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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“Where you have the most armed citizens in America‚ you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control‚ you have the highest crime rate.” -Ted Nugent. One of the biggest political issues today is gun control. There have been so many shootings in the streets‚ in schools‚ in federal buildings‚ colleges‚ and movie theaters. There are many theories on gun control from both conservative and liberal sides; I believe the answer in somewhere in the middle. In 1791 the Constitution
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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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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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I believe that control on firearms will reduce crime. But I don’t believe in taking away firearms from law abiding citizens is the answer to gun control. We need more regulations put into place on who‚ when‚ how and where guns can be purchased. I don’t believe you should be able to go to a weekend rinky dink gun show and be able to walk out with a weapon regardless of make or caliber. I think that you should not be allowed to legally buy a firearm‚ or any accessory for said firearm until the age
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Gun control is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture‚ sale‚ transfer‚ possession‚ modification‚ or use of firearms by civilians.1 Multiple countries around the world has control law set in place such as‚ the United Kingdom‚ Germany‚ Japan‚ Australia and many more‚ but the United States of America is one of the countries that do not have those laws in place. Some say that it is extremely important to have those laws and some argue that guns are essential to everyday life and there
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politicians want gun control to supposedly make the world safer. Even though some politicians may argue that gun control limits violence‚ gun control should be banned because guns in the hands of noble people give protection and drop crime rates. Gun control‚ as defined in the Merriam-Webster‚ is “laws that control how guns are sold and used and who can use them” (Webster). This means that this regulation on guns limits who can own a firearm and it tries to rule over throw a gun is used. Gun control
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new proposed gun control laws in the aftermath of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton‚ Connecticut that occurred on December 14th‚ 2012. This incident claimed the lives of twenty 1st graders and six adults and has set the government in motion to try to prevent future acts of violence by strengthening gun control laws in the United States (Smith). This has been a topic that has been an extremely emotional debate with people on both sides unwilling to compromise. Gun advocates and
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"assault weapon" ban is also often cited as a reason why guns should not have regulation. The logical flaw in this is that the "ban" only stopped the manufacture of new semi-automatic guns and did nothing to affect those that already existed (Lysy 2013). An outright ban on all guns and other weaponry for non-military use‚ both new and already present‚ needs to enact in America as the current laws are excessively
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Gun Control America is the most well-armed country in the world. People are trying to infringe our right to bear arms. Why would they do such a thing? They can’t terminate or misuse the constitution. The constitution has been placed before us for many reasons and it should not be changed. People believe that guns are killing people and that they should be revoked from human possession. But does that mean that a spoon makes a person fat? Does that mean the utensil being used is the reason for bodily
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