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    Currently, gun control has been amidst one of the most discerning of debates not only in recent times, but also in prior occasions. The mass shootings occurring more-often have fueled the altercation pertaining to one subject, gun control. Gun control may have an abundance of 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, along

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    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

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    Outcome: A total of 74 members of Order of the Solar Temple died from various mass murder-suicides between 1994 and 1997 in Switzerland, Canada and France. The first known instance was the murder of Tony Dutroit and his wife and son. Dutroit was a member of the cult, but spoke out against it upon realising its hypocrisy and deception and left. Soon after, he, his wife Nicky and son Emmanuel were the victims of a grisly murder in Morin Heights, Québec, committed by members of the cult. It was believed

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    full of good and decent people that could be any town in America,” President Obama stated after the Newtown shooting. On December 14, 2012, twenty-six beautiful lives were lost because of one person’s easy access to a gun. This shooting and other mass shootings in recent years have brought a renewed attention for a call to change the nation’s gun laws. The Second Amendment allows individuals the right to bear arms. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution must be repealed as it is

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    control laws, one can avert crime and death. Firearms have a direct influence on suicidal and accidental deaths of children, due to carelessness and mental instability. When families have firearms available in their house, there is a higher chance of suicide or causing a fatal accident, “Accidents are directly attributable to three factors: gun availability or density (the number of guns in a locality), the accessibility of guns (the ease or difficulty in operating a gun), and conduct (how the guns are

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    This paper will discuss the main environmental and emotional causes and crisis intervention of teen suicide based on experimental facts and assessment studies. In today’s society, suicide rates continue to rise amongst teens. In some suicide cases, family and friends are caught completely off guard as signs can be misinterpreted. Why does suicide come as a surprise to family and friends and what can be done to decrease the record high will be one of the points within this paper. Early recognition

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    crime relating to gun violence. It can also keep firearms away from those who shouldn’t have possession of them. The issue of gun control begins with the careless distribution of firearms and how easy they are to obtain. In the United States, many mass killings by gunmen in civilian settings set

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    Gun Control In the course of history gun control and mass shootings has always been an issue, but much too often, history has been being made. Gun control is an understatement for what actually is being implemented. The process to get a gun, for example, a rifle, is all too easy. Let me personally walk you through this gruesome process . First, you walk into the store, second you pick your desired weapon, third you walk to the cashier to do a background check, finally you buy the gun. The hardest

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    5 guns are unfortunately sold without a background check (Beckett). And not to mention Guns also increase suicide rates in the U.S Every week a school shooting occurs in the U.S (Sharon). April 16 2007 Virginia Tech , 32 people killed and 17 others wounded. December 14, 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary school, 28 children shot, these incidents were just a couple of the deadliest mass shootings in the US. In 2012 Dedrick Owens age Six opens fire at Kayla Rolland. This shows me that we should

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    Lanza armed with a Bushmaster 223 assault rifle and a Glock 10mm handgun entered the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. He proceeded to kill 20 children, 7 adults and then took his own life. Similar horrific acts of violence and mass shooting have become the norm in today’s society. The moment one occurs it becomes the only topic of discussion in the news and in politics. Followed by political rhetoric on gun control with no tangible results. According to the Center for Disease

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