n-article-1.1225043 Ohio Department of Public Safety (2009). Ohio criminal justice statistics. Retrieved from http://www.publicsafety.ohio.gov/links/ocjs_Statistics.pdf Texas Department of Public Safety (2011). Conviction rates for concealed handgun license holders. Texas Department of Public Safety. Retrieved from
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has been a gun culture country since the day the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4‚ 1776. After many decades‚ gun ownership had rapidly increased‚ and many lives have been saved with a gun. An American citizen can legally purchase a handgun at age twenty-one and a rifle at the age of eighteen with a cleared background check by a licensed dealer. In recent months’ guns has become a very conversional topic because of all the incident happening around. For example‚ Orlando mass shooting
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your family members; a bullet accidentally pierces through the door and kills someone that had no part in that violent attack. They were as innocent as the many that have been victims of gun violence in The United States of America. The spread of handguns‚ and assault riffles in the country is growing every year‚ “More than 8.57 million guns were produced in 2012‚ up 31 percent from 6.54 million in 2011”(1)‚ according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol‚ Tobacco‚ Firearms and
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involving firearms also is increasing. The National Institute of Justice said “according to the National Victimization Survey‚ 467‚321 persons were victims of a crime committed with a firearm in 2011.” The increasing Ownership of firearms such as handguns gives a person predominantly male a sense of some sort of power and fictitious sense of manhood. Giving someone a firearm is like giving that person the power over someone else’s life. Flow Psychology once said “ it has been observed that there
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Caroline Mattox Draft #4 Exploratory Essay 9/26/14 Should it be a right of every citizen to bear arms? The public‚ politicians‚ and many organizations have pursued this question‚ which in return has transformed this issue into a widespread topic. The various shootings across the United States have led me to the debate of the government controlling firearms. In the beginning of our country’s creation‚ the Founding Fathers constructed the Constitution to define the United States’ government. Inside
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Guns Do Not Kill People; People Kill People Gun control is a very large problem going on in the United States today. All guns have the potential to be dangerous and should be used with precautions‚ as well as the right safety regulations. Guns can be hazardous and tragic accidents can happen‚ like the Sandy Hook shooting in Connecticut‚ but only if they are in the hands of the wrong person. Guns are not only used every day for protection‚ such as law enforcement like the military and the police
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Gun violence dates back many years‚ around the time gun powder was first being produced in the 13th century. The first handgun was created in 1364 and was named the “hand cannon” (Hallowell 1)‚ the name was self-explanatory. Nowadays hand guns are being produced that are smaller than the average persons’ palm‚ which is named the Swiss mini guns‚ these guns are being banned due to their extreme concealment capabilities. Guns revolutionized the world and brought high praises‚ until citizens started
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There are some problems with mass shootings‚ but with a little bit of changes those problems can be solved. There are many problems in the world today and mass shootings is just one of many. Mass shootings are deadly tragedies that happen to innocent people. Mass shootings are normally carried out with a person with a mental illness or some sort of disease. Most people who commit mass shootings have some form of mental illness or depression. They feel like they do not get enough attention or loving
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Mrs. Martini English II 19 January 2013 Bang Bang Ban All guns and handguns should be banned because of all the violence and danger that it had put into many people. Guns cause too many deaths and injuries to innocent people. The government needs to make them less accessible and the law enforcement really needs to enforce the law that they make. This could save the lives of many people‚ and maybe turn our society upside down. Guns have taking the lives of too many people. This is a very
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The Second Amendment has brought up major arguments in American politics ever since 1876. Was it meant to insure that people in general have arms for personal safety‚ or was it to insure arms for the military service only? Gun control in America has its pros and cons‚ but the nation needs to decide which way the government goes on this topic because more school shootings will occur and terrorists can still get there hands on them. The nation’s powerful gun lobby‚ the National Rifle Association‚ or
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