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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There are two main issues when it comes to gun control. One being a safety issues and the other being a rights issue. With each of these issues there are some citizens who would like more guns laws; and some who feel there are already enough gun laws in place. Both sides of this argument are strong. In this essay I will examine both sides of the argument. The right to own guns has gone unchanged for nearly hundreds of years. Guns were common in the American Colonies‚ first for hunting and general
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Who did use these machine gun? The british and the german used a lot the machine guns‚ but mostly as a defensive purpose. The germans were a lot more convinced of the machine gun‚ than the british. How many rounds could the machine gun shoot? The machine guns could shoot 450 rounds in one minute. But because the machine gun wasn’t fully mellowed at this time‚ the device quickly overheated and therefore they used a cooling jacket. How did the machine gun work? Gas is produced when the gunpowder
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Gun Control They are not safe to communities‚ they kill 46‚000 people a year and they dangerous weapons. Guns shouldn’t be sold because they’re not safe to the community‚ Guns should only be sold to authority and it could lead to deaths when trying to protect. There dangerous weapons have been created since the early 60’s and have in man’s life for too long. These weapons have been in circulation for years and have increased deaths of innocent lives. Guns should be banned from selling to comers
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