A Smoking Gun from Down Under Recent events have brought the heated debate about gun control to atomic levels in the United States. For some Americans‚ it seems of no question that we should limit or even ban an individual’s right to bear arms for the greater good of our nation. For others‚ the right to own a firearm is one of the fundamental liberties afforded the citizens of this country and to restrict that right intrudes on the very essence of being American. The argument for limiting or banning
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Gun Control I say all guns are good guns. There are no bad guns. I say the whole nation should be an armed nation. Period.@ This rather bold statement was made by Joseph Foss. Former Governor Joseph Foss‚ a former fighter pilot for the US Air Force‚ is the current President of the NRA‚ or National Rifle Association (Lacayo 16). The NRA is a special interest group known by many. Its members are stereotyped to be a group of >truck-driving=‚ pompous‚ huntsmen. Indeed this is partially
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Since the birth of the United States gun control has been a constant in American’s lives. The “right to bear arms” which is the second amendment of the Bill of Rights has permitted citizens to be in possession of guns. Although this amendment sanctions the ownership of gun’s‚ there seems to be a continuous debate on the restriction and laws pertaining to the distribution and sale of guns. In the wake of countless catastrophic mass shootings‚ gun control has taken center stage in the media‚ polarizing
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mostly suicidal acts. Some of the facts in the report say that next to suicides are homicides with the use of guns and the third highest numbers of deaths due to gun violence are unintentional shootings‚ since this is America; most of these people have been living in the metropolis (Minino‚ 2002). These deaths caused by firearms would not reach that level if not a lot people own guns‚ legal or not. And according to Philip Cook in his National Survey on Firearms Ownership and Use Summary Report
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United States have stricter gun-control laws? Research from Dr. John Lott states that with a higher gun ownership rate come fewer mass shootings. From 1977 to 1999 right-to-carry laws decreased the frequency and severity of mass shootings. The terror attack in Orlando and the shooting that killed Christina Grimmie both occurred in gun-free zones. One of the main reasons murderers do that is because they don’t want to be stopped by an armed civilian. People say the gun-free zones will stop mass
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Concealed Guns Carrying a concealed gun reduces murder and other types of crimes. If everyone was to carry a concealed gun there would be more fights because people would think that they were cool because they carry a gun at all times. People should carry a concealed gun because they would be able to defend themselves when in a fight. Adults should be able to carry a concealed gun with a license. If people are granted a concealed weapons license‚ the crime rate will decrease. More than just murder
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America is the most well armed nation in the world. The reason why Americans own so many guns is because of the second Amendment‚ which states “The Right to Bear Arm”. This amendment guarantees U.S. citizens the right to have firearms. In the freedictionary.com‚ weapon is defined as‚ an instrument of attack or defense in combat‚ as a gun‚ missile‚ or sword. There are many kinds of weapons and almost all of them are illegal to use without registration. Weapons are changing over times. Looking back
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GUN CONTROL +Obama’s quote for gun ban : "While there is no law or set of laws that can prevent every senseless act of violence completely‚ no piece of legislation that will prevent every tragedy‚ every act of evil‚ if there’s even one thing we can do to reduce this violence‚ if there’s even one life that can be saved‚ then we’ve got an obligation to try it." +Some of the main legislative proposals backed by Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are: -requiring criminal background checks on all gun
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something would be gun violence because all over the world have gun violence people dieing because of the guns and also because of violence. This is bad for people all over the world gun violence is still around the world and that is something that I do not like in this world having gun violence what is the reason of having gun violence why do we need this type of violence. One thing that I can do to change gun violence is stop people from using guns and tell people why is gun violence bad for people
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While guns are owned by many Americans‚ there are both pro and con arguments for gun control. To start out a con is being able to protect yourself.with having gun control‚ it states in document 5 you can’t take all the guns away from people because there are people out there that would find away to keep their weapons which mean all the good people out there who have up there guns have a chance of being killed because they have no protection also in document 9 it says with gun control you can’t protect
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