Pro Gun Control Debate: Our Right to Safety Many arguments for and against gun control in our country revolve around the second amendment. Unfortunately the majority of those arguments are based on an individual’s perception of what the second amendment means. The second amendment was adopted into the United States Bill of Rights in 1791‚ which was 222 years ago. The second amendment states‚ “A well regulated Militia‚ being necessary to the security of free State‚ the right of the people to keep
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to a proper mutual agreement‚ time is no longer an obstacle. We as the people‚ have statistics of pro guns vs against guns to show the proper choice in each scenario. Some people believe guns on campus will cause an array of problems; however‚ with proper training and discipline‚ safety will become a concrete practice. Marjolijn Bijlefeld states from “The Gun Control Debate” that we have the right to carry “to execute the laws of the union‚ suppress insurrections‚ and repel Invasions.” At any moment
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of Gun Control Laws Gun control laws have currently become a major debate in society. Increasing gun control laws may do the opposite of protecting citizens. Although if people think guns contribute to crime studies have shown otherwise. Crime rates may increase if the gun control laws become stricter than they already are now. The government is on a quest to control society’s recourses to guns and ammo because of the past terrorist and hate crime problems. The people trying to increase gun control
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Gun Control Legislation: Background Checks and Public Policy. Gun control legislation is a very controversial topic and one that has taken a lot of attention in both academic and public policy circles here in the United States for the past 20 or 30 years. One of the most powerful tools which people have discovered for dealing with the issue of controlling who should or shouldn’t have access to guns is through the creation of background checks. The purpose of background checks in a general sense
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issue of gun control‚ and how it is enough. The article mainly focuses on two sides. The first side is that everybody should have guns from criminals to citizens. The other side is how nobody should have guns‚ besides law enforcement. First‚ this piece will discuss the pros and cons of how everybody should have guns. Then we will go on to identify some of the pros and cons about how nobody should have guns‚ bedsides law enforcement‚ and then conclude with my final opinion about the gun control issue
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Gun Control: Overview The issue of gun control has been debated for a long time‚ probably ever since they were invented. The gun is a small‚ rather easy to obtain‚ weapon that is lethal if used in the right (or wrong) way. This makes the gun an extremely dangerous factor in our lives. If used improperly‚ a gun could be lethal to not only the target‚ but the user as well. The availability of guns has sky rocketed in the past decade or so‚ and the immense population of guns in our society make it
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Argumentative Gun Control Paper The issue of Gun Control has been on the minds of humans for hundreds of years. How do we protect ourselves and our loved ones? How do we keep such a dangerous weapon out of the hands of the wrong person? Inside the Second Amendment we are granted the right to Bear Arms. Having that amendment gives each person the ability to carry a weapon if they choose‚ so how can we control who should or shouldn’t carry? According to an article evaluated from Kovandizic
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The Need For Gun Control Shortly after dusk‚ a sixteen-year-old boy stands on the street corner talking with a friend about what happened at school today between himself and another student. He nonchalantly stands there sipping his Pepsi when all of a sudden a black Honda with tinted windows drives up to the corner. The window rolls down‚ a voice calls out‚ and the boy walks up to the car. He bends down to peer into the car to see who it is when three rounds from a .38 caliber pistol rip through
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The Right to Own Guns As American citizens‚ we have more rights and freedoms than any other group of people in the world. The founders of this country established these freedoms because they had previously lived in countries where the people did not have as many rights. One of these rights is stated in the Second Amendment to the Constitution‚ which proclaims "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms‚ shall not be infringed." But over the years various laws and regulations have infringed
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11 September 2013 Anti Gun Control Due to recent mass shootings in the U.S. many Americans fear for their safety. Many Americans fear to go out to movie theaters‚ restaurants‚ and even their children ’s schools. In the article "Will Sikh temple shooting spark U.S. conversation on gun control"‚ Peter Greier claims "Americans are deeply split about the prospect of new gun laws‚ and tragic events such as recent mass killings do not change voter opinions." Gun control laws should be any more strict
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