Gun Control in America On March 24‚ 1998‚ firing from the woods overlooking their school‚ 13-year-old Andrew Golden and 11-year-old Mitchell Johnson shot and killed four middle school students and a teacher and injured ten other students in Jonesboro‚ Arkansas. The two boys had a semiautomatic M-1 carbine with a large ammunition magazine‚ two other rifles‚ seven handguns and more than 500 rounds of ammunition which they took from the home of one of the boy?s grandfather‚ who had a large arsenal
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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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Christian Ethics Gun Control Gun Control in Schools After the recent Sandy Hook Elementary shooting up in Connecticut‚ where twenty children and six adults were shot‚ the issue of gun control has been a much debated topic. Should be increase gun control? Should we allow teachers to carry firearms? What side effects will this have on our country? These are all questions that are raised when we think about gun control. There are pros and cons to both sides of gun control. Throughout this paper
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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: 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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feels the necessity to have a certain control over guns in the country. President Barack Obama tried to introduce in congress a universal background check that could not pass. Why Congress could
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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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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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