Part I I decided I would do my political cartoon on gun control‚ so I googled gun control cartoon images and came across the above cartoon. At first glance I thought the cartoon artist was in support of guns‚ by clearly listing out the number of jobs that are related to the sale and manufacturing of guns‚ thus making the statement guns sales provide jobs. The image provided a link to another site (courant.com/news/opinion/cartoon) that provided the commentary from cartoonist- Bob Englehart. After
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Looking at gun violence in this light makes it very understandable why support of stricter gun control has increased drastically in the recent past. A 2015 Gallup poll found that 55% of Americans say we should have stricter gun laws‚ up a significant 8% from 2014. Ideally‚ intensifying gun control laws would keep the weapons out of the hands of criminals or other people that would use the weapons illegally. However‚ would creating stricter gun laws actually decrease violence in the United States? There
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Gun Control By: Emma Beery Gun control can be looked at from many different viewpoints from many different people. Some people believe that all crime will be stopped while others think it will only increase. Guns should not be banned in the U.S because banning them will not make the killers stop‚ good people need to help‚ and making guns illegal will just lead to people disobeying the law. Before addressing the viewpoints and the positive and negative effects‚ understanding what gun control is should
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Did you know that in the United States almost 100‚000 people are shot or killed with a gun in one year? 10‚527 people die a year in handgun related incidents in the United States. This number‚ by far‚ outweighs the number of gun related deaths in countries such as Sweden‚ Great Britain‚ and Japan‚ which number 13‚ 22‚ and 87‚ respectively. What is the reason for such drastic differences in numbers? Sweden‚ Great Britain‚ and Japan are all countries that have stricter gun control laws than the US
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In the United States Americans are seven times more likely to die from violence and six times more likely to be killed with a gun. On average there are about 12‚000 gun homicides a year in the United States. The second amendment should be revised due to the gun violence in America being a severe problem. The homicide rate in America is at an all time high. Accidental deaths of children due to unattended guns. The suicide in america committed with a firearm is becoming a severe problem. There is
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1. Banning guns Owning a gun is legal in the USA. Actually‚ it’s the second amendment. The USA has the highest civilian gun ownership rate in the world. US civilians own about 270 million guns‚ compared to about 3 million guns owned by the military and less than 1 million guns owned by the police‚ also in the USA. In 2009‚ gun deaths actually outraced motor vehicle deaths in 10 US states. The 20% of gun owners possess 60% of all guns in the USA. Gun violence and gun control have been in
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Gun Control Gun control policies are laws that regulate the manufacture‚ sale‚ transfer‚ possession‚ modification‚ or use of firearms. These laws or policies vary widely around the world. Some countries such as United Kingdom‚ have very strict limits on gun possession while others like the United States‚ have laws that vary significantly within their states. However due to recent events the government is trying to pass and enforce new gun laws that would make certain types of weapons illegal as
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Mason’s opinion; his claim is backed by examples of a disarmed population being enslaved by their government in the past. For example‚ in 1938‚ Hitler of the Nazi party made a law prohibiting Jews from keeping or bearing firearms. By taking the Jews’ guns‚ the Jews had no effective way to defend themselves from being killed or sent to concentration camps by the Nazis. Despite previous examples in the past‚ some people question the importance of having the ability to defend against the government. These
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other high-income nations‚ such as Germany‚ Australia‚ and Canada‚ researchers with The American Journal of Medicine found that the gun deaths on US soil account for 82% of all the gun deaths in these countries combined. In other words‚ 82 out of 100 deaths caused by gun violence in 23 of the wealthiest‚ most developed nations in the world occur in the United States (Preidt). Whether you label this a public health problem or a mental health problem‚ a legal problem or a public safety problem‚
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Should the United States have stricter gun-control laws? Research from Dr. John Lott states that with a higher gun ownership rate come fewer mass shootings. From 1977 to 1999 right-to-carry laws decreased the frequency and severity of mass shootings. The terror attack in Orlando and the shooting that killed Christina Grimmie both occurred in gun-free zones. One of the main reasons murderers do that is because they don’t want to be stopped by an armed civilian. People say the gun-free zones will
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