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    Guns Are Not

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    What we can do? The big question is guns. People say the guns are the big problem. But the truth is it is not the guns it is the people. They say that guns are the things that kill people but let’s be honest guns can’t kill people. It the the person behind the gun. A gun is an object that can not move so tell me how it can kill people? A gun can stay on a table for a million years and ever hurt one person. Because last time i checked a gun can not pick up its self up and shoot someone. But remember

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    there are continuous debates on whether guns are beneficial to society or deleterious. As generations come and go, more concerns come about on how people will be able to live safe lives as guns keep increasing in their number. Guns being used by officers to protect the innocent, by criminals to commit mass shooting, or by the average individual who use it for their personal protection, guns cause violence in some sense of the word. When the topic of guns are brought up, the subject becomes very

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    Guns Control Gun Control

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    opinions, etc. it cannot be denied that guns keep people that have them safe. Bad things happen, and bad people are out there using guns incorrectly, but if someone had to choose between having a gun to defend themselves in a situation that called for it and not having one…well, one would presume the choice to have a gun would have been chosen. Why? Because that person knows that if they had a gun they would have a better chance at survival. From the article “Guns Protect People” criminologist Gary

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    shootings and various other methods of gun violence, tens of thousands of people die every year. These gun-related deaths primarily originate from murder and children accidentally shooting themselves. Although those in favor of gun control tend to believe that guns should be terminated completely, the second amendment prevents lawmakers from being able to do so. Therefore, in order to combat these causes, alternative gun control solutions must be made for each one. Gun-related murders can be decreased

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    Gun control: Is violence influenced by the choice of weapon? Although recurring debated, in special due to recent and recurring broadcasted mass shootings, the majority of people cannot reason whether firearms influence urban violence. Furthermore, when the topic arises in a discussion, it usually serves as a disguise to deeper value conflicts such as individuality versus collectivity; leaving the gun control debase aside because neither sides present strong evidences. Whereas gun control lies on

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    Crime rate does not originate from the accessibility of guns, but rather the actions of an individual that has disregard for life in today 's society. There will always be ways for the offender commit crimes with or without guns. What is being done about gun control? We have all heard of all the tragedies throughout the country regarding guns. According to the President (2013) "We know that we cannot stop every act of violence with guns, but what if we tried to stop even one?" Weapon controls

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    Many people die from gun related incidents every year. Thus, whether guns should be controlled or not has been a converversonl topic for many years. People should be allowed to protect themselves by owning guns, however there should be a restrictions. People do have the the right to own guns to protect themselves. In an article entitled “Briefing: Armed and Dangerous” The Week explains that the only way for a person to protect themselves and or others from a person using a gun to harm others is

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    Guns are used all over the world and are controlled in some countries, but in other countries people are allowed to own any type of gun ranging from automatic assault rifles to big rocket launches. Should it also be controlled in our country the United States of America? Many say yes and many others say NO! In my opinion, it should be controlled. First off, when a person in America wants to purchase a firearm legally they have to pass a background check. If that person passes the background check

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    Gun Control

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    Gun Control Paper Gun Control has been an issue that has been brought to the public’s eyes in recent years. This main issue has been going on for many years, for example when John F. Kennedy was assassinated; it raised public awareness to the lack of control on sales and also possession of guns in America. Until 1968 guns were available over the counter in stores and through mail catalogs to just about any adult in America. This was an example of how loosely guns were regulated which bring us

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    The Death Of A Gun

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    On Memorial Day in 2012, a boy in Ohio, only three years old, comes across a gun his father had hidden between the couch and shoots himself in his eye. In North Carolina, while a mother is cleaning, interrupted by an abrupt sound of a gunshot, she rushes into the living room, and discovers that her three year old son had shot her boyfriend’s three year old daughter. Then, in Houston, a group of friends come across a pistol in a closet while trying to find some money for snacks, the fifteen year

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