Keep Guns Out Of Schools In recent years‚ there have been many school shootings. Students and faculty deserve the right to carry a firearm to protect themselves. There have been many occasions when the campus police were not able to protect students and faculty. The second amendment gives the right for Americans to bear arms. However‚ firearms should not be allowed on college campuses because people will feel unsafe‚ some individuals do not know how to use a gun‚ and officers will become confused
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A Smoking Gun from Down Under Recent events have brought the heated debate about gun control to atomic levels in the United States. For some Americans‚ it seems of no question that we should limit or even ban an individual’s right to bear arms for the greater good of our nation. For others‚ the right to own a firearm is one of the fundamental liberties afforded the citizens of this country and to restrict that right intrudes on the very essence of being American. The argument for limiting or banning
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Everywhere you look you can see traces of violence in our today’s society. It is promoted in almost every facet of our entertainment‚ from movies to video games‚ and even in some of the lyrics to some types of music. In many cases when individuals turn to violence‚ people tend to look back and try to recall any warning signs that may have been present to prevent those actions from occurring. According to Robert Meadows in Understanding Violence and Victimization (2007)‚ there are 6 warning signs
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Gun laws are rules/laws set by governments to keep the public save from attacks involving guns and to reduce the level of risks of losing lives in communities. (Castro‚ 2016) In 1996 after the Port Arthur massacre Australia’s state and federal governments introduced gun laws that were progressively implemented in all 6 states and 2 territories between June 1996 and August 1998 (Simon Chapman‚ Alpers‚ & Michael Jones‚ 2017). The massacre costed the deaths of 35 innocent lives and left 23 for dead
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about 270 million guns‚ according to a 2007 report by the Switzerland-based Small Arms Survey. That’s almost the population of Indonesia‚ the world’s fourth most-populated country.” Many violent shooting accidents have been occurring in the United States partially as a result of the proliferation of guns. Restrictions on gun ownership can reduce the number of deaths associated with guns and crime rates. In addition‚ it solves many “socio-economic” issues caused by gun violence. One reason that the
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large caliber handgun. The man seeing the gun recoils and runs. The woman did not have to fire the gun for it to intimidate her attacker‚ although she would have. She had been trained and qualified to carry a concealed handgun. Guns are a great way to defend ourselves from those individuals mentally incapable to function in modern day society‚ or a government trying to oppress its citizens. A gun ban will create more problems than it will solve. Guns are mainly used for three reasons‚ hunting
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One of the most highly discussed issues in this country for the last few years and especially the last year has been gun control. More and more people have been asking questions along the lines of; should an individual be legally allowed to carry or own a firearm? Which firearm is best used in self defense? Will limiting the size of a magazine prevent future tragedies? Or‚ why does anyone need an “assault” rifle? It is a very important issue to be discussed‚ especially after the incidents that
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the article “Famous Speeches: "We call BS‚" Emma Gonzalez’s speech to gun advocates”‚ by Emma Gonzalez it talks about how all of these shootings are going down but it is not always the victims fault and the shooters in Florida do not need a permit or a gun license which is not safe. In the article “Issue Overview: Guns in America”‚ by Bloomberg‚ talks about how there are many deaths every year in many different states and how guns have spreaded tremendously throughout years. Shootings happen numerous
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Why it is morally right to enforce gun control in America Gun control is a very sensitive and controversial topic that has become one of the biggest topics of debate in the United States. Many Americans are against gun control because they feel it is their right as an American to have possession of a firearm for protection. Others are strongly in favor of gun control and feel that there should be laws and regulations put in place that ban the possession and use of firearms. Both sides of the argument
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States suffer from their loved ones dying at the hand of a gun. For a long time the United States has long debated the issue on making gun laws more advanced. Americans are tired of dealing with mass shootings and wondering when the next shooting is going to happen. They want to see change with stricter gun laws preventing guns to be in the hands of the wrong people. Americans want proficient background checks that will actually work. Tougher gun laws and having more advanced backgrounds checks would
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