...better safety measures, some say the violence that has occurred in schools would wide is due that mental health illnesses and some say it is because of gun control. These violent acts would have never happened if there wasn’t a gun involved. Guns are dangerously powerful weapons of mass destruction that take lives. Lives are not something you can get back, once your dead your dead and that’s why America need gun control. The lives taken everyday by that act of gun violence are hideous. School shootings are becoming more and more common today. School shootings are horrible and shouldn’t be happening. School shootings would not be happening if there wasn’t a gun involved. According to German Lopez, who wrote the article “I’ve covered gun violence for years. The solutions aren’t a big mystery.” “The US makes up less that 5% of the world’s population, but hold 31% of global mass shooters”. That is unacceptable and inconsolable, such a small portion of the world shouldn’t hold that high of a percentage of global mass shootings. Lopez also states, “The Marjory...
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...Guns are a weapon designed with a sole purpose to kill. Would you want such a powerful weapon to be in the hands of a person with a mental illness? According to the Gun Violence Archive, in the United States 1,017 children under the age of 18 have been killed or injured by firearms already this year. If gun control was stricter, less people would have unnecessary access to firearms and the number of gun-related crimes would dramatically decrease. Many crimes having to do with guns start with a gun being in the hands of a child, criminal, a person with a history of assaultive behavior, or someone with a mental disorder. If the laws applicable to guns and gun sales were tougher, there would be fewer of these people having access to firearms. Lois...
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...Farah English 3 Part 2: Why gun ownership should be held more strictly: I, Omar Farah, certify that I have personally completed this assignment based on my own personal efforts. I understand if I use outside sources, I must properly give my source(s) credit using the APA format and my paper should not include more than 20% of direct quotes from other sources. I understand if I do not provide proper credit to outside sources, I will be documented for plagiarism and be required to resubmit a new assignment. I will not divulge the content of this assignment or any of my work, generally or specifically, to any current or future James Madison High School students. 1/4/2015 I chose the topic “Why gun ownership should be held more strictly” because most of our daily news flashes say at least someone was shot and killed or shot and injured. I don’t like this; it is senseless and very sad. We are losing people every day, because someone is using their gun recklessly or leaving it where someone else has access or easily found. I don’t get why people kill people it is just inhumane and against our morals. Guns have very high danger to our country as well as other countries. That is why I pick or chose to write about this topic for my persuasive essay because that is what I see in guns and want people to see it too. I have one question to my reader; do you think guns should be under a stricter law? Honestly, I believe that we should have more stringent gun laws that tell people; that...
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...Personally I have little experience with guns. The only person that I am close to and owns a gun is my Cousin. In high school I took a hunter education class and I learned the proper techniques to using specific weapons. Even though I've never been hunting I have a hunting license. The experience I have had with guns hasn't been good nor bad so it shouldn't influence my view. The most important part is to protect innocent people. The guns are not the problem, we are the problem. Removing guns completely would not solve anything. People would just find other ways to commit crimes and/or kill innocent people. "Mental Health" is used and an "excuse" for gun violence. More people who are perfectly "sane" commit crimes than people with "Mental Health" issues. The only way the violence can stop is if we change ourselves first. The fact that video games make it fun to kill hundreds of people is the problem. A compromise can be made. The first thing should be universal background checks. This should have been implemented years ago. This will lower the number of people who shouldn't have a gun from owning one. The banishment of military style weapons should be the next. These types of weapons are made to kill large amounts of people as fast as possible. These weapons are not for sport or protection and should be banned. Schools should also be given the option to have more armed guards in schools. This may not solve all the problems but it’s a good...
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...Today in the media we hear a lot about guns, especially if a tragic event was caused by guns. All of these events start a debate about the rights to bear arms. It's a subject that has become increasingly heated among citizens and the government a like. One problem solver that is discussed by some americans is gun control, but gun control is not the best solution to stop these tragic incidents from happening. There are many people in the united States that have guns and, taking guns away will frighten millions. There will still be illegal guns in the hand of criminals. Instead we should fix the background check system that provides guns to people that should not have them. Guns are here to stay, and will probably never go away. Burrus from...
