Guns on College Campus Should guns be allowed on college campus? Kenton L. McGowen Abstract This paper will determine whether guns have a place on college‚ and school campuses. The conclusion that the paper reaches is that students who have guns will be tempted to use them‚ especially at universities and colleges that are full of drug use‚ stress‚ and anxiety. The mixture of guns into a formula like that is simply not conducive to a safe environment. This paper will take evidence from
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Gabe Godines Kersey English 11 Anti Gun Control 9/16/13 To have gun control laws or not to have gun control laws that is the question. Recent tragedies involving firearms have sparked up a controversial debate in America. Our president‚ Barack Obama‚ has remained “noncommittal” (Grier) as of late but the war rages on with or without him. Peter Grier has thus far remained neutral‚ but as for me‚ I have already chosen my answer to the question. Gun control laws would not only leave our law
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The Maxim Gun By Alexander Thompson Hiram S. Maxim‚ who was working with an engineering works in Fitchburg‚ Massachusetts‚ invented the Maxim machine-gun in 1884. Hiram Maxim was born in Sangersville‚ Maine on February 5‚ 1840. His first patented inventions included models of electric lamps and gas appliances‚ and curling irons. Maxim’s first idea of inventing a weapon effective for battlefield combat came from a man he met at the 1881 Paris Electrical Exhibition. This man told
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What is Gun Control? Gun control is a controversial topic that not only the United States faces‚ but the entire world faces. Many nations either established a gun control policy or they don’t have one that is well put together. Studies have shown throughout the world gun control attempts to allow a safer environment for people‚ but there are still some places gun control is and isn’t tolerated. In the article " The Accessibility of guns protects lives" it describes the term gun control. Gun control
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the Constitution to the United States really mean? Does every citizen have the right to own a gun? Should there be limitations on who can possess a gun? Gun right advocates believe they have the right to possess a gun without restrictions. Gun Control advocates on the other hand support more limitations on the accessibility of guns and also want to ban certain types of guns. They argue that the more guns there are the more crime there will be. Is either one of these arguments justified? Which party
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2013 Professor Tiffany Brown Gun Control Gun control is a huge issue in our country at this time. There has been much violence involving guns‚ and it has put the public society on high alert to rethink the standards and laws concerning guns and what types of guns are out there [This is a slang term; avoid slang and informal English in academic writing. It could be confusing in an international business communication] . Violence involving guns is a major concern‚ therefore rethinking
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Should the United States put more restrictions on gun ownership and use? Gun control is not one issue‚ but many. It is a very delicate issue with many different sides and viewpoints. Gun control is an ongoing argument that will never be settled. Some people believe gun control is a crime issue and others believe it is a right’s issue. Within each of these issues are those who want more gun control and those who want less. Gun control will not be a benefit to society‚ but rather a downfall. The United
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Introduction Having gun control I see it as taking a bit of our freedom away because having control over our own weapons is part of having freedom. Just because certain people don’t know how to use their freedom of having control over their own weapons doesn’t mean everyone else should have their freedom of gun control taken away. I know many major and world changing accidents have happened because of guns but I don’t believe that guns kill people. People are the ones who need to learn how to
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Gun Control As a federal law enforcement officer‚ I believe in the right to bear arms; however‚ I also believe that there should be more restriction on who is allowed to own and carry firearms. I also believe that if you do own a firearm that it should be locked up out of the reach of children and should only be used at ranges or hunting. It’s argumentative whether guns are used more for protection in the United States or for criminal events. I believe that there should be stricter qualifications
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reason why Americans own so many guns is because of the Second Amendment‚ which 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.” (Rauch) This amendment guarantees U.S. citizens the right to have firearms. Since this amendment is relatively vague‚ it is up for interpretation‚ and is often used by gun advocates to argue for lenient gun laws. Hence‚ gun control is a frequently
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