Gun Control in America: Past‚ Present‚ & Future Abstract "Had Americans in 1787 been told that the federal government could ban… firearms… it is hard to imagine that the Constitution would have been ratified‚” these words were used by the National Rifle Association in a court brief where it challenged the most restrictive gun control laws in the country at the time‚ those is Washington‚ D.C. (Schwartz‚ 2008‚ Individual freedoms section para.4). Cities‚ such as Chicago‚ New York‚ and the District
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In the United States‚ we do "at least attempt to control" violent and irresponsible gun behavior. Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale‚ possession‚ and use of firearms and ammunition. State laws vary‚ and are independent of existing federal firearms laws‚ although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws. For instance‚ some U.S. states have created assault weapon bans that are similar to the expired federal assault weapons ban. Moreover as a regulatory
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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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Guns are used all around the world‚ but fast and steady increase in crime and the fight for the right to own a hand gun introduced legislation for gun control‚ to try to reduce the crime in the United States. Guns are in their own nature dangerous weapons. The automatic assault weapon is one of these potentially dangerous weapons‚ which is used for military purposes only. This is no weapon that can be beneficially used. Leaving the sale of this firearm a potential threat; because they allow many
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Gleiberman points out how long the gun debate has gone on‚ but states there is a different view on the entire issue. The entire thing is a study on the United States relationship with firearms. It mentions that there are more gun shops in America‚ than McDonald’s and Starbucks combined. Most of the article focuses on the issues with how guns are bought‚ and shows examples of why new gun control laws might be necessary. The end of the article briefly mentioned the belief that gun-rights
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widely allowed its citizens holding guns. The custom of holding a guns caused the cowboy culture‚ which leaded americans have expanded and developed their country to be the most powerful country in the world today. However‚ today’s American is not the country of cowboys anymore. As a consequence of the 2nd Amendment in today’s America‚ the gun shooting has been a big threat to the public security. It’s the time to reexamine the gun culture’s affection‚ whether the guns still provided protection it was
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year under shooting‚ that means more than 80 people were killed by guns a day on the average. It is analysed that although there are innumerable deaths of shooting‚ but the America still can ’t enforce any gun control policy. The idea is that the gun is a tool for rebelling against tyranny and a tool for self-defense‚ since the war of independence‚ has been deeply implanted in the bone marrow of American culture. The right to bear guns also has gradually become the fourth freedom issued in American
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Guns started in China about one thousand years ago‚ but have been evolved in order to be more efficient in the amount and quality of ammunition shot as well as the accuracy and power of the guns. Gun use in America began when the nation was first colonized. The purpose of the guns were to help the colonists with gathering pelts and food‚ and defending them from attacks. Older guns were equipped with ammunition that was loaded into the gun from the muzzle‚ giving them their nickname muzzle loaders
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after over a 200 year presence of guns in America‚ some are calling for a transformation of what our founding fathers set forth and signed in the year 1787. This can be attributed to the recent
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with a gun. On average there are about 12‚000 gun homicides a year in the United States. The second amendment should be revised due to the gun violence in America being a severe problem. The homicide rate in America is at an all time high. Accidental deaths of children due to unattended guns. The suicide in america committed with a firearm is becoming a severe problem. There is an increasingly high crime rate committed with a firearm in America. With the increase of states implementing gun ownership
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