A ban on guns will be expensive‚ hard and will generate a black market for guns. We do not need another black market for firearms. Usually when something is banned‚ criminals start to capitalise on the demand and try make gangs to ship guns everywhere and it is these times when the mortality rate is higher (the drug wars). We may need to try other ways to dissuade criminals such as improvements in the health system. Police cannot protect citizens‚ and even if they could‚ they do not have an obligation
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for the government to create a strict gun law which forbids people to carry a gun no matter where they were unless they take a month long gun class. Doing so would make sure that the people with gun license do not have a background of committing a felony‚ crime‚ or have a mental illness. Taking the class would provide gun licenses owners to know safety measures and how to deal with a gun. People around gun owners would feel safe because not everyone owns a gun unless they have taken the class that
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confirmation that a terrorist group has ever obtained‚ is about to get‚ or currently has a nuclear weapon‚ anxieties over that end-state have been converted into conclusions"(2012‚ p 10). I can understand wanting to have the same power as another country but I think that is where things get tricky. Look at the fact of gun control in America today. I have plenty of guns and I have always had access to them
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Gun control is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture‚ sale‚ transfer‚ possession‚ modification‚ or use of firearms by civilians.1 Multiple countries around the world has control law set in place such as‚ the United Kingdom‚ Germany‚ Japan‚ Australia and many more‚ but the United States of America is one of the countries that do not have those laws in place. Some say that it is extremely important to have those laws and some argue that guns are essential to everyday life and there
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WEEK 4 INDIVIDUAL MEMO TO: Mayor XXXXXXXX FROM: XXXXXXXXX DATE: April 28th‚ 2014 RE: Current Gun Control Laws Dear Mr. Mayor‚ I write this memorandum with renewed consciousness and self-reflection. I write this in regards to the current gun control policies and regulations. In today’s society there are far too many mass shootings that innocently take people’s lives. These mass shootings are occurring in schools‚ movie theaters‚ shopping malls‚ compounds‚ public events‚ and at work. Numerous
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While guns can be a means of protection‚ other times guns can be the source of fear and despair. Many countries must deal with the topic of gun control. In Canada‚ Prime Minister Justin Trudeau aims to “take action to get handguns and assault weapons off of our streets” (Liberals’ Website). However‚ with the lack of gun violence in Canada‚ some people see the making of gun laws stricter as unnecessary or an attack; others see this as mandatory for the safety of other people. One can argue that having
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with guns. There are hundreds of shootings each year in America. Watching the news can tell you just how often someone is shot or guns come up in politic at any point in time. Guns have been and might always be a problem for Americans. All the shootings‚ the NRA‚ and gun control laws‚ this subject has become extremely controversial in America. The amount of gun shootings and gun related deaths in America today is just horrific. A recent poll states that there are two hundred and seventy gun related
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Should the United States have stricter gun-control laws? Research from Dr. John Lott states that with a higher gun ownership rate come fewer mass shootings. From 1977 to 1999 right-to-carry laws decreased the frequency and severity of mass shootings. The terror attack in Orlando and the shooting that killed Christina Grimmie both occurred in gun-free zones. One of the main reasons murderers do that is because they don’t want to be stopped by an armed civilian. People say the gun-free zones will
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If there were stricter gun laws would violent crimes go down? Gun laws have a direct effect on the rate of violence. I believe that violence in general would go down if guns laws were more strict. For instance‚ loose guns laws have produced mass shootings. This leads me to believe that there would be less violence with stricter gun laws . These laws would include extensive background checks on the people who buy the guns‚ longer waiting periods‚ and mental health evaluations to ensure
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Opposing Gun Control Laws Eng. / 102 May 30‚ 2012 Opposing Gun Control Laws Watch out! Murder and mayhem is surely on the horizon as gun control laws are being dropped‚ and penalties could be imposed on those who do not comply. The debate over the use of guns in the United States can be traced back as far as 1791. The United States has the greatest percentage of private firearm ownership in the world. Most people do not just own one gun they own two or more guns. The average citizen comes to
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