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...the United States there needs to be something done with the way people acquire guns and ammo. With the most gun violence in the industrialized world, we don’t seem to bat an eye. Every mass shooting in the United States is becoming a typical thing. Congress fails to pass any laws that make it harder for people to get guns. Many people believe that because it is our second amendment right to own a gun that everyone should have one, but they are blind to the fact that it is too easy for the wrong person to get one. If you stroll down to your local gun shop to buy a gun you have a large arsenal to choose from. Anything from semi- auto assault rifles to powerful hand guns. In order to buy one, an individual has to go through...
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...C.J. Woods English 102 Prof. Lasely February 24, 2015 Gun violence in America is a relevant topic in today’s society because it affects a multitude of people. Truth being told, we need guns to fight and be successful in wars. But, we shouldn’t be using these guns against people in our own country. Most of the gun violence in America comes from police violence, gang violence, or guns just in the wrong people’s hand. This shouldn’t be tolerable or acceptable. To start off we need to fix or improve ways of gun ownership. Data from firearm manufacturers, there are roughly 300 million firearms owned by civilians in the United States as of 2010. Of these, about 100 million are handguns. Breaking the data down even more it shows that white male republicans own more guns than any other demographic. But as I dove deeper into the stats I saw the reasons people said they own guns. The reasons they gave for owning guns were protection against crime, target shooting, and hunting. So the thing that was most encouraging about the data is that majority of the people who own guns, have them for a reason. But there was 8% who said that they own a gun just to have one. That last reason is a reason which got me thinking, why have a gun when you have no legitimate reason or purpose to have a gun? Those people could be some of the people who are not using their guns in an acceptable way. Most people would point to the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment states “A well-regulated Militia...
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...weapons vs normal weapons? Who do we blame for the crime the gun or the person using it? People believe that Assault weapons are automatic fire guns, However there actually completely different. Even the such popular ar-15 the best-selling semi- automatic rifle in the us are not machine guns or automatic fire firearms (” James B. Jacobs Why ban Assault weapons”) Yes, not all Assault weapons are automatic fire weapons. However, even semi automatic weapons shouldn’t go in the wrong hands. On January 17, 1989, a disturbed drifter with a king history of criminality and mental instability, used a semiautomatic weapon to...
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...As a teenager in my community, i see a lot of gun violence in my town and in the surrounding areas. Most of the gun violence come from teenagers that doesn’t even have license to carry. I want to be able to help get rid of gun violence. I would like to have a charity to event dealing with people who have used guns for the wrong reasons, people who are tempted to use, and people who regret using them. I would like to have ex-cons that can tell why guns and gun violence is not good for the community. I also believe that during the charity their should be a gun drive and people that have guns should give them up to the sponsors or policeman that are there. My charity event would consist of a lot a activities for the youth, teenagers, and...
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...May 23, 2013 Gun Control Our world is changing, we seem to face new problems everyday. Change effects everything from the weather to our healthcare and beyond. One change that has been causing a lot of push towards action is gun violence. Times aren’t what they once were. There was a time when people would leave their houses unlocked at night and didn’t fear walking alone after dark. Through the years people’s sense of security has changed. A lot of that change is due to the horrific gun violence that has occurred over the years. So with that I would like to explore my feelings on gun control. Since mass shootings, such as Sandy Hook, there have been huge debates over gun laws. There are many people that believe you should not be allowed to carry a gun. In addition they would like guns taken from citizens altogether, especially assault rifles. I understand why people might feel that this will solve all our problems, I just don’t see how it would change anything. “History has proven time and time again that it is dangerous to believe laws to restrict law abiding citizens from having semi-automatic weapons will reduce violent crime. Just the opposite occurs when you disarm the law abiding. Sandy Hook is another perfect example of the fallacy of gun control.” (Jasper 71), those words were spoken by Dr. Ignatius Piazza, founder and director of front sight firearms training institute. The truth is it is not the law abiding citizens, who follow gun laws, committing...
