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    GUNS OR PEOPLE, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THIS VIOLENCE Every day in the USA, people wake up to news of a shooting, and sadly often than not, people wake up to news of a mass shooting. After the tragedy people across all around the USA call for stricter gun control and at times for an outright total gun ban. Guns are not the cause of all this violence, rather people are the cause. Americans need to understand the real cause and have some common sense about this issue. Logically guns aren’t

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    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 was written over 200 years ago. It is one of the most equally used tool when debating the topic of gun control by both sides of the argument. It is outdated in today’s world, written in a time where the concept of a firearm was one which involved reloading between every discharge, and the intended use was by the states to protect themselves. However, it

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    More Gun Regulations? Would society be better off with or without gun control? Plenty of people believe that owning a firearm can become dangerous or a way of security. Michael Warfel wrote an article, “Why Gun Control?”, explaining the reasons for more firearm limitation. Warfel does not believe in the complete ban of all guns, but he feels that gangs and criminals obtain powerful guns too easily. If legislators who create laws, made more regulations on guns, then people use guns less senselessly

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    crime is combination of putting more police in force, gun control and parents’ involvement. Obviously, the more police in force the more safe is public. If people see more police officers in public places, they realize that any violation of law is caused them getting in jail. Unfortunately, in some dangerous towns and cities they started to lay off police officers because of financial problems. This is very scary for everyone. Secondly, gun control should be enforced in every state. Lately, we witnessed

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    Gun control is a vital necessity that will produce a safe college community, a secure country and most of all a peaceful world. Unfortunately, some individuals do not see it as a vital necessity that it is. They believe that it has no impact on the learning environment and that it is a right based on the second amendment. The statistics and data show otherwise, stricter gun controls are crucial. No individual wants to feel in harm's way in their home or in society. Without laws that apply to gun

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    Sandy Hook shootings? Congress has passed many laws to restrict the citizen’s right to carry a gun. The verdict still stands if these laws are helping the people or restraining their right to protect themselves. Gun control is now one of the main political issues because of all the shootings in the past decade. There have been many studies taken on gun control that shows more gun control lessens gun

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    years, gun violence has been an urgent issue that should be addressed. According to the gun violence archive, 307 mass shootings have occurred since January 1 to November 5. The deadliest mass shooting in us history had just recently occurred on Sunday, October 1. Steve paddock had purchased their guns legally in which caused approximately 500 people to be injured and 38 people had been killed. The congress is constantly being urged by people to impose strict gun laws for America. Gun control laws

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    we blame the driver. Why.-pause-.[is it when there is] a shooting, we blame the gun.” The amount of violence committed with a gun is caused by the shooter, not the gun itself. Some may have the opinion that guns are responsible for the violent crimes committed with them; however, if those involved in the crime did not have a gun, the violent act would not have occurred. -quote-“This theory holds that thousands of gun murders [are committed] by law-abiding citizens who might have stayed law-abiding

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    would agree that something must be done, no one seems to have the answer at this point. Some gun control supporters believe that completely banning handguns is the best way to protect citizens. However, banning handguns fails to protect people because the laws are ineffective, banning handguns prevents people from an effective means of self-defense, and the laws do not solve the real problem, which is the gun owner. Simply banning handguns all together is ineffective, and that is the first reason

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    Having lower rates on guns has kept guns out of criminals’ hands and weapons like AR-15’s out of civilians’ hands as well. As of October 8th, 2017, a few days after the mass shooting in Las Vegas; Congressman have rallied together to find a solution to this problem. Some say that the right to bear arms is in the Constitution, but certain gun policies aren’t taking effect in United States. With this implemented, Congressmen agree these policies are the answer to their prays. The information discover

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