Gun Control and the Second Amendment Since the creation of the second amendment there has been controversy over the amendment’s purpose and the severity of gun control laws. Recently in the United States‚ this issue has escalated to an entirely new level due to several violent shootings at schools and other public venues. In an attempt to prevent more violence‚ the government has proposed several gun restriction laws; however‚ these proposals will have a negative effect on the security of the
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him down. Democratic parties are scared to bring up the topic of gun control because they fear that they will lose votes to the people that do not want gun control. Gun laws are intended to limit the amount of guns in an area and lower crime rates‚ but people with mental problems do not follow those rules. They set their minds on killing people and that is what they do. If gun control became stricter‚ then there would still be gun violence because criminals would be armed making unarmed citizens
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The question of Gun control is in the news. The subject comes up with each election along with the latest tragedy statistics. Both sides of the debate throw explicit words towards the other‚ it all turns into an argument and there seems to never be any agreement. It ’s very disparaging to me to see the innocent lives of children taken and for a defense gun owners hide behind what amounts to a 400 year old scrap of paper which is neither relevant to modern day problems or understood the same way by
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some basic steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who can do just unbelievable damage...This is becoming the normal.We should be ashamed ”(Obama). All around America many people are killed by gun violence.The issue of gun control has taken place in America for many years now.Now gun control has got out of hand.Due to the amount of gun violnece in the United States‚the government has evrey right to dictate to citizens that they should not be allowed to own guns. Guns are used in many crimes
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WEEK 4 INDIVIDUAL MEMO TO: Mayor XXXXXXXX FROM: XXXXXXXXX DATE: April 28th‚ 2014 RE: Current Gun Control Laws Dear Mr. Mayor‚ I write this memorandum with renewed consciousness and self-reflection. I write this in regards to the current gun control policies and regulations. In today’s society there are far too many mass shootings that innocently take people’s lives. These mass shootings are occurring in schools‚ movie theaters‚ shopping malls‚ compounds‚ public events‚ and at work. Numerous
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Part I I decided I would do my political cartoon on gun control‚ so I googled gun control cartoon images and came across the above cartoon. At first glance I thought the cartoon artist was in support of guns‚ by clearly listing out the number of jobs that are related to the sale and manufacturing of guns‚ thus making the statement guns sales provide jobs. The image provided a link to another site (courant.com/news/opinion/cartoon) that provided the commentary from cartoonist- Bob Englehart. After
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November 27‚ 2012 Gun Control In the wake of multiple shootings such as the theatre shooting in Aurora‚ Colorado‚ should U.S. gun control laws be reformed‚ or would that result in the violation of constitutional rights? From the day the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was adopted on December 15‚ 1791‚ giving U.S. citizens the right to carry firearms‚ the issue of gun control has been the subject of many debates. And the effects of more strictly regulated Gun control would be detrimental
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Persuasive Essay on Gun Control What would be going through your mind if you were in a restaurant and a mad man came in and began slaughtering people right and left including you family (Swasey 174)? Would you be thinking if they would ban guns this would have never happened? Probably not! What you were probably thinking is if I had a gun on me I could protect not only my family but also the others being slaughtered. This same scenario was on the mind of Suzanna Gratia as written in Elizabeth Swasey
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Everyone has either used or seen a gun. It’s American to own a gun. In the United States constitution‚ it states that we have the right to bear arms. Everyone that has shot a gun knows that feeling of adrenaline they get when they shoot an animal or even a target. We need to have laws enforced to keep guns off of certain properties. Today parents should let their kids play with toy guns not just to entertain them‚ but to show the children gun safety‚ get the kids more involved with the outdoors‚
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Jaadir Peyton 23 Oct 2013 “Do Guns Kill People Or Do People Kill People” There is a old saying that guns dont kill people‚ people kill people. This is a known saying that comes out all the time when this conversation pops up.The media portrays gun control in a positive light‚ they believe that this is something that would work; I believe that gun control will never work and giving people guns to protect themselves and taking guns from people the public judges or deems unfit is a terrible
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