In 2017 there have been almost sixty thousand incidents of gun violence, of those incidents over fifteen thousand people lost their lives (gunviolencearchive, 2017). Additionally, over three hundred law enforcement officers were killed by gun violence. Not only are incidents of gun violence on the rise but law enforcement officer must respond to active acts of violence more frequently. People that commit these types of crimes need to be arrested but are still extremely dangerous. Special teams
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had thought. After all, how hard could it really be to tell people where to go? Well, it is really hard. I split communities, friends, and families apart. I lied. It's not just really hard; it's the most heartbreaking thing anyone could do. I hold a gun, and every prisoner fears me. Why do they all listen? One after another, they follow along, without asking questions, without fighting back for themselves. Boom! Another one down. How easily other guards do it; shoot them down in front of everyone
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name, which was the ‘Thompson Submachine Gun’. Although others were creating similar types of weapons, Thompson’s gun was the first to actually be named and promoted as a submachine gun. The first production was marketed to citizens but only a few purchased due to high prices. Eventually, sales grew larger. International sales and several police departments purchased the gun. The most amount of sales in the market came from the U.S. Military. The first gun that was produced didn’t have a serial number
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The main purpose of all gun bans is to reduce violent crimes. Violent crime is defined by the law as behaviors by persons against persons, or property that intentionally threatens, attempts or actually inflicts physical harm. The most common violent crimes are aggravated assault, arson, assault and battery, domestic violence, hate crimes, homicide, manslaughter, mayhem, murder, terrorism, and theft/larceny. Many states have created gun bans to try to reduce these violent crimes. Through statistics
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problem is to add limitations on the right to bear arms or the means to keep a weapon. President Barack Obama recently stated that, “We know that states with the most gun laws tend to have the fewest gun deaths. So the notion that gun laws don’t work, or just will make it harder for law-abiding citizens and criminals to still get their guns is not borne out by the evidence.” This thus shows that there are issues disregarding whether fire arm restrictions have an impact on American citizens. As a result
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has had many problems with gun control. Many shootings have occurred causing many deaths, including children. Some have been at elementary schools, college campuses, and even at a movie theater. What makes people think that by allowing college students to have guns on their campus will help solve this problem? Instead of helping, it might make things worse. There should not be any type of weapon on college campuses. There should be more restrictions on permitting guns rather than allowing more people
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INTERVIEW RESEARCH: Steve is a gun and hunting enthusiast that just received his carry and conceal permit from the state of Iowa. I selected him because he know the importance of gun control and for the fact that he just completed the carry and conceal permit class this year. INTERVIEW TOPIC RESEARCH: I know from first-hand knowledge you don’t have to shot a handgun before you are allowed to carry on in the state of Iowa. PRIMARY QUESTIONS: Do you think that shooting a hand gun should be part of the carry
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Violence “How is it possible to protect against this kind of mass violence in a society where such a vast number of guns circulate so freely?” This is the question Lillian B. Rubin poses in Guns and Grief. Rubin writes from the point of view that more guns is only going to cause more violence and in a world of so much suicidal, violent tendencies we basically tempt fate by allowing guns to be so accessible. To most Cho Seung-Hui was like any cynical teenager with his mental disorder just being another
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This may be why the media did not want to cover this extensively, because it was not an assault rifle used and/or the fact that authorities actually did their jobs and stopped the shooter. The anti gun liberals are using the media and the minds of young liberals to advance their goal in banning all guns, possibly getting rid of the second amendment. After many tragedies the media have always said that the current shooting is the worst one yet, the “deadliest school shooting ever” when this is not
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“Protection At All Times” My defense of our Second Amendment Micah Satchwell Many people view guns as a curse not a blessing. Recently people have abused them and caused large media attraction. Also they have also become a large contributer to our economy. The recent sales have shot up tremendously because of the talk of stricter gun laws. These are some of the reasons I am choosing to defend our Second Amendment. First I think every family should have the right to have in their home
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