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...Gun Control It has been debated whether or not American citizens should have the right to own firearms. Some may argue that most Americans don’t have the proper gun safety education that should be required before someone owns a gun. Few may even assert that everyone should have the freedom to own guns regardless of their education and experience with firearms. I believe that most Americans don’t take a strong stand on either side of this issue. Nobody wants to completely eliminate all guns in America. Likewise, I don’t think anyone wants to give people full access to guns. The issue that I’m arguing is simply whether or not the government should permit gun control by restricting the use and/or possession of firearms for American citizens. I believe that restricting guns would violate our personal freedom to bear arms. The problem with violence isn’t the gun itself, but the problem rests on the people who choose to use guns to commit acts of violence. To solve the ‘gun abuse’ problem, why doesn’t the government impose stricter consequences for people who still choose to commit acts of violence involving firearms? That way it would only affect the criminals, and the law-abiding citizens could continue to live in freedom. In an article titled “Gun Control: Does it Really Matter?”, Will Fawcett states, “There is no logical reason to believe that making it more difficult or impossible to own or poses guns, would deter individuals who already are taking part in illegal behavior...
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...Obviously, school shootings are a big subject in recent times, especially with the youth. Students all over the country are scared of going to school because it’s something that happens more often. I myself own a gun, and my house has multiple guns in a safe. Guns shouldn't be banned and won't be banned because it restricts our right to the 2nd amendment of rights to bear arms. There should be a further background check and a longer process in all the states, I know in Arizona, there are no laws or restrictions on buying a gun. The first article Here’s How to Prevent the Next School Shooting, Experts Say, explains my point exactly. The article express “If we're really talking about prevention, my perspective is that we should go for the public...
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...reading “Why We’re Still Arguing About Gun Control,” fill in the blank sections below to provide a full picture of the information presented in the article. Issues often discussed in debates about gun control: 1. Background checks for the people that buy guns 2. “Laws regulating who can carry weapons in public” 3. The kinds of guns and gun accessories that are available for the people to buy 4. Weather the second amendment guarantees the individual right for people to bear arms 5. The gun ownership for each state and weather the state requires a license of permit The government should not regulate guns because: 1. “The...
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...For our two topics to debate we had one of the most amazing topics anyone could ever think of, if college should be free or not, and if video games cause violence. I know, so exciting! These topics are of great importance to me because I play video games all the time and I might be going to college soon. I don’t know about some of the other people, but I was super interested in these topics because they are really big problems that are in the world and we need to address them right away before anything else. My position of topic one, if college should be free or not is the obvious choice. Free college should not nor ever be a thing. I believe this not because it it my opinion, but because it is the only smart answer towards the subject. If I get free college, then where does all of that money that I have to pay come from? It isn't coming from me, but from you. I know shocker right? That's how free college works, the government isn’t really paying for it but the citizens are paying for it out of income tax. Federal income tax would skyrocket to nearly 40%, that's not including all of the other taxes we have to pay. Even after all of that some people still think college should be free, yeah right....
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...Banning guns will create a world without violence. But there is no such thing as a world without violence. Gun don't kill, people kill our country is producing more idiots than anywhere in the world, we skate anyone and everyone through then we ignoring them. We allow labels to be put on every condition even if its laziness and we call it autism or Asperger’s. We reward kids for acting dumb when they just don't want to try and we give them IEP’s and reduce the work they have to do. Guns alone don’t kill, someone must pick it up, aim it and pull the trigger. If someone wanted to kill and you take the guns away, then they’ll find another away like a knife, cars, pillows, bats, hangars, even water. Although getting rid of guns might decrease the death rate, there are other ways to kill. It's rather doubtful for it, if you look at history man first used their bare hands, evolved to sticks, then firearms, and now other little exotic creature. Getting rid of gun goes against the constitution the right to keep...
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