Subject: My thesis on Gun Control By: Michael Hendrix The history of ownership and the current law under the 2nd amendment gives the rights to the people to keep and bear arms. Our society has passed laws regulating the ownership and use of firearms and more legislation is being considered. Some restrictions may be necessary but some have gone too far. Currently‚ there are over 70 Million gun owners in America. Guns are not for everyone. Certain individuals cannot handle a firearm safely
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Crime has been a major issue in society. Gun crime has been on a rapid increase‚ leaving families to bury their loved ones‚ children without parents and in the case of Sandy Hook Elementary school‚ twenty five innocent lives lost. With resent activities‚ gun control has become an issue of constant debate. The issue of constitutional rights to bare firearm may need to be revisited in other to control the flow of firearms in the hands of criminals. Gun crimes are on the rise in the United States and
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gun control Imagine if you had a tool that allowed you to snap a picture‚ record a video or share what you’re seeing with others... hands-free. You’d basically have superpowers. This idea does not seem so far-fetched anymore. In fact it is very realistic. Today our society is extremely dependent on technology and people are always innovating the latest and greatest inventions. It is undeniable that technology makes everybody’s life a lot easier. Imagine if you had a tool that allowed you to snap
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Irving PRO GUN CONTROL Should gun control be tightened? 1. Controlling firearms would save more lives in schools. “When Students Pack Heat‚ the Danger Grows” USA Today‚ September 28‚ 2012 http://sks.sirs.com.ai.libproxy.edmc.edu/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SAIPROXY-0-4262&artno=0000345634&type=ART In May‚ when University of Colorado students left Boulder for summer break‚ their campus was gun-free. Last month‚ they returned to a campus where just about anyone can carry a gun just about
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One of the most highly discussed issues in this country for the last few years and especially the last year has been gun control. More and more people have been asking questions along the lines of; should an individual be legally allowed to carry or own a firearm? Which firearm is best used in self defense? Will limiting the size of a magazine prevent future tragedies? Or‚ why does anyone need an “assault” rifle? It is a very important issue to be discussed‚ especially after the incidents that
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argument that stricter gun control laws will make society safer. That a decrease in crime‚ injury and death will make society safer. Now let us assume that hostile individuals seeking to commit crimes or harm others often use a gun to carry out their destructive objectives. One could argue that gun control laws would prevent hostile individuals from acquiring guns‚ and if we assume that these individuals would be less of a threat if they did not have a gun‚ then stricter gun control laws would make society
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Gun control has been in the spotlight for the past few months ever since the theatre shooting in colorado‚ and the sandy hook elementary shooting in Connecticut. This article is about the impact the shootings have had on a nation as a whole. It is about the two opposing sides which are in support of new stricter gun laws or preserving our second amendment right to bear arms. There are first hand interviews with victims parents from the sandy hook shooting and also with leaders of the NRA which strongly
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Argumentative Essay against Gun Control Since 1980‚ forty-four states have passed laws allowing gun owners to carry concealed weapons outside their homes for personal protection. (Five additional states had these laws before 1980. Illinois is the sole holdout.) A federal ban on the possession‚ transfer‚ or manufacture of semiautomatic assault weapons‚ passed in 1994‚ was allowed to expire in 2004. In 2005‚ Florida passed the Stand Your Ground law‚ an extension of the so-called castle doctrine
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Fathers held to equal importance as the Constitution itself. Whether or not gun control laws work‚ the fact of the matter is that these kinds of laws directly violate the constitution. The consequences of such laws that take away guns that could potentially be counterproductive; they exacerbate the problem instead of fixing it. There should not be laws that take away gun ownership because Americans have the right to own guns‚ gun can as a deterrent effect toward crimes‚ and because there are other ways
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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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