Gun control is something that has been talked about for many years now with valid points on both sides. In my opinion, we do not need stricter gun control for the simple fact that guns don’t kill people people kill people. If someone gets into a car accident while under the influence of alcohol they don't go out and try to make it harder for someone to get it they simply charge the person with a crime and that is the end of it. When a criminal gets his hand on a gun and kills someone they don't just
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Responsible Gun Owners are losing their Rights Ryan T. Kennedy COM/172 November 20, 2013 Oleah Morris Responsible Gun Owners are losing their Rights The gun violence of today in many opinions, is worse than what it was in the “Wild West.” A major contributor, is the actions and crimes of criminals with illegally obtained firearms. Crimes committed with illegally obtained firearms such as robberies, gang shootings, and even murder. The firearm subject has been at the top of several political
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standing there pointing a gun at you. The government has said no guns, so you have no way to defend yourself. People say that getting rid of all the guns will stop so many murders, but the people who are going to abuse the usage of guns will figure out how to get them. The person behind the gun, the one pulling the trigger, that is the killer. The gun does not fire itself. More gun control equals more murders. People who abuse the usage of guns will not listen to the gun laws. Matthew Patrick said
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Gun Control COMM 215 October 14, 2013 Gun Control The United States is in a controversy of whether or not the Second Amendment is protecting the country or killing it. The United States owns approximately 250 million guns, nearly one for each citizen, and increases about seven million more each year. Numerous experts believe that the Second Amendment in the Constitution is rational and legal. However, they do not condone maliciously shooting people. Many lives could be saved with
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A Rebuttal of Gun Control What would be going through your mind if you were at your barber and a deranged man came in and began pointing a gun at others and you. You have your 5 year old son with you? Would you be thinking if they would ban guns this would have never happened? Probably not! What you were probably thinking is if I had a gun on me I could protect not only my own lift but also my sons life and the people around me. People are starting to see a gun as an object of death and destruction
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Guns are a weapon designed with a sole purpose to kill. Would you want such a powerful weapon to be in the hands of a person with a mental illness? According to the Gun Violence Archive, in the United States 1,017 children under the age of 18 have been killed or injured by firearms already this year. If gun control was stricter, less people would have unnecessary access to firearms and the number of gun-related crimes would dramatically decrease. Many crimes having to do with guns start with a
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The issue of whether or not a gun should be present in a household generates controversy throughout the world. Guns are dangerous weapons in the hands of the wrong person. One who does not have knowledge on how to properly handel a firearm is putting them and the others around in danger. According to brandycampaing.org, two hundred eighty-two Americans die every day due to a gun. Storing a gun in a house for protection may be considered beneficial. However, improperly storing a weapon in the house
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forces. They include revolvers and selfloading pistols; rifles and carbines; sub-machine guns; assault rifles; and light machine guns. Light weapons are broadly categorized as those weapons intended for use by several members of armed or security forces serving as a crew. They include heavy machine guns; hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers; portable anti-aircraft guns; portable anti-tank guns; recoilless rifles; portable launchers of anti-tank missile and rocket systems; portable
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destruction be banned ? People say that we should ban these weapons to put an end to mass murder shootings, while I think that if they ban these ¨assault weapons¨ they will be banning the wrong guns. James Holmes a man who used a AR-15 with a 100 round drum magazine to commit a mass murder, because the gun is fully automatic and has accurate shooting he was able to shoot many people at once. Roughly 16,272 murders were committed in the US in 2008 by ¨assault weapons¨. Although these guns are too powerful
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that incident, people stepped up their claims for strict gun control laws (Levs, 2015). Gun control is laws that limit the sale and use of firearms. Gun control has been a controversial issue in the United States. Having tighter gun control laws is not the solution for all those massacres that are occurring nation-wide in the USA but in fact, it will result in an increase in crime rates. First of all, law abiding citizens should have the right to bare arms for self-defense. If gun control laws are
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