Lee Hanson WR 122 Final Paper Mary Bentson 7 June 2012 Gun Control: Is it a Good Thing? Contrary to what many people may have seen on bumper stickers‚ gun control does not refer to using two hands. The legal definition of gun control is: having laws that aim to restrict or regulate the sale‚ purchase‚ or possession of firearms through licensing‚ registration‚ or identification requirements. A large number of American households or residents‚ approximately 40-45% of them‚ own at least one firearm
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When one hears the phrase gun control and safety in the United States‚ they are haunted with the devastating stories of this past year. Guns and violence have reached a dangerous peak in the views of many Americans. In my opinion this heated debate reached its most recent popularity with the shooting at the Dark Knight premiere and the Newtown shooting. Our president and government have been under the pressure to decide what steps should be taken to protect the citizens of this country…but also they
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We all have opinions about gun control. And many people have different ones‚ but let me tell you about mine. I believe that we should have better gun laws and ill tell why. Because right now anyone in the world can buy a gun from any store. I don’t think anyone should have a gun because i think all guns are dangerous. Guns are only meant for one thing and that is killing people. Amanda Marcotte at Rolling stone says that for those of us who are more worried about preventing unnecessary deaths than
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murdered (Djansezian). Looking at gun violence in this light makes it very understandable why support of stricter gun control has increased drastically in the recent past. A 2015 Gallup poll found that 55% of Americans say we should have stricter gun laws‚ up a significant 8% from 2014. Ideally‚ intensifying gun control laws would keep the weapons out of the hands of criminals or other people that would use the weapons illegally. However‚ would creating stricter gun laws actually decrease violence
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Gun control laws should be revised. By definition‚ provided by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ gun control is the regulation of the selling‚ owning‚ and use of guns. There has been many cases where guns have been in the wrong hands. These situations have occurred in schools (high school‚ grade school and even college)‚ movie theaters‚ churches‚ and even U.S military bases. Is it the right to bear arms or is it the right to free murder? Nowadays‚ many people can go out and purchase a gun with their
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Topic: Gun Control and Universal Background checks I. Introduction A. Attention material: D. Thesis/Preview: Transition Statement II. Body A. Main point #1 Criminals will always find a way to obtain their guns‚ leaving law-abiding citizens without any weapons to use in defense. 1. (Description of problem) a. (Signs‚ symptoms‚ effects of problem) b. (Example‚ narrative‚ or testimony) 2. (Importance of problem) a. (Extent of problem)
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reconsideration of Maryland gun law ruling” by Larry O’Dell February 2016‚ The Washington Post. Richmond‚ Va. Maryland’s assault weapons ban implicates it citizens Second Amendment rights and must be reviewed under a judicial standard. District Judge Catherine C. Blake gave gun-rights supporters a chance to argue to overturn and challenge the law. The Firearms Safety Act was passed after Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. The Act was a pro because it was designed to reduce gun violence and make the
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Less Gun Control in America Today in America there is a huge debate going on. Do we as Americans have the right to carry a fire arm‚ in our car‚ in our purse‚ or even on ourselves? Should they only be allowed in our homes? Who‚ if anyone should be allowed to own a gun? What will happen to the crime and death rates if laws are changed? There are many different opinions on this matter. In reality‚ allowing more people to own and carry firearms will decrease the crime and death rates. Many people
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Persuasive Articles on Gun Control By Jamie Taylor Persuading an audience can be done in several different fashions‚ one of which is Hugh Rank’s Model of Persuasion. Rank’s model states that two major strategies are used to achieve the particular goal of persuasion. These strategies are nicely set into two main schemas; the first method is to exaggerate an aspect of something‚ known as “intensify.” While the second is to discredit it‚ which is referred to as “downplay.” Al Franken‚ Jeffrey
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country that is “gun-friendly” and a place where people take the Second Amendment very seriously‚ many advocates of gun control believe that putting some restrictions on the production and sale of semi-automatic firearms will help to reduce and prevent tragedies like the ones that have occurred in recent times. Some of these advocates‚ such as many leaders of the Democratic Party‚ think that government regulations on these types of weapons is the answer to solve a large part of the gun violence that
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