People say that although the gun control efforts are for a good cause‚ they would not have much of an impact on the gun violence rate (Goldberg 2). They’re wrong.On the 28th of April 1996‚ 28 year old Martin Bryant opened fire in Port Arthur‚ Tasmania in Australia. He killed thirty-five people and injured twenty-four. This was the worst massacre in Australian history. Twelve days later‚ the Australian government‚ led by Prime Minister John Howard‚ announced new gun policies for both state and local
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Gun Control A child lies on his parents’ bedroom floor with a gunshot wound in his chest. His best friend stands over him‚ gaping. The nine-year-old boy’s eyes dart from the blood oozing from his friend‚ to his own shaking index finger‚ still clutched on the trigger of the gun. It was not supposed to happen this way. The gun was not supposed to be loaded. They should not have been snooping in the first place. But this scene has happened before‚ in countless different settings‚ with numerous different
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country that is “gun-friendly” and a place where people take the Second Amendment very seriously‚ many advocates of gun control believe that putting some restrictions on the production and sale of semi-automatic firearms will help to reduce and prevent tragedies like the ones that have occurred in recent times. Some of these advocates‚ such as many leaders of the Democratic Party‚ think that government regulations on these types of weapons is the answer to solve a large part of the gun violence that
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Gun Control George Garrett Instructor: Michael Heart Com/220 Research Writing (Axia) August 30‚ 2009 Gun Control How do guns affect the way we live? In the United States‚ over 30‚000 people die each year‚ because of firearms. This can attest to all the guns purchased illegally‚ and without proper background checks. Some people oppose gun control in fear for their own safety. Gun control laws save lives and create safer communities‚ despite the Second Amendment right
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Gun Control The most important role of the United States government is to protect the rights and freedoms of individual citizens. Some might argue that the world ’s greater issue is government(1). All countries have social issues that are mostly blamed on the government. Governments should first focus on the social issues that the citizens are mostly concerned off. The United States has many social issues some of those issues are education‚ tax the wealthy‚ creation of new jobs‚ same sex marriage
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A gun control law is any law that restricts the use‚ purchase‚ or possession of any firearms (Conservapedia). These laws are implemented to reduce the use of firearms to authorized members of a state’s government. Each state in America has its own laws regarding gun control; however‚ among all‚ California has the strongest laws‚ scoring 81 out of a 100 (O’Mara). Gun control laws are necessary in a state because they decrease violence‚ increase government’s protection in the state‚ and decrease the
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bear arms. In today’s society‚ gun control is a hard topic to discuss due to the very different viewpoints. Many Americans today don’t want more firearm regulations because as stated in the Constitution‚ it is their right to have gun ownership. While many Americans want stricter gun control to stop the violence that firearms causes in our society. When the founding fathers wrote the second amendment they were thinking of the society that they were surrounded by. Gun ownership was a necessity for
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about the various policies and proposals by the various candidates in this upcoming election. The main topic that developed my interest in politics was the response 1 on Gun control. I never knew what the second Amendment meant until I took this class. With the recent shootings that’s happening all over US‚ the issue on gun control has become an open subject to debate on. Being assigned this topic made me more familiar with the events that has been happening in the real world. With the unfortunate
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Gun control has been a long debated issue amongst people. I chose to research the pros and cons of laws already in place. Firearms are grouped into three different categories: Handguns‚ Rifles‚ and Shotguns. Under federal law it is illegal to be given‚ obtain‚ or move any firearm or ammunition for people who have been “convicted of or under indictment for a felony punishable by more than one year in prison‚ someone convicted of a misdemeanor punishable by more than two years in prison‚ a fugitive
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Gun Control is becoming an extremely popular topic especially with elections coming up. Some people are voting for certain candidates solely based on their views involving gun control. I personally am against gun control simply because i believe it will cause more harm than good however‚ i do believe that we need to have more strict requirements for people who want to purchase firearms. There needs to be more strict requirements for people who want to purchase firearms concerning the security of
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