...Some people say if assault rifles were banned then shootings wouldn’t happen but they would. Assault rifles should not be banned. They shouldn’t be banned because they have never been used in more than a small percentage of shootings, the last time they banned them it didn’t work, and lastly, The Second Amendment protects the right to semi-automatic firearms and magazines designed for self-defense. There is no reason for assault rifles to be banned. One significant reason that they shouldn’t ban assault rifles is because they have only been used in a small percentage of crime. A follow up study shows that assault rifles were less likely to kill someone unlike the revolver that does not have a magazine. Revolvers are more powerful and is more likely to kill you with one shot in the chest. A particularly compelling example of this is there is nine times more kills with knives, blunt objects, handguns, and personal weapons than assault rifles. Those weapons are more common and...
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...Fallacies of the Assault Weapons Ban Abstract Violent crime is a growing problem in our country. Politicians are always looking for new laws to impose on their people in order to combat the problem. Unfortunately, some of these laws are written by individuals who do not possess a thorough knowledge of the topic they are attempting to regulate. One example of these laws is the Federal Assault Weapons Ban that was in place from 1994-2004. This law made it illegal to produce or purchase a firearm that had certain cosmetic features which had no effect of the lethality of the firearm when used as a weapon. The politicians had essentially banned firearms that they deemed looked scary. Now there is a push for a renewed Federal Assault Weapons Ban. It is imperative the people know that this infringement on our Second Amendment rights is constructed around banning firearms based on how they look instead of how effective they are as weapons. Fallacies of the Assault Weapons Ban There are many political issues in the world that incite strong emotional reactions from people from all walks of life. These issues can turn the tide of a political campaign because of the emotions involved with them. Quite often, the most emotion inspiring issues are related to individual rights and public safety. A major issue that is constantly debated by opposing interest groups is gun control. This is a topic that creates a firestorm of debate between people all over the country. On one side...
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...States has a higher amount of firearm related murders than other countries. Even though American gains a lot of rights and benefits due to the Second Amendment, the negative effects are increasing every year. By improving the Second Amendment, and putting more restrictions on gun regulations, there would be a safer society for the people. Our world has evolved – the Second Amendment should evolve as well. The right to keep and bear arms makes people feel a lot safer because they have some source of protection. It is impossible for the government to protect every American citizen, so the people should have...
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...Should Assault Rifles be Banned in America? Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, 17 dead. Route 91 Harvest Music Festival, Las Vegas 58 dead. Pulse Nightclub in Orlando Florida, 49 dead. Sandy Hook Elementary School, Connecticut, 26 dead. All these mass shootings have one thing in common, the perpetrator used an assault rifle. An assault rifle is a rapid-fire, magazine-fed automatic rifle designed for infantry use, most commonly used in the military. If you have been on Instagram or looked at the news lately, you would see that in America, the call for banning assault rifles has been more popular than ever. With events like March For Our Lives that have sparked this debate, started by teenagers just like us, I decided to choose my topic on why assault rifles should or shouldn’t be banned in America. Because we are talking guns, I should make sure everyone understands...
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...Assault rifles should be banned.If the people do not banned them it could lead to mass murders.78 percent of Texas gun owners supported the ban on assault weapons. Assault rifles should be banned.So basically an assault rifle is a weapon that people can switched from semi-automatic to full automatic.I can hold up to 35 bullets in a single magazine. It shoots 30 of those bullets in a manner of Under a minute. Guns lead to death and loss of family and friends.The result of assault rifle ownerships can only lead to death of family or friends. That can lead to jail or greater sentences by law.The police would only be able to keep the shooter at the ground the acquired more target victims. For example, someone with a...
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...Analysis of Assault Weapon and Large-Capacity Magazine Bans Lawrence A. Cifarelli III University of New Haven Abstract The Assault Weapon and Large-Capacity Magazine Ban of 1994 is a policy that was implemented in order to reduce the homicide rate involving assault weapons and keep this type of weapon out of the hands of criminals. Also, large-capacity magazines were also banned, thus intending on reducing the homicide rate since criminals would not be able to have magazines that could carry more than 10 rounds of ammunition. Using various sources of data, the ban will be decided to have succeeded in its intended purpose or if it had failed given the data that will be scrutinized. The main thing that people wanted out of this ban is that less people will be killed, and there are many people who will take both sides of the fence in this argument. The homicide rates are posted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Supplementary Homicide Report and both clearly come to the same conclusion that from the time that the ban was put into effect, firearm homicide has decreased. As far as exactly how much of this decrease is accredited to the ban has been widely discussed but the policy cannot be both a failure and a success. Therefore the data will lead us to one evidence-based decision as to whether or not the ban was able to complete its intended purpose. Large-capacity magazines, listed as having the capability to carry more than 10...
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...debate.org/opinions/should-guns-be-banned-in-america Pro: Why Guns Should Be Banned in the U.S. Kevin Ngo Opinion Editor February 20, 2013 Filed under Opinion If guns make us safer, America should be the safest place on earth. We have more guns per capita than any other place in the world, but we are clearly not the safest country on earth. Guns have brought nothing to Americans except harm and heartbreak. It is unfortunate that a tragedy, such as the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, has to occur in order for anything to be done to place a ban on guns. President Obama has proposed a plan to have thorough background checks on those who purchase guns, and prohibit the purchase of armor piercing bullets, along with magazines with a capacity larger than ten bullets. The National Rifle Association believes that their rights are being taken away completely, but this isn’t true. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution 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.” A more modern interpretation is required. That, like the First Amendment, the freedom of speech and press, is not an absolute right. There is also a key portion of the amendment that states, “In well regulated militia.” Any assualt-type weapon, regardless of whether it’s for hunting or not, needs to be banned, along with large capacity magazines. An assault-type weapon, such as the AR-15...
