feels the necessity to have a certain control over guns in the country. President Barack Obama tried to introduce in congress a universal background check that could not pass. Why Congress could
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Gun Control The gun control debate in the US is often contentious and politically divisive. And with upcoming elections always looming in the near future‚ we will continue hearing a great deal from the media as well as politicians about what should or should not be done about “too many guns” in our society. Unfortunately‚ too many Americans do not take time to truly understand the issues and the reasoning behind both sides of the controversy. To help get a clearer perspective of the problem‚ there
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Gun control laws create many problems. For example people want to increase gun control procedures to decrease the amount of shootings there are. They push this even though according to the The Trace mass shootings account for only 2% of annual gun deaths. Another reason people try to push gun control is to make it harder for criminals to get guns. According to Criminals don’t follow laws‚ a user on Debate.org “The whole point of so called gun control is to keep those who should not have guns from
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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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specific topics that cannot be resolved due to personal opinions. However‚ before reading the enlightening information concerning gun control‚ this was one of the several issues that I wanted to research and find data regarding students being allowed to carry weapons such as a firearm on college campuses. Furthermore‚ after reading lesson four and discovering that gun control is one of those topics that I should shun regarding my research project. Besides‚ realizing that each person has their personal
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Abstract This paper will show that gun control laws in the United States have had no significant effects on reducing crime. Although the anti-gun lobby supposes that passing more stringent laws will reduce the level of crime it will be shown that this just places additional hardships on the law abiding citizens of the United States. The work of various studies and reports from the United States government and private foundations will be the mainstay supporting concepts of this paper.
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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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Amendment only grants the right to bear arms within a militia. In their eyes‚ the right to bear arms does not apply to private militias‚ only government organized militias‚ such as the Armed Forces. The Founding Fathers feared the government’s control of its citizenry by disarming them; therefore the collective rights interpretation would be the exact opposite of the amendment’s intent. Another is the states’ rights interpretation of the Second Amendment. States rights advocates believe
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Gun Control on its Way Paul Waldman’s “Gun control fight just beginning” appeared in the CNN news website in April 19‚ 2013. In this argument‚ Waldman aims to inform his audience about the terms of the gun control debate. The argument that he is counteracting is that people are using their ethos to give credibility to their scare tactics. This dominates the argument through pathos (lies) to completely override all example of logic to keep any gun control legislation from passing. Waldman is effective
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The Daily Buegle Gun Control in the United States of America… Our president (Barack Obama) of this country The United States of America has passed a law concerning gun control. Every person from now on purchases a gun must have legit gun license in order to own it. But was it really the smartest move? “The US General Accounting Office (GAO) estimated that 100% of deaths per year in which a child under 6 years old shoots and kills him/herself or another child” (http://gun-control.procon.org/)
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