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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the right to own and use firearms. So why are so many people trying to ban guns? Maybe it is because they do not understand what the Second Amendment actually means. Maybe it is because the media only reports the crimes committed with guns and not the lives saved with them. What would happen to the crime rate in the United States if guns were banned altogether as other countries have done? While some people think guns should be banned‚ it has been proven that criminals will still find ways to
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The unfair gun law On December 15‚ 2012‚ in the wake of devastating firing at Sandy Hook Elementary School‚ Shannon Watts founded an organization called Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America (Web). The organization runs a grassroots awareness campaign aiming to decrease the escalating gun violence. They have launched several ads among them the given ad ‘choose one’ advocates the child’s safety and the abuse of guns. In order to resonate the gun violence in school the background of this ad
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Opposing Gun Control Laws Eng. / 102 May 30‚ 2012 Opposing Gun Control Laws Watch out! Murder and mayhem is surely on the horizon as gun control laws are being dropped‚ and penalties could be imposed on those who do not comply. The debate over the use of guns in the United States can be traced back as far as 1791. The United States has the greatest percentage of private firearm ownership in the world. Most people do not just own one gun they own two or more guns. The average citizen comes to
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Proposed gun laws are often thrown together in an effort to be seen as ‘doing something’. I have been opposed to many of the gun laws proposed because they appear ineffectual‚ create more loopholes than they close‚ and add a burden of costly administration. I believe I would be supportive of legislation if I was convinced in the potential effectiveness. One of the current political hotspots is the sale of guns at gun shows. Hilary Clinton has repeatedly pledged to close the “Gun Show Loophole”
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The Gun Control Debate XBCOM/275 April 14‚ 2013 The Gun Control Debate The gun control debate sparked major attention to gun control policies that have become a major issue within the country and has led to several conflicts and concerns within Congress and Legislative office. Acts of violence has developed into a nationwide problem and needs effective attention in order to gain gun control across the country. The victims and families of the shootings have now congregated together in efforts
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Gun Control is when you keep firearms of any type‚ including handguns‚ High power rifles and even low caliber hunting rifles such as a .22 long rifle away from people. Many people think that gun control is the right way to go because they think keeping guns away from people will lower the death rate of people by guns. Also‚ just whenever people hear the word gun‚ the thoughts of violence and negativity pop into the heads of many people‚ myself included‚ think gun control is wrong because we know
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There is many different opinions on guns being allowed on campus. Some think it would cause more conflict and some think that it would protect the students just in case of an incident. I think guns should be allowed on school campus as long as there’s a fair amount of rules applied. My first reason why I think guns should be allowed to be carried by teachers on school campuses is because it could save lives. The thing about this though is that if there was a school shooter on the campus‚ would he
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Why does a society need to control guns? Gun control has always been a topic of hot debate. Shooting like the ones that occurred at Sandy Hook sparked a gun control craze in the United States (Gun control Sandy Hook shooting). Arguments were brought to ban assault rifles‚ universal background checks‚ and a ban on hi-cap magazines. While the mentioned arguments are strong‚ there are many flaws in these arguments. Gun control will not stop crime‚ responsible citizens can’t protect themselves effectively
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Gun control Introduction On July 12 2012‚ James Eagan Holmes walked in to a cinema dressed in tactical clothing‚ armed with tear-gas grenades and several firearms he killed twelve people and injured fifty-eight. On December 14 2012‚ twenty-year old Adam Lanza walked in to Sandy Hook elementary school and killed 20 children and 6 adults armed with combat gear using semi-automatic guns. In Australia‚ a mass shooting occurred at the popular tourist site Port Arthur leaving 35 people dead
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