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    If guns were controlled by government‚ will it help to reduce the violent crime in the U.S.A? Recently‚ I have been searching "gun control" on the internet in order to understand more about it to finish this research paper. Gun control is a kind of law or things like a policy to limit the production‚ sale or use of guns by people. This law or policy is very greatly around the entire world. In my country‚ only polices and those security guards can have the permission to use guns. But still‚ they

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    Crime has been a major issue in society. Gun crime has been on a rapid increase‚ leaving families to bury their loved ones‚ children without parents and in the case of Sandy Hook Elementary school‚ twenty five innocent lives lost. With resent activities‚ gun control has become an issue of constant debate. The issue of constitutional rights to bare firearm may need to be revisited in other to control the flow of firearms in the hands of criminals. Gun crimes are on the rise in the United States and

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    questions‚ the main question being Are Guns Really the Problem? Many people feel that this is a direct violation of our Second Amendment right to “Bear Arm” written by the founders of the United States Constitution in 1787. Still others will argue that because of the lack of restrictions on guns many people have died and this injustice needs to change. I am a gun owner and have never murdered anyone by way of a firearm therefore I feel compelled to agree that the guns are not the problem. I feel that the

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    Gun Control in America? “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” (O ’Connor & Sabato‚ 2008). That is the second amendment found in our U.S Constitution. According to the second ammendment the people have the right to keep and bear arms. Is this a right that everyone is given‚ and if so can this right be taken away? The question of gun control is one that has been highly debated since the founding

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    begin to change. Middle school is more about who you hang out with and how you dress. That’s where most of it starts. At the level of middle school to the level of adulthood gangs are feared and recognized. The abundance of gangs can bring fear and violence to every block of a city. In addition to suffering unacceptably high numbers of deaths and injuries‚ gang plagued neighborhoods are overwhelmed by intimidation‚ economic and physical decay‚ and withdrawal from civic engagement. As these neighborhoods

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    Kylie Dale Composition 2 Professor Davis 3 March 2013 Gun Control These three essays on the topic of gun control‚ “Both Sides Have Something to Fear” by David Ropeik‚ “We Can Ratchet Down the Passions” by Adam Winkler‚ and “A Divide Widened by Misunderstanding” by David Kopel‚ have many similarities in their views and opinions of the gun debate; i.e. to have gun rights or gun control. Not only their viewpoints‚ or lack thereof rather‚ but their timing from when these essays were written and

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    Fuente 1 Ms.Nelson English 1301 April 10‚ 2013 The American Way Gun Control. This is one of the most popular subjects to talk about nowadays. Ever since schools and movie theaters are being threatened by people with guns‚ society wants to ban guns just because they believe their to dangerous. It took a lot of shootings for people to act against the NRA and ban guns. But‚ its not the guns fault for all these shootings it’s the people committing the crime. The question I keep

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    Gun Control As a federal law enforcement officer‚ I believe in the right to bear arms; however‚ I also believe that there should be more restriction on who is allowed to own and carry firearms. I also believe that if you do own a firearm that it should be locked up out of the reach of children and should only be used at ranges or hunting. It’s argumentative whether guns are used more for protection in the United States or for criminal events. I believe that there should be stricter qualifications

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    Gun control has been a controversial issue for years in the United States. Some say that with stricter gun control laws there will be less crime. Others disagree stating that there would not be less crime with stricter gun control laws‚ and that it is our constitutional right as Americans to keep and bear arms. But which party is correct? Too much gun control would impose on our rights as a free people and not necessarily result in the desired outcome. But if there were too little gun control and

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    weapons are a huge controversial topic‚ guns in particular. The Sullivan Act‚ was the first piece toward gun reformation and was passed in 1911 for New York State. The law required anyone who carried a small firearm to have a permit. This piece of legislation is still in effect today. In the 1960’s‚ there were a series of important political assassination’s including‚ President John F. Kennedy‚ Martin Luther King Jr.‚ and Senator Robert Kennedy (Gun Control Reform). Politicians feel that they can

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