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Trigger Locks Violent Crimes
1,251 wordsWith the growing number of reports, on television, about violent crimes at school, it is no wonder that President Clinton is pushing for more gun control. Although the number of violent crimes committed in schools is far less than the number committed at home, the president feels that stricter gun laws need to be in effect. In the light of the recent shootings at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, there have been serious increases in the number of proposals to help regulate gun use. I...
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Gun Control Laws Death Toll
1,059 words... t or a teacher getting shot inside the school property has probably been reduced, which is positive. But the fact remains that outside of the school property the risk of being a victimized is growing every year. In order for these types of events not to occur legislators and other professionals are emphasizing precautionary actions of the gun owners and most of the time a ban on guns isnt mentioned. Why I should be denied the same right my father and grandfather had? (Skelton). Because times...
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Gun Control Advocates Bear Arms
678 wordsWe were born into a nation where freedom was the ultimate privilege. We have the freedom to say what we want, meet with whomever we want, and be whomever we want. We also were given the right to defend ourselves from threats foreign or domestic. We currently live in a nation that guarantees us the right to bear arms. However, this cherished right is slowly being taken away from us. Gun control advocates are calling for more restrictions on the lawful purchase of guns. They have already successfu...
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Law Abiding Citizens Gun Control Laws
1,039 wordsGuns dont kill people, people kill people. It has been said millions of times by too many people to quote. For almost as long as guns have been around gun control has been a major issue throughout the world. As we look back on the past we find that gun control doesnt really help reduce crime. Another down side of gun control is that if the government takes away the right to own weapons then they will start to think they can take other rights away. With every new anti gun law passed the crime rat...
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Gun Ownership Bear Arms
1,871 words... ted States in 1991, and approximately 70, 666, 000 were handguns. (web) Since 1989 gun manufactures / importers introduced an average of 3. 5 million new guns into the United States market alone. (CSGV at web & ATF June 29, 1994; U. S. Firearms Production, American Firearms industry, March 1994 p. 41; ATF, February 23, 1993; and U. S. Firearms Production 1993, American Firearms Industry, January 1995, p. 74) According to those records there is approximately one gun for each adult and half th...
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Founding Fathers Bear Arms
1,163 wordsGun control has always been a splitting issue with activists and politicians. The question that is frequently asked is, How far is too far when it comes to controlling guns? Gun control has boiled down to three essential points, which are continually being debated within the United States government. The most common point that is made is that the American people have a right to bear arms according to The Constitution. The second issue is that guns are not what kill people; People kill people. Th...
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Tao Te Ching Law Abiding Citizens
718 wordsin two different lands and two different times. Lao-tzu was an ancient Chinese philosopher from 6 th century BC, the author of Tao-te Ching, and Machiavelli was an Italian philosopher who lived 2000 years after Lao-tzu's time, author of Prince. They are both philosophers but have totally different perspective on how to be a good leader. While both philosopher's writing is instructive. Lao-tzu's advice issues from detached view of a universal ruler; Machiavelli's advice is very personal perhaps d...
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The Article By Rick Castaldo Father Of One
597 wordsThe article by Rick Castaldo, the father of one of the many injured in the shooting at Columbine, called Why the President is Wrong on Gun Control deals with one of the current issues in the domestic policy of the United States. The article is particularly interesting due to one simple fact, the author does not write about something that he has limited knowledge about. What happened in Columbine directly affected the author, and Mr. Castaldo has all the rights to speak out frankly and plainly. T...
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Gun Control Advocates National Rifle Association
969 wordsDear Editor: Gun Politics in the United States is among the most controversial and troublesome issues in American politics. Both pro-gun ownership and the opposing sides have very valid reasons for making their particular stands but the heart of the matter lies on that fact that people are getting killed or killing someone with guns. Richard Hofstadler popularized the term gun culture in his article America as a Gun Culture. He uses it to refer to the Americans long-standing fascination and fond...
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Critical Point Of View Gun Ownership
951 wordsPro Gun Control Being constantly changing and evolving, contemporary society becomes vulnerable to issues of technological, cultural and societal progress. From the critical point of view, although guns have been a part of our rural culture for hundreds of years, their increasingly horrific misuse by individuals, including children, children seems to be a more recent phenomenon. Recognition that gun misuse is only a symptom is crucial to our society finding solutions to the increasing violence w...