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...US, hasn't banned Assault weapons. Although some people argue that it violates the second amendment, banning Assault weapons keeps the streets clean and keeps mass shootings to a minimum. How different are Assault 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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...Assault weapons are not so bad Are assault weapons really that dangerous? No they are not there is a lot of mass murders in the world such as San Bernardino and sandy hook elementary ETC. Most of the gunmen and women have disabilities. The man from Sandy hook elementary had a mental problem and he went to the school and shot all of the little children. Most of the mast shooting aren't from people having the assault weapons most of the massacres are from video games. Some shooters play gun games such as Call Of Duty. A lot of gunmen play those a games daily and learn how to do things like breaking into places, and killing many and many people. I think the U.S should ban violent video games. Assault weapons shall not be banned at all....
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...XXX Professor XXX date To Ban or Not to Ban Assault Weapons? That is the Ultimate Question… 1966, twenty-five year old Charles Joseph Whitman climbed to the top of the clock tower in Austin and killed sixteen and injured thirty innocent students at the University of Texas. 1991, George Hennard, thirty-five, drove up to the Luby’s Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas and opened fire on forty innocent patrons. Twenty-three of Hennard’s shots were fatal. 1999, citizens in the small Colorado County of Douglas were mortified after witnessing the massacre of thirteen students at Columbine High School at the hands of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. 2007, the campus of Virginia Tech was forever changed when twenty-three year old Seung-Hui Cho who opened fire killing thirty-two students and teachers. 2012, Adam Lanza shocked the entire world when he took the lives of twenty students and six teachers at an elementary school in Connecticut (CNN). Horrific, terrifying, and saddening all describe the above-mentioned events. And as would be expected, each one of these events brought forth the question, “Where does the America draw the line between personal freedoms and the safety and well-being of her citizens?” The Second Amendment promises, “[…] the right of people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” But, the recent shooting in Connecticut has caused the extremely emotionally charged arguments both for and against the ban of assault weapons to resurface within the United States Congress...
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...violent acts with guns. Assault rifles should be outlawed. Although many people say that AR’s can be used as protection because they are very accurate and have a reasonable price, many people live in fear though because AR’s are deadly weapons. They have caused the biggest and most controversial massacres in the past years. Furthermore, ethnicity also has taken a part in this because more black males are killed with guns than any other ethnic group. Same citizens feel more safe with a lightweight gun like an AR. People want to protect themselves or...
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...Darion McClendon Ms. Kelly Lepsig English IV 31 March 2015 Should We Ban Weapons Of Mass Destruction ?? Should weapons of mass destruction be banned ? People say that we should ban these weapons to put an end to mass murder shootings, while I think that if they ban these ¨assault weapons¨ they will be banning the wrong guns. James Holmes a man who used a AR-15 with a 100 round drum magazine to commit a mass murder, because the gun is fully automatic and has accurate shooting he was able to shoot many people at once. Roughly 16,272 murders were committed in the US in 2008 by ¨assault weapons¨. Although these guns are too powerful to be in possession of citizens, I think that we should be able to choose our own protection. They were trying...
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...Possession of Assault Weapons The ownership of “Assault Weapons” has proven to be quite controversial throughout state and federal courts over the past several years. The two major viewpoints in this argument include that these weapons present a threat to public safety and should be banned, and that the ownership of assault weapons is protected by the second amendment to the United States Constitution. The consensus of those who oppose the weapons is that the ban of assault weapons will reduce gun violence, attacks on police, and mass killings in the United states. This essay will analyze evidence to determine if this claim is accurate. The belief of those opposing the ownership of assault weapons is that these weapons are more dangerous...
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...guns are to readily available and believe restrictions should be put in place to prevent these guns from falling into the wrong hands. In this essay I will discuss this argument and reveal the reasons that there are legitimate restrictions on gun ownership. I will start with how background checks keep guns out of the hands of people with a felony on their record. The gun control act of 1968 following the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, Congress passed this law prohibiting convicted felons from possessing firearms. It also required licenses to trade in guns and created procedures to track serial numbers and control imports (www.keyt.com). Many will say that this helped reduce gun valance in America because after the gun control act of 1968 handgun violence dropped by 37% the next year (http://www.saf.org/LawReviews). The real reason behind the drop was the fact that during that year handgun production dropped, resulting in the drop in violence not the new law. Therefore the fact that valance dropped cannot be totally contributed to the gun control act of 1968. The 2.4 million new handguns entering the market in 1968 were a less than 15 per cent addition to the total domestic supply. Therefore the fact that gun valance dropped cannot totally be contributed to the gun control act of 1986. The next point I want to make on this subject is the Assault weapon ban...
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...(Kopel). People will always find a way to gain access to weapons if the person wants one badly enough. The United States is fast approaching the halfway mark in favor of stricter gun laws; however, the nation still questions the effectiveness of gun control. Republicans support the right to own, use, and carry guns as stated in the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution (Kopel). Republicans also believe it is an individual’s right to protect family and property through gun ownership. Gun laws should be left to the individual states...
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