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    Mark Ortiz 9.2 Persuasive essay final draft Gun control or people control? Society should be against a gun ban because people should be able to protect themselves. Why should honest, law-abiding citizens lose their rights and freedoms because there are people who violate laws? The failure to obey laws is here to stay. What we have to do is deal with those people on a separate basis, not take away the things they disobey the law with. A gun ban will only keep the 'good guys' from obtaining firearms

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    country, city, town and village there is some form of violence. In my lifetime, there have been countless deaths and injuries due to gun violence. We happen to live in a country where gun violence is among the most prevalent in the world: The United States of America. Today, gun control and gun violence has become a controversial issue in America. The issue for gun control has been debated for a long time, probably ever since they were invented. It is small, yet an extremely dangerous factor in our lives

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    Control is Needed To Protect the People The Second Amendment protects people’s right to have an armed local militia and bear personal fire arms. The interpretation of this amendment is that the people could own a gun, during the times the constitution was written, so the locals could defend themselves if a civil war ever came to be. But in these modern times, with the major military and police force this country has, why are locals allowed guns without any regulations? Many republican legislators

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    limiting gun ownership. However, the United States 2nd amendment was written in the sense that all Americans have a right to own a firearm as an essential liberty to protect from foreign invaders as well as government tyranny. “The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home” (Scalia). So, with the more laws that congress, or anti-gun protesters

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    The Issue Of Gun Control

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    Gun control has been a major problem recently, in fact, in 1939 the Supreme Court ruled a case called “United States v. Miller.” This case states that the Second Amendment only protects guns suitable for a well-regulated militia. The Supreme Court has not had any other Second Amendment cases since 1939. However, the most recent ruling since 1939 was the Brady Bill, in 1994, which is a United States Federal law that requires a background check and five-day waiting period to determine whether the buyer

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    Gun safety is a huge factor in having and using a gun. Almost every shooter is taught the 12 Golden Rules. Many of those who are not, are the ones who illegally get their weapon or intend to use the weapon in a harmful way. The 12 Golden Rules are: one, always treat the gun as if it is loaded. Two, always keep the muzzle point in a safe direction. Three, always keep one’s finger off the trigger until one is ready to shoot. Four, always keep the gun unloaded until one is ready to use it. Five

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    Gun control is the term that describes the use of law to limit people access to any kind of guns, rifles, firearm, etc. through passing law that required checking of criminal record background before purchasing a gun to be registered and many other methods. Many people in American have strong feeling about gun control. The victims of gun violence are high in numbers in the United States of America compared with other countries. Every year, Americans have to bear the massive tragedies of shootings

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    The function of guns in society is a very controversial topic that has long been debated. There are those who believe that guns have no purpose in the hands of private citizens and civilians. Whereas, others believe that guns are the very foundation that protects American’s rights and liberties stated in the Constitution. Under the second amendment that was ratified in the Supreme Court’s ruling in 1791, Americans have the right to bear arms at the level of an individual, not just the “well regulated

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    The Crime Of Gun Control

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    to do so, we focus on guns as the cause of the problem and try to put more regulations in place. Who would not want regulations on gun ownership and establish places where guns are prohibited, like schools, if it would prevent or help reduce these crimes from happening? However, statistics have shown that gun regulations are ineffective in reducing gun related crimes and may actually increase the occurrence of them, ultimately leading to an increasing death toll. The gun is not committing the

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    Gun Control Essay

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    The debate over gun control in the United States has waxed and waned over the years, stirred by a series of mass shootings by gunmen in civilian settings. In particular, the killing of twenty schoolchildren in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012 prompted a new national discussion about gun laws. However, legislation that would have banned semiautomatic assault weapons was defeated in the Senate despite extensive public support. In 2017, mass shootings at a music festival in Las Vegas and at a church near

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