Gun Violence in School “Do you believe in God?” Imagine being asked this question‚ and your response was what determined whether or not you would be shot to death. This is what happened at Columbine High School in Littleton‚ Colorado on April 20th‚ 1999 (“Columbine High School Shootings”). This terrible tragedy affected many people‚ including the entire nation. After this happened‚ many schools took their security precautions into consideration. The school district I have grown up in‚ Rochester
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would you give them a gun? I would think not. However‚ this point commands some attention and few have addressed the issue of how others’ incompetence can most certainly interfere in our lives in many damaging ways. With our
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widely allowed its citizens holding guns. The custom of holding a guns caused the cowboy culture‚ which leaded americans have expanded and developed their country to be the most powerful country in the world today. However‚ today’s American is not the country of cowboys anymore. As a consequence of the 2nd Amendment in today’s America‚ the gun shooting has been a big threat to the public security. It’s the time to reexamine the gun culture’s affection‚ whether the guns still provided protection it was
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Guns can make a major difference in the way we live our daily lives. The difference that the guns make‚ is decided by who has the guns and who does not have guns. How we keep the guns away from the bad people and give them to the good people is the problem. America’s background checks are outdated and we don’t even require some sort gun safety course or anything. In America our background checks are not thorough at all. The current system runs through the police database to check and see if there
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102: Week 6 – Argumentative Essay‚ Gun Control in America 2/12/13 Rozier Wright Professor Warrick Potomac College English 102: Week 6 – Argumentative Essay‚ Gun Control in America 2/12/13 Rozier Wright Professor Warrick Potomac College Gun Control in America In my lifetime there have been countless fatalities due to gun violence. Some people would say that‚ “guns don’t kill people‚ people kill people”. Other citizens believe that the guns are the root of these deaths and more
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think guns should be used for protection well I do because what if someone broke into your house and you had nothing to defend yourself with‚ what would you do without a firearm. People normally use guns for collecting‚ recreational purposes‚ such as hunting‚ and militaries use firearms to protect themselves in war. I think we shouldn’t have gun control because citizens need guns to protect hem selves from criminals and danger. First of all‚ the crime rate would go down if citizens had guns. With
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believe that there is no solution to gun violence and therefore it will never completely be resolved. But‚ I also believe there are some actions that the United States government can take to reduce the amount of gun violence. Starting in the classrooms‚ kids need to be educated on guns and the effects they can have on people from the start. They are our future‚ and we need to bring more awareness to the extreme dangers and consequences that can come from guns. Like the Drug Abuse Resistance Education
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Keep Guns Out Of Schools In recent years‚ there have been many school shootings. Students and faculty deserve the right to carry a firearm to protect themselves. There have been many occasions when the campus police were not able to protect students and faculty. The second amendment gives the right for Americans to bear arms. However‚ firearms should not be allowed on college campuses because people will feel unsafe‚ some individuals do not know how to use a gun‚ and officers will become confused
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Open carry is an ongoing topic of dispute amongst the entire United States. Some states are lax with their gun laws while some are stricter. The controversy over gun control is all over the media‚ especially because of the ongoing occurrences of shootings. The behaviors of these individuals are not at all alike but they all are committing these heinous acts against innocent people‚ some even children. Each one seems to have a different agenda‚ such as terrorist acts‚ and others are just random people
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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 Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. Federal gun laws are enforced by the
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