when you hear the word ‘gun’‚” I bet you the average person would say something along the lines of violence‚ death‚ or war. This doesn’t have to be the case. Guns can mean protection‚ safety‚ and survival. Gun control is a very controversial topic that has been discussed for years. Proponents of more gun control often want more laws to try to prevent mass shootings‚ and call for smart gun laws‚ background checks‚ and more protections against the mentally ill buying guns. On the other hand‚ opponents
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has 88.8 guns per 100 people‚ or about 270‚000‚000 guns‚ which is the highest total and per capita number in the world. 22% of Americans own one or more guns‚ 35 percent men and 12 percent women. Gun control has a lot of different sides‚ and you’re not right or wrong‚ it is your opinions. I am pro gun‚ I love guns‚ and I think they should have gun control‚ but to an extent. So‚ I am in between. Some questions that come into my head are‚ How much gun violence is in the USA? And What gun laws currently
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thinking about gun control lately? Have you been thinking about how safe you really are in this world including your children’s safety? Can you believe that the total number of incidents in 2015 is a shocking number of 48‚825? That is completely insane. Currently gun control is a topic of conversation mostly because of the recent tragedies. Statistics show that gun violence is raising the bar in tragedies through the year‚ now no legitimate study in the U.S. has ever shown that gun control has no
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Gun Fight Imagine being a student in the Virginia Tech Massacre. Imagine seeing your family‚ friends‚ even total strangers shot on the streets every day. Gun Fight puts you in the middle of these types of situations. The intent of Gun Fight is to change the viewer’s opinion of gun rights and gun control by showing both sides of the argument and ultimately supporting the anti-gun movement. Clips from conventions supporting gun rights and clips supporting gun control give
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June. 12th ‚ 2016‚ a gun crime took place in a club in Orlando‚ which took 49 lives and injures 53 people. This issue made people realize that gun violence is a big problem in America. We know that many gun crime happened in the USA in history and guns control became a hot spot nowadays. This question is serious because it relates to the public safety. In a 2014 article “ Our Blind Spot About Guns”‚ Nicholas Kristof argues that there is a need for sensible regulation of guns. He makes his idea credible
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Gun control is a huge political topic and it is often debated whether gun control policies should be more lenient or more restrictive to better protect citizens. An innumerable amount of research has been conducted to find a solution to the debates concerning gun control and gun violence. Researchers have found that some states with stricter gun laws have experienced higher crime rates‚ while other states have experienced a decline in crime rates. It is strenuous to determine the exact deterrence
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Currently there are no laws or regulations in place that require private sales‚ gun show sales or internet sales to perform a background check during a firearm purchase unlike federally licensed firearm dealers. This leaves a loophole open for criminals to purchase firearms leading to more gun violence such as mass shooting and robberies. Gun violence can be reduced by requiring background checks for all guns sales‚ expanding background checks to include mental health status‚ and better reporting
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Gun-control in America Gun control has been a very debated topic in America for as long as the county has been a country. Some believe that there is no reason to have personally owned guns because of the danger and violence associated with them. Others believe that guns are the backbone of American society and without them chaos would ensue and the country would no longer function. There are also many in the middle that believe that there should be regulations on the types of firearms and the number
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reduce access to guns. America has the highest amount of gun related deaths each year in the world. “In Germany 381‚ in France 255‚ in Canada 165 in the United Kingdom 68‚ in Australia 65‚ in Japan 39 and in the United States‚ 11‚127” (Moore Michael‚ 51:15-51:48). America has 270 to 310 million guns‚ which is 88.8 to every 100 people in America‚ which is the highest total and per capita number in the world (ProCon). The correlation between the number of people owning and dying from guns in the United
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A Shocking Scenario: Analyzing a Gun Control Advertisement In the spring of 2013‚ GREY Advertisement agency released a series of advertisements for the organization “Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.” These public service announcements‚ placed on billboards around the country‚ are intended to “reflect the absurdity of our country’s current lax laws and weak regulation of guns‚” (Huffington Post‚ 2013). Contrasting a piece of candy to an assault rifle‚ one image uses emotion and logic
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