Hiral Dalal English 1A Professor Worthington July 24, 2013 No to Guns! Ever heard of this popular saying, “Guns don’t kill people! People kill people”! This is the number one excuse that is heard from people that are pro- guns. Well yes, people do kill people but they use their guns to do so. As a matter of fact, “Guns do kill people”! It’s as simple as that! Guns and gun possession is a major concern and issue that the United States has been facing for many years. Both the government and its
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Gun Control In America As most people know Barack Obama and many political officials are working on laws that prevent people from having the right to own a firearm. The reason I want to talk about this topic is because I do not feel the same way as others about the gun control laws. I believe that American citizens should have the right to own a firearm due to the crime that we have in America. Although weapons are not always the right choice many people feel the need to have a gun in their
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Gun Violence: A Public Threat Question At Issue: Should the prevention of gun violence be considered a public health issue? Argument Sentence: Prevention of gun violence should be considered a public health issue because preventing gun violence will stop thousands of deaths every year. Premise: Any preventative measures that stops thousands of deaths every year should be considered a public health issue. Every year we get reminded of the gun issue whenever we hear about a horrifying new shooting
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in the United States is the topic of gun control. Most will demand that guns are the problem, while others will argue that it is not a gun problem but rather a people problem. The ones who argue that guns are the problem want to either rule out guns completely or have more regulations. The citizens who are against gun control will contradict that argument by saying that guns are a right; that it is part of the second amendment. They will also state that guns are for protection. The question then
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Gun Control Rhetorical Analysis Bryan Cabrera Devry University 12/08/2013 Gun Control There are many people who argue about the topic of gun control. The topic that is discussed can be heard in television, among people’s conversations, on the radio, and in political debates. In the United States, 36% of the population owns a firearm for their personal use, whether it would be for hunting as a sport, personal defense, or just plain gun collections. So there are always debates on whether there
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“A modest proposal for making it easier for people with mental illness to buy guns, and have them at their use when they feel like they need them.” First, “I would feel really safe” with people that have a mental illness that can own a gun because they won’t do anything stupid with it. If we let people with felonies and mental illness can own wepons of any kind we can make the country a safer place. If anyone in the country can get a gun faster and easier after this new law that Trump passed that
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February 24, 2015 Gun violence in America is a relevant topic in today’s society because it affects a multitude of people. Truth being told, we need guns to fight and be successful in wars. But, we shouldn’t be using these guns against people in our own country. Most of the gun violence in America comes from police violence, gang violence, or guns just in the wrong people’s hand. This shouldn’t be tolerable or acceptable. To start off we need to fix or improve ways of gun ownership. Data from
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Mark Ortiz 9.2 Persuasive essay final draft Gun control or people control? Society should be against a gun ban because people should be able to protect themselves. Why should honest, law-abiding citizens lose their rights and freedoms because there are people who violate laws? The failure to obey laws is here to stay. What we have to do is deal with those people on a separate basis, not take away the things they disobey the law with. A gun ban will only keep the 'good guys' from obtaining firearms
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enough water and food plus oxygen from seven out of the ten people in the bomb shelter. We must have three goals in our mind while making our decisions which are Establish a government, Create a viable society, and to repopulate. Out of the ten I must chose three of the ten to kill and state why I choose to kill them. Out of the ten I chose to kill the 70-year old minister, the female vocalist, and the armed policeman. I choose to kill the 70-year old minister because he will try to justify what
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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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