Guns‚ Germs and Steel Jared Diamond‚ author of the Pulitzer Prize Winning‚ National Best Selling book Guns‚ Germs and Steel‚ summarizes his book by saying the following: "History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples ’ environments‚ not because of biological differences among peoples themselves." Guns‚ Germs and Steel is historical literature that documents Jared Diamond ’s views on how the world as we know it developed. However‚ is his thesis that
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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 topic of gun control has always been a volatile topic often discussed in politics. Gun control may be defined as any law‚ practice or policy proposed to restrict or limit the possession‚ use or production of guns by citizens of our country. The topic of gun control increased in popularity in the 1960’s when national crime rates dramatically increased. “With more than 20‚000 laws on the books at the local‚ state and federal levels‚ firearms are in fact one of the most regulated products in
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Where Does the Answer Lie with Gun Control? Death‚ violence‚ individual rights‚ crime‚ and cause are many words that arise when researching the controversial topic of gun control. This issue revolves around the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution that states: “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.” (U.S. Constitution. Amend. II‚ Sec. 1.). Is there a black and white answer
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laws to improve the background check system‚ fill the gun show loophole‚ and proceed more enforcement to gun dealers because they are main contributors to gun violence in the country. Concession: Although a lot of deaths in America related to firearms‚ many people believe that the government should not be harder on gun control. People argue that it is unreasonable and unnecessary to put effort on regulating gun shows because criminals rarely buy guns there. A study of Justice Department in 2001 found
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American Gun Owners In the world that humanity has constructed it has left itself vulnerable to threats that nobody could comprehend: terror‚ mass murderers‚ chemical warfare‚ and numerous others. These fears have caused a vast rift in the population of the United States. People just do not feel safe anymore and how the population is dealing with their fear is coming across numerous fields; the biggest area under siege is the Second Amendment. In this debate on United States citizens gun rights
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Antonio Smith Jr Gun Control Debate Gun control is a hot button issue that boils over whenever acts of gun violence occur. Citizens‚ lawmakers and gun lobbyists have been debating the issue of gun control for more than a century‚ and there has yet to be a definitive answer. Proponents of gun control don’t believe that state and federal gun control acts do enough‚ and gun rights advocates believe that the laws go too far. Opponents of gun control laws argue that Americans have the right to bear
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Gun control laws create many problems. For example people want to increase gun control procedures to decrease the amount of shootings there are. They push this even though according to the The Trace mass shootings account for only 2% of annual gun deaths. Another reason people try to push gun control is to make it harder for criminals to get guns. According to Criminals don’t follow laws‚ a user on Debate.org “The whole point of so called gun control is to keep those who should not have guns from
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A lot of people lose their lives because of gun violence in America. This problem is an ongoing debate and the people suffer everyday in United States. Guns are a problem if people don’t know how to use it carefully. In most of the cases guns are legally purchased but some people that are mentally ill took advantage of it using it to harm other people. Mass shooting that took place in Las Vegas last month‚ where the gunman attacked large crowds of people while they were at the concert from his hotel
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States own about 270 million guns‚ according to a 2007 report by the Switzerland-based Small Arms Survey. That’s almost the population of Indonesia‚ the world’s fourth most-populated country.” Many violent shooting accidents have been occurring in the United States partially as a result of the proliferation of guns. Restrictions on gun ownership can reduce the number of deaths associated with guns and crime rates. In addition‚ it solves many “socio-economic” issues caused by gun violence. One reason that
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