actions

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