Anti-Gun Control: Preserving The Second Amendment Corey Jones West Coast University‚ Ontario Abstract The gun control debate is more than just a two-sided argument about whether guns should be legal or banned. The right of the people to keep and bear arms is not limited to what restrictions the government places on its people. Throughout history governments have used gun control to overpower its citizens for example‚ Hitler and Nazi Germany imposed very strict gun laws. Self-defense is one of
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Jan. 17‚ 2013 Gun Control in America People in America decide to buy weapons for safety or because of the current tragedies. But buying guns does not prevent the homicides from happening‚ it just adds more problems to the source. For example the National Rifle Association said that”-the best way to protect school children was to place a guard – a “good guy with a gun”- in every school‚ part of a so called National School Shield Emergency Response Program.”- ELISABETH ROSENTHAL. But this will
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Imagine an intruder entering your residence‚ picking the lock and invading your families’ personal and private place‚ your home. Now‚ remember that your father has a rifle locked away in a case in the back of the bedroom closet. You barely hear him as he removes the firearm from its resting place and loads a cartridge until to action‚ perhaps it’s your imagination. Yet‚ you can hear the intruder passing through the house as the eerie silence of time speeding by launches your senses into a fit of
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(Research Essay) Gun Control A definition of gun control has different meanings to different people. A general statement is it is designed to restrict or limit the possession‚ production‚ importation‚ shipment‚ sale‚ and/or use of firearms (Wikipedia). There are many options including Assault rifle bans‚ large magazine clips ban‚ and criminal background checks. To a liberal who fears lifeless objects as being evil‚ it means walking on the bill of rights to assuage their fears‚ and avoiding or
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Topic: Review your brainstorming ideas and freewriting exercise. Then use the chart to write an outline for an argumentative essay about whether or not you think it should be legal to download or share copyrighted material from the internet. INTRODUCTION: Hook: Copyright issues for the online materials have become a common law to many countries all over the world in recent years. Background information: Finding information on the Internet is becoming simpler and simpler with the development
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Police reports show that the two youngsters had an argument the previous day. A single shot was fired inside the classroom at Buell Elementary School around 10 a.m. The young boy said he brought the gun to school to frighten her but accidentally fired a shot. "We’ve had other schoolchildren take guns to elementary schools before but it never went this far with it. "Society refuses to take responsibility by locking up their armed weapons." Said by a schoolteacher. Since last year there have been
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Antonio Smith Jr Gun Control Debate Gun control is a hot button issue that boils over whenever acts of gun violence occur. Citizens‚ lawmakers and gun lobbyists have been debating the issue of gun control for more than a century‚ and there has yet to be a definitive answer. Proponents of gun control don’t believe that state and federal gun control acts do enough‚ and gun rights advocates believe that the laws go too far. Opponents of gun control laws argue that Americans have the right to bear
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Independence over 200 years ago‚ the right to own a gun has been questioned if is should exist. The second amendment gives the people the privilege of owning firearms. This has gotten many people arguing that this amendment is responsible for a majority of crime and that America would be better off without it. They argue that if guns were limited to people of authority (military‚ police‚
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Name Date Class Professor Pro-Gun Control With the Second Amendment giving American citizens the right to bear arms‚ and approximately fifty percent of Americans owning some form of a firearm‚ issues involving the ownership and possession of guns has led to debates in American society. Many feel that the some form of gun regulation is necessary in order to lower the level of gun related violence in the country. On the other hand‚ the opponents of gun control feel that it would be an infringement
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continuation of gun violence. Another‚ complicated issue is the lack of restriction and policies on firearms. In order to fix this problem‚ we need to reduce the chance of an individual getting a gun if they do not have the proper background for one. The fact that the majority of Americans want gun control is telling from a Gallup Poll of 1993 reported that “Total Ban of Handguns: 39% of U.S Population and 17% of Gun Owner‚ One gun a month limit: 69% of U.S Population and 64% of Gun Owner‚ Ban Cheap
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