found that more than half of all legally purchased guns were stored unlocked and at least 16% were stored unlocked and even loaded. Other studies have also claimed that having a gun increases the risk of suicide and/or homicide inside the home during family arguments. Gun control can even raise the crime on citizens. Gun control may be able to regulate the wrong use of these weapons‚ but it also causes those responsible to not be able to have guns when needed to protect themselves. The truth of
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Paula Colon Mr. Riggle Writer’s Work shop Qtr 3 5 March 2013 Gun violence is a serious issue in the United States‚ it is rated to be the highest form of crime. Vermont and New Hampshire are recorded to be the safest places to be. As for California would have to be the worst place to be around. This state has an annual of 1‚257 deaths per year. (aggregated- pulling from one resource and another and making it my own) Over the years‚ President Obama has been impacted by several tragedies that
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Ronald Anderson ENG 101 23 June 2013 Guns on Campus The rise of Gun violence in America is at an all-time high and as a result gun ownership has catapulted alongside this rise. Today our institutions of higher learning are faced with a new threat to the welfare and safety of student and that is the paranoia of some students and teachers who feel the need to “protect themselves” by carrying a firearm. This is the beginning of the end; the traditional college experience as we
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Irving PRO GUN CONTROL Should gun control be tightened? 1. Controlling firearms would save more lives in schools. “When Students Pack Heat‚ the Danger Grows” USA Today‚ September 28‚ 2012 http://sks.sirs.com.ai.libproxy.edmc.edu/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SAIPROXY-0-4262&artno=0000345634&type=ART In May‚ when University of Colorado students left Boulder for summer break‚ their campus was gun-free. Last month‚ they returned to a campus where just about anyone can carry a gun just about
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The topic for my multi genre research project is gun rights. More importantly‚ my question is; Are American citizens justified to own and use firearms? The answer to my question is yes‚ we are indeed justified to own and use firearms under the rights of the constitution. For you to know how to answer my question as un biased as possible you need to know what the second amendment states. “A well regulated militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right of the people to keep and
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The Guns of Today Today‚ there are three main types of shoulder- and hand-fired guns: The rifle‚ shotgun‚ and pistol. There are others‚ but they are rare and not efficient‚ like the hand cannon‚ and (as the Americans call it) the Boom-stick-boom‚ which would rarely work‚ and when it did‚ it usually blew up‚ causing serious injury or death. You might have wondered why these here haven’t been called “Weapons”‚ and the reason is- guns‚ if used properly‚ are not any harm to anyone who follows and knows
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About Smoking: Smoking is a hard habit to break because tobacco contains nicotine‚ which is highly addictive. Like heroin or other addictive drugs‚ the body and mind quickly become so used to the nicotine in cigarettes that a person needs to have it just to feel normal. People start smoking for a variety of different reasons. Some think it looks cool. Others start because their family members or friends smoke. Statistics show that about 9 out of 10 tobacco users’ start before they’re 18 years
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use of stun guns in Police Departments is a relatively new thing. While‚ stun guns have widely been available in the private sector for well over two decades‚ law enforcement agencies have only began using them in the last ten years. Also‚ a new tool that has been introduced over the last fifteen years is the use of surveillance cameras in patrol cars. This paper will discuss the benefits that these two tools provide to not only law enforcement but to the citizens as well. The stun guns that law enforcement
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Subject: My thesis on Gun Control By: Michael Hendrix The history of ownership and the current law under the 2nd amendment gives the rights to the people to keep and bear arms. Our society has passed laws regulating the ownership and use of firearms and more legislation is being considered. Some restrictions may be necessary but some have gone too far. Currently‚ there are over 70 Million gun owners in America. Guns are not for everyone. Certain individuals cannot handle a firearm safely
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Given that the goal of gun control is to reduce or prevent harm‚ it might be tempting to argue in favor of complete gun control or‚ at least‚ incredibly strict restrictions. After all‚ if such a level of control could be established over the entire population‚ then the amount of harm involving guns would be greatly reduced. The general principle at work here would be‚ obviously enough‚ that a complete ban or incredibly strict restrictions would be justified by the fact that they would significantly
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