debated topic in USA recently‚ especially after the terrible armed attack to a school in December 2012. The topic is whether having gun should be completely banned or not. In USA‚ acquiring a gun is so simple that anyone wanting to have a gun can get it within one or two days. Add to the easiness of acquiring a gun in legal ways‚ there are easier ways to get a gun which are called private-party sales and‚ of course‚ black market. A great number of the crimes include handgun‚ and these crimes are
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Name Date Class Professor Pro-Gun Control With the Second Amendment giving American citizens the right to bear arms‚ and approximately fifty percent of Americans owning some form of a firearm‚ issues involving the ownership and possession of guns has led to debates in American society. Many feel that the some form of gun regulation is necessary in order to lower the level of gun related violence in the country. On the other hand‚ the opponents of gun control feel that it would be an infringement
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Antonio Smith Jr Gun Control Debate Gun control is a hot button issue that boils over whenever acts of gun violence occur. Citizens‚ lawmakers and gun lobbyists have been debating the issue of gun control for more than a century‚ and there has yet to be a definitive answer. Proponents of gun control don’t believe that state and federal gun control acts do enough‚ and gun rights advocates believe that the laws go too far. Opponents of gun control laws argue that Americans have the right to bear
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points about guns and people with guns. However I think that guns themselves should not be banned but maybe things about the guns should be banned. This artic explains how some people view guns and how these people want to either ban guns or not. The article also tells us how the government wants to deal with the guns and how the people will be safer or not as safe. The national rifle association is calling for a cooling off period after this shooting in Las Vegas. I think that gun laws should be
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Ani Mouradian Ms. Myklebust Honors English 2 8 January 2013 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
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Gun Control: Hand Guns Gun Control: Hand Guns “Strict gun control” is a set of legal restrictions meant to enforce scarcity of firearms among the citizenry (Stell‚ 2004). The imposition of gun restrictions are intended to control gun related incidents by making guns harder to possess. Primarily‚ the main objective of gun laws is to control the kinds of firearms that an individual can purchase. The laws authorizes’ the majority of people to buy and own firearms but at the same time
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Gun laws in the United States of America need to be altered in order to make American society safer. The Second Amendment of the Constitution reads “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 means that from the point any American child is born they have the right to possess a gun and use it for their own safety. How can a child as young as the age of ten years old know the difference between
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people do not look into the death rates that are caused by guns each and every day. Really‚ if you allowed guns to be bought‚ you are just doing half of the criminal’s job for them. Guns are not the only solution to look into when defending you against danger. There are other ways you can protect yourself such as taking a self-defense class‚ using some pepper spray‚ and etcetera. Guns make it easier for someone to commit murder. If guns are taken out of civilian’s hands and only available for people
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Gun Control on its Way Paul Waldman’s “Gun control fight just beginning” appeared in the CNN news website in April 19‚ 2013. In this argument‚ Waldman aims to inform his audience about the terms of the gun control debate. The argument that he is counteracting is that people are using their ethos to give credibility to their scare tactics. This dominates the argument through pathos (lies) to completely override all example of logic to keep any gun control legislation from passing. Waldman is effective
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Crime and guns. The two seem to go hand in hand with one another. Are the two really associated though? Do guns necessarily lead to crime? And if so do laws placing restrictions on firearm ownership and use stop the crime or protect the citizens? These are the questions many citizens and lawmakers are asking themselves when setting about to create gun control laws. The debate over gun control‚ however‚ is nothing new. In 1924‚ presidential candidate‚ Robert La Follete said‚ “our choice is not merely
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