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    Gun control is a topic that is very controversial. Many people argue about this topic every day. There are two sides to the argument, you can either agree on gun control or you can be against it. Usually, Democrats favor pro-gun control and Republicans favor anti-gun control. From research, many people have different theories about each side of the argument. Gun control is a strong political issue that may never be resolved or put to rest, but maybe it can come to a resoultion someday. The definition

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    has suffered two of its deadliest mass shootings. Arguments have risen about whether or not a gun control program should be put in place. Some countries, like Britain, have already been enforcing gun control for many years, and the United States can follow suit. However, it is every American’s right to have the ability to bear arms; a rule written three centuries ago when guns couldn’t shoot more than 1 bullet a minute. There should be gun control in America because it is too easy for unsafe people

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    James Mallon once said that “Gun control is like the annoying family member you hate to see. No matter how much you disdain seeing them or talking to them, eventually a climatic event, family reunion, or holiday forces you to have interaction with them.” Gun control may be that elephant in the room given all the recent tragic events involving firearm use, but ignoring that elephant is no solution. Stricter gun laws, as well as other forms of gun control may be the final viable resort to ending the

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    Gun control laws should regulate production, distribution, ownership and use of firearms by civilians. Gun control laws are not intended to dispossess law abiding citizens of licensed firearms but to intervene on reckless use of firearms that cause harm to the public. Gun control should also make it difficult for criminals to access firearms. Armed civilians have in many instances deterred acts of crime from being instigated by scaring away criminals. Nonetheless, gun laws can only be described as

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    involved weaponry such as hand guns and rifles. Gun control is not needed, education about guns and gun safety is needed to prevent accidental gun deaths ( “Top pro and con argument”). Learning about gun will keep other safe because gun don’t kill people, people kill people. Gun are not harmful if people use it the right way. Gun control should not be supported because it will not reduce lethal crime, reduce school violence, and reduce suicide. Stopping gun control will help reduce lethal crime.

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    citizens acquire gun licensing to safeguard their interests. As gun control debate remains very controversial given the different perceptions, the paper seeks addresses the argument in support and against the gun control in the United States. Supportive arguments about gun control Controlling guns aim at assessing and managing the use of illegal guns that are at the disposal of criminals which would lead to increase case of criminal activities (Blocher, 2014). According to the gun control policies by

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    controversial issue in America, especially with the gun-related fatalities raising quickly. In comparison to other countries, America is at the top of the list for gun-related deaths and for a good reason: America has a very loose reign on gun control to the point where almost anyone can get a gun. It is becoming increasingly easy to obtain a gun as there are few laws restricting someone from purchasing one. The main argument opposing gun control is that the Constitution grants all citizens the right

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    Gun Control Debate Begging argument: so many people over the past years died from guns. By accidental deaths and shootings in stores and schools etc. here's a graph that shows how many deaths happen from handguns and other guns too handguns are really dangerous… and it's not just handguns it's gun in general. There is a lot of gun violence around the world. The U.S. Has the most gun violence in the world. People with any dangerous mental illness or that has a criminal record should not

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    In today’s society, gun violence has become far too common. Every single day in the United States 96 people are killed by guns. This accounts for nearly 13000 deaths per year. Many gun advocates will make the clever argument that guns do not simply fire themselves, so why place the blame on them? While guns clearly do not fire themselves, they far too often fall into the hands of people who are not in the correct state to be responsible for such a potentially deadly weapon. No, one cannot solely

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    Actually, guns should be controlled because of mass shooting. Some people might forgets what happened in some cities in the United States related to weapons. A recent event is the tragedy when a man killed nine people during a prayer meeting in the African American church in Charleston. He committed the deadliest attack on a place of worship in the United States in 24 years (Horwitz, du Lac, Bever and Costa, 2015). Furthermore, in Connecticut, there was a sad tragedy when a guy shot 20 children

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