gun control persuasive essay

Sort By:
Page 50 of 50 - About 500 essays
  • Decent Essays

    chance of them using that weapon for malicious purposes. So, the laws the government has put on guns isn’t working to completely stop the use of guns for murder. In order to prevent this, the government should stop adding to and creating new gun control laws, and instead just abolish gun shows and to have a better and wider staff for checking the backgrounds of gun consumers. To begin with, gun control laws aren’t doing any good in their current state. In fact, from a study done from 1980 to 2009

    • 748 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Shootings often cause many to reflect on gun control laws. Some wonder whether it would be better for gun control laws to be stricter so that there are less guns while others wonder if they would be safer if more people around them carried guns for self-defense. Many debate whether the second amendment protects individuals to bear arms or only the state militia to bear arms for the security of the state. In the McDonald v. Chicago case, the supreme court ruled that the right to individuals to bear

    • 802 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Better Essays

    Currently gun control has been amidst one of the most thought of debates not only in recent times, but also in prior occasions. The mass shootings occurring more-often lately have fueled the altercation pertaining to one subject, gun control. Gun control may have many different meanings, or descriptions varying from person to person. One may think that gun control is banning guns all together, banning a certain category of weapons, or banning certain items like high capacity magazines, and flash

    • 1840 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Better Essays

    Introduction The United States of America is a nation of massacres by military-type assault weapons. Aware of the deadliness of these weapons and due to public safety concerns clearly outweighing the benefits of personal ownership of military-type assault weapons, the United States passed the 1994 Federal Ban on military-type assault weapons. This ban was notably effective during the 10 years it was in effect. However, the Ban automatically expired in 2004. Since that time, the number of U. S. mass

    • 1786 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Decent Essays

    There is a lot of controversy today about whether gun control should be taken further in the US. Whenever there is a mass shooting, democrats and liberals jump on it and use it for their own agendas, which in my opinion, is not right. They seize the opportunity to try to force gun control laws upon we the people. Thankfully, there are enough conservatives and others who value the constitution to stop these blatant attempts. Gun control laws are a waste of time and resources because they do not deter

    • 875 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    was an amendment about guns? Everyday the news shows a person dead or murdered by someone with a gun. It’s just not on the news, it’s also what’s going on around us in the world. Since guns has been invented, people have illegally used them. Gun control isn’t the only issue, but many. To some it’s a crime to others, it is a right. It’s not just a safety issue, it can involve education, race, and even political problems. Within these issues there are those who want gun control laws to be enforced and

    • 418 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Better Essays

    Poulter Ms. Nava Lit/Writing period 7 15 May 2018 Persuasive Speech Outline (Your original title goes here) Content: (Gun Development) Intent: To (warn) the audience how the easy accessibility to handguns has negatively impacted our society. Introduction Imagine you are talking with someone, and they mention that someone has been shot. What is the first image that your mind procures? It is possible that you see someone crouching down, with a big machine gun, firing rounds off so fast you can barely see

    • 1486 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Better Essays

    Everyone has a friend that is a gun nut. Most people get the wrong idea of guns due to the many various sources of media in today's society. Even though people think guns kill people, gun control is a bad idea because the less guns in public hands, the more crime there is; and if there are bans on guns, cop’s lives will be in danger and they will not be able to effectively protect the public. First, many people throughout the world have a strong belief that banning guns is going to solve the problem

    • 1848 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Decent Essays

    reason lead to the gun violence that are happen a lot these day. Of course, it is right that people want to defend themselves in certain situation, but I do not think that we should use the firearm for only protect ourselves and there are a lot of way to do that without using a dangerous firearm that can take away people's life. According to research, the Pew Research Center, said: “Understanding gun ownership in America is not as simple as knowing who does and does not own a gun. Some Americans who

    • 1999 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    All across the Nation some citizens think that gun control rights should be taken from US citizens. These issue has been a National Debate for many years now. The side goes back in forth with citizens being able to have guns or not. The Second Amendment of the United 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.” That right should not be taken away from US citizens because of protection, sport

    • 751 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays