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    Should gun control laws be implemented or not? The United States has about 90 guns per 100 people, or about 300,000,000 guns, which is the highest number in the world. Gun control laws should be enacted but there are more cons then pros about the gun control act of the government. The positive part of gun control law is that this is being implemented along years ago. But people believe that it’s the right of the people to keep guns in the free state for security purpose. People are not ready to

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    We Need Gun Control Laws

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    talking about Gun-Control. This is important because not that many laws enforce gun laws in which everyone needs. Many terrible things have happened because there aren’t that many gun control laws. For Example; Shootings, Murder, Robberies, Etc. Gun-Control needs to be recognized because civilians have too many guns, we need Gun-Control laws for everybody, and talks about how many black people are being killed because of the lack of Gun-Control laws. Today there are more than 270,000,000 guns in the world

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    Gun Control in America Gun Control in America has been argued back and forth for decades past. On one side it is strongly believed that the Second Amendment suggests that individual citizens have a constitutionally protected right to own a gun and protect themselves. These individuals believe that gun control laws do not in fact reduce gun violence. On the other side it is said if Gun Control laws are enacted there would be less gun and school violence. Also, it would be harder for criminals and

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    My claim is that gun control laws should be enacted. Its really not so hard for an American to get a gun and use it to harm others. Millions of people in the USA die or are hurt from from guns. Guns aren't making us safer there making us less safe. While there are countless reasons why they should be enacted the main ones are that lots of people die, people use guns illegally without licenses to hurt others and because people commit suicide. The first reason why gun control laws should be enacted

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    in downtown Orlando known as Pulse. Acting alone Mateen used an AR-15 assault rifle and a handgun. By the time law enforcement could stop him fifty people were killed and fifty others were injured. This incident is dubbed the nation’s deadliest mass shooting in history. Shocked from this event and others the nation called upon its leaders to make a change in gun control law. Gun control has become the main topic for debate among lawmakers and citizens across the country due to the deadly attacks

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    Should gun control laws be stricter? Every day some news related to gun violence are being heard all over the world. Shooting in driveway, public places, schools, homicide and suicide are some of different types of gun violence. Shooting on people and killing them is a big issue in the world and different comments are provided about that. One of the most important of them is about gun control laws. Stingl (2013) says “The term gun control as it is used in the United States refers to any action taken

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    about Gun Control? A 26 yr old armed man walks in a college class full of students in Oregon with a semi automatic gun and begins to ask people what their religion is. When the people respond, he aims the gun toward them and pulls the trigger. Nine people are dead and numerous people were injured. When will the law bear down on gun control? The law can reduce gun violence by passing stricter laws on getting them and emphasizing the dangers of them. Some people will say that Gun Control isn't

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    “Guns don't kill people; people kill people.” With the United States having the highest gun ownership rate in the world, controversial conversation arises between two groups of people: pro-gun and pro-gun control. Gun control laws should be much more stern as it could decrease gun fatalities in public mass shootings, defeat gun purchasing loopholes, and promote general peacefulness, so that Americans will feel safer. Firearms have been in American history since the birth of America, however, as

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    of gun control, a controversial issue has been whether more gun control laws should be enacted. Many Americans possess guns which seems to have stemmed from colonial times when the second amendment was made. This amendment, one of ten in the Bill of Rights, states that u.s. Citizens have the right to bear arms. Overall, the majority of the population either agree or disagree that more gun control laws should be enacted for specific reasons. On the one hand, those who advocate more gun control

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    There are many laws in the united states that support people owning guns. However, owning guns has led to several shootings across the United States. Guns are too easily available and need to be monitored more often because of how they are accessed and how easy they are to purchase. Stricter gun control laws will help the situation become less violent and diminish School shootings. In the past, people used guns to hunt game and for protection. It is not uncommon for a person to also

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