Truth about Stricter Gun Control The Gun Violence Archive counted 372 mass shootings which occurred in the United States just last year (“Mass Shootings – 2015”). Each mass shooting provokes the debate over the need for stricter gun regulations. A CNN/ORC poll discovers that 52% of American people believe that gun restrictions should be tightened, while 46% believe they should not (Diamond). Advocates of stricter gun laws insist that these laws can be the cure for the high level of gun violence…
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With some of the worst mass shootings in America since 1980, it is evident as to why controversy surrounding gun control has continued to reappear at the forefront of America’s policymakers. Federal and state laws regulating the private ownership of firearms dates back as far as 1791. During this time, The Bill of Rights, including the Second Amendment was ratified. This stated that ‘’ a well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and…
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times were mass shootings. Hundreds have been killed because of these shootings. (Marsters, 2018) The US has the highest number of death caused by guns in the world as well as gun owner ship being over double the amount of other countries. ("U.S. Gun Policy: Global Comparisons") Many of these death were children, but the victims are a range of ages. Many would question, if there are so many mass shooting, why are we not changing laws? Why is it so easy to get a gun? And what gun laws are in place…
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Gun Control Gun Control, one of the most debated topics in recent times. With discussions and controversies on whether to enforce stricter laws on owning guns, this discussion on gun control is endless. There is no right and wrong for owning a gun, however, the way people have been abusing the amendment to bear arms is wrong. In recent years more and more issues come up with mass shootings and innocent people getting shot. The gun control policy needs to be much stricter. Guns should not…
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violent Crime rate in the Country are those that allow its people the right to carry guns. On the morning of December 17,2012, it was a regular routine for the administers and the students who were of the ages 5 and 6 who had no idea about the tragic shooting that was going to happen two hours later they arrive to school. By, taking the innocent victims gun, so they cannot protect themselves, is not promoting gun safety. The second amendment gives victims the right to carry arms for their protection…
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don't know how serious of a problem gun violence is in the United States and how gun control will not solve this problem. The goal of gun control is to simply stop gun violence by taking and restricting guns for everyone. However this strategy will not work in American society because there are just too many guns for laws like this to regulate effectively. Also, gun rights are protected by the Second Amendment of the Constitution. However some people think that guns are just a dangerous toy, but they…
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wake of the mass school shooting that took place at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018, students across the nation organized March for Our Lives rallies to protest gun violence. Some took to the streets to demand stricter gun control laws, while others marched in remembrance of the lives lost to gun violence; not just the lives lost to guns in schools, but any life lost to a gun. In the United States, this averages to be roughly 35,000-gun deaths per year-…
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In the United States mass shootings have unfortunately become a worrisome trend, that only seems to be on the rise. There have been shootings in public places that we see on the news,that gives us the interpretation that they are becoming just the normal. Schools, shopping centers, and movie theaters are just some of the areas that have felt the effect of these gun violence's from mass shooters. Mass shootings are a concern because our families and communities futures are at risk, and the cowardly…
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Mass shootings are a common occurrence in the United States. Time and time again, the news is saturated with body counts and grieving families looking for their loved ones. Their representatives reassure them that gun laws will be passed to counteract this epidemic of gun violence. However, once the story fades from the public eye, so do the talks of increasing gun policy measures as gun lobbyists, such as the powerful National Rifle Association (NRA) pressure politicians to vote against gun reform…
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Mass Shootings in the U.S. Three hundred forty six mass shootings occured in the United States last year. It is now February and thirty mass shootings have already occured. Seventeen of these being on school campuses. These numbers have significantly increased since the 2000’s. Harvard School of Public Health showed that about every sixty four days, a public attack occurs. There is a constant cycle that goes on. First, a mass shooting transpires. News channels flood to the scene. We send our thoughts…
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