Gun Control The most important role of the United States government is to protect the rights and freedoms of individual citizens. Some might argue that the world ’s greater issue is government(1). All countries have social issues that are mostly blamed on the government. Governments should first focus on the social issues that the citizens are mostly concerned off. The United States has many social issues some of those issues are education‚ tax the wealthy‚ creation of new jobs‚ same sex marriage
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James February 23‚ 2013 Persuasive Essay Spring 2013 James English 16 February 2013 Stricter Gun Laws Stricter Gun Laws Aren’t the solution We as people of America should not surrender our liberties out of fear. Indeed‚ it was right to pass stricter gun laws to prevent violence and death. However‚ by having these laws‚ there will be more crimes‚ broken laws‚ and it won’t stop violence from happening. Anything could be used as a weapon to hurt or kill someone. Criminals could create
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Stricter Laws on “Gun Control” In the state of Texas‚ a shooting took place on September 6‚ 2013. A 46 year-old man‚ who was identified as Brian Cloninger‚ shot an 8 year-old African-American‚ Donald Maiden Jr.‚ in the face. Prior to the shooting‚ Cloninger was seen waving his gun at people (Edwards). This incident and other similar incidents enraged our nation and have bought to citizens’ attention about how laws covering the sale of firearms should be made stricter. Too many people with mental
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of stricter gun control laws. I am very passionate about this topic because the use of firearms in the wrong hands is a deadly prophecy. It can be in the form of children getting a hold of a gun and hurting themselves or others‚ an adult with violent propensities mishandling a weapon‚ or someone who wants the use of a firearm in aiding suicide. When one looks at the increased incident of injury to children‚ homicide‚ and suicide‚ it is clear there is a need for stricter gun control laws. This
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that stricter gun control laws can help curb the increasing violence in the United States. They argue that tighter control on hand gun sales and the banning of assault rifle would be beneficial to our society. Can new gun laws put an end to gun violence in the U.S.‚ or do they infringe upon constitutional rights provided by the Second Amendment‚ and serve no purpose other than to take away guns from law abiding citizens? Pros "The U.S. has the highest rate of gun ownership and of gun homicide
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Enforcing more constricting gun laws is not the answer! By restricting the American people’s right to bear arms‚ the government is infringing on the Second Amendment. There are plenty of laws currently in existence that would benefit the nation if they were only better enforced. In addition to this‚ a common misconception of the populace is that reducing the number privately owned guns will in turn reduce the number of fatalities involving firearms. This is‚ however‚ not the case. For example‚
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Evaluation Gun Control in the United States Orval Lawler English 101 Section B Galen College of Nursing Omar Rodriguez‚ MA Gun Control in the United States Gun control is not one issue‚ but many‚ some people think gun control is a gun issue‚ and to others it is an issue of rights. Gun control is an issue of safety‚ education‚ and politics. In each of these issues there are those who want more gun control and those who want less. Both sides of this issue have opinions from the moderate to the
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Looking at gun violence in this light makes it very understandable why support of stricter gun control has increased drastically in the recent past. A 2015 Gallup poll found that 55% of Americans say we should have stricter gun laws‚ up a significant 8% from 2014. Ideally‚ intensifying gun control laws would keep the weapons out of the hands of criminals or other people that would use the weapons illegally. However‚ would creating stricter gun laws actually decrease violence in the United States? There
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all too recognizable. A troubled person pulls out a gun in a school‚ an office‚ or a shopping center‚ and he or she slaughters innocent men‚ women‚ and children. Recently‚ mass murders have occurred at Columbine High School‚ Virginia Tech University‚ and Omaha’s Westroads Mall (Schwartz). These tragedies are not inevitable‚ so people wonder one question. Are guns in our society getting out of control? Four out of every ten Americans own a gun; which leads to the perception that America has returned
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When we look at gun-related events‚ such as a school shooting‚ or a massacre‚ our first knee-jerk reaction is to immediately blame guns for the crime. Stricter laws will surely stop those law-breaking criminals‚ right? As if the time of the writing of the article from procon.org‚ 49 out of the 62 mass shootings were done with legal guns. At least‚ that’s one less crime committed‚ right? Would leaving ourselves defenseless while criminals acquire guns illegally instead be a better method protection
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