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. This paper will provide an unbiased presentation of both arguments for and against the ban of assault weapons. Upon objectively presenting both sides of the argument, the paper will then proceed into developing a stance against the ban of assault weapons through the further discussion and elaboration upon the ideas As mentioned
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sparked the debate of whether gun control is necessary to diminish crime and many pro gun advocates, look at Switzerland as proof that it is false. To get into this heated debate, it is important to understand the term gun control. Gun control is defined as laws that control the selling, owning, and use of guns (Webster's Dictionary). Like in any debate there are always two very different stance on this topic. PRO Pro gun control advocates argue that having strict gun laws will decrease the nation's
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always been a firm believer of the right to bear arms. Our birth as a nation began when colonial soldiers took up arms against the tyranny of the British empire. I believe firearms are needed and should always have a place in the United States. Unfortunately, gun lobbyist and other anti gun organizations are putting much unwanted pressure our inalienable rights. Being a gun owner has given me the opportunity to practice my 2nd amendment rights. I own a variety of firearms which range from side-arms
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Gun Control, An Idea That’s Time Has Come As a Criminal Justice student I lean toward the gun control side of the current debate. In his Federalist Papers James Madison said, “Americans have the right and advantage of being armed – unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms” (Raymond). Madison may be right about our citizens having more rights than those in other countries, but our government places too much trust in the American people. If
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and those against. Both sides of this longstanding argument similarly have supporters who are extremely passionate about each individual’s rights or lack thereof, to possess a personal firearm for protection or other reasons. In the same way that detractors of personal firearm possession see their side as controlling irresponsible gun possession by untrained and immature users, the supporters of allowing for personal firearms see their side as controlling irresponsible possession of guns by those
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Many Americans people believe gun control can protect their families from violence. But they are wrong, statistics shows that gun control does not reduce the rate of crime. However, gun control violates the principles on which the United States was initiated. Guns are not the only reason for the wave of ferocious crime that is thrashing America. In fact, crimes committed with guns are few rather more crimes are committed with knives or other objects. To control crimes, the government needs to punish
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Regulation of guns is a necessary action that needs to be taken in order to save lives. A good definition of Gun control has been a very controversial media topic throughout recent years, which has mainly been sparked by the rash of unfortunate school violence, such as the Littleton, Colorado shootings at Columbine High School in April of 1999. Fourteen students and a teacher lost their lives in the massacre, which gave gun control topics that had been sitting in front of Congress some very heated
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In 1975 the District of Columbia pass the Firearms Control Regulations Act which prohibited guns at home from being functional firearms and also made it nearly impossible to own a gun. This created conflict with the second amendment in the constitution, which 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.” It can be seen this law D.C. passed violates the constitution due to citizens not being
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Gun Control Should rights be taken from U.S citizens? Over the past months and year, the topic of gun control has arisen. Many people are fighting for gun control because of mass shootings that have occurred in the past year. The United States should not adopt stricter gun control measures because doing so would infringe upon the second amendment, and it would not stop criminals from obtaining weapons, and it doesn't change the lack of human life. This law that we are fighting to be passed is infringing
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I started hunting when I was around nine or ten years old and learning about guns. I also took the hunter safety course. One lesson I have learned is that guns do not kill people. Stupid people with guns kill people. I strongly believe that putting more laws on guns will not stop criminal behavior. People’s safety will decrease if they are not allowed to have guns. When the states passed laws to make concealed weapons legal, the amount of multiple people shootings went down 84%. In addition, the
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