hold firm‚ or does it not? Personally‚ I believe that there should be a tight control on the sales and distribution of guns in the country‚ as they are a threat to human lives. Firstly‚ the rights to own guns should be controlled as they have the power to kill‚ to inflict damage. Instead of “being necessary to the security of the state”‚ it is contributing to the unknown dangers of the state. People are not using the guns that they are given the right to own to protect themselves‚ but rather to hurt
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Gun Control and Gun Control on University Campuses The controversies of gun control have been with us ever since we have earned the right to bear arms in the Bill of Rights that was attached to our constitution. As times going on many would say that we no longer need this "inalienable" right‚ that these guns that we are putting into the hands of private citizens are doing more harm than good. Most also believe that because times are changing‚ that eventually we will not need this right to bear
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Second Amendment Political Dilemmas The state of the union speech given by Barack Obama on gun control Legislation Bill On the 12th February 2013 President Barrack Obama delivered the state of the union speech to congress‚ in his speech he demanded for votes on gun control bills. Obama is trying to lobby congress to support him on new gun control legislation which includes banning of military style or semi-automatic firearms and high capacity magazines. During his speech he talks about events
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STRICTER DUI LAWS IN WISCONSIN??? There are times when people drive home under the influence of alcohol. Many times‚ people get home without getting pulled over by the local police department‚ sheriff’s department or the state patrol. Drivers who do get pulled over for drunk driving will be arrested and need to hire an attorney. Lawyers represent men and women in the courtroom‚ and negotiate lighter sentences with judge and district attorney’s office‚ there are even times when the case gets
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GUN CONTROL This rhetorical analysis about gun control and the underlying blame that is spread with it. In the three sources that have been chosen for this essay each author projects their views on who is to blame for the heinous crimes involving firearms. Although each article is talking about gun control they each have different views and end up going off in different directions blaming different entities and defending others. When these acts of violence occur in the world today the the blame
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Jackson ENG 101 Professor November 7‚ 2012 “Firearms Laws” The debate over people being allowed to carry guns has been going on for a long time. The real debate should be whether or not these laws are really reducing or increasing violent crimes in America today. According to the website‚ Gunowners.org‚ an individual can purchase any firearm from a federal‚ firearms licensee (FFL) in another state by going to his place of business(Gun). The right to keep and bear arms is addressed in the
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Abstract Some reasons why colleges should look at the laws that they put in place and try to change them. Students should have the right to conceal weapons on college campuses. The guns provide the protection that may be necessary in certain situations. Like the Virginia Tech Shooting‚ many people could have been saved if only one person had a gun. Having a gun gives a sense of safety to many people on the campus‚ especially for women with a greater risk of intruders and rapists. For these
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questions‚ the main question being Are Guns Really the Problem? Many people feel that this is a direct violation of our Second Amendment right to “Bear Arm” written by the founders of the United States Constitution in 1787. Still others will argue that because of the lack of restrictions on guns many people have died and this injustice needs to change. I am a gun owner and have never murdered anyone by way of a firearm therefore I feel compelled to agree that the guns are not the problem. I feel that the
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Professor Szeto ENC 1101 11/19/2013 Should DUI laws be stricter? DUI laws have always been a conversed issue‚ getting repeat offenders to comply; the many innocent victims that are killed and the newly broken families because of it. According to Driving Laws‚ the current BAC levels considered to be driving while intoxicated in Florida‚ “any persons under the age of 21 cannot have a BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) of 0.2%‚ 21 years or older 0.8% and commercial drivers 0.4%”. (www.drivinglaws
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Blank Blank English 1102 - 71 Professor Blank Blank 21 February 2013 Gun Control The second amendment states as follows: “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” (Becker 9). The founding fathers of the United States agreed that the civilians of this country should have the right to bear arms. They believed that the government should be afraid of the people‚ not the people afraid of the
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