Gun culture in the United States of America has prevailed ever since the beginning of this country’s history. The Second Amendment‚ written in 1776‚ protects an individual’s rights to “bear arms” without punishment. Many problems with this law have arisen since 1776‚ such as a growing number of suicide‚ accidental‚ and mass-shooting related deaths. Because the Constitution is a living document‚ a change is vital for the safety of American citizens. More gun control laws would lead to less crime‚
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One of the major topics in America today is gun control. We have had many tragedies involving guns‚ and many innocent people have gotten hurt or lost their lives. In 2013‚ roughly 23‚381 people have died from the misuse of guns. There have also been 16 mass shootings where four or more people were killed other than the shooter. Many citizens‚ and members of Congress believe that guns should be banned‚ and that everyone should give up the guns they own. Gun violence has always been occurring in the
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The culture of violence affects America. The neoliberal logic of a gun culture atomizes individuals‚ and has historically abrogated their roles as common citizens. The gun rights lobby has perpetuated an ableist discourse to shift responsibility away from the gun culture. It is not messed up people that will kill with guns‚ but guns that and a reasoning system that tells people to deal with their own problems that kills. It is guns that perpetuate the pick yourself up by the bootstrap logic‚ that
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matter of debate and discussion in the United States. Many people are asking whether every citizen should have the right to possess a gun? There are many advocates of gun control people who wish to have strict laws to prevent certain groups of people from buying a gun. And there’s also those who disagree with gun control laws‚ and feel there should be a more tolerant gun control to
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Nathan 3/30/08 Gun Control in America Ever since the days of the pioneers‚ firearms have been an element of the American tradition as defense and a means of hunting or activity. As we progress through the 21st century the use of guns has changed significantly. The reason that the use of the gun is changing is fast and steady increase in crime and the battle for the right to have possession of a hand gun‚ the introduction of legislation for gun control‚ to try to decrease the felony in the
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The Daily Buegle Gun Control in the United States of America… Our president (Barack Obama) of this country The United States of America has passed a law concerning gun control. Every person from now on purchases a gun must have legit gun license in order to own it. But was it really the smartest move? “The US General Accounting Office (GAO) estimated that 100% of deaths per year in which a child under 6 years old shoots and kills him/herself or another child” (http://gun-control.procon.org/)
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Gun Violence in America Since the inception of firearms‚ people have been wielding all types of arms and ammunitions against each other in order to injure or kill their opponent. In the modern world‚ this violence is unwarranted and goes against everything society stands for. Nowhere else is gun violence most prevalent than in the United States of America. Because of the Constitution‚ Americans have had the right to bear arms since 1776. When the Constitution was drafted‚ the term “arms” meant nothing
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Gun Control in America On March 24‚ 1998‚ firing from the woods overlooking their school‚ 13-year-old Andrew Golden and 11-year-old Mitchell Johnson shot and killed four middle school students and a teacher and injured ten other students in Jonesboro‚ Arkansas. The two boys had a semiautomatic M-1 carbine with a large ammunition magazine‚ two other rifles‚ seven handguns and more than 500 rounds of ammunition which they took from the home of one of the boy?s grandfather‚ who had a large arsenal
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GUN OWNERSHIP IN AMERICA Gun Ownership in America and our Second Amendment Rights Emil Lemay Strayer University Abstract It is estimated that there are roughly 200 million privately owned firearms in America. This equals approximately one firearm to each person living here. This country is split concerning the right to own guns‚ with one side advocating gun bans and belief in the notion that the Second Amendment is obsolete in modern times. The other side backs the inalienable right to own
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Independence over 200 years ago‚ the right to own a gun has been questioned if is should exist. The second amendment gives the people the privilege of owning firearms. This has gotten many people arguing that this amendment is responsible for a majority of crime and that America would be better off without it. They argue that if guns were limited to people of authority (military‚ police‚
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