Gun Control in America: Past‚ Present‚ & Future Abstract "Had Americans in 1787 been told that the federal government could ban… firearms… it is hard to imagine that the Constitution would have been ratified‚” these words were used by the National Rifle Association in a court brief where it challenged the most restrictive gun control laws in the country at the time‚ those is Washington‚ D.C. (Schwartz‚ 2008‚ Individual freedoms section para.4). Cities‚ such as Chicago‚ New York‚ and the District
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recent year of 2010‚ over thirty-one thousand Americans died because of guns? This would be equal to more than eighty-five deaths each day‚ three deaths per hour. What is the leading death in the major state of Wyoming you may ask? This would be guns. Have you ever believed that guns have gone too out of control in the US because of the lack of background checks? Gun control laws must be more powerful in the United States. This is because these laws play an extraordinary role in the number of deaths
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Anti Gun Control Should the mere fact that criminals committing crimes with the use of guns infringe the national right of the innocent to possess guns. This is a question that arouses everywhere and no matter which way it is viewed the controversy will always go on. "A gun is a mere tool that can be used for good or evil. Our country is based on the belief that man is good until he or she is proven to be otherwise."(Harris p.2) This means that only a few people are committing crimes with uses of
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Gun Prohibition Laws As of recently‚ one theme is all over the news channels throughout the United States. This issue is so serious that even politicians are intensely debating what we‚ as a country should do to battle this problem. Far more importantly‚ there have been many incidents around our country where many murders have taken place in the hands of several psychopaths. The dilemma today is that all of these murders of innocent adults and little angels could have been avoided if something had
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Cause and Effect Essay The United States has the 26th highest rate of gun violence in the world (Washington Post‚ 2012). It accounted for 70 percent of all homicides and less than 10 percent of all nonfatal violent crimes from 1993 to 2011 (Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ 2013). So how will the United States overcome the battle to end gun violence? The United States Government‚ worried parents and various anti-gun groups have always scrutinized how to fix the problem. What causes violent acts
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limitations on gun rights and I think that there are only two situations when there should be limits on gun ownership. The first reason why someone should be unable to own a gun is if they are a convicted criminal. According to Google: A criminal is a person who has committed a crime. Criminals break laws. Why would they obey a gun law? Criminals and guns don’t mix. The National Institute of Justice says that in 2011‚ 414‚562 non-fatal incidents occurred involving firearms. If you use a gun to commit
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Against Gun Control “Guns don’t kill people‚ people kill people.” Many people stand by new gun control laws‚ but I am one of many Americans in which are against them. Watching the evening news or simply reading the daily paper seem impossible these days without the tragic details of a child accidently shooting him/herself or massive school shooting. Sadly many Americans opt the easy way out by choosing gun control‚ there are an enormous amount of detail that support my position‚ in which I will explain
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statistics are shocking‚ gun control needs to be promoted. In 2011‚ 10.3 in every 100‚000 people in the U.S. were victims of gun-related deaths (Dosomething.org). Gun control has become a dangerous activity in the United States because of many injuries over the years‚ some intentional and some on accident. It has made the government question if only police officers should be able to own guns because of how unsafe it has become. Many attacks to the public in general involved guns and some people believe
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about firearms in the United States. It was written by Owen Gleiberman‚ on www.BBC.com. The article references a documentary‚ but when I began to read the text‚ it sounded less like a film review‚ and more like an editorial. In the first paragraph‚ Mr. Gleiberman points out how long the gun debate has gone on‚ but states there is a different view on the entire issue. The entire thing is a study on the United States relationship with firearms. It mentions that there are more gun shops in America‚ than
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Don’t be a Son of a Gun After the carnage in Connecticut‚ gun control discussion has once again become a relevant topic. On December 14th‚ 2012‚ twenty children and six adults were killed in a school shooting in Sandy Hook‚ Connecticut. Over the year during 2012‚ there have been many major shootings. (Zornick‚ George) Clearly‚ action must take place immediately. President Obama cannot solve this complex issue alone. He needs help from the federal legislative branch and the states to build a safer
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