The Gun Control Debate Amanda Dunaway April 22‚ 2013 University of Phoenix BCOM275 Stephen Goodman The Gun Control Debate The debate for gun control has been a part of the American way for many years. Only in recent months has the situation become heated again‚ with the Newtown‚ Connecticut shootings to name one. Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner wrote in her article titled NRA Leadership Is Promoting an Irresponsible Position on Guns‚ “This tragedy was a wake-up call to the fact that nearly 40
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The killing and torturing‚ emotional as well as physical‚ is causing pain to those who need it the least. We believe that gun control laws are too flexible around crimes‚ and is almost never used for its real purpose; self defense. First of all‚ the amount of people who actually use this law for its purpose is microscopically small! You could say that pretty much no one uses guns for self defense‚ and is actually quite the contrary. They use it to harm others‚ instead of defending themselves against
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Sarah Reuter Comm 1 Persuasive Speech outline Cell Phone Bans Introduction: I. Are Cell phones the cause of accidents‚ or is there merely a correlation between car accidents and cell phone usage. II. In the Middle Ages people noticed a correlation between good health and lice infestation. a. They inferred that the departure of lice caused illness‚ but this turned out to be an incorrect assumption of causation due to correlation. III. Association between two events does not
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Gun Control They are not safe to communities‚ they kill 46‚000 people a year and they dangerous weapons. Guns shouldn’t be sold because they’re not safe to the community‚ Guns should only be sold to authority and it could lead to deaths when trying to protect. There dangerous weapons have been created since the early 60’s and have in man’s life for too long. These weapons have been in circulation for years and have increased deaths of innocent lives. Guns should be banned from selling to comers
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Donohue English 2 Gun Control A lot of questions were raised about the effects of everyone being allowed to carry guns. In the 2nd amendment it is stated “Right to bear arms”. It would be violate the right of the people if they will allow the gun control. There should not be gun control because it’s unfair for the people that use it for the right reason and gun control would not lower the crime rates. First of all gun control would not be unfair for the people that use gun for the right purposes
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firearms are the root of all crime. Gun control is unconstitutional‚ illogical‚ and Nazi esque. In fact‚ more guns would be an improvement to our nation. Guns are a right given to us by the second amendment‚ and can be used for recreational purposes‚ self-defense‚ and are a means of keeping the government in check. The right to bear arms is a crucial part of this nation’s foundation‚ put in place to regulate the power of the very people trying to take our guns away from us. The Second Amendment of
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Gun Control Once every thirteen seconds an American uses a gun to protect themselves (Harris). Americans using guns this frequently is clearly an issue‚ but making gun control stricter is not the answer. Gun control should not be stricter in the United States because guns are an excellent source of protection‚ guns can lower crime rates‚ and gun control laws only affect law abiding citizens. According to Jeffery Goldberg‚ guns are responsible for 30‚000 deaths a year. These statics only show people
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Guns are extremely powerful weapons. They can cause destruction‚ harm or even death. They can be used to defend and protect or threaten and kill. Any way you look at it‚ guns are powerful tools not only physically but socially. As college students it is important to stay abreast of the current events and issues circulating our country today‚ one of which is the controversial issue of gun control. It is extremely important to pay attention to where gun control laws are headed. The directions they
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Why are people so passionate about gun control? They seem to strongly agree with gun control. Gun control is not going to stop the criminal from buying guns. Gun control is going to making the shootings worse because the criminals will start robbing places to get guns. Gun control won’t stop crimes or shootings.‘’It is important for some to realize that infringing on the people’s right to bear arms will not deter or stop crimes.’’ ‘’Guns are only a tool used in killing people and assisting
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Gun Control Legislation: Background Checks and Public Policy. Gun control legislation is a very controversial topic and one that has taken a lot of attention in both academic and public policy circles here in the United States for the past 20 or 30 years. One of the most powerful tools which people have discovered for dealing with the issue of controlling who should or shouldn’t have access to guns is through the creation of background checks. The purpose of background checks in a general sense
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