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    The question that the researcher answers: 1) the research question posed in this article was “What will it take to achieve effective public health strategies to end this bloody epidemic?” (Bettigole, p. 2) iv. How do the researchers answer the questions? This is contained in the methodology section or some equivalent. The question posed was answered with several different proposals presented throughout the article. Some of the proposals consisted of consistent monitoring of every gun dealerships

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    gun-related issues along the way. Moore explores different aspects of gun-culture such as receiving free guns from a bank, taking a look at America’s violent history, and interviewing important people like Charlton Heston, former president of the National Rifle Association. The film ultimately comes to the conclusion that the American culture of fear along with the accessibility of guns is the reason why there are so many gun-related deaths. This thesis is supported by many examples Ethos, Logos, and Pathos

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    "Encouragement of a proper hunting spirit, a proper love of sport, instead of being incompatible with a love of nature and wild things, offers the best guaranty for the preservation of wild things," said Theodore Roosevelt. Many people say that hunting should be discouraged, and that it is no good for the environment or the animals. Hunters and organizations affiliated with the act of hunting are the leading supporters for wildlife management and conservation. Hunting in society should be encouraged

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    1865 several Southern States forbid Black people from possessing firearms in what was named at that time the “Black Code.” In 1871 the biggest movement in Gun Control in the United States happened when the National Rifle Association was established with a goal to train Union Soldiers for better rifle skills, until the State of New York banned the activities of NRA on NY State soil. (http://definitions.uslegal.com/g/gun-control/) US Legal Definitions. The battle of Gun Control policies and regulations

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    Imagine your next door neighbor owns an AR-15, which he has turned it into an automatic weapon and his excuse is that it’s for his safety. Would this make you feel safe? There are more guns in America than there are people and most of those guns are semi-automatic weapons. These semi-automatic weapons truthfully don't serve any purpose for the average person. Most mass shootings have included some kind of a semi-automatic weapon. According to Sach since the ban of 1994, there hasn’t really been a

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    America would be keeping guns out of the reach of children, criminals would not be able to get their hands on guns, or the mentally ill. They believe that if there were less, guns then there would be far less deaths per year. The American Medical Association said "With approximately 30,000 men, women and children dying each year at the barrel of a gun in elementary schools, movie theaters, workplaces, houses of worship and on live television, the United States faces a public health crisis of gun violence…”

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    this public health concern, but the laws on gun control in recent years have achieved next to nothing in terms of reducing the overall number of deaths. This is because for the past forty years, the conservatives pro-gun advocates and the National Rifle Association actively engage in lobbying to senator and representatives in the congress to have gun control laws watered down if not thrown out altogether. As for the few highly publicized laws that managed to sneak their way past the pro-gun advocates

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    Gun Control in America The American Constitution and the Bill of Rights are amazing documents in their wording. Its writers showed astonishing foresight in some ways, and understanding that they could not accurately predict the future in others. These documents grant specific and vague powers to different departments of the Federal Government. The wording allows for changes to be made in its content and interpretation. One example of all these qualities, is the Second Amendment, and its interpretation

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    Does having more guns make a person more safe? How many guns is too much? Do people need automatic weapons? Would gun restrictions cause normal citizens to be unable to defend themselves appropriately? The National Institute of Justice reported that in 1994, 35% of households owned 192 million firearms, with 65 million of those being handguns. 74% reported owning more than one. By 2000, the number had increased to 259 owned across the nation and 294 million

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    In 1994, two hundred million people own a gun privately, but today its between two hundred seventy and three hundred million people own guns. There have been more than ten firearms deaths per 100,000 people a year. "In 90% of gun crimes, the firearms has changed at least once since the original sale" (Bennet, 3). The topic of gun control can prevent school shootings have a history to consider, and there will always be both supporters and critics who continue to debate this topic. In the article

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