laws could not stop a criminal from obtaining a gun and committing a crime. However‚ more gun control laws would aid in reducing gun deaths. From a March 2016 Lancet study‚ requiring universal background checks for potential gun buyers “could reduce firearm deaths by a projected 56.9%; background checks for ammunition purchases could reduce deaths by a projected 80.7%; and gun identification requirements could reduce deaths by a projected 82.5%.”. Aside from reducing death‚ gun control laws would lower
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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 of them and individual may be allowed to own. Arguments have been made on both sides of the gun-control controversy. “A recent study published by the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy concluded that there is a negative correlation
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guns or not. In my opinion‚ the US government should have tighter the gun control and improve the background check system for people buying firearms in order to avert more tragedies.
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general public to carry a concealed firearm in public is not‚ and never has been‚ protected by the Second Amendment‚" thus upholding a law requiring a permitting process and "good cause" for concealed carry licenses in California (Nagourney). Many states do a better job than others requiring in depth background checks for purchasing a gun‚ penalties‚ and prison sentences for misuse. A further balance is found when barriers are created to ownership / access of a firearm and suicide rates. For instance
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history is the Second Amendment‚ which states: "A well-regulated militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear Arms‚ shall not be infringed." The United States is one of the best countries to own a firearm. In fact‚ per the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime‚ The United States 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. Statistics have also shown that gun violence is a
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freedom and letting a citizen carry a firearm is the ultimate freedom. How many people in other countries can openly say they own a gun‚ or several‚ and they exercise their second amendment rights on a regular basis? Many people who own guns use them for recreational purposes. They hunt‚ they go to the shooting range‚ they go to gun shows and even collect antique rifles and pistols. According to a 1994 survey‚ 35% of American households own 192 million firearms. (http://www.newsbatch.com/gun control
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Though theoretically the pros of gun control sound quite beneficial‚ they are nonexistent pros set forth to convince you that banning firearms is the best way to reduce crime rates. B. Please do not be swayed‚ look up the facts‚ learn the truth‚ and don’t let gun control happen in the United States of America. Work Cited Flatley‚ John. "Crime
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means hitting your target." However one defines gun control‚ the mere mention of it brings controversy. Opposing sides have for years fought over the laws that govern firearms. For the purposes of this paper "Gun Control" is defined as policies enacted by the government that limit the legal rights of gun owners to own‚ carry‚ or use firearms‚ with the intent of reducing gun crimes such as murder‚ armed robbery‚ aggravated rape‚ and the like. So defined‚ gun control understandably brings favorable responses
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federal government to ‘infringe’ that right” (par. 8). The federal government has taken away that right by limiting assault rifles. First‚ nowhere in the Constitution is the federal government granted to right to limit an individual’s right to own firearms. On the contrary‚ the Second Amendment expressly grants this right to all citizens‚ making all gun control laws unconstitutional. James Madison said in No. 45 of The Federalist Papers‚ "The powers of the federal government were to be ‘few and defined
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should be carefully considered against modern day situations and circumstances surrounding gun violence. Whether you believe the Second Amendment gives unequivocal rights to individuals to bear arms or that it only pertains to states militia and firearms should be tightly regulated by the government‚ reasonable measures should be taken to minimize the harm caused by guns. With both sides of the argument pointing to the Second Amendment as a tool to further their causes‚ a closer examination of this
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