In “Just Take Away Their Guns‚” by James Q. Wilson‚ Collins Professor of Management and Public Policy at the University of California at Los Angeles‚ the author shows what is wrong with each side of the argument. In the first paragraph‚ he says‚ “The president wants still tougher gun control legislation and thinks it will work” (Barnet and Bedau 124). But‚ he continues on to say how this will not affect the illegal use of guns. About 200 million privately own a gun and one-third of that 200 million
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M. Allen Professor Neville Wilson Eng 1102 10 February 2015 A Take on Wilson’s View James Q. Wilson’s “Just Take Away Their Guns”‚ is a short essay asserting that‚ in order to help prevent violence and crime due to guns‚ the federal government is lobbying to make tougher gun control legislation - thinking it will work‚ and the public which supports more gun control laws‚ believes that they would not work (para. 1). Wilson sides with the public‚ arguing that stricter gun control legislation is not
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The article “JUST TAKE AWAY THEIR GUNS” written by James Q. Wilson gives a detailed look of why people may take an anti-gun control stance. Reading the title‚ you may expect this article to be for gun control‚ but in the first paragraph it’s clear what side the author is on. Furthermore‚ he continues that getting guns out of the hands of Americans would be an impossible task. Providing evidence for that claim he states that “There are some 200 million guns in private ownership” (Wilson 1). Knowing
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Preventing Illegal Gun Crimes Gun control legislation is tremendously discussed issue in Unites States. In “Just Take Away Their Guns” by James Q. Wilson he discusses about gun control and legal registration of licensed guns is not working to prevent crimes. So he proposes an alternative method that can prevent crimes and an effective way to reduce illegal gun carrying. Wilson accomplishes to convince his audience that removal of illegal guns must be the emphasis on gun control laws to prevent crimes
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In the essay “Just Take Away Their Guns”‚ James Q. Wilson argues that restraining people from legally purchasing firearms do not have any effect on the illegal use of guns. About two-hundred million citizens privately own a gun and one-third of that two-hundred million own a hand gun. Only two percent of the citizens are using them in unlawful acts. Most guns are either stolen or borrowed‚ or privately purchased‚ which are rarely affected by gun laws. Any decrease in ammunition stock would reduce
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JUST TAKE AWAY THEIR GUNS THE PRESIDENT WANTS STILL tougher gun control legislation and thinks it will work. The public supports more gun control laws but suspects they won’t work. The public is right. Legal restraints on the lawful purchase of guns will have little effect on the illegal use of guns. There are some 200 million guns in private ownership‚ about one-third of them handguns. Only about 2 percent of the latter are employed to commit crimes. It would take a Draconian‚ and politically
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Analysis On The Article “Just Take Away Their Guns “ James Q. Wilson was a professor at the following colleges. Harvard University‚ University Of California Los Angeles‚ Chicago‚ and Pepperdine. Wilson was involved in the fields of political science‚ public administration and sociology. Wilson was known to get his information from many different sources like the research of others‚ eyewitness accounts and research documents. His coworkers and students say he was a reasonable man. Also that
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Based on James Q Wilson-"Just take away their guns" College Reading and writing Gun control is an extremely debated issue in today’s society. The majority supports high gun control laws‚ but they will never work. From the precedent‚ gun control laws have actually given rise to homicide and increased the crime rate. Most criminals do not get their firearms from gun stores or pawnshops. They either borrow them‚ or steal them. Only about one-sixth legally bought firearms are being used for criminal
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discussing the beliefs of James Q. Wilson and Douglas N. Husak. They both have very different views on drugs‚ Wilson is more of the conservative who believes drugs should be banned altogether‚ as opposed to Husak‚ who believes the use of drugs should be a personal choice. First‚ I am going to talk about James Q. Wilson and his views against the legalization of drugs. One of Wilsons claims is that the lack of availability would lead to less drug use and addiction. Wilson believes that if drugs were
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Jalen Gilmore Pols 303 Dr. Cody 4/14/2014 James Wilson’s Influence James Wilson is one of the most influential men in the United States of America’s History. “Scholars familiar with the writings and career of James Wilson are struck by the discrepancy between the status accorded hum by most constitutional historians and the magnitude of his contributions to our founding” (49.The Political Science Reviewer XVII). Wilson was present at the beginning of the United States’ History. He was
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