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    combined rates of 22 countries that are our peers in wealth and population” ("About Gun Violence”). The United States must pass laws in order to decrease gun violence. The United States must pass laws to ban assault weapons, require a more intensive background check on gun purchasers, and require a mental health examination for gun ownership. The United States is one of the worst nations when it comes to gun violence. For many years, law makers have

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    Professor Callahan Eng111 / ENF 3 20 October 2015 Gun control Walking into a classroom and finding 26 students dead. This is what happened because of background checks. Although there are many advocate for gun control, in our society today, guns end up in the wrong hands. With the invention of guns came the opportunity to protect one 's self. Also, with the invention and refinement of guns came the death and destruction of people across all major wars. Many says

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    Mainly because background checks in most states are horrible and you can go in without a gun and out with one in less than an hour easily. People selling guns don’t really do good deep background checks. They just check if they have ever been arrested or disobeyed the law. They don’t check to see if they have high mental disabilities that could cause the to be a shooter.Another thing is that people can

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    pass the required certifications to sell guns. All across America, guns have been a major cause of conflict because of accidental and intentional deaths. If people want to limit the use of illegal gun trade and crimes, they need to increase background checks on everyone and crack down on gun safety (Cothran). Many people are injured and even killed everyday because of the misuse of firearms. Over the past few years the number of injuries and deaths have increased rapidly due to the large number

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    guns in America more people will be open to the idea of having concealed weapons (Staff). The people who purchase guns are not the only ones breaking the law and potentially causing harm to others. Sellers are also breaking the law. Laws and safety checks need to be made to ensure both the buyers and the sellers are safe. With the steady increase of gun control in some U.S. states, the crime rate dropped approximately 6.4% in two years. Just under half of the firearms sold in the U.S. are sold and

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    solution to gun violence should be to make background checks more rigorous and have more requirements to help insure that guns are being given to people who will not take advantage of them. Rigorous meaning, asking for more information that could help determine if that person can be trusted. Background checks could also be improved by making the processing time longer, as of now a person can be sold a gun just after three days after sending in a background check, if the process is made longer it allows

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    Gun Control in the United States Essay

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    of mortality in the United States, thus the pros and cons of gun legislations must be free of any biases and meticulously examined. Since the establishment of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System in 1998, federal law has obliged licensed firearm dealers to apply computerized background checks on all individuals to whom they sell or trade firearms with. Public inspections determine and verify whether a prospective purchaser is prohibited under federal commandment from possessing firearms

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    secret compartments in their bags. The same results will happen if there was ever a law against guns. The point is, you cannot control people. Criminals are criminals for a reason, and there is no way to change that. You can make stricter laws and checks against guns, but people will still be able to get ahold of

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    control, and to have them. The right to bear arms is guaranteed in our Constitution, therefore cannot be completely removed from people. Although,there​ ​should​ ​be​ ​stricter policies​ ​when​ ​anyone​ ​is​ ​purchasing​ ​a​ ​gun.​ ​Such​ ​as​ ​background​ ​checks,waiting​ ​periods​ ​to receive​ ​firearms,​ ​strong​ ​handgun​ ​regulations​ ​and​ ​a​ ​required​ ​safe​ ​firearm​ ​storage​ ​under​ ​the federal​ ​law. The Second Amendment protects an individual's right to own guns. Guns are intended for self-defense

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    In the United States today, there are numerous of laws and regulations which put in place to control the use of guns and other firearms. Gun-control laws, bills, and acts manage the dealership, ownership and utilization of guns and different types of firearms. The following is milestone in gun control process in the United States. In 1934, United States President Franklin Roosevelt, signed the National Firearm Act. The main idea of this law was to increase the taxation on guns to lower the rate of

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