"Guns don’t kill people‚ people kill people‚" is an expression often quoted by those who support the right to freely carry firearms. For many years‚ organizations such as the National Rifle Association (NRA) have pointed to the high rate of gun violence in the United States and compared it with the low rates in Europe; this comparison was done in order to stress their point that gun violence is a cultural/societal problem that should not impede anyone’s right to own firearms. Those who advocate gun
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Gun Control Once every thirteen seconds an American uses a gun to protect themselves (Harris). Americans using guns this frequently is clearly an issue‚ but making gun control stricter is not the answer. Gun control should not be stricter in the United States because guns are an excellent source of protection‚ guns can lower crime rates‚ and gun control laws only affect law abiding citizens. According to Jeffery Goldberg‚ guns are responsible for 30‚000 deaths a year. These statics only show people
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Why are people so passionate about gun control? They seem to strongly agree with gun control. Gun control is not going to stop the criminal from buying guns. Gun control is going to making the shootings worse because the criminals will start robbing places to get guns. Gun control won’t stop crimes or shootings.‘’It is important for some to realize that infringing on the people’s right to bear arms will not deter or stop crimes.’’ ‘’Guns are only a tool used in killing people and assisting
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Why is gun control so important to humanity? Gun control is a major problem in the United States and in other countries. Gun control is both good and bad for the United States and other countries. Gun control is a law that is passed by the government over certain areas‚ and it limits the use of guns. Gun control laws are passed due to high crime rates in areas. They pass gun control laws in these areas with hopes of dropping the crime rate. Gun control laws are also passed in areas to prevent a
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Gun control laws should not be strengthened‚ instead they should be enforced. Instead of making it harder for law-abiding citizens to obtain guns‚ guns should be taken away from unstable individuals or people who should not have guns like criminals. The first reason why gun control should not be strengthened is that citizens have the right to own guns; it is one of those entitlements that makes the United States different from other countries. Secondly‚ criminals are criminals and that is why they
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Nathan 3/30/08 Gun Control in America Ever since the days of the pioneers‚ firearms have been an element of the American tradition as defense and a means of hunting or activity. As we progress through the 21st century the use of guns has changed significantly. The reason that the use of the gun is changing is fast and steady increase in crime and the battle for the right to have possession of a hand gun‚ the introduction of legislation for gun control‚ to try to decrease the felony in the
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Control Generally‚ firearms are clustered into three broad categories; handguns‚ shotguns‚ and rifles. Basing on data production from the manufacturers of firearms‚ roughly there are 371 million firearms privately owned by citizens and domestic law enforcement in the United States (The National Research Council‚ pg. 57). The American persistent gun culture results from its revolutionary roots‚ colonial history‚ the second amendment‚ and frontier expansion. According to the second amendment; “A well-regulated
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mass shooting in the U.S.‚ the subject of gun safety has once again been brought into the spotlight. The numbers of crimes involving guns are increasing more and more because of how easy it is to have one. Thousands of people die each year in handgun related incidents in the U.S. and daily citizens can’t manage such a powerful thing. These tragic events serve as reminders that stricter gun control policies should be enforced to ensure public safety. Gun control in this country is not what it should
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Gun Control in America On March 24‚ 1998‚ firing from the woods overlooking their school‚ 13-year-old Andrew Golden and 11-year-old Mitchell Johnson shot and killed four middle school students and a teacher and injured ten other students in Jonesboro‚ Arkansas. The two boys had a semiautomatic M-1 carbine with a large ammunition magazine‚ two other rifles‚ seven handguns and more than 500 rounds of ammunition which they took from the home of one of the boy?s grandfather‚ who had a large arsenal
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feels the necessity to have a certain control over guns in the country. President Barack Obama tried to introduce in congress a universal background check that could not pass. Why Congress could
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