3 11 September 2013 Anti Gun Control Due to recent mass shootings in the U.S. many Americans fear for their safety. Many Americans fear to go out to movie theaters‚ restaurants‚ and even their children ’s schools. In the article "Will Sikh temple shooting spark U.S. conversation on gun control"‚ Peter Greier claims "Americans are deeply split about the prospect of new gun laws‚ and tragic events such as recent mass killings do not change voter opinions." Gun control laws should be any more
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stop playing the blaming game‚ wether it’s the politicians‚ the media‚ video games‚ the news or whatever else the NRA seems to be blaming today‚ and act together. And no‚ guns are not the answer. I’m sure you have heard Wayne LaPierre’s most recent speech concerning the Sandy Hook tragedy‚ and his opinions on the role of guns in America. I’m not here today to completely disagreeing with everything he was saying‚ however‚ there were
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Do We Need Tougher Gun Control Laws? One of the most controversial issues in our society today is the topic of private gun ownership and gun control laws. This controversy has arisen mostly due to the different ways that the second constitutional amendment is interpreted. The amendment states that "a well regulated militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right to the people to keep and bear arms‚ shall not be infringed" (Lott‚ 2000). On one side of the issue‚ there are those
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Do stricter gun laws ensure the safety of Americans? Throughout America an ongoing argument is on if stricter gun laws should be developed in order to attempt and deter gun violence. America does not need stricter gun laws because more laws do not mean there will be less violence‚ gun control laws deny people a sense of safety‚ more gun free zones are better for criminals‚ and the only way to stop bad people with guns is good people with guns. More laws do not equal less violence. One reason why
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ProCon.org recently featured an article that studied gun control. “Stricter state gun laws associated with fewer gun deaths‚ study finds.” The article discussed gun control laws in states with stricter laws tend to have lower rates of gun related homicides‚ and a suicide (ProCon para. 1) Gun control in the United States is becoming a wide spread issue and is becoming a problem everywhere. Although I am living in a city with uprising crime that has been skyrocketing over the years‚ I wasn’t aware
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The killing and torturing‚ emotional as well as physical‚ is causing pain to those who need it the least. We believe that gun control laws are too flexible around crimes‚ and is almost never used for its real purpose; self defense. First of all‚ the amount of people who actually use this law for its purpose is microscopically small! You could say that pretty much no one uses guns for self defense‚ and is actually quite the contrary. They use it to harm others‚ instead of defending themselves against
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to the foster home. God knows how many families experience this kinds of situation or worse than that. All of those bad things happened in a second because they had gun at home. If there was not such a dangerous device‚ the man at least had the opportunity or more time to think better in order not to be a killer of his wife. Owning gun is one of the big problems in many countries especially in U.S. It increases violence throughout country‚ such as domestic violence using firearms‚ terrorist attacks
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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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In the Bloomberg Businessweek article ’Guns Don’t Kill People‚ Gun Culture Does’‚ author Charles Kenny‚ a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development‚ posted his opinion on the gun control debate. Kenny states "Even today‚ the strongest relationship to homicide rates around the world involves overall levels of economic development‚ inequality‚ and social cohesion rather than gun prevalence." However‚ the author continues with a contradiction of that statement‚ writing "Yet‚ if you restrict
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Everyone has either used or seen a gun. It’s American to own a gun. In the United States constitution‚ it states that we have the right to bear arms. Everyone that has shot a gun knows that feeling of adrenaline they get when they shoot an animal or even a target. We need to have laws enforced to keep guns off of certain properties. Today parents should let their kids play with toy guns not just to entertain them‚ but to show the children gun safety‚ get the kids more involved with the outdoors‚
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