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    amendment right to bear arms. They do not want increased gun control any more than it already is. The NRA has lobbied for and against legislation since 1975. The NRA acts a linkage between the people’s ideas it supports and policy institutions such as Congress‚ the President‚ and the judicial branch. This linkage helps the connection between the institution and the congress. The NRA has a large following considering the massive amount of gun

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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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    others were wounded in the Oct. 1 shooting at Umpqua Community College. The murder killed himself after being shoot by the police officers. Nine innocent students lost their lives causing furor around the nation. Reviving the controversial issue of gun control laws‚ many politicians and citizens took this opportunity to argue their point of view on this topic. President Barack Obama decided to go visit the small town in Oregon to console the victims and their family leaving aside political motives

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    Open carry is an ongoing topic of dispute amongst the entire United States. Some states are lax with their gun laws while some are stricter. The controversy over gun control is all over the media‚ especially because of the ongoing occurrences of shootings. The behaviors of these individuals are not at all alike but they all are committing these heinous acts against innocent people‚ some even children. Each one seems to have a different agenda‚ such as terrorist acts‚ and others are just random people

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    something would be gun violence because all over the world have gun violence people dieing because of the guns and also because of violence. This is bad for people all over the world gun violence is still around the world and that is something that I do not like in this world having gun violence what is the reason of having gun violence why do we need this type of violence. One thing that I can do to change gun violence is stop people from using guns and tell people why is gun violence bad for people

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    support their family. Me personally I love to hunt and shoot guns‚ I do every time I get the chance and I plan to conceal carry when I get older for self-defense purposes. I agree somewhat if the government wants to take our guns away speaking for all of the people who

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    you‚ you should help. A lot of the times‚ the victims are too fearful to reach out for help. The chance that a weapon is involved in a domestic abuse case is about 19%. And when an abuser presents a gun‚ the chance of homicide to occur jumps up 500%. With all the violence in the US‚ domestic violence is 15% of it. And that doesn’t properly take the homicides‚ rapings‚ and

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    In this article‚ McLaughlin‚ who is the author‚ discussed the timeline of the Las Vegas shooting. McLaughlin talked about how MGM‚ the company that owns the hotel that the shooter was in‚ said that facts on the timeline cannot be verified and is still changing. On the other hand‚ Investigators believe that the timeline is accurate‚ but it may change. No one knows the reason why Paddock‚ the terrorist‚ decided to harm tens of thousands of people. McLaughlin also discussed that a college student names

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    Gun violence is a serious issue‚ but is taking away guns going to solve it? I think it will not for three main reasons: Laws only affect law abiding citizens‚ other countries have tried this (it doesn’t work)‚ and that it would be almost impossible to enforce. To start things off‚ making laws to ban guns will not stop people from getting them. People will buy the guns in question on the black market. The Trans Border Institute estimates that over 250‚000 guns are illegally imported into the U.S

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    The gun violence would be reduced‚ gun restrictions have and always existed. Americans and people with guns support new gun restrictions‚ the Second Amendment protect individuals rights to own their own gun for personal defense for protection of their children from invaders coming in their homes. A Pew Foundation found that 79% male gun owners and 80% female gun owners said that having a gun in their home made them feel more safe in their own home plus with the 64% of people with friends living

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