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    Regulating the American Gun Charles Dennis Eastern Kentucky University Author Note This paper was prepared for English 102, Section 20357, taught by Professor Roman Abstract Gun control has been a political and government issue for decades now, and figuring out exactly the right formula on how many laws, regulations we currently need. While some gun control regulation is necessary; increasing the amount and intensity of gun regulation is problematic because

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    ” Gun control is another issue between Conservatives and Liberals. According to the Student News Daily website, Liberals believe the Second amendment does not give citizens the right to keep and bare arms, but only allows for the state to keep a militia (National Guard). “Individuals do not need guns for protection; it is the role of local and federal government to protect the people through law enforcement agencies and the military.” “Additional gun control laws are necessary to stop gun control

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    advocate for our mission to achieve greater gun control within the United States. I would first like to thank you all for coming out today to learn about what my committee wants to accomplish. Everyone in America today knows that we hear about mass shootings regularly. Everyone has heard the calls for gun control because we hear about people being shot and killed by guns on a regular basis. Not much change is happening, though. Our call for gun control needs to be getting stronger and more desperate

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    In this expository article. “America's lethal affair with the gun”, dated Februrary 6th, 2006, Micheal Gawenda contend s that America needs to be stricter on gun control laws. Gawenda, from 'The Age', writes the article with tones of dissension and assetiveness, but in a calm controlled way of approach. The intended audience of the article are the readers of 'The Age, as that is the source. Gawenda firmly believes that gun control laws in America are not strict enough, to persuade his readers, he

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    Gun violence has risen in America tremendously. According to the White House.com, Over the past decade in America, more than 100,000 people have been killed because of gun violence and millions more have been the victim of assaults, robberies, and other crimes involving a gun. (Office of the Press Secretary). The most recent case where a gun was used to carry out an act of violence was the Las Vegas shooting that took place on October 1st,2017. During a concert, perpetrator Stephen Paddock opened

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    gives people the right to keep and bear arms and very strong promoters of proper gun use. Sarah Horwitz, state’s that, “Today it is arguably the most powerful lobbying organization in the nation’s capital and certainly the most feared.”(Achenbach, Joel, Scott Higham, and Sari Horwitz) What makes the National Rifle Association so strong of an interest group is how they do not shy away from controversy on gun control which is also why their number of group members is so large and continues to grow

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    Gun control in America is a tough business. Second amendment advocates love to flourish their rights to bear arms. However, their stubbornness is causing many unnecessary complications that could be easily solved if they would cooperate more with legislators. The need for more a more thorough background check, more rigorous restriction on purchases and less selfishness is paramount to the evolution of our country. Of the many problems we face in gun control it is availability of guns to the very

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    Gun Control The United States Gun laws need to be actively strengthened to protect and prevent harm against citizens by creating more thorough background checks, mental health checks, and more licenses specifically for different types of assault weapons. Several mass shootings have been caused by legally purchased guns caused by background checks without intensive research. With stricter gun laws harm and massive tragedies would be prevented or have more protection and safety. New laws and mandates

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    similar to the death of Engles (“Gun Violence Archive 2015”). During the first four months of 2016, there have already been 656 accidental deaths. (“Gun Violence Archive

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    Gun Violence in America Thomas Leonard February 9, 2017 As it is well known gun violence is a major problem in today’s society, places like Chicago and New York City have a serious epidemic on their hands. It is not uncommon to hear about an incident where a gun was involved in these big cities on a day to day basis, but it’s not just the big cities, these type of things are happening nationwide. There has been an argument for many decades whether the cause of such violence is due to the lack of

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