For many years people of America have had plenty of mixed feelings on the way the government controls legal possession of firearms. There are a number of you who believe that it is okay to wield a gun with the proper licensing so it is a form of protection. This group believes that the possession of firearms is actually a positive thing in the world, because of the old saying guns do not kill people, people kill do. I for one believe that this is a true statement from a physical standpoint, but not
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Guns give people immense power, the sort of power you wouldn’t want anyone to be able to possess; the power to hurt, destroy, and manipulate those around them. The book A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, follows the story of young Ishmael Beah during the war in Sierra Leone. It tells step by step the events that led up to Beah being captured and forced to fight in a war at the mere age of thirteen. Those with the most power in this war were the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), they attack villages
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Gun Control Stephen Devoid BCOM 275 July 3, 2013 Dean Clark Gun Control This topic of Gun Control is one of the most argued in this country. The article I read was written by Josh Sager. Mr. Sager’s paper covers what he calls 15 Pro-Gun” arguments and debunks them. His first argument is to address the 2nd Amendment and how he feels about people who believe that it was written for the rights of individuals to keep and bear arms are misinformed. Mr Sager writes. “Those who make this argument
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we're not trying to ban guns in Indonesia. Further, not one single politician is trying to ban guns. Regulate? Sure. Introduce waiting periods and background checks? Sure. Adam Ulbricht's argument about "If you look at some of the worst areas for gun violence/murder rates, you'll notice they have more restrictive weapons laws" doesn't really stand up to scrutiny. Law Enforcement reports indicate that guns used in such areas flow like water from municipalities that have lax gun laws. The argument that
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Persuasive Research Paper Restrictions on Guns for the Sake of Life Volsky (2012), "I support the Second Amendment” (para. 2) Governor Rick Scott (R) stated December 2012 when questioned by anchor Soledad O’Brien about which reforms, if any, he would support. Gun control is one of the leading controversial issues society faces in America to date. The government is faced with the issue of limiting assault rifles with a trite and establishing tougher gun laws vs. the second amendment. President Obama
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ARTICLE REBUTTAL – GUN CONTROL 1 Article Rebuttal – Gun Control Xxxxxx Xxxxx BCOM 275 20 Mar 14 Ceasar I Elpidio Article Rebuttal – Gun Control For this assignment I chose an article titled “Data suggest guns do in fact kill people” (M.S., Sep 2013). The author of the article tries to use data to show a correlation between the prevalence of firearms with the amount of homicides committed by them. To support his stance he uses crime statistics from the United Kingdom
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Is the 2nd Amendment Worth Saving? “Good people don’t need laws to tell them to act responsibly… and bad people will find a way around the laws.” – Plato “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants” - Thomas Jefferson “The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed, which Americans possess over the people of almost every nation… (Where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.” - James Madison -The Federalist
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Gun Ban Debate Gun ban debate In America guns have been a part of the country’s society since it’s birth. Throughout history the citizens of the US have used firearms to protect the nation, protect their families, to hunt for food and to engage in sporting activities. The issue of Guns and gun control takes on a proportion of extreme magnitude. Weighing the rights and liberties of the individual against the welfare and safety
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Wednesday, March 14 thousands of students nationwide walked out of their schools for a change. Students from all different ethnicities and backgrounds band together to protest for change, these students want more strict and beneficial gun control laws to help prevent any more mass school shootings from happening. They want to be heard and many of them feel that the only way they will be is if they scream. From east coast to west coast students dropped everything and walked out of their classrooms
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The current gun control laws should be strictly enforced to avoid creating new laws. News laws make it harder on law abiding citizens to purchase firearms, ammunition, and magazines/clips. Some feel it would decrease gun violence by creating new laws. This is unfair to thousands of people who are gun advocates, including myself. Hundreds of thousands of people own a gun, if not more than one gun. In order to become a gun owner, there are legal steps to be followed in order to earn a permit.
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