Guns are simply too accessible which can lead to more deaths. Society has free reign on acquiring guns for personal use. Many guns start out legal and end up in criminal hands. An article posted on the National Rifle Association’s website stated, “Since 1991, the number of privately owned firearms has risen by perhaps 50 million. Americans bought 37 million new firearms from 1993-1999 alone” (NRA). With the rising number of weapons purchases, a citizen cannot help but speculate how all of these firearms
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Concealed Weapons In Gun Free Zones Recently many people have started debating whether or not having a concealed weapon in a gun free zone is an intelligent and safe way to maintain protection. Allowing responsible citizens in good legal standing to carry concealed firearms in a lawful manner in gun free zones decreases certain types of violent crimes such as murder, property crime, and even mass shootings. The decline in these types of crime is due to rational behavior of criminals as a group
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name GOVT 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
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on “Gun Safety Programs” was chosen for this paper, the reason I chose this is because I believe in not having a gun, but for those who need and have guns need to learn “Gun Safety” to use it for only good reasons. Some people like guns and some do not; it depends on people who believe in the need of having a gun or guns for protection, self-defense and/or hunting. Also, there are many people out there that have guns because it is required for work, war, peacekeeping and other reasons. Guns are often
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FOUNDATION Connecting Research in Security to Practice Crisp Report ABOUT THE CRISP SERIES OF REPORTS Connecting Research in Security to Practice (CRISP) reports provide insights into how different types of security issues can be tackled effectively. Drawing on research and evidence from around the world, each report summarizes the prevailing knowledge about a specific aspect of security, then recommends proven approaches to counter the threat. Connecting scientific research with existing
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A Rebuttal to 40 Reasons to Ban Guns Josephine Martell University of Phoenix December 23, 2013 Introduction A Rebuttal to 40 Reasons to Ban Guns 40 Reasons to Ban guns were arguments made by liberal lawmakers. When reading this argument I completely disagree on some points. Banning guns does not prevent people in getting them. There is always a way where criminals will get them and use it. I support banning weapons such as assault rifles. We should allow people to defend them using a handgun
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Gun Restrictions Gun restrictions are not strict enough in today's society. Restrictions of firearms should have been limited 10-20 years ago. Nowadays, guns have become like credit cards. They are carried all the time with the person. There are no settling disputes with words. Its just a need to kill and ask questions later. There needs to be limitation on how many guns, the person can have. Even when the shootings started in the elementary schools, lawmakers still weren’t convinced we needed a
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claim because guns are a safety issue themselves. I challenge the second amendment because presented by allowing guns outweigh the potential safety they provide. The founders of America created the second amendment to protect colonists in a time of war. These people had no other choices than to fight or be enslaved under the monarchy of Britain. Their situation encouraged the creation of the right to bear
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Jonathan Schwartz Prof: F, Gomez Eng 1A 11-15-13 The Power of the Media to Shape Our Perceptions and Understanding of Reality on Gun Control Introduction The wake of gun violence in the United States has seen various proposals on how to handle the gun issue. Occasionally, people have woken up to shocking incidences of gun violence on various quarters. Perhaps the most outrageous incidents are the ones that involved shooting of school going children by a fellow student, seemingly unstable
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When most people think of guns they are scared or feel threatened. Some people find enjoyment in shooting a gun. Guns are used for many different reasons, good and bad. Some people find a relief in having a gun in the home for safety. However other people think it’s stupid to own a gun. People think banning guns will stop all the school shootings, others think having trained professionals or even training teachers to use guns will stop the shootings. With each issue, there are always going to be
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