Lee Hanson WR 122 Final Paper Mary Bentson 7 June 2012 Gun Control: Is it a Good Thing? Contrary to what many people may have seen on bumper stickers‚ gun control does not refer to using two hands. The legal definition of gun control is: having laws that aim to restrict or regulate the sale‚ purchase‚ or possession of firearms through licensing‚ registration‚ or identification requirements. A large number of American households or residents‚ approximately 40-45% of them‚ own at least one firearm
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Connecting the Branches on Gun Control‚ required a great amount of time and effort. As the project progressed I learn a lot‚ not only on the subject I was studying and reporting on‚ but also how to find a use useful information pertaining to the hot button topic of Gun Control in America. Firstly‚ I feel as though it is important to know that I went into this project with a fairly extensive amount of knowledge on the topic‚ and fairly well established beliefs pertaining to guns. While‚ I still completely
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hurt is still unknown. Gun laws should be stricter because guns can be easily accessible‚ they can be dangerous‚ and violence can be easily prevented. First‚ guns can be easily accessible. My first reason on
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“Four out of every 10 Americans own a gun. And nearly 3 out 4 believe that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual the right to have a firearm.” (Schwartz 2011 n.p.) Many Americans believe that concealed weapons are the main cause of violence. There have been many controversial‚ religious and political issues addressing gun control‚ concealed weapons and banning fire-arms in the U.S. that have been going on for many years. Gun Control is an action of the government that is suppose to reduce
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Evaluation Gun Control in the United States Orval Lawler English 101 Section B Galen College of Nursing Omar Rodriguez‚ MA Gun Control in the United States Gun control is not one issue‚ but many‚ some people think gun control is a gun issue‚ and to others it is an issue of rights. Gun control is an issue of safety‚ education‚ and politics. In each of these issues there are those who want more gun control and those who want less. Both sides of this issue have opinions from the moderate to the
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Gun Control: Australia Has the Right Idea Picture this scenario: an elementary class is enjoying recess out on the playground‚ and one child picks up a rock and throws it at a classmate.The teacher‚ instead of punishing the child‚ gives all other children a rock to defend themselves with‚ because the only thing that can stop a bad kid with a rock is a good kid with a rock‚ right? In the United States‚ there are more guns than there are people. According to a Congressional Research Service report
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Is gun control really the right solution to gun abuse? Will this really be effective? Will the American society be safer when guns are banned? Though there are many questions‚ there is only one answer: NO!! Liberals have tried to argue that banning guns from civilians is the best way to solve this problem. However‚ this is not the right way to solve this problem for many reasons:First‚ to get facts straight‚ guns do not kill people; people kill people 100% of all homicides are committed by people
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America should have better gun control for many reasons‚ people don’t feel safe with others having guns because they believe criminals have a higher advantage of killing innocent people and could cause more trouble. Even if it is the police’s job to protect us from this happening‚ there are others that take the advantage from using their gun and they make big mistakes with it. America must have a different way to control gun safety and gun laws should be stricter. The majority of deaths in the United
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think guns should be used for protection well I do because what if someone broke into your house and you had nothing to defend yourself with‚ what would you do without a firearm. People normally use guns for collecting‚ recreational purposes‚ such as hunting‚ and militaries use firearms to protect themselves in war. I think we shouldn’t have gun control because citizens need guns to protect hem selves from criminals and danger. First of all‚ the crime rate would go down if citizens had guns. With
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All over the country‚ there are men and women who have guns. Your next door neighbor very well may have a gun‚ but you’re not afraid to go over to their house are you? Because there is so much crime and public shootings‚ conceal carry laws are necessary to help keep the public safe. Without guns‚ there would be so much more crime and even more havoc than we already have. “A well regulated Militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear Arms‚
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