and early 1990’s‚ teen gun violence increased dramatically in the United States. More teens started to acquire and carry guns‚ leading to an increase in gun deaths and injuries. A National Institute of Health study recently interviewed 1‚219 seventh and 10th graders in Boston and Milwaukee. Forty-two percent of students claimed "they could get a gun if they wanted‚ 28 percent have handled a gun without adult knowledge or supervision‚ and 17 percent have carried a concealed gun." This is a very serious
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Banning guns is an issue today that is very difficult to talk about‚ especially when it concerns mass shooting or anything alike. I side with the second opposing argument. The first argument talks about theoretical things that can never happen. Instead‚ the second argument talks about a real solution to the problem. The solution to “ boost the defensive capacities of prospective victims.” This is more realistic in my opinion. They both talk about how it is inevitable and how there is basically nothing
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“Have Gun‚ Will Travel…to Work” Case Study 8.5 Sharron F. Scott Professor K. Porter BUS 309-Business Ethics March 7‚ 2011 Question 1: Assume that either the Second Amendment or state law gives you a legal right to keep a gun in your car. Do you also have a moral right to do this? Do you have a moral‚ not only a legal‚ right to own a gun? Do you have either a moral or a legal right to park a car with a loaded gun in a public parking lot regardless of what the lot’s owner wants? No‚ I do
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“Four out of every 10 Americans own a gun. And nearly 3 out 4 believe that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual the right to have a firearm.” (Schwartz 2011 n.p.) Many Americans believe that concealed weapons are the main cause of violence. There have been many controversial‚ religious and political issues addressing gun control‚ concealed weapons and banning fire-arms in the U.S. that have been going on for many years. Gun Control is an action of the government that is suppose to reduce
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Working Outline for the Argumentative Paper Topic: Gun Control Topic Question: Does the U.S. need more gun control laws? Introductory Paragraph * What do I need to say to set up my thesis? (Do you need background information? Definitions? Explanations?) * Thesis Statement: So many citizens think more gun control laws are necessary‚ while other citizens think they should have the freedom to legally protect themselves. So what are the government or state laws to do? * Three Controls:
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The video spoke on the gun violence that is taking place in Chicago. Gun violence and gang leaders are the main reason for the numerous amounts of death in Chicago. After doing some research‚ Chicago continues to with the highest homicide rates in the United States. In Miles Bryan’s article he states that‚ Chicago has had more than 700 homicides in the year of 2016. In September of 2016 he also states that the city of Chicago surpassed 2015s killings by 470. (Bryan. M‚ 2016). A theory that connects
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I believe that control on firearms will reduce crime. But I don’t believe in taking away firearms from law abiding citizens is the answer to gun control. We need more regulations put into place on who‚ when‚ how and where guns can be purchased. I don’t believe you should be able to go to a weekend rinky dink gun show and be able to walk out with a weapon regardless of make or caliber. I think that you should not be allowed to legally buy a firearm‚ or any accessory for said firearm until the age
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Gun violence dates back many years‚ around the time gun powder was first being produced in the 13th century. The first handgun was created in 1364 and was named the “hand cannon” (Hallowell 1)‚ the name was self-explanatory. Nowadays hand guns are being produced that are smaller than the average persons’ palm‚ which is named the Swiss mini guns‚ these guns are being banned due to their extreme concealment capabilities. Guns revolutionized the world and brought high praises‚ until citizens started
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The people of america should be able to own a gun if they want. If the government denies them that right that is violating a person’s right and the second amendment. Guns don’t commit crimes people do so why take away everyone’s privilege when you could sell guns to the people that can prove their self that they are okay to handle a gun. Anyone who wants to defend their self and wants a gun should be able to have a gun because when they’re right to bear arms is taken away people start to lose their
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America should have better gun control for many reasons‚ people don’t feel safe with others having guns because they believe criminals have a higher advantage of killing innocent people and could cause more trouble. Even if it is the police’s job to protect us from this happening‚ there are others that take the advantage from using their gun and they make big mistakes with it. America must have a different way to control gun safety and gun laws should be stricter. The majority of deaths in the United
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