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Gun Control Purchase Guns
590 wordsgun control Draw! ! ! Gun control, as I understand it, consists of the government restricting the ability of individual citizens to purchase weapons. The different types of gun control vary from waiting periods between when you purchase the gun and when you actually get it, background checks so that high-risk people cant purchase guns through legal channels, and completely banning certain types of guns. There are countless ways for criminals to avoid these government regulations, causing them to...
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Law Abiding Citizens Los Angeles Times
2,223 wordsIn some cases, gun control may be favored even if the price is more death. Consider, for example, H. Laurence Ross review of Gary Kleck's book Point Blank in the American Journal of Sociology. Kleck's book was awarded the Hindelang Prize, as the most significant contribution to criminology in the last three years; Ross praises Kleck's meticulous research and analysis, and Kleck's debunking of many of the myths surrounding the gun issue. And Ross does not deny Kleck's conclusion that, because han...
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Today World Constitution Was Written
608 wordsOne in four households in the United States have a loaded handgun. This stunning fact is unbelievable yet true. Anyone in the household could gain access to this deadly firearm. Gun control is needed in today? s society. Gun control would prove that guns aren? t a necessity of today? s life. It would also lower the crime rate. Gun control is a large factor of safety. Gun control is essential since it will prove guns aren? t needed in today? s world. Our society and our way of life have changed s...
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Reputation Bush
1,682 wordsOne of the most controversial issues of today is the topic of gun control. It is not only a popular debate, but has now become one of the key reasons people vote for a particular candidate. But is gun control the only answer to help stop crime, or is there another solution? I believe that if we as a society cannot even control ourselves to become responsible for our own actions then we are lost. Gun control isn? t the answer, instead we should concentrate on training and controlling the people w...
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Cooling Off Period Day Waiting Period
974 wordsSeven Days: Is it Enough Time? In 1981 President Ronald Reagan was the target of an attempted assassination, which instead hit the press secretary, James Brady, who is now an invalid because of the bullet that entered his head that day. After this tragedy happened, more legislation on gun control came to congress than had ever been attempted before. Among the most publicized of these was the Brady Bill, known by its full name of The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. Prevention Act. Of the m...
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State Of Texas Assault Weapons
466 wordsGUNS IN TEXAS Gun control consists of the government restricting the ability of individual citizens to purchase weapons. In recent years many laws have been passed to assist with keeping guns under control, and this has become a topic of significant interest among politicians and US citizens. In recent years law passed have assisted in making more strict penalties for those who abuse the law, less gun related crime, and helping to keep guns out of the wrong hands. We are now sending a clear mess...
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Gun Control Act Control Act Of 1968
758 wordsThe Second Amendment The Second Amendment has raised many debates throughout the founding of America. The Amendment states that? A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed? . When the amendment was written it was meant to allow Militia? s to have guns when being used for the? security of a free state? . Basically the shortened version of this Amendment states, the right to keep and bear arms. People now look ...
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Gun Control Advocates Twenty Four Hours
1,554 wordsTeens of the decade are having an easier time obtaining firearms with which they are jaunting around on killing sprees. The most recent incident occured on Tuesday, April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. That fateful Tuesday began as any other day with a 6: 15 a. m. bowling class which both murderers, Dylan Klebold- 17 and Eric Harris- 18, attended. Both of prominent backgrounds, Eric's father a retired Air Force officer and Dylan's father a geologist, the two belonged t...
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Vice President Gore Persian Gulf War
2,850 wordsEach of the candidates for President and Vice-President has specific experience and numerous accomplishments that aid in decision-making for voters. Al Gore graduated with honors from Harvard University in 1969. Later in that year, he voluntarily enlisted in the United States Army to go to Vietnam as a military journalist. In May of 1971, he returned from Vietnam. After that, he attended the Vanderbilt Univ. Grad School of Religion from 1971 until 1972. Later, he attended Vanderbilt University L...
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Gun Control Kill People
337 wordsShould We Support Gun Control Gun control, is it really necessary? A lot of the politicians in the house say that gun control is a vital part in making Canada safe for everyone to live in, yet 80 % of the people supporting gun control live in cities. There is nothing wrong with the way things are right now in respect to the laws that are already in place to deal with people and their firearms. Already you have to have an FAC in order to purchase any firearms and any children that want to hunt ha...
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