Christian McBride August 23, 2014 EN1420 Guns don’t kill people. It has always been the responsibility of the people to protect themselves, never the responsibility of the government to protect us. It is however the Government’s responsibility to protect the rights of the people, including the right for the people to protect themselves; the Amendment. Gun control is not effective; as it has never been shown in a national study to reduce the number of gun related crimes. If the people do not protect
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Are Guns a Good Thing or a Bad Thing Melissa Cushman Vincennes University Jasper Campus English 102 Professor Mayfield 15 April 2013 Are Guns a Good Thing or Bad Thing? Have you ever wondered why the media never shows anything positive that happens due to guns? Guns have never gone off by themselves on purpose. There is always a living person pulling that trigger. The government keeps trying to take away our guns when the President himself has armed security guards for him and his
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On July 1, 2001, Michigan's right-to-carry a gun law became effective. This law requires that concealed carry licensees be at least 18 years of age, or 21 years of age if purchasing a handgun from a licensed dealer, have clean criminal and mental health records, and pass a written firearms safety test. The second amendment in the Bill of Rights states that 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
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Gun Violence: Should We or Shouldn’t We? The issue of gun control has been a very important topic following the Sandy Hook Elementary School and Aurora, Colorado movie theater shootings just last year. We all feel compassionate for the families of these Americans whose lives were taken in the most horrifying way. We are all too familiar with the saying “guns don’t kill people, people kill people,” my goal is to find some validity to this statement. The most prevalent question is whether the problem
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Smith & Wesson Corporation Business Proposal Addressing Proposed Nationwide Gun Laws Scholars Roberto Del Angel, Jennifer Mitchell, Vanessa Salloum, Rachel Wright University of Texas at El Paso Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………..………………………………………………...…3Effects of Proposed Gun Laws…………………………………………..…………………......4-6Recommendations……………………………………………………………………………..7-12Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………….13References………………………………………………………………………...……….....14-15Appendix………………………………………………………………………………………
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Gun control has been a hot topic for very long time. People on the anti-gun control side believe that gun ownership is a Constitutional right backed by the Second Amendment. The anti-gun believes that you should be able to possess and own any firearm. They also believe that gun laws only restrict the law abiding citizens. Pro-gun control believes that guns are the backbone to our crime problem. They also believe that gun laws help keep guns of the street and deter crime. The Second Amendment reads
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The American gun control generates debates almost every year. The recent, number of shootings has caused many to wonder if the will government create stricter laws.The passing of new laws and regulations need to happen. Background checks can help reduce the number of criminals and mentally ill from acquiring guns. Furthermore, a ban on high-capacity guns should also happen. Regulate places in where people can buy and sell guns. But, others do not want not more laws to restrict them access to sport
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Gun control has been a debated issue especially after the events that have transpired in the past year in our nation. Many believe that if there are stricter regulations for guns that violence will be reduced traumatically. The 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." This gives the American the right to own a weapon. Of course this was written in the beginning of our country
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crimes were done assault weapons, due to these crimes the proposal of an assault weapons ban is being brought up. This interests me as an active gun owner and activist. But with as much of an unbiased view I look for the answer. Should there be a ban on assault weapons? The most popular method for attempting to reduce violent crimes would be gun control. The idea for an assault weapons ban is on the rise. The recent proposal of an assault weapons ban is not the first within the U.S. Back in 1994
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the United States has already been infringed by gun regulations and there is no end in sight to the passing of laws that restrict the access and use of firearms. An example of how restrictions on guns caused more harm than good happened in 1998 in Massachusetts. Lawmakers banned semiautomatic “assault” weapons, imposed strict new licensing rules, prohibited anyone convicted of a violent crime or drug trafficking from ever carrying or owning a gun, and enacted severe penalties for storing
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