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    kids, grew up with guns for sport, stress relief and self-protection. I was raised around guns, so my dad gave me my gun – Gun Owners with kids, N We used to go out and shoot gun cans. It’s fun and it relieves stress – Gun Owners with kids, N My father taught me. In fact when he died, I got his gun – Gun Owners with kids, D I inherited the gun from my dad. I live in North Denver and the gun is stored and not loaded, but it also has a protection role now that we have a baby - Gun Owners with kids,

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    Gun Ownership On Campus

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    The answer to bullets flying is not more bullets flying Gun ownership is an incredibly great burden and responsibility, and should not be taken lightly, since the slightest lapse in judgement or reasoning could result in a catastrophic event that brings about deadly consequences. Gun ownership is widely debated with regard to its place on the campus. Many assume that guns on campus will reduce the safety concerns of college students, leading to a greater sense of security. However, campus carrying

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    amount of people being victims of accidental gun deaths and injuries “has remained relatively constant since” wrote the University of Utah on its document Gun Control Issues, Public Health, and Safety. For the purpose of this research, accidental gun deaths of injuries refers to the situations where people get killed or injured when using a firearm, the examples of this accidents go from a child accidentally pulling the trigger while playing with a gun they were not supposed to be playing with, to

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    It is u·nivex:sally accepted that there are more privately owned guns in the United States than in any other country in. ---------~- --· --------------- -- ·~d. Though estimates vary, it is likely that there are ?bout 90 to 100 million firearms in private hands in this country.I This high incidence of gun ownership is a cause of great consternation to many, both in the United States and abroad. To these people, mas~ gun ownership is a grave social danger. These people.have sought for some decades

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    In the aspect of the business world and day to day life there are many U.S. civilians who have made the choice to own firearms for self defense. Those who oppose gun ownership believe that these gun owners are a threat to themselves and others because they have exposure to firearms, so is this the case? Statistically I would say no. Women can be subject to sexual abuse which is awful, and as a general whole, men tend to be stronger and able to over power a women and take advantage of them. It would

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    Regulate Gun Ownership

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    of societies, gun ownership is considered to be a fundamental citizen right while in the majority of others it's a highly restricted one. As I see it, gun ownership should and must be highly restricted and regulated. First and foremost, the mere presence of a gun will most likely than not make a conflict more violent. If and when given the choice, the situation will more likely turn sour if someone involves a gun. To be precise, a woman's risk of being murdered increases 500% if a gun is present during

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    police intervention. Gun ownership in the USA should be controlled in a stricter manner by limiting gun owners to only being allowed to have one gun per person. The reason being is because the limitations will decrease the amount of guns being spread around the United States. Limiting the amount of guns people can own will reduce gun violence and deaths. Studies have also proven guns are rarely used in self-defense, and have shown countries with stricter gun control laws have lower gun homicide and suicide

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    owning a gun has a lot of pros along with a lot of cons. Why some see the necessity of owning a gun for reasoning from hunting game to house security, I personally do not have a true reason to own one. Owning a gun has much more responsibility than I care to have by spending a fair amount of money and time for an item that has little to no use for me and would not make me safe. The legality of owning a gun far exceeds the mental health of the owner, few things non-gun owners know and what all gun owners

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    As time has progressed, the issue of gun ownership has become more and more of a debate. With the development of new technology that can lead to devastating destruction, it is extremely difficult to overlook the harm that this weaponry could ensue on the safety of our nation. As stated in the second amendment of the constitution of the United States, “The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” ("The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription") The framers,

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    As time has progressed, the issue of gun ownership has become more and more of a debate. With the development of new technology that can lead to devastating destruction, it is extremely difficult to overlook the harm that this weaponry could ensue on the safety of our nation. As stated in the second amendment of the constitution of the United States, “The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The framers, however, could never have known the potential for destruction

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