English Composition I November 30‚ 2013 Argumentative Essay To Strengthen Gun Control or Not Gun control is an issue that is much talked about in the United States of America. Events that took place recently such as the shooting in the Sandyhook Elementary school and the shooting in the showing of “The Dark Knight Rises‚” have made the government rethink whether or not the gun control laws‚ or their lack of gun control laws at that‚ are strict enough. Although these tragic events took place‚
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The Effectiveness of Gun Control Will banning guns prevent crimes? In my opinion it will not. Regardless of how the government attempts to ban guns‚ people will find illegal ways to obtain it‚ as it is not hard to get them illegally. On December 19‚ 2012‚ Jeff McMahan published an opinion page on New York Times called “Why Gun ‘Control’ is Not Enough.” Jeff McMahan is a professor of philosophy at Rutgers University. He is the author of “The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life” and
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Gun control is a very controversial topic that has been debated in America for quite a while now. Recent‚ incidents of shootings across the country‚ such as‚ mass shootings at the cinema in Colorado‚ the Connecticut elementary school shooting or even the recent attacks on police officers in New York have made the argument of gun control a volatile topic of discussion. While some government officials‚ lobby for stricter gun laws‚ there are many that are adamant‚ to the second Amendment‚ which states
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No to Gun Control; Yes to the Second Amendment The second amendment of the constitution states‚ “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” (cornell.edu). The purpose of our founding fathers making this was to ensure the protection of the individual person. Banning semi-automatic weapons will have several negative effects on the well being of this country. The government cannot protect every
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Gun Control in America: Past‚ Present‚ & Future Abstract "Had Americans in 1787 been told that the federal government could ban… firearms… it is hard to imagine that the Constitution would have been ratified‚” these words were used by the National Rifle Association in a court brief where it challenged the most restrictive gun control laws in the country at the time‚ those is Washington‚ D.C. (Schwartz‚ 2008‚ Individual freedoms section para.4). Cities‚ such as Chicago‚ New York‚ and the District
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Given that the goal of gun control is to reduce or prevent harm‚ it might be tempting to argue in favor of complete gun control or‚ at least‚ incredibly strict restrictions. After all‚ if such a level of control could be established over the entire population‚ then the amount of harm involving guns would be greatly reduced. The general principle at work here would be‚ obviously enough‚ that a complete ban or incredibly strict restrictions would be justified by the fact that they would significantly
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Gun Control: Overview The issue of gun control has been debated for a long time‚ probably ever since they were invented. The gun is a small‚ rather easy to obtain‚ weapon that is lethal if used in the right (or wrong) way. This makes the gun an extremely dangerous factor in our lives. If used improperly‚ a gun could be lethal to not only the target‚ but the user as well. The availability of guns has sky rocketed in the past decade or so‚ and the immense population of guns in our society make it
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GUN CONTROL Thesis Statement – There is no doubt that this world would be a safer place without a license to carry‚ but we need to consider that guns are needed to hunt. Possible introduction - A lot of questions were raised about the effects of everyone being allowed to carry guns. The rise of crime and murder are certain areas to think about being most impacted by the state carrying side arms. We also need to ask ourselves‚ how often are guns used for protection? Is the law helping citizens
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Gun Control The gun control debate in the US is often contentious and politically divisive. And with upcoming elections always looming in the near future‚ we will continue hearing a great deal from the media as well as politicians about what should or should not be done about “too many guns” in our society. Unfortunately‚ too many Americans do not take time to truly understand the issues and the reasoning behind both sides of the controversy. To help get a clearer perspective of the problem‚ there
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Gun control laws create many problems. For example people want to increase gun control procedures to decrease the amount of shootings there are. They push this even though according to the The Trace mass shootings account for only 2% of annual gun deaths. Another reason people try to push gun control is to make it harder for criminals to get guns. According to Criminals don’t follow laws‚ a user on Debate.org “The whole point of so called gun control is to keep those who should not have guns from
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