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    Gun Control For as long as one can remember Americans have been arguing over a very controversial issue, gun control. Many people believe it’s their fundamental right, as Americans, to own guns. As said in the Second Amendment, “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”. However, due to immense gun violence, many Americans and politicians believe there should be strong gun laws enforced to keep citizens safe. These arguments are not new, even before the second amendment

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    Gun Control Gun control. It has been a very controversial topic for many years, more recently with the Las Vegas shooting. Some think we should put into place more laws to ban the buying and/or selling of firearms. Some think guns aren’t the problem, but rather the person pulling the trigger. Gun control is defined as the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians.. I think the 2nd Amendment right to self-protection

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    to steal, and most importantly show that we are better than each other. That is why guns were invented in the first place: To show dominance over one and another, to show that I have the right to kill you with this gun because I have the authority, so therefore, I decide when the bullet comes out, I decide who to kill and who to blame it for. Imagine yourself sitting down to a student in your class who brings a gun, which is legalized, because he felt violated by his professor and shoots him right

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    check up on them. Violence cannot be acted on by the weapon itself, it requires a gunman. Gun restriction of certain sales and consistent background checks violate the second amendment that states “A 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.” ("Gun Control Laws: Should the United States adopt stronger gun control laws?" Issues & Controversies, InfoBase Learning, 11 Oct. 2017). On the other hand, many

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    The topic of gun control seems to be split into two different opinions for the most part. Some people believe there should not be strict government regulations on most guns because it is part of the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution. This amendment states, "A 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." @@@ Most people who support the 2nd amendment believe that the government should not be allowed

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    States of America, the United States has banned African Americans and minority’s from possessing firearms. Throughout most of American history, gun control was openly stated as a method for keeping African Americans, Hispanics, and other minorities "in their place.” This was so that whites could feel safe. In the United States with the fear of “blacks” owning guns they created statues that were designed for blacks only. This was to keep them in line and prevent them from revolting. “In Maryland, these

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    Gun control has been a very controversial topic in America in recent years. America is the most armed nation in the world, with American citizens owning more than a quarter of the world’s firearms (Marshall).Currently, gun control is mainly governed by state law. Throughout the nation, there are several supporters of gun control fighting to create more gun-restriction laws in an effort to decrease gun violence. At the same time, there are also many people who opposed to more gun-restricting laws

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    The prize for one of the most controversial issues in American goes to gun ownership. Americans own guns according to the loose interpretations of the Second Amendment of the United States, as people interpret it in different ways. Some people believe the U.S. should have strict gun control laws, prohibiting gun ownership to a casual civilian. On the other side of the spectrum, others find gun ownership as a part of the foundation of America, as it makes us who were are. To make the mess even

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    plaguing much of the United States at this very moment. That danger is the potential for gun violence. In America, 114,994 people are shot and 33,880 of those people die every year (Brady Campaign). The United States also has the highest guns per capita rate in the world. It only contains 4.4% of the total world population but has 42% of civilian owned guns (Lopez). Recent studies have shown that out of all gun related terrorist attacks in the world, the US had the highest proportion, coming in at

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    hold dear to most Americans and then there are the people infringing on those sacred rights to bear arms against a radical nation, criminals, or anyone who chooses to cause harm. And this is happening right here in the united states in Chicago. Gun control is too strict in Chicago and should be changed, because for one, it doesn’t work, criminals get their hands-on weapons either way, and people need a way to defend themselves, which goes along with the 2nd amendment. We need to be ready for anything

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