What is Gun Control? Gun control is a controversial topic that not only the United States faces‚ but the entire world faces. Many nations either established a gun control policy or they don’t have one that is well put together. Studies have shown throughout the world gun control attempts to allow a safer environment for people‚ but there are still some places gun control is and isn’t tolerated. In the article " The Accessibility of guns protects lives" it describes the term gun control. Gun control
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English April 8‚ 2013 "Should Private Gun Ownership Be Banned?" Widespread gun ownership in a community could provide a general deterrent to criminal predation‚ lowering the risk to owners and non-owners alike. But widespread gun ownership could also lead to increased risks of various sorts‚ including the possibility that guns will be misused by the owners or transferred to dangerous people through theft or unregulated sale. Whether the social costs of gun ownership are positive or negative is arguably
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Gun Control Guns kill; not people. Many would argue the opposite and say that it is down to the individual to control himself or herself. The facts state the obvious and I will prove to you that gun control can save lives. Since the tragic school shooting in Newton Connecticut‚ gun control has taken center stage around the country and with our politicians. Here are some facts from the FBI Crime Reports; of the 452 people murdered in Illinois in 2011 83% were killed with guns... the highest percentage
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more stringent gun control? This is a question that has been sparking nationwide in America. Gun control is simply defined as a regulation of selling‚ owning‚ and use of guns. This debate has many arguments saying that the U.S should have stricter gun laws to prevent fewer crimes or some even say to abolish the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution and others argue that the U.S does not need any more laws to strict guns away from U.S citizens (Sowell). People for more gun control laws
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passing a law making it legal to carry a gun on college campuses. The people trying to get the law passed say that letting someone carry a concealed weapon will allow the weapon carrier to protect themselves if a shooter comes to their campus. Those against allowing a person to carry a gun on campus want to protect people from gun accidents. Guns on campus would definitely make me think twice about doing violence on a college campus. It should be legal to carry a gun on campus. In Arizona‚ the law to
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Gun Control is not the Answer Karen Field Granite State College A man carrying two revolvers and two 9mm semi-automatic handguns calmly entered into the Dunblane Primary School. Two people quickly saw the firearms and tried to tackle the man; he shot them‚ and left them wounded as he continued his journey down the hall of the school. Finally the man had reached his destination‚ the gym‚ where a class of kindergarteners where having Phys. Ed‚ he pulled out his guns and started picking off the
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An Updated Background Check System Will Help Prevent Gun Violence Guns and Crime‚ 2012 Formed in 2006‚ Mayors Against Illegal Guns is a coalition of over 550 mayors who support reforms to fight illegal gun trafficking and gun violence in the United States‚ while still respecting the Second Amendment. The background check system designed by Congress in 1993 to prohibit dangerous people from purchasing guns is not working effectively. But with the enforcement of critical new regulations‚ the National
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of gun ownership and gun violence is highly controversial and has become highly controversial since the recent multiple massacres/shootings in schools and theatres. Controversy ensues between individual beliefs of who can own guns and how to control gun violence. The recent massacres/shootings bring into stark‚ shocking reality that gun ownership isn’t as controlled as it should‚ leading to gun violence. As quoted from Steve Mostyn‚ a Texas trial lawyer‚ "Lemme tell you…I own thirty-five guns. You
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Gun control The phrase “gun control” can mean many things. It can be a ban on specific or all types of weapons. It can be law restricting where guns can be carried. It can be regulations prohibiting certain or all citizens from owning guns. Regardless of what form it takes‚ gun control in the United States of America takes away your constitutional right to own guns; the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution states that "A well
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Rawlins Honors English 10 May 6‚ 2014 The Unrealistic Cause of Gun Control In 1791 the second amendment to the constitution was ratified and it stated that a “well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right of the people to bear arms shall not be infringed” (Lee no.pag.). Since its ratification‚ many debates over the meaning and over gun control have spread throughout America. The term gun control‚ as described by Lee‚ is‚ “any action taken by the federal government
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