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    Is Gun Ownership a Right?

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    Do people kill people, or do guns kill people? According to the U.S. Constitution, the Second Amendment states that the right to bear arms should not altered.(Bill of Rights). Many American citizens believe this amendment is an individual right, while others believe that it is only a collective right intended to restrict Congress from taking away a state's right to self-defense. This, along with other current events, has given rise to heated debate on the topic of gun control. History has shown that

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    Gehrls English IV 29 October 2015 The Support for Gun Rights “The constitution shall never be construed...to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.” –Alexander Hamilton. The Support for gun rights has increased to 70% of American citizens in 2013. The 70% of Americans claim that they feel safer with gun in their home. The other remaining citizens believe that guns make the home more dangerous. Gun control cannot assure the safety of our country

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    Gun Rights vs Gun Control Essay

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    States has caused the gun control debate to intensify. While anti-gun control advocates say the Second Amendment guarantees each individual the right to bear arms, the pro-gun control group reads the Second Amendment as a collective right to bear arms; meaning organized militia are the only ones with that right. This essay will analyse the effectiveness of several different articles which present arguments for and against gun control. Charles W. Collier’s article, “Gun Control in America: An

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    The Issue Of Gun Rights

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    Gun Rights Even though congressional gun-related legislation remains stalemated, there is still a continued argument over whether laws should be enacted to restrict guns or not enacted to allow gun rights. Not allowing law abiding citizens, who support the constitution, to exercise their rights to obtain and own firearms is unjust. Not only does this lead to making all gun owners criminals, it also makes them easy targets. Citizens who pass background checks should be allowed to obtain and possess

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    Not pull a gun as if you are a law enforcer. It doesn’t make the you any better than the criminal if you pull a gun and resort to violence before you take any other initiative to end the violence. Understand that it’s not always about why the gun was pulled, but how it was used after it was pulled. Having a gun strapped to their side makes it easier to access, but that is a problem because if they are angered, who is to say that the gun won’t be the first thing they resort to. Gun owners are not

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    confidence than an armed man. Gun violence in the united states results in tens of thousands of deaths and injuries annually.It is fairly easy to get your hands on a firearm. If the laws and regulations were made to be much stricter and more regulated, than the amount of people who die from gun violence could possibly go down extremely.The gun related violence is violence committed with the use of a gun firearm or small arm. The gun related violence may or may not be considered criminal

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    ring true through our government. Letting go of the past is easier said then done to some. So while some states are more accepting of time and have adjusted their laws accordingly, others have struggled to followed suit. For example, the law for the right of same sex marriage has changed drastically over time. Originally same sex marriage was illegal across the whole country. However, today we find our self in a country where 37 out of the 50 states acknowledge same-sex marriage. If the United States

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    americans have seem to protect and fight for many years since its first coming. The right to bare arms as too many is a given right by birth. One that many love and strive for to keep in our lives. With this being said laws and bans have been put down on the control of guns in many states and across the globe in occurrence to many gun related violences. controlling the guns can only bring us to be more afraid of guns and not see what's the real problem here the laws need to be put on question again

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    fight for gun rights today. According to Burbick, the NRA today is bound together by middle-aged, mainly white men, clinging to the Second Amendment to the Constitution, “hurrying to grassroots organizational sessions, committee meetings, and seminars”.97 She believes that today the gun functions to further racial repression, economic disparity and war, and by supporting all gun ownership, the NRA does as well. Melzer even wrote that the

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    in all 50 states, 42 of the states require permits while the other 8 do not (Farago). There are many different opinions on this topic where someone believe that they should ban carrying a concealed gun in public and those who believe that it's our right to carry if people want to. A man took out a gun and opened fire on barbers and customers inside Falah Barber Shop in Philadelphia. Another man that was passing by heard the gunfire and ran into the shop and pulling his own handgun out. He shot at

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