Gun control has been an issue in the United States even before the country was established, and declared independent. The first ever attempts by the British were embargoes on gunpowder. Also two massive direct attempts to confiscate firearms. The first major gun control act that followed was not until 1934 with the National Firearms act (or NFA) in the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. Today it has become a controversial issue with many people taking very opposing sides. Along with multiple school
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Gun Control or Our Freedom Jill Sanders ENG/215 January 28, 2013 Sophia Hsia Gun Control or Our Freedom The pros and cons of gun control has been a debate over the years brings several issues to light. The myth of the Second Amendment is merely a reasoning clause for the right to bear arms, and people have the right to bear arms for their own personal use. The truth of the Second Amendment is “A well- regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free state ” (www.guninformation
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It is shocking and depressing to ever hear stories about accidental gun deaths or suicide. However, these stories could be diminished with gun laws that make it harder for people to have access to or be around the deadly weapons. There are more than twenty-two million children currently living in homes with guns in the United States. This number becomes a problem when children are uneducated on gun safety and their dangers. Nearly 1,500 children younger than eighteen die from shootings each year
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Gun control laws should not be strengthened, instead they should be enforced. Instead of making it harder for law-abiding citizens to obtain guns, guns should be taken away from unstable individuals or people who should not have guns like criminals. The first reason why gun control should not be strengthened is that citizens have the right to own guns; it is one of those entitlements that makes the United States different from other countries. Secondly, criminals are criminals and that is why they
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restrict and control the use of guns. The government implements such laws to reduce the rate of manslaughters and murders. However, many people believe that recent restrictions on guns use or gun possession are not very effective in controlling the rate of murders because there are many cases of adult and children being victims of guns violence or gun accidents. People want laws that are more restrictive on gun carriers in order to secure their lives and the lives of
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People kill people, not guns. Many people think that guns should be illegal in the United States, but that would infringe on our second amendment. There are three major reasons why guns should not be illegal. First, millions of Americans use guns for recreational purposes like hunting and target shooting. Second, millions of Americans also use guns for personal protection through conceal and carry or just home protection. Third, is just like themy statement above: guns do not kill people, people
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Wakefield 1 deAnne Wakefield Dr. Tina Redd Writing 122 October 25, 2013 Gun Control for Veterans Diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder In the wake of all the recent school and military base shootings, our government and other entities are trying to pinpoint the “why” for these tragedies. Circumstances vary in each incident, but there is a common factor - the use of guns, and in a few of these incidents, the shooter has been a member or veteran of our United States military, who may
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not be infringed” 2nd amendment. Having guns taken away from law abiding citizens is a violation the second amendment. There is no reason that you should punish the citizens that do the right things to keep their only defenses. Gun control violates a U.S. citizen right, this will get rid of one of the amendments that the Founding Father and the military are dying for. Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. As the daily best states "we don't have a gun problem we have a people problem." No matter
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country brings a question to the table, “Does increased gun control actually protect people?” For many years, this question has been asked again and again, but with mass shootings on the rise, it is a question that has been brought up yet another time. This is a hot topic amongst politicians, presidential candidates, and even the general public, but is increased gun control actually the best thing for the people? In Australia, gun control has been tried in the past, with surprising results, the
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Gun control is a vast topic within the presidential election and has spread throughout our nation to become a highly debated topic. The upcoming presidential election has a great part in the future of our nation's choice to allow the ownership of firearms as well as the enforcement of gun control. The Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton is running part of her campaign on gun control and believes in bettering the country by enforcing gun control which is believed to cut down on crimes and shootings
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