Gun control laws should not be strengthened, instead they should be enforced. Instead of making it harder for law-abiding citizens to obtain guns, guns should be taken away from unstable individuals or people who should not have guns like criminals. The first reason why gun control should not be strengthened is that citizens have the right to own guns; it is one of those entitlements that makes the United States different from other countries. Secondly, criminals are criminals and that is why they
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2013 Laura Mellott Mapping an Argument Article #1 Gun Control The article’s issue was about gun control in the United States and how the constitution should be challenged on this controversial topic. Discussions about citizens’ rights to bear arms extend back to ancient times. Supporters of gun control would like even tighter restrictions on the sale and circulation of firearms. According to Samuel Adams he argued that the Constitution should never be interpreted “to prevent the people of the
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The Brady Law The Brady Law requires licensed gun dealers to run background checks on potential buyers. According to Francine Kiefer, running background checks blocked at least two million purchases (Kiefer, 2014). Blocking purchases of gun sales to domestic abusers and fugitives by licensed dealers, activists are urging the extension of running background checks on all gun sales. The issues regarding passing laws requiring private sellers to run background checks on potential buyers is an example
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In “More Americans Want Stricter Gun Laws, Poll finds” Sam Fritzel, writes about how gun control play a major role in the 2016 campaign. Americans want stricter gun laws because of the mass shootings that been happening the last couple years. According to a Gallup poll, “55% of Americans say gun laws should be stricter.” three out of four democrats want stricter gun laws, so that number is 77 percent of them. 36 percent of people own a gun want stricter gun law, while only 27 percent of republican
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Gun Control Angela Bauch Grand Canyon University: PHI-105 21st Century Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills 01/24/2016 Gun control is one of the most divisive issues in American politics. “The term “gun control” refers to any government policies that influence the availability and use of firearms among the general public or distinct subsets of the population” (Chapman & J. Ciment, 2013). Gun control groups would like to initiate additional restrictions on firearms, but also to eliminate
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Introduction Guns have been a part of this country’s society from its beginning. Throughout America’s history we have used guns for various different reasons. We use guns to protect this nation, protect our families, to participate in recreational activities and finally to hunt for food. The issue of Guns and gun control is and has been a huge issue that has been debated and will be debated as long as we keep having school shootings and mass murders. Weighing the rights and liberties of the individual
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Gun Control Gun control is one of those debates that seems to never go away. This is most likely due to the fact that on any given night a person can turn on the TV and see a report of a gun-related death or crime on the news. Gun control advocates take these instances and immediately declare that gun control laws need to be strengthened or that guns should be outlawed completely. While this may seem like a rational reaction and a solution to the problem, upon further investigation it is discovered
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have rekindled the debate behind gun control. The Second Amendment: “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people
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shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut that took the lives of 26 students and teachers. Cases like these have prompted the Obama Administration as well as the entire nation to reconsider what laws and restrictions need to be placed with regard to gun access and control without interfering with the constitutional rights of citizens. It is a known fact that America was produced into a nation based on the ideologies of freedom and democracy; with the constitution as the heart of
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Office Hours: Professor Adler: Wednesday, 10am-1pm For all other times, please make an appointment Teaching Assistants will have weekly office hours TBA Overview: This course examines the multi-disciplinary social science of law-making, law-breaking, and law-enforcing. It reviews theories and data that predict when, where and against whom crimes happen. In addition, it addresses questions surrounding crime prevention and punishment of offenders. The role and importance of police, courts,
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