Quashauna Howard Professor Singletary English 101 21 October 2015 Gun Debate: Where is the Middle Ground? Gun debate is a hot topic, and everybody perceives it differently. Many things can influence a person’s view on gun control, protecting their families, mass killings, self-defense, and hunting. It is important to gather information and facts when it comes to gun debate. In addition to this, the laws that are already in place are being questioned and what policies can change to show favor
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Arguments on Gun Control Arguments on Gun Control Introduction Gun control is law and policy which has been developed for the purpose of restricting the import, production, shipment, possession, use and sale of the firearms. There are variations in the laws and policies of gun control around the globe. There are strict gun control policies in United Kingdom. On the other hand, the gun control policies in United States are modest. Many people claim that the gun control policies are very
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Having the California statehouse launch the modern gun-rights movement in 1967 to oppress the Black Panther Party was in direct conflict with the Constitution’s Second Amendment—“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.” In turn, the Black Panther Party sought to rise up and enforce their rights as U.S citizens. The opposition to gun control was meant to subjugate to Black Panther Party and protect
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It seems to never fail when one turn on the news there is going to be some gruesome scene involving the inappropriate use of firearms and the mass murdering of innocent civilians. There are laws implemented to give Americans the right to bear arms; however, does that right also give the power to murder? A mass murderer has been created who gives himself the power to control the fate of our American society. The question still remains; what happens after the crime has been committed? As history shows
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laws and other protective amendments in the Constitution to give us the freedom we have fought for as Americans. I do not believe that the 2nd Amendment should be repealed or amended. The 2nd Amendment in the Constitution in short states the right to bear arms. When the colonists began to rise up against British authority, early American
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are guaranteed under the Bill of Rights and how each is applicable to daily life in the United States.The First Amendment is the most important right in the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights. It is the first one for a reason. It’s small in size, but big in meaning. This right gives the American people freedom to say what their minds desire. Without this right, our media would be nonexistent. When the Founding Fathers of the United States wrote the Bill of Rights back in 1787, they didn't make the
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security forces in the event of exposure the country to any external aggression. Therefore, the Founding Fathers of America justified the legal article known as the Second Amendment in that its purpose was to facilitate national defense, protect the rights of people to self-defense, reverse historical experiences, balance power between the government and people, and offer a means of resisting dictatorship. Additionally,
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The ever growing problem of child soldiers is a saddening and striking one. They are clearly victims of a much larger game ran by militias and corrupt governments, they are not wrong, but are wronged. Children are pushed and nudged into taking up arms through different ways .In war torn regions, Children are grown up and raised with the plague of war, it is all they know. They are not accustomed to regular childhoods, and they have no opportunities, so children tend to follow what they see, which
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deaths per year. So why does America love guns so much? Well the basis for the US’s gun policy is the second amendment to the US constitution. It states, “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.” (Amendment II, 1797) Since it was written in 1791, gun control laws have been narrowed dawn, and vary from state to state. However America’s love for guns still comes from their early history. The founding
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What is the purpose of Gun Control? Gun control is to regulate and control the sales of guns. It is an act that was passed in 1968 by President Lyndon Johnson. Having possession of a fire arm can be taken as a sign of protection or a threat. A fire arm “…means any weapon (including a starter gun) expelling a projectile by the action of an explosive; the frame or receiver of any such weapon; any firearm muffler or silencer; or any destructive device” (The Gun-Control Controversy 1986). There are many
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