Gun Control: The Battle Rages On Abstract This paper discusses and is centered around the on-going debate over gun control‚ I directly address how each major political party views this subject and what I believe the United States Government should do to be able to best combat this tremendous issue. I use research from multiple sources that contrast each side of the argument and give an overall insight into the world of modernized gun control. Gun Control: The Battle Rages On With the Second
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# 1 Gun Control According to the Coalition for Gun Control‚ last year a total of 291 people were killed by handguns in Australia‚ Sweden‚ Great Britain‚ Japan‚ and Switzerland. In the United States more than 24‚000 people will be killed by the end of this year. So what is the big difference between the U.S. and these other countries? In these other countries it nearly impossible to buy any kind of gun. In these countries there are no gun shows. In these countries you can’t buy a gun at a
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CJ 133 | Guns and Gun Control | Writing Assignment 6 | Katie Epps 1/18/2009 | Gun control has been one of the biggest topics facing our nation aside from abortion and homosexual marriages. There are so many different angles and arguments that surround it‚ its no wonder a definite decision can not be made. Violent crimes remain one of the most serious problems in the United States‚ in many of the violent crimes committed guns are used but an actual link between the two remains pretty
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“Gun control” is a phrase that means different things to different people. It has been a serious topic of debate that this author now intends to prove as being right or wrong. There is no in-between on this issue. Both sides have received adequate attention and will be treated in an objective manner. For all the attention that gun control has received‚ there are two basic opinions that are to be discussed. To its proponents‚ gun control means prevention of crime. This‚ they say‚ should lead
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Gun and Gun Control Course: BCOM/275 January 27‚ 2013 Instructor: Gail Zwart Gun and Gun Control‚ written in the New York Times on 1/25/13 The worldwide controversial topic of gun control has taken our nation by storm. The epidemic‚ as stated by our President has become a disturbing and mind blowing statistic. But I must say‚ gun violence has impacted out world since our fore fathers. But since our most recently and horrific active of gun violence the government has decided
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For many years the controversial topic of gun control has sparked countless passionate debates. The arguments posed in these debates vary widely concerning the possible solutions to solving the problem of violent crime due to the possession of firearms. This paper introduces three different views concerning gun control. The first illustrates the freedom to own firearms. The second view advocates the complete restriction of firearms owned by citizens‚ and the last one presents a modified freedom
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why Americans own so many guns is because of the Second Amendment‚ which states‚ “A well regulated Militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear Arms‚ shall not be infringed.” (Rauch) This amendment guarantees U.S. citizens the right to have firearms. Since this amendment is relatively vague‚ it is up for interpretation‚ and is often used by gun advocates to argue for lenient gun laws. Hence‚ gun control is a frequently discussed
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the Constitution to the United States really mean? Does every citizen have the right to own a gun? Should there be limitations on who can possess a gun? Gun right advocates believe they have the right to possess a gun without restrictions. Gun Control advocates on the other hand support more limitations on the accessibility of guns and also want to ban certain types of guns. They argue that the more guns there are the more crime there will be. Is either one of these arguments justified? Which party
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Research Paper Final Copy Law Abiding Citizen In the United States there are questions among U.S citizens draws attention among those who feel passionate about the issue of gun control. Gun control is an issue that has affected many individuals physically and personally. However‚ most individuals often strongly support or oppose it. A series of devastating events in the past few decades have raised questions about whether gun control laws are necessary to stop horrific shootings such as:
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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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