Few issues incite Americans more than the issue of rising crime and violence. This problem can easily be linked to the availability of guns. “The debate over whether guns are a hallowed tradition and a right guaranteed by the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution or whether they are a fearful danger contributing to crime and violence." ("gun control") Due to the outbreak of violence in our society‚ some people feel that repealing the Second Amendment would solve the problem. These people feel
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February 2015 Need for Gun Control On November 21st‚ 2002 a deranged teenager carrying his father’s licensed 9mm pistol‚ calmly approached a security officer at the International School of Port of Spain. Upon notifying the officer that he’s going to collect his test results‚ an argument broke out. The teenager pulled out the gun‚ firing five shots‚ leaving the officer wounded as he ran into the computer room‚ grabbing a fourteen year old boy hostage as he brandished the gun and shouted at teachers
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The Need For Gun Control Shortly after dusk‚ a sixteen-year-old boy stands on the street corner talking with a friend about what happened at school today between himself and another student. He nonchalantly stands there sipping his Pepsi when all of a sudden a black Honda with tinted windows drives up to the corner. The window rolls down‚ a voice calls out‚ and the boy walks up to the car. He bends down to peer into the car to see who it is when three rounds from a .38 caliber pistol rip through
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Farzad Foroodi Professor Freese English 1302 06 July 2016 Gun Control and Gun Safety Gun control has been a big issue in recent months. There were so many arguments for or against it. Gun control caused one of the biggest dissection between citizens and government. Also‚ mass shootings and murders in recent months makes this issue one of the most arguable situation in country. Twice in the past two years gun control has reached the nation’s highest court. Based on production data from firearm manufactures
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Gun control has sparked quite a controversy over the years. Some people believe that having strict gun control is the only way to fix the problems. While others‚ including myself‚ believe it is more a problem with the person that is behind the trigger. There has been laws about gun control as early as 1934. as citizens‚ we need to ask ourselves if having gun control will solve all the issues at hand. With both arguments‚ there is facts to support. I believe that gun control will not have the ability
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statistics are shocking‚ gun control needs to be promoted. In 2011‚ 10.3 in every 100‚000 people in the U.S. were victims of gun-related deaths (Dosomething.org). Gun control has become a dangerous activity in the United States because of many injuries over the years‚ some intentional and some on accident. It has made the government question if only police officers should be able to own guns because of how unsafe it has become. Many attacks to the public in general involved guns and some people believe
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Using of gun in our society by a non-law enforcement person should be restricted or reduced in other to reduce the rate of death through gunshot .I recently picked up a newspaper and turned on to see the news and I was curious about what is happening in our school and I begin to think whether our society is still a safe places for children. A series of tragic events in the past few decades have raised questions about whether gun control is necessary to stop horrific shootings. Recently there have
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Gun Control Does the lack of restrictions on being able to obtain a gun help or hurt a society? I believe that guns should be used as a last resort. The amount of deaths caused by gun control abuse is sickening. This topic intrigues me most because nonviolent resolutions to gun involved crimes opposed to problems caused by guns is more desirable to the people in today’s society. Gun control has been a reoccurring issue with people all over. Earlier this year‚ President Obama proposed a strategy
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numbers it is clear that this country would be benefited if gun control was increased. Gun control being increased would benefit in many ways but some of the most important include drastically reducing death rates‚ armed civilians are more likely to cause a crime than to stop one‚ and the government could save a lot of tax payer money. One reason more gun control laws are necessary‚ is that it could drastically reduce death rates. Guns are the 12th leading cause of death‚ ahead of liver disease
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The controversy of guns and gun control has been around for decades‚ and people have been making laws on this topic since 1791. There are multiple positions you can take on this topic‚ and most of those positions have sufficient evidence and reasoning for why it’s good. With all the laws/restrictions on guns today‚ it’s clear guns must have some effect on our nation. The definition of gun control is "laws or policies that regulate the manufacture‚ sale‚ transfer‚ possession‚ modification‚ or use
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