World By resident Barack Obama wants to change the gun law to reduce the gun violence that has been troubling America for a long time. Obama wants to focus on gun sales‚ public health research‚ and school safety. Here comes the but how will America react to this? A Broken system You can go to your local supermarket and buy milk‚ ammunition‚ and a gun. This is not something that should not be on your grocery list
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Gun Violence Gun violence‚ in the United States especially‚ is a growing concern and highly debated topic when the discussion of gun control is brought up. Here are several facts that I found to be troubling‚ and even disturbing. * The average of guns deaths in the annual is less than 50 in Japan compared to more than 10‚000 in the United States. (http://www.heedinggodscall.org/content/pfctoolkit-10) The number of gun related deaths in the United States dwarfs that of Japan annually‚ perhaps
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Should Kids Have Toy Guns Michael Golden and Robert Shaffer both write articles on whether or not they want their kids to have toy guns. They both have different opinions on the issue and very good arguments to back up their reasons. Golden writes an article entitled “Why I Bought My Son a Toy Gun” and Shaffer writes on “Why I Won’t Buy My Sons Toy Guns.” They both respond to one important question: should young children have access to toy guns and other weapons. Toy guns are an issue that many parents
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dictates coverage of ‘negative’ minority news‚ whiles ‘positive’ stories about progress and success in minority communities tend to be shelved due to what journalists consider a lack of newsworthiness” (C Campbell‚ 1995‚ p.30) Recent growth in gun crime‚ and gun culture has turned attention to reasons behind this trend. Hip- hop has been an easy target for groups who associate this music scene as a negative influence over those who listen to it. In 2003 nearly 350‚000 people in the USA where victims
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no guns in class room. Because it may cause more violence in the school and cause more school shootings. Kids may find the gun and use it against others. Also some younger kids may feel threatened with a gun in the class room. However assuming that any teacher and kid would not go on a killing spree yes it could be a good idea‚ but considering most school shooting are caused by children/teens it is not a logic idea. We do not need more guns in schools I personally think that we need less guns in
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Gun control In my opinion gun control should be enforced more‚ mostly in the United States because that’s where you and I live‚ not only here but also all around the world. Every day or every month or every year for the majority of our life there will be an incident involving guns. Whether is an accident or a terrorist attack or a school shooting there will and always be something involving guns. For this specific cause is that I’m taking the time to inform you of guns not only for your benefit
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Gun Control Law After multiple of gun shootings at movie theaters‚ schools‚ and in neighborhoods the government took it in their hands to create a law about guns. Many people agree to not being allowed to own guns at all but some people are upset at the law because they would like to own guns for their protection. After the Connecticut school massacre‚ a very intense debate on the gun law was talked about on how to keep guns away from criminals without taking the guns away from lawful gun owners
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reason why Americans own so many guns is because of the Second Amendment‚ which states‚ “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.” (Rauch) This amendment guarantees U.S. citizens the right to have firearms. Since this amendment is relatively vague‚ it is up for interpretation‚ and is often used by gun advocates to argue for lenient gun laws. Hence‚ gun control is a frequently
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All guns have the potential to be dangerous and should be handled with care. Guns have been part of American life for as long as people can remember. For most people guns are perceived as very dangerous and harmful. However‚ that is not true; guns can be dangerous‚ but only if they are in the wrong hands. Owning a gun is right that every American should be able to take pride in having. Guns are used for self-defense‚ hunting‚ law enforcement and other uses. The right to own a gun is protected in
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The Debate over Gun Control Crime and guns. The two seem to go hand in hand with one another. But are the two really associated? 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
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