Gun Control April 25‚ 2012 Recently‚ there have been many debates going on in the news that are focusing on firearms‚ and firearm control. These debates have led to many American citizens questioning the laws revolving around gun control‚ and the amendment to the constitution allowing the right to bear arms. Since many people are unsure of how exactly laws pertaining to firearms work‚ it is crucially important that gun control is discussed. This paper will focus on gun control‚ the history
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of us assume we must either oppose or support gun control. Not so. We have a range of alternatives. Even this way of speaking oversimplifies our choices since there are two distinct scales on which to place alternatives. One scale concerns the degree (if at all) to which guns should be abolished. This scale moves from those who want no abolition (NA) of any guns‚ through those who want moderate abolition (MA) - to forbid access to some subclasses of guns - to those who want absolute abolition (AA)
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Blank Blank English 1102 - 71 Professor Blank Blank 21 February 2013 Gun Control The second amendment states as follows: “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” (Becker 9). The founding fathers of the United States agreed that the civilians of this country should have the right to bear arms. They believed that the government should be afraid of the people‚ not the people afraid of the
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the United States put more restrictions on gun ownership and use? Gun control is not one issue‚ but many. It is a very delicate issue with many different sides and viewpoints. Gun control is an ongoing argument that will never be settled. Some people believe gun control is a crime issue and others believe it is a right’s issue. Within each of these issues are those who want more gun control and those who want less. Gun control will not be a benefit to society‚ but rather a downfall. The United States
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Gun Control in America? “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” (O ’Connor & Sabato‚ 2008). That is the second amendment found in our U.S Constitution. According to the second ammendment the people have the right to keep and bear arms. Is this a right that everyone is given‚ and if so can this right be taken away? The question of gun control is one that has been highly debated since the founding
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Kylie Dale Composition 2 Professor Davis 3 March 2013 Gun Control These three essays on the topic of gun control‚ “Both Sides Have Something to Fear” by David Ropeik‚ “We Can Ratchet Down the Passions” by Adam Winkler‚ and “A Divide Widened by Misunderstanding” by David Kopel‚ have many similarities in their views and opinions of the gun debate; i.e. to have gun rights or gun control. Not only their viewpoints‚ or lack thereof rather‚ but their timing from when these essays were written and
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Title: Control Guns‚ Control Deaths General Purpose: To persuade. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that we need stricter enforcement of current gun laws‚ as well as new‚ stricter‚ gun control laws. Central Idea: Gun Control is a hotly debated issue within the United States‚ and today I want you to know that the number of deaths due to firearms is an alarming problem‚ which can be brought under control if we strictly enforce existing gun laws as well as introduce new laws since more deaths
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Gun Control Persecution of lawful gun owners is the new civil rights battle‚ many Americans claim. As civilization has progressed‚ the weapons that coincide with this event have changed and increased in power as well as effectiveness. These guns do not occur only in war‚ as they have been used as a tool to hunt for food‚ and a means of protection for many households. There are many sides to this controversial topic as to how and if these weapons should or can be controlled. In these divisive political
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Gun Control Imagine a world where there were no laws controlling who could and couldn’t buy guns. Imagine that a felon who had committed armed robbery could walk into any store and buy a gun along with the ammunition that is needed for that gun. It would be a scary would if anybody and everybody were able to buy a gun. If there were no laws for gun owners this situation could happen these laws are put into place to protect not only citizens but to protect the gun owners. Thankfully we live in a
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Gun control is among the most highly debated topics today. Federal government is currently discussing whether to initiate stronger and stricter laws for owning guns. The debate over the issue of whether or not American citizens have the undisputed rights to bear arms is a controversy that has been brought up many times dating back to the late 1800s. Activist on both sides of the gun control issues have numerous reasons to support both sides of the issues. The controversial of gun control connects
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