Lee Hanson WR 122 Final Paper Mary Bentson 7 June 2012 Gun Control: Is it a Good Thing? Contrary to what many people may have seen on bumper stickers‚ gun control does not refer to using two hands. The legal definition of gun control is: having laws that aim to restrict or regulate the sale‚ purchase‚ or possession of firearms through licensing‚ registration‚ or identification requirements. A large number of American households or residents‚ approximately 40-45% of them‚ own at least one firearm
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Bear Arms In society today‚ the issue of gun control has been becoming more and more relevant‚ especially with all of the recent shootings‚ including the Aurora‚ Colorado theatre shooting as well as Sandy Hook. People are blaming guns for these tragic happenings when really the irresponsible person holding the gun is at fault. We don’t blame cars for car accidents‚ so why blame guns for shooting crimes? The person in control is at fault. Taking away guns is going to do more harm than good in society
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Connecting the Branches on Gun Control‚ required a great amount of time and effort. As the project progressed I learn a lot‚ not only on the subject I was studying and reporting on‚ but also how to find a use useful information pertaining to the hot button topic of Gun Control in America. Firstly‚ I feel as though it is important to know that I went into this project with a fairly extensive amount of knowledge on the topic‚ and fairly well established beliefs pertaining to guns. While‚ I still completely
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hurt is still unknown. Gun laws should be stricter because guns can be easily accessible‚ they can be dangerous‚ and violence can be easily prevented. First‚ guns can be easily accessible. My first reason on
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“Four out of every 10 Americans own a gun. And nearly 3 out 4 believe that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual the right to have a firearm.” (Schwartz 2011 n.p.) Many Americans believe that concealed weapons are the main cause of violence. There have been many controversial‚ religious and political issues addressing gun control‚ concealed weapons and banning fire-arms in the U.S. that have been going on for many years. Gun Control is an action of the government that is suppose to reduce
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Evaluation Gun Control in the United States Orval Lawler English 101 Section B Galen College of Nursing Omar Rodriguez‚ MA Gun Control in the United States Gun control is not one issue‚ but many‚ some people think gun control is a gun issue‚ and to others it is an issue of rights. Gun control is an issue of safety‚ education‚ and politics. In each of these issues there are those who want more gun control and those who want less. Both sides of this issue have opinions from the moderate to the
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Gun Control: Australia Has the Right Idea Picture this scenario: an elementary class is enjoying recess out on the playground‚ and one child picks up a rock and throws it at a classmate.The teacher‚ instead of punishing the child‚ gives all other children a rock to defend themselves with‚ because the only thing that can stop a bad kid with a rock is a good kid with a rock‚ right? In the United States‚ there are more guns than there are people. According to a Congressional Research Service report
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Is gun control really the right solution to gun abuse? Will this really be effective? Will the American society be safer when guns are banned? Though there are many questions‚ there is only one answer: NO!! Liberals have tried to argue that banning guns from civilians is the best way to solve this problem. However‚ this is not the right way to solve this problem for many reasons:First‚ to get facts straight‚ guns do not kill people; people kill people 100% of all homicides are committed by people
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question. The goal is not just to complete the assignment but instead to convey a message. What do you plan to accomplish with this essay? What do you hope the reader takes away from this argument? This essays purpose is to education people about gun regulations without favoring one side over the other. By using facts and not flat out saying what your stance is‚ I hope to persuade the reader to not listen to the media and make their own options. 2) What did you learn from completing this assignment
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America should have better gun control for many reasons‚ people don’t feel safe with others having guns because they believe criminals have a higher advantage of killing innocent people and could cause more trouble. Even if it is the police’s job to protect us from this happening‚ there are others that take the advantage from using their gun and they make big mistakes with it. America must have a different way to control gun safety and gun laws should be stricter. The majority of deaths in the United
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