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Gun Rights Advocates
2,358 wordsGuns, like many other issues of the day, have two distinct and opposing views with many people in the middle or undecided. Even following the tragic events of December 7, 1993, when unemployed handyman Colin Ferguson boarded the LIR's 5: 33 out of Penn Station. Ferguson waited until the train, filled with local commuters on their way home, pulled out of the Hicksville station before drawing a 9 mm pistol. Ferguson then opened fire walking up and down the aisle shooting pass angers indiscriminate...
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Citizens Use Guns
2,597 wordsThe Second Amendment vs. A Police State The United States of America has taken drastic steps in taking away the American peoples God given rights and Constitutional rights. The United States government is supposed to be a government of the people, by the people, for the people. There are very clear signs of a cancerous growth within our government and the citizens of America need to take preventative measures to ensure the freedom for which our founding fathers fought and died. I am speaking of ...
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Mandatory Background Checks At Gun
1,071 wordsFollowing the tragedy of April 20, 1999, when Dylan Kleibold and Eric Harris opened fire inside of their high school in Littleton, Colorado killing fifteen people, there is finally an agreement that there clearly needs to be something done about guns. Trent Lott, R-Miss., wanted the senate to debate on new firearm restrictions (Austin 18-3). He chose to use a revised juvenile crime bill (S 254). This bill had eight proposals including a ban on gun sales over the Internet, an increase in the mini...
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Gun Violence
591 wordsFirearm regulation has had little effect in decreasing the violence in California. Laws were passed to restrain in the rising percentages of violence. One example of such a law is the Brady Bill. The bill was passed in 1993 and enforced a fifteen-day waiting period for firearm purchases. Due to the passing of gun control laws in the state of California, a lot of controversy has risen because many citizens consider being able to carry a firearm a part of their legal. Ironically, restriction on fi...
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Killing Of People By Guns
3,502 wordsA fast rising issue today in America is whether handguns should be allowed on the streets or not. Some believe that all guns should be banned and they do no good but destroy human lives. Others believe that from the beginning of time guns have been legal and should always stay that way. Some major questions have arrived with debate. Should handguns be at easy access to get or should there be tougher laws Are the rights of Americans infringed upon if handguns are regulated The Second Amendment st...
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More Gun Laws
2,207 wordsWhenever some terrible act of violence occurs such as the horrible Columbine Shooting, people start looking for answers and pointing fingers. They want to put the blame on something saying, "It was the parents fault", or, "It is television and the Internet's fault", but the blame is most often put on an inanimate object that does only what the person operating it tells it to do. In the next few minutes one should realize that it is not the gun's fault and more gun control laws are not the answer...
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Gun Control As A Crime
1,498 wordsThe book titled 'Guns in America' written by Helen Strahinich defines gun control as any las that restricts the ownership or sale of firearms (Strahinich 2). The history of the gun control debate can be traced back to colonial times when guns were being outlawed to keep them out of the hands of the poor. Today, the subject still remains so controversial that many politicians fear touching the subject. Will banning guns eliminate crime? Will criminals still be al be to obtain firearms? These are ...
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Gun Control Laws
1,713 wordsGun Control Americans are faced with an ever-growing problem of violence. Our streets have become a battleground where the elderly are beaten for their social security checks, where terrified women are viciously attacked and raped, where teen-age gangsters shoot it out for a patch of turf to sell their illegal drugs, and where innocent children are caught daily in the crossfire of drive-by shootings. We cannot ignore the damage that these criminals are doing to our society, and we must take acti...
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Gun Control Laws
1,473 wordsIn today's world, where violence is portrayed in every aspect of American life, one may ask how can anybody protect himself or herself. I believe the only way is by doing just that, protecting yourself. That is where the notion of gun control comes up. It states in the second amendment to the Constitution that, "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". The definition of gun control is governm...
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Unfairness In Some Gun Control Laws
2,014 wordsThe Second Amendment to the Constitution states that, "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", and the definition of gun control is; government regulation of possession and use of firearms by private citizens. At first sight this seems like a contradiction in terms, but before any opinions are formed, let's look at both sides of the issue. This amendment has been around since 1791, and there...
