Guns are extremely powerful weapons. They can cause destruction‚ harm or even death. They can be used to defend and protect or threaten and kill. Any way you look at it‚ guns are powerful tools not only physically but socially. As college students it is important to stay abreast of the current events and issues circulating our country today‚ one of which is the controversial issue of gun control. It is extremely important to pay attention to where gun control laws are headed. The directions they
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"Guns don’t kill people‚ people kill people‚" is an expression often quoted by those who support the right to freely carry firearms. For many years‚ organizations such as the National Rifle Association (NRA) have pointed to the high rate of gun violence in the United States and compared it with the low rates in Europe; this comparison was done in order to stress their point that gun violence is a cultural/societal problem that should not impede anyone’s right to own firearms. Those who advocate gun
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own safety and the safety of others.” 10 Myths about Gun Control in Canada http://www.cdnshootingsports.org/tenmyths.html TOP 13 COUNTRIES BY # OF GUNS PER CAPITA | United States | 88.8 | 1 | | Yemen | 54.8 | 2 | | Switzerland | 45.7 | 3 | | Finland | 45.3 | 4 | 32[5] | Serbia | 37.8 | 5 | 58.2[6] | Cyprus | 36.4 | 6 | | Saudi Arabia | 35 | 7 | |
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Gun Control Once every thirteen seconds an American uses a gun to protect themselves (Harris). Americans using guns this frequently is clearly an issue‚ but making gun control stricter is not the answer. Gun control should not be stricter in the United States because guns are an excellent source of protection‚ guns can lower crime rates‚ and gun control laws only affect law abiding citizens. According to Jeffery Goldberg‚ guns are responsible for 30‚000 deaths a year. These statics only show people
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Exercise The article that I selected is titled "Gun control is not the answer". The issue of the article is that taking away guns will not stop shooting in the United States of America; therefore‚ citizens should continue to have guns. The article should be viewed with skepticism because the author of the article is biased and uses fallacy tactics to try to persuade his the audience to agree with him because he’s a gun owner and the creator of a gun blog post. He supports the second amendment the
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3 11 September 2013 Anti Gun Control Due to recent mass shootings in the U.S. many Americans fear for their safety. Many Americans fear to go out to movie theaters‚ restaurants‚ and even their children ’s schools. In the article "Will Sikh temple shooting spark U.S. conversation on gun control"‚ Peter Greier claims "Americans are deeply split about the prospect of new gun laws‚ and tragic events such as recent mass killings do not change voter opinions." Gun control laws should be any more
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Where Does the Answer Lie with Gun Control? Death‚ violence‚ individual rights‚ crime‚ and cause are many words that arise when researching the controversial topic of gun control. This issue revolves around the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution that states: “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.” (U.S. Constitution. Amend. II‚ Sec. 1.). Is there a black and white answer
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According to Fagan (2002)‚ studied the policing of gun and youth violence‚ within eight cities. The article evaluates the eight cities’ policing innovations against gun violence‚ while concentrating on the three different approaches: reciprocal control‚ punitive legal control and “soft” legal control. Reciprocal control refers to making police and community groups mutually reinforcing in regards to crime control. Punitive legal control refers to crime control through vigorous law enforcement and
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Isabella Correa Pr. ENC 04/16/2013 Research Paper: Gun Control Restrictions According to the 2010 statistics presented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime‚ (UNODC‚) in Great Britain‚ Sweden‚ Switzerland‚ Australia‚ Canada‚ and Japan‚ a total of 294 people were murdered by firearms. In the United States more than 22‚000 people were murdered by firearms by the end of the year. The difference that exists among these countries and The United States is that in these countries
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Donohue English 2 Gun Control A lot of questions were raised about the effects of everyone being allowed to carry guns. In the 2nd amendment it is stated “Right to bear arms”. It would be violate the right of the people if they will allow the gun control. There should not be gun control because it’s unfair for the people that use it for the right reason and gun control would not lower the crime rates. First of all gun control would not be unfair for the people that use gun for the right purposes
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