Legitimate Gun Restrictions Christopher Glover PHI103 Karen Kart February 25, 2013 Legitimate Gun Restrictions A continuous argument between gun owners and concerned citizens is over gun restrictions. Many gun owners support the second amendment of the constitution and believe that any restriction on guns is an infringement on this amendment and there for there right. Concerned citizens of the United States believe that guns are to readily available and believe restrictions should
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Unit 3 Paper Guns: A Dangerous or Useful Tool? Guns are talked about with a lot of negativity in this country, and why shouldn’t they be? A lot of negative results have come from guns. For example, we have the Columbine Shooting that happened in Colorado and more recently the Virginia Tech massacre that concluded in 33 lost lives, but was is it the guns that caused the damage? Or was it something else? Guns were not the one to pull the trigger and claim the lives of all the innocent people on
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Rebuttal BCOM275 February 18, 2013 Ellis Gun control laws have been the outrage among many Americans since the Sandy Hook shooting. Referencing the following article “Congress Takes up Gun Violence” from the New York Times on January 29th, 2013 for increasing more gun laws (2013). We don’t need more gun control laws because there are over 20,000 gun control laws currently on the books in the U.S. Many of the same localities which have strict "gun control" laws also prohibit ordinary citizens
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Are guns more bad or are they more good? Guns are great because they can lower crime rates, make people feel safe, and they can show you what happens if there was not any guns in the world. What are some benefits of having guns? First off, they lower crime rates. Statistics have shown that between the years 1991 and 2011, fatalities have dropped at least 58 percent and all the crime rates have drastically dropped. Thanks to Harvard, they have proven the more guns there are the less crime it tends
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Essay In today’s society the majority of the crimes are still being committed by people who have possessed a firearm that has been obtained illegally or without proper permits. That being said there has been a strong push for gun control because of the rise of shootings involving a large group of people such as the Columbine massacre, Virginia Tech shooting and latest Aurora movie theater shooting involving people who have purchased firearms legally. Gun control laws in the United States have been
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arguments can be summarized by the following statement: enacting stricter gun control laws could block dangerous figures from committing violent acts with guns whilst still allowing reasonable gun owners to keep theirs for their own desired purposes. As Hillary Clinton states, “We can have common sense gun reforms that keep weapons out of the hands of criminals and the violently unstable while respecting responsible gun owners… The stakes are too high, the costs are too dear, and I am not and will
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Gun Ownership and Murder Rates Lindsey Schreiner University of Phoenix Introduction to College Algebra MT/219 Laura Carbajal April 14, 2013 Gun Ownership and Murder Rates In this world there are many problems. Violence and danger surrounds us even in the places we consider the most safe and sacred. From events such as what occurred in Aurora, Colorado to the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut people all over are questioning how safe we really are. Sometimes in the realm of over reaction, people
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Gun Control Laws in America Michael Turner Fayetteville State University English 120 Dr. Vicki F. Millspaugh-McKenzie 3/12/13 I feel that as an American we all are entitled to the “Right To Bear Arms” based on the Second Amendment. This is something that was giving to us by our forefathers, and shouldn’t be taking away. However, I do believe we need to set some parameters on guns are placed in people’s hands. Therefore I believe there should be tighter gun control laws in place. We do
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Just a few weeks ago a man with the name Adam Lanza decided to take the guns of his mother and take the life of 20 children and 8 adults, including his mother's and his own. This atrocity hasn't been the first one. In the weeks since the massacre, gun control supporters have called for a new federal ban on assault weapons and for reductions in the number of concealed-carry permits issued to private citizens. However, to blame assault weapons for this tragedy makes sense like blaming airplanes for
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that there was a massive crime drop in the 1990’s. They give you many reasons on why crime had such a big drop. The main reason why crime had such a big drop is because abortion was legalized throughout the country. I will get more into detail on why that particular topic in another question. But, what the author is trying to say about the subject is that abortion had a big impact on the 1990’s crime drop. Throughout the article is lists different reasons why crime may or may have dropped due
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