ENG-101 Mrs. Onest Essay #5 31 July 2011 Gun Control and Mental Illness In the United States‚ our society is increasingly faced with situations that further enhance the idea that guns‚ particularly in the hands of the wrong people‚ are responsible for a great deal of harm. Aside from the problem of criminals obtaining guns we now are dealing with gun control and how it applies to the mentally ill. Many Americans pose an argument against gun control‚ claiming that their rights override the constant
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Henderson Mktg 3401/071 Current Affairs Paper Gun Control The topic of gun control has been on the rise for almost twenty years. In 1994 congress backed a ban on assault weapons however it expired in 2004. With the amount of gun violence growing more and more each year‚ it has brought up new concerns with gun control and who should be able to possess them‚ if any. Top democrats in the House of Representatives unveiled a proposal to decrease gun violence. This proposal was much like the one offered
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Gun Control One group of individuals innocently trusts that without firearms‚ criminal violence would be diminished. Opponents to such line of thought believe that absence of fire arms deprives people the right of leisure in games like game ranging‚ and protection from domestic aggressors. The belief is that there are variety of situations that are not actively protected within the police functionality‚ and can be avoided through gun ownership. However‚ all citizens of the United States accept that
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POLICY PAPER ON GUN CONTROL FRANCIS OTIENO OTIATO (T00524520) October 2013 Policy Paper on Gun Control The fact that over 40% of households in the United States own a gun is terrifying. Despite the fact that owning a gun for the self-defense purpose is a human right‚ a lot of speculations and debate on the same is still contentious. Although a lot of efforts have previously been dedicated to ensuring policies are put in place‚ the problem related to the problem still
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Reagan‚ his ability to purchase and utilize a hand gun even though he suffered from demonstrable mental illness was the impetus for the creation of the Brady Bill‚ more formally known as the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. This Act is named after James Brady‚ former Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary who was shot in the assassination attempt and suffered irreparable brain damage‚ the Act sought to place controls on guns‚ including background checks for the acquisition
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sounds of gunfire and screams from innocent children… This is why we need stricter gun control laws. When thinking of gun control‚ the first thing that comes in mind is safety. Now‚ safety can be viewed differently in the subject of gun control. Those who are for gun control think that gun control will provide safety. Those who oppose gun control may think that safety comes from guns. Violence associated with guns is a huge problem in the world‚ especially in the United States. In 2013‚ statistics
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All around the world countries are continuing to enact gun control‚ Britain being a major progressive on the issue. The safety of others seems to be the end goal of limiting citizen access to weapons‚ in Europe these include knives and guns. In America this issue is harder to decipher‚ most likely due to the second amendment guaranteeing the right to bear arms‚ a regulation not available in other
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A Smoking Gun from Down Under Recent events have brought the heated debate about gun control to atomic levels in the United States. For some Americans‚ it seems of no question that we should limit or even ban an individual’s right to bear arms for the greater good of our nation. For others‚ the right to own a firearm is one of the fundamental liberties afforded the citizens of this country and to restrict that right intrudes on the very essence of being American. The argument for limiting or banning
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ProCon.org recently featured an article that studied gun control. “Stricter state gun laws associated with fewer gun deaths‚ study finds.” The article discussed gun control laws in states with stricter laws tend to have lower rates of gun related homicides‚ and a suicide (ProCon para. 1) Gun control in the United States is becoming a wide spread issue and is becoming a problem everywhere. Although I am living in a city with uprising crime that has been skyrocketing over the years‚ I wasn’t aware
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An Argument Against Gun Control Hundreds of law-abiding citizens were able to take up arms against lawless mobs to defend themselves‚ their family‚ their homes‚ and their businesses. They did the job police simply could not do. Lives were saved. Robberies were prevented. Homes and businesses were defended and left intact all thanks to our constitutional in the Second Amendment‚ the right to keep and bear arms. The creators of the Constitution realized the importance of guns in American Society
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