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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The Daily Buegle Gun Control in the United States of America… Our president (Barack Obama) of this country The United States of America has passed a law concerning gun control. Every person from now on purchases a gun must have legit gun license in order to own it. But was it really the smartest move? “The US General Accounting Office (GAO) estimated that 100% of deaths per year in which a child under 6 years old shoots and kills him/herself or another child” (http://gun-control.procon.org/)
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Amendment only grants the right to bear arms within a militia. In their eyes‚ the right to bear arms does not apply to private militias‚ only government organized militias‚ such as the Armed Forces. The Founding Fathers feared the government’s control of its citizenry by disarming them; therefore the collective rights interpretation would be the exact opposite of the amendment’s intent. Another is the states’ rights interpretation of the Second Amendment. States rights advocates believe
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inception of firearms‚ gun control has always been a topic brought up alongside it. Allowing any form of gun control with these rights is unacceptable and the fact that it is happening is a direct infringement of those rights granted by the Constitution. Some would say that gun control is a way to reduce crimes‚ and the only way to get rid of crimes committed with a gun would be by implementing tougher laws that would restrict a number of weapons available to the public. Gun control and any form of it
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specific topics that cannot be resolved due to personal opinions. However‚ before reading the enlightening information concerning gun control‚ this was one of the several issues that I wanted to research and find data regarding students being allowed to carry weapons such as a firearm on college campuses. Furthermore‚ after reading lesson four and discovering that gun control is one of those topics that I should shun regarding my research project. Besides‚ realizing that each person has their personal
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Gun Control and Gun Violence Gun Control and Gun Violence “The Federal Bureau Investigation Uniform Crime Report involving firearms showed to be at sixty-seven point seven percent of the nation’s murders‚ forty-one point three percent of robberies‚ and twenty-one point two percent of aggravated assaults…From January 2012 to June 2012 there was an increase of one point nine percent violent crimes reported.” (FBI) There should be a balance between Gun Control and Gun Violence. Gun Violence will
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continuation of gun violence. Another‚ complicated issue is the lack of restriction and policies on firearms. In order to fix this problem‚ we need to reduce the chance of an individual getting a gun if they do not have the proper background for one. The fact that the majority of Americans want gun control is telling from a Gallup Poll of 1993 reported that “Total Ban of Handguns: 39% of U.S Population and 17% of Gun Owner‚ One gun a month limit: 69% of U.S Population and 64% of Gun Owner‚ Ban Cheap
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Independence over 200 years ago‚ the right to own a gun has been questioned if is should exist. The second amendment gives the people the privilege of owning firearms. This has gotten many people arguing that this amendment is responsible for a majority of crime and that America would be better off without it. They argue that if guns were limited to people of authority (military‚ police‚
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Anti-Gun Control The United States has a law called The Bill of Rights‚ and in these rights one of them states the following; “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.” They label it as the Right to Bear Arms. The American dream means different things to different people. To many people‚ freedom is possession and owing a gun of any kind. Gun Control is strict enough with the requirements
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February 2015 Need for Gun Control On November 21st‚ 2002 a deranged teenager carrying his father’s licensed 9mm pistol‚ calmly approached a security officer at the International School of Port of Spain. Upon notifying the officer that he’s going to collect his test results‚ an argument broke out. The teenager pulled out the gun‚ firing five shots‚ leaving the officer wounded as he ran into the computer room‚ grabbing a fourteen year old boy hostage as he brandished the gun and shouted at teachers
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