While guns are owned by many Americans‚ there are both pro and con arguments for gun control. To start out a con is being able to protect yourself.with having gun control‚ it states in document 5 you can’t take all the guns away from people because there are people out there that would find away to keep their weapons which mean all the good people out there who have up there guns have a chance of being killed because they have no protection also in document 9 it says with gun control you can’t protect
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Do We Need Tougher Gun Control Laws? One of the most controversial issues in our society today is the topic of private gun ownership and gun control laws. This controversy has arisen mostly due to the different ways that the second constitutional amendment is interpreted. The amendment states that "a well regulated militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right to the people to keep and bear arms‚ shall not be infringed" (Lott‚ 2000). On one side of the issue‚ there are those
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owning a gun. The second amendment states that “ 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." This amendment entitles people to obtaining a gun legally for whatever reason. I Believe that people have a right to self defense. There is no way to entirely stop people that obtain a firearm legally from using it to murder another person. For instance if someone breaks into a stranger’s house with a gun they
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facing right now is gun-related violence. There have been a lot of gun-related incidents for decades‚ but in the last few years they have become much more frequent‚ as pointed out by the Gun Violence Archive. And now people are paying more attention to the problem of gun-related incidents and the gun regulations‚ especially after the shooting in Charleston‚ South Carolina on June 17th this year. A research done by University of Sydney estimated that there about 270‚000‚000 guns owned by citizens in
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"assault weapon" ban is also often cited as a reason why guns should not have regulation. The logical flaw in this is that the "ban" only stopped the manufacture of new semi-automatic guns and did nothing to affect those that already existed (Lysy 2013). An outright ban on all guns and other weaponry for non-military use‚ both new and already present‚ needs to enact in America as the current laws are excessively
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Gun Control Brittany East POL 201 Instructor Dixon May 13‚ 2013 Gun control is a commonly discussed issue in today’s world. Everyone seems to have a different view and opinion on what should be done about it. In this essay I will discuss the regulations that President Obama wants put into place for gun control‚ the opposing views from the state and local levels‚ also the pros and cons that I can see about the gun control policy. First‚ I will discuss some statistics on whether or not state
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“Despite guns being banned in Honduras it has the highest murder rate in the world‚ yet in Switzerland almost all people have guns and it has the lowest murder rate in the world.” (Anderson) Many people and famous politicians disagree with guns because that is what many are killed by. Gun ownership should be allowed because it is a huge protection device against deadly threats to a family and yourself. There are many logical reasons why guns shouldn’t be banned. One of the biggest being that the
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Gun Control Gun control is a very controversial topic‚ some people want it‚ and some people don’t. I’m going to tell you some of the reasons that create a valid argument for why there should be no gun control. Everyone needs protection‚ and guns provide that. If someone is breaking into your home‚ what do you reach for first? A gun is the most logical option‚ in most situations it’s either shoot or be shot. Would have those school shootings resulted in less violence if school staff would have
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Gun Fight Imagine being a student in the Virginia Tech Massacre. Imagine seeing your family‚ friends‚ even total strangers shot on the streets every day. Gun Fight puts you in the middle of these types of situations. The intent of Gun Fight is to change the viewer’s opinion of gun rights and gun control by showing both sides of the argument and ultimately supporting the anti-gun movement. Clips from conventions supporting gun rights and clips supporting gun control give
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Currently there are no laws or regulations in place that require private sales‚ gun show sales or internet sales to perform a background check during a firearm purchase unlike federally licensed firearm dealers. This leaves a loophole open for criminals to purchase firearms leading to more gun violence such as mass shooting and robberies. Gun violence can be reduced by requiring background checks for all guns sales‚ expanding background checks to include mental health status‚ and better reporting
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