As a country we have a huge issue upon us, that issue is gun control. We need to ban guns from the everyday person. This has worked for many other countries. Yet, we are yet to do it. How many more deaths and massacres need to happen for our government to realize we have a problem and that guns need to be banned. “US homicide rates were 7.0 times higher than in other high-income countries, driven by a gun homicide rate that was 25.2 times higher”(amjmed). The united states has more homicides than
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201 6 August 2015 Gun Control It Now “Here’s your gun sir, with a side of no strings attached. Enjoy!” Throughout history, weapons , such as guns , were designed to protect and kill. Whether it was an issue over love, property, or even war, weapons were a necessary means if there was a disagreement. However, times have changed and guns have become dangerous and deadly weapons often used for no purpose at all, other than to harm innocent individuals. Although there are gun restrictions in California;
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School in Newtown, Connecticut that took the lives of 26 students and teachers. Cases like these have prompted the Obama Administration as well as the entire nation to reconsider what laws and restrictions need to be placed with regard to gun access and control without interfering with the constitutional rights of citizens. It is a known fact that America was produced into a nation based on the ideologies of freedom and democracy; with the constitution as the heart of its central government. The
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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 to semi-automatic sporting rifles which lobbyist and even our new elected president call ?assault weapons?. In this speech, i will explain to you how gun control does not work, the benefits of firearms, and
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Government and Gun Control Sara Gilbert COM 156 The Second Amendment gives people the right to keep and bear arms. Some in the government wish to take this right away. The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is a part of the Bill of Rights that guarantees the right of the people to keep and bear arms. This amendment, adopted on December 15, 1791 along with the rest of the Bill of Rights was created or several reasons. One is to ensure citizens’ rights to own a firearm. This
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citizens of the United States should legally possess a gun has been an issue present all throughout history. With the ongoing violence and crime involving guns, may people, including political figures, believe stricter laws on guns will lower the rate of gun related violence. But who should be the one to determine these laws? Who is to say these laws and bans would even work? Each state has their own individual law when it comes to owning a gun. Should each state continue to have their laws, or should
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Gun Control in America Alicia Buford COMM 215 Instructor Bruce Massis May 20, 2013 Did you know that in the United States that there are almost as many firearms as there are citizens (Wadman, 2013)? Consequently, the second amendment of the constitution gives each American citizen “The Right to Bear Arms.” The right to bear these arms is a just that, a right but, along with that right comes responsibility. Since the days of the pioneers, firearms have been an element of the American tradition
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Gunning for Control In recent days, months and years, our world has witnessed some unthinkable events of violence slaughter and death. Whether it be school shootings, racially and hate fuelled attacks or plagues of terrorism, there is never a time when we switch on the news and don’t hear of another distressing account of annihilation. Who or what are the culprits? No-one knows for sure. But a main factor in America’s case is guns. Since the Dunblane massacre of 16 innocent primary school
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Gun control in America Some gun control laws should stay the same because gun related deaths have dropped, it is our Second Amendment right, but some state laws should change to keep guns out of schools. Barrett (2013) discusses that gun violence is declining in the U.S. Figures from the United States Bureau of Justice and that gun related deaths have dropped 39% since 1993 (Truman, P.H.D & Planty, Ph.D., 2013). The author also states that handguns are mostly responsible gun related deaths
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4/9/2018 Gun Control Gun control can be defined as the control over what types of guns and armory can be purchased by everyday consumers and the public, control by the seller to determine who is eligible to purchase a weapon and run background checks on their customers before purchasing, or simply outlawing guns all together. Many see gun control to be beneficial to a safe and non-violent society; however, Gun Control is not the solution to crime and violence in the US. Gun control will not prevent
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