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Gun Control Is Really Gun Abolition
969 wordsGun Control Is Really Gun Abolition! At about three in the morning, a family residing in decent neighborhood outside of Los Angeles peacefully slept one night. Quietly, a thief picks the front door lock and advances into the living room. After observing no sustainable valuables, he sneaks down the hall into the master bedroom. Thinking that the couple lying in bed would not awake, the criminal begins unloading the jewelry box. As he looks over he notices a terrified woman staring at him. She scr...
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Gun Control Laws
1,324 wordsJustin Wilson Mrs. Wells 9th Grade English May 19, 1999 Gun Control I say all guns are good guns. There are no bad guns. I say the whole nation should be an armed nation, Period (Foss NP). Former Governor Joseph Foss, a former fighter pilot for the US Air Force, is the current President of the NRA, or National Rifle Association (Lacayo 16). The NRA is a special interest group known by many. Its members are stereotyped to be a group of truck-driving huntsmen. In fact this is partially true, as 97...
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Crime And Hunting And The Gun Culture
1,348 wordsControl! Will it Help Sometimes it seems that almost all news reports about firearms, gun control or crime should start out with that phrase. Those four short words tell us that while the story to follow will be presented as fact, it is really fiction, or better said, a myth or a fable. Unfortunately, these fables have come to displace facts in the public dialogue about firearms and crime in America. Some of these fables as many fables do, start out with a grain of truth, but are later misrepres...
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Gun Control Laws
1,113 wordsGun Control There are no bad guns, I say the whole nation should be an armed nation. Said by Joseph Foss former governor, and fighter pilot for the US Air Force, and now the current President of the NRA, or National Rifle Association. The NRA is a special interest whose members are stereotyped as truck-driving hunters. I feel that the NRA is definitely progressing quite well in terms of letting the common people possess and bear a firearm, like stated in the constitution. There is no reason that...
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Gun Control Laws
2,685 wordsHandguns and other firearms have a long tradition in American civilization. The right to bear arms is an American right featured in the second Amendment of the Constitution. In the 18th century, when the constitution was written, times were different; there was a need for armed citizens to insure the safety of the society as a whole. Contemporarily the police department preserves the safety of society and the need for armed citizens is out of date. The founding fathers of the Constitution could ...
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Right To Carry The Gun Control Issue
2,271 wordsThe Right To Carry The gun control issue has sparked major controversy in America today. People who support gun control feel that guns are the reason for the soaring crime rate in our country. I disagree with them. I feel that because of the black market, violent criminals released from prison early, and the need to ensure personal safety, stricter gun control will have very little impact on violent crime in America. I believe that gun control works in theory, but not in real life. There are man...
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Anti Gun Laws
1,513 wordsGun Control, Fact vs. Fiction "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil in the world is for enough good men to do nothing". - Edmund Burke (1729-1797) A subject of much debate, in recent years, is the issue of gun-related violence. Although many media outlets appear to necessitate the use of false information, related to firearms, in order to further their own anti-gun agenda, there are many falsities which must be dispelled. The fact remains that increased gun laws will only prevent the la...
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Support Gun Control To People
909 wordsName Teacher Class Date THE WIDOWS, THE WOUNDED AND ALL WHO BELIEVE "Americans believe in gun control, its about time for them to act as if they do". This statement from the article " The Widows and the Wounded" by Anna Quindlen of Newsweek, seemingly pleads to our emotions as well as our common sense to evoke stronger actions for gun control. Quindlen's usage of pathos and logos allows her argument to pull at the heartstrings of the reader, making it almost personal. Her sarcastic jabs at the r...
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Gun Control Laws
898 wordsPro 2nd 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. 2nd Amendment- Numerous arguments have been circulating throughout the public since the 2nd amendment was ratified, mainly concerning the terminology used by our forefathers. What exactly did they mean when they said, militia? The popular belief is that militia is referring to the group of military personnel, which is correct in today...
