Matthew Mercado Mrs.Mcgrath English 11R 3 November 2013 Gun Control Research Paper When you hear about all of the tragedies that have occurred over the last few years relating gun violence one of the first things that come to mind is how they can be prevented. Gun regulations could limit the number of shootings and gun related deaths in the United States. If we take guns off the streets to obvious result would be a decline the average number of deaths caused by shootings in the United States per
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One of the most conversed and debated issues in the Unites States‚ other than Donald Trump’s hair‚ is difficulty of gun control. Gun control is defined as "...laws or policies that regulate the manufacture‚ sale‚ transfer‚ possession‚ modification‚ or use of firearms...". These laws are ideally issued by governments to preemptively reduce armed crimes‚ though it has been shown to be one of the first acts of most rulers plunging into tyranny. In terms with the USA‚ there are primarily two sides of
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you to your grave. The problem that would cause this worry is guns. The focus of this paper is to inform you about gun control‚ how much it is needed and that it guns need to be much more difficult to obtain. A fact in the United States is that of the two hundred and seventy million people there are two hundred million guns. Murder is not the only form of death caused by guns; suicide is also an immense problem. Accessibility to guns has grown over the years and causes such things as school shootings
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and keep firearms‚ along with the right to defend oneself‚ is as central to the American identity as apple pie. However‚ unlike American cuisine‚ the issue of “gun politics” (as many academics and pundits call the issue) or gun control in the United States is extremely polarizing. During the last couple decades‚ the debate over gun control has been characterized by a stalemate between the individual’s right to own firearms protected by the Constitution and the duty of government to prevent crime and
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An Argument Against Gun Control Gun control has become more and more of a hot-button topic in the United States‚ especially after events like the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012‚ when many people questioned the necessity of the second amendment in this day and age. Indeed‚ upholding the second amendment continues to be a difficult prospect when it does not seem like these guns are being used for good. However‚ the vast majority of people not only use them responsibly‚ but also protect themselves and
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about the various policies and proposals by the various candidates in this upcoming election. The main topic that developed my interest in politics was the response 1 on Gun control. I never knew what the second Amendment meant until I took this class. With the recent shootings that’s happening all over US‚ the issue on gun control has become an open subject to debate on. Being assigned this topic made me more familiar with the events that has been happening in the real world. With the unfortunate
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reduce access to guns. America has the highest amount of gun related deaths each year in the world. “In Germany 381‚ in France 255‚ in Canada 165 in the United Kingdom 68‚ in Australia 65‚ in Japan 39 and in the United States‚ 11‚127” (Moore Michael‚ 51:15-51:48). America has 270 to 310 million guns‚ which is 88.8 to every 100 people in America‚ which is the highest total and per capita number in the world (ProCon). The correlation between the number of people owning and dying from guns in the United
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I believe that control on firearms will reduce crime. But I don’t believe in taking away firearms from law abiding citizens is the answer to gun control. We need more regulations put into place on who‚ when‚ how and where guns can be purchased. I don’t believe you should be able to go to a weekend rinky dink gun show and be able to walk out with a weapon regardless of make or caliber. I think that you should not be allowed to legally buy a firearm‚ or any accessory for said firearm until the age
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Gun Control is good because it can prevent any robberies or any other kind of crime. Another reason gun control is good because age’s that are not 18 or older could not buy a gun without their identity to show if they are old enough to buy a gun to prevent that child or young adult to get hurt. You should have a gun if you are using it such as a tool or using it for protection‚ if you need a gun you should ask a sheriff or someone that carries a gun on their side you should ask them if you need
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GUN CONTROL +Obama’s quote for gun ban : "While there is no law or set of laws that can prevent every senseless act of violence completely‚ no piece of legislation that will prevent every tragedy‚ every act of evil‚ if there’s even one thing we can do to reduce this violence‚ if there’s even one life that can be saved‚ then we’ve got an obligation to try it." +Some of the main legislative proposals backed by Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are: -requiring criminal background checks on all gun
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