Gun Control: Australia Has the Right Idea Picture this scenario: an elementary class is enjoying recess out on the playground‚ and one child picks up a rock and throws it at a classmate.The teacher‚ instead of punishing the child‚ gives all other children a rock to defend themselves with‚ because the only thing that can stop a bad kid with a rock is a good kid with a rock‚ right? In the United States‚ there are more guns than there are people. According to a Congressional Research Service report
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Gun Control. This has been a divisive topic for centuries‚ ever since the creation of guns in the late 1700’s. Many people see guns as their right and often point to the 2nd Amendment in the U.S‚ which gives all people and groups such as the NRA‚ the right to carry guns no matter what happens. This is a right which has been laid out and given to all Americans‚ along with freedom of speech‚ religion‚ the press‚ etc. But on the other hand‚ in the wake of mass shootings which have now become a trend
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Opposing Gun Control Laws Eng. / 102 May 30‚ 2012 Opposing Gun Control Laws Watch out! Murder and mayhem is surely on the horizon as gun control laws are being dropped‚ and penalties could be imposed on those who do not comply. The debate over the use of guns in the United States can be traced back as far as 1791. The United States has the greatest percentage of private firearm ownership in the world. Most people do not just own one gun they own two or more guns. The average citizen comes to
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Gun Control is when you keep firearms of any type‚ including handguns‚ High power rifles and even low caliber hunting rifles such as a .22 long rifle away from people. Many people think that gun control is the right way to go because they think keeping guns away from people will lower the death rate of people by guns. Also‚ just whenever people hear the word gun‚ the thoughts of violence and negativity pop into the heads of many people‚ myself included‚ think gun control is wrong because we know
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Matthew Mercado Mrs.Mcgrath English 11R 3 November 2013 Gun Control Research Paper When you hear about all of the tragedies that have occurred over the last few years relating gun violence one of the first things that come to mind is how they can be prevented. Gun regulations could limit the number of shootings and gun related deaths in the United States. If we take guns off the streets to obvious result would be a decline the average number of deaths caused by shootings in the United States per
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Gun control Introduction On July 12 2012‚ James Eagan Holmes walked in to a cinema dressed in tactical clothing‚ armed with tear-gas grenades and several firearms he killed twelve people and injured fifty-eight. On December 14 2012‚ twenty-year old Adam Lanza walked in to Sandy Hook elementary school and killed 20 children and 6 adults armed with combat gear using semi-automatic guns. In Australia‚ a mass shooting occurred at the popular tourist site Port Arthur leaving 35 people dead
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Gun Control Thomas Jefferson once wrote “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press‚ and that cannot be limited without being lost.” Gun enthusiasts often couple this with a quote from Ben Franklin‚ “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.”Guns are one of the most dangerous inventions created by man‚ it is also one of the top killers of the world. But guns are not accountable for what they have been used for‚ it
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When discussing gun control and children safety we have to remember that there are many issues to take into account because the children are the most important topic. Question‚ are our children safe at school and are the teachers equipped to handle this kind of responsibility? The government thinks that if they take the guns away that this will solve the problem‚ when the real issue is how we stop the violence in America and at our schools. Let’s look at what the NRA is saying. First‚ they are
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DiCarlo Gun Control Contradicts Logic Gun control has been a controversial and highly contentious subject for quite some time. People against gun control feel like owning a gun is protected by their constitutional rights. They feel very strongly about their right to own a fire arm and believe strongly that gun control laws only restrict the rights of law abiding citizens. People who support gun control laws feel that guns are the primary cause of violent crime in America‚ and that stricter gun laws
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Gun control In the PSP game store‚ fans always can see the majority of games are related about shooting games; this phenomenon is not weird because Americans are permitted to own guns. However‚ the shooting happened in Sandy Hook Elementary School stimulates people to consider about the rightness of gun control. In recent days‚ the most journalisms doubt about the Constitution’s decision of gun control brings people safety finally? Although these people hold some reasonable opinion‚ they still
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