Crime has been a major issue in society. Gun crime has been on a rapid increase‚ leaving families to bury their loved ones‚ children without parents and in the case of Sandy Hook Elementary school‚ twenty five innocent lives lost. With resent activities‚ gun control has become an issue of constant debate. The issue of constitutional rights to bare firearm may need to be revisited in other to control the flow of firearms in the hands of criminals. Gun crimes are on the rise in the United States and
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The unfair gun law On December 15‚ 2012‚ in the wake of devastating firing at Sandy Hook Elementary School‚ Shannon Watts founded an organization called Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America (Web). The organization runs a grassroots awareness campaign aiming to decrease the escalating gun violence. They have launched several ads among them the given ad ‘choose one’ advocates the child’s safety and the abuse of guns. In order to resonate the gun violence in school the background of this ad
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Buck Power stated he was drinking at the water fountain down the hallway and heard several gun shots. Power casually goes shooting at a gun range on a monthly basis‚ and can distinguish a gun shot noise from a loud bang. The gun shot noise sound like it was from a handgun because it sounded like a pop without the loud echo behind it‚ and differently it wasn’t a shotgun. Power clarified a shotgun makes a thump noise and is very quiet at the distance of classroom #1013. Power ran towards the noise
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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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reported gun violence that unintentionally caused the death of a child (“Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America”). According to the second amendment in the Constitution‚ citizens have the right to own and bear arms. This is a controversial topic that is often debated and almost all people have their own opinion. Moms Demand Action is a current organization determined to make changes to our laws to prevent gun violence. One advertisement that subjects itself around the issue of gun control depicts
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Gun Violence More than 90 people are killed by guns every day in the United States. How can gun violence be stopped in order to keep people safe? People use guns for weapons which make communities with little security or police dangerous. Others‚ on the other hand‚ use guns for protection. Guns can be used for good but people take advantage of it and use it for harm. Guns cause a lot of violence in the US. In 2013‚ there were 33‚636 gun deaths in America. This includes suicide and shootings. Many
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Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun” by Linda Hasselstrom exemplifies a use of having a gun for protection as a last resort. Hasselstrom was justified for her need to own a gun as she wanted to be protected‚ safe and have a peace of mind. Desire to be protected justified Hasselstrom to get a gun; however‚ she considered other means of protection first. To begin with‚ Hasselstrom used improvised means for protection. For example‚ she had her own “gun” (spray cans of deodorant) which did
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I believe gun control laws do not stop gun violence because of the killing population. If the gun control laws stop the violence the death crime wouldn’t be so high. Criminals don’t seem to care about the laws. Criminals continue to carry guns looking for trouble. Gun control laws doesn’t seem to affect criminals. Some criminals even feel as regardless of what‚ they are going to do what they want to do. I believe if the gun control laws were strict and had more consequences behind it the crimes may
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November 2009 Molly Ivins and Her Crazy Gun Theory Molly Ivins‚ in her Op-Ed called‚ “Get a Knife‚ Get a Dog‚ but Get Rid of Guns‚” argues for an absolute abolition of civilian gun ownership. Ivins begins her argument with a sarcastic attitude toward gun laws in the United States. She calls herself “not antigun‚” but immediately announces that she is “proknife.” She seems at first to offer an unbiased view‚ claiming not to want to outlaw guns completely‚ but when she admits to
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Teachers in 18 states are now carrying guns in school! After a recent study in the news that left many people questioning about‚ whether teachers should carry guns at school or not. My opinion is that they should not bring guns to school because it could accidentally go off. If this occurred it could affect a child’s learning long term and their home life. This could also attract teachers for the wrong reason. What if the gun goes off? There are many things a gunshot could do‚ the harm
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