Gun Control In America guns have been a part of the country’s society since its birth. Throughout history the citizens of the US have used firearms to protect the nation‚ protect their families‚ to hunt for food and to engage in sporting activities. The issue of Guns and gun control takes on a proportion of extreme magnitude. Weighing the rights and liberties of the individual against the welfare and safety of the public has always been a precarious balancing act. In the United States‚ gun control
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Sveda Mr. Dickey English 1551 20 February 2013 Gun Control Issues Gun Control is one of the most controversial issues in the world today. Although gun control has always been a sensitive topic‚ the recent uprisings in gun related crimes have made it a nearly impossible issue for citizens to agree on. Over the past decade‚ crimes involving the use of firearms have been very erratic. Only recently have the crimes become more severe and consistent. Guns instill fear in people everywhere because of how
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Gun Control What does gun control really mean? Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale‚ possession‚ and use of firearms and ammunition. A lot of people have been arguing whether gun control is good or bad for our country. I am against gun control because if a robber were to break into my house with a gun in their hand‚ what would I do? Call the police? If I call the police‚ the burglar would have already shot me by the time I reached the phone. Sure‚ it would be a perfect world if only
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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 control their
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Gun Control and Gun Control on University Campuses The controversies of gun control have been with us ever since we have earned the right to bear arms in the Bill of Rights that was attached to our constitution. As times going on many would say that we no longer need this "inalienable" right‚ that these guns that we are putting into the hands of private citizens are doing more harm than good. Most also believe that because times are changing‚ that eventually we will not need this right to bear
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The 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
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2A: Gun Control in the US Can US gun addiction be controlled? By Mathilde Ahrenkiel‚ mathildeahrenkiel@gmail.com‚ Capus News‚ 20.09.2013 “I will try very hard”1 those are the words of President Obama as he spoke at the National Rifle Association Campaign on gun control in January 2013. His words underline the problem of a nation of enthusiastic gun owners‚ who are not afraid of teaching their children how to use a gun and to shoot to protect their freedom
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# 1 Gun Control According to the Coalition for Gun Control‚ last year a total of 291 people were killed by handguns in Australia‚ Sweden‚ Great Britain‚ Japan‚ and Switzerland. In the United States more than 24‚000 people will be killed by the end of this year. So what is the big difference between the U.S. and these other countries? In these other countries it nearly impossible to buy any kind of gun. In these countries there are no gun shows. In these countries you can’t buy a gun at a
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believed that guns were invented to keep themselves and the people they loved safe and protected. However‚ others believed that guns were built to destroy and kill! By allowing guns to be bought without tough regulations‚ we increase the chances of people being injured or getting killed just for an sense of safety. Gun control is a phrase that has many meanings to people across the world. There is no in-between about owning a gun and both sides have very good arguments to prove why guns should be allowed
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By: Kiet E-mail: lonely99@yahoo.com Gun Control Since the days of the pioneers of the United States‚ firearms have been part of the American tradition as protection and a means of hunting or sport. As we near the end of the 20th century the use of guns has changed significantly. Because of fast and steady increase in crime and the fight for the right to own a hand gun‚ the introduction of legislation for gun control‚ to try to reduce the crime in the United States‚ has been a hotly debated
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