The topic of gun control is perhaps one of the most controversial subjects in the nation. It is known that there are approximately 300 million firearms in circulation in the United States. With that being said, from information gathered from the article by Paul Waldman, those weapons account to the 11,000-12,000 gun related homicides that occur every year. If someone has guns in his or her possession, it is easier to kill many people at once. Bombs, guns, knives, and other weapons can be used
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positive alteration. Many studies show that if guns are more difficult to get ahold of, than the murder rate will decrease. According to “Gun Control: An Overview,” it reports “Over 30,000 are killed every year by guns.”--So if the government make stricter laws, this would cause a chain reaction, and lead to the decrease of fatalities due to guns. If people that are considered threatening can not get ahold of guns because of the input of stronger gun control laws, these deaths will lessen. More security
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Gun Control Rebuttal Robert Brown University of Phoenix BCOM/275 Shawn Castle February 17, 2014 Abstract Today, with all of the publicity that crimes involving firearms receives there is a lot of controversy over whether or not stricter gun control laws are needed. This essay will discuss one author’s belief that stricter gun control laws are needed and my rebuttal to his argument. I will analyze the reliability, credibility, and validity of the data used by the author. This essay will
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| Page(s) | 1 | Table of Content | 1 | 2 | Introduction | 2 | 3 | Gun Control: Pros (i) Disarm and Control Citizens (ii) Better Management (iii) Reduce Crime Rate and Death Rate | 3-4 | 4 | Gun Control: Cons (i) People’s Life Unsecured (ii) Women’s Safety Unguaranteed (iii) Spring Up of Black Markets (iv) Conflict with Democracy | 5-7 | 5 | Conclusion | 8 | 6 | References | 9 | Introduction: A gun is a normally tubular weapon or other device designed to discharge projectiles
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Kairotic Moment of Gun Control On July 20, 2012, The Dark Knight Rises was formally released in the U.S. It could have been a grand festival for Batman fans, unfortunately, the tragedy happened. In the cinema of Aurora, Colorado, a man named James Holmes, who wore a gas mask and dressed up as the super villain in the movie, threw tear gas into the theater and shot at people during the showing of the film. Twelve people were killed and fifty-eight people were injured in the incident. As one of the
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always protect us, so people are looking for other ways to stay safe. A gun is still a weapon, most would want to possess a gun in order to feel safer, everyone is aware of accidents when innocent people get hurt unintentionally. More people support the idea for complicating the procedure for getting a gun. Some might say that it is not the gun that kills people, but the person themselves. People who hold the gun are in control of lives at stake. It is ultimately up to them what leads to a frightful
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proposal for making it easier for people with mental illness to buy guns, and have them at their use when they feel like they need them.” First, “I would feel really safe” with people that have a mental illness that can own a gun because they won’t do anything stupid with it. If we let people with felonies and mental illness can own wepons of any kind we can make the country a safer place. If anyone in the country can get a gun faster and easier after this new law that Trump passed that dissgraded
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Elias Schrank Waters CWL 320 November 28, 2014 There is an overbearing sense of narcissism of most of the main cast. Satirizing America’s gun control agon and consumer reaction to sensationalized media, the fervor of the cast’s “hot” stances in “Gun Fever Too: Still Hot” is ultimately an examination of futility in impulsive response catalyzed by hubris. The cast’s narcissistic tendencies are seen in their insistence of proving their claims. Both sides display a hyperbolic sense of enthusiasm
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Gun Control Laws and Law Enforcement Gun Control Laws and Law Enforcement When a large structure such as the Washington monument is created, the nation remember the names of the people who constructed it. However, people do not remember the hammers that carved the stone. In today’s society when an active shooting takes place the tool is always blamed and receives most of the blame instead of the shooter. Politicians then look for ways to put laws into place to attack the issue. The gun
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The Proliferation of Gun Control Laws “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.” The second amendment to the United States Constitution is one that couldn’t be clearer. Despite the fact of the obvious language of the 2nd amendment the right for American citizens to bear arms is being taken away one “gun control” law at a time. Our forefathers built this country by the use of weapons to break
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