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Arguments Against Gun Control

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Do you know what gun control really is? Gun control is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians. Over 13,000 gun homicides take place each and every day in the United States alone (Gun). If gun control is regulated, we would have less crime because allowing access to assault weapons, especially at a young age, makes killing easier, more efficient, and impersonal, which increases its lethality.
Gun control has many pros and cons. Some of the pros includes the Second Amendment, fewer suicides, accidental deaths, knowledge, and safety. The Second Amendment is not an unlimited right to own guns. It was intended to protect the rights of militias to own guns, …show more content…

There is a big percentage who favor these laws and big percentage who don’t. For the banning of assault style weapons, 54% of Republicans and 80% of Democrats. For the banning high-capacity magazines, 54% of Republicans and 79% of Democrats. For allowing teachers to carry guns in schools, 69% of Republicans and 26% of Democrats. And for allowing concealed carry without a permit, 30% of Republicans and 26% of Democrats. (Console)
The N.R.A or the National Rifle Association, favors Trump and the Republicans. They have spent more than 30 million dollars supporting Trump’s campaign. A lot of people think that most gun owners are N.R.A members, but their not. However, gun owners are more likely to have contacted a public official about gun policy than a non-gun owner. (Schultz)
Assault weapons ban is the biggest topic in gun control laws. Statistics show that banning the assault rifle or other assault weapons would have little effect on overall gun violence. A small percentage of gun violence involves the use of an assault weapon of any kind. Around 60% of gun deaths are from suicide; an AR, assault rifle, ban would have no effect. On the other hand, experts say that an assault weapon ban may have an effect on the lethality of mass shootings (Lopez). In fact, out of 62 mass shootings, 42 were done with assault rifles

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Society as a whole has become less and less violent. Since 1991, reported crimes committed has dropped by almost double (Statista.com). Many people blame the AR-15 for most of the mass murders in America, and ask for the “assault” weapon to be banned. However, many details of the gun are skewed. In an article written by Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, she stated that of all the gun deaths in America, 60% were suicides; and even more contrary to belief, nearly double of the mass killings (4 or more deaths) were with handguns instead of rifles (statista.com).

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According to the FBI crime report of 2011, “Handguns were used in 6,220 of the 12,664 homicides reported. Rifles accounted for 323 homicides, with knives and other unnamed firearms making up most of the rest.” (why gun groups 7). Rifles should not be banned from american citizens. Assault rifles stop crime acts.

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With the wake of recent protests and the number of gun massacres people are at odds about our nations gun laws. The most important of these proposed laws is the assault weapon ban, because of its divide in people who either support it or are against it. The reason it is such a talked about topic is because there is a huge controversy over whether it will have an impact on the rate of gun massacres. The pro-gun control groups believe that the assault weapon ban will make it safer, where the anti-gun control groups believe that it won't have an impact and only restrict people's liberties to own a gun. Then there is the libertarian view that this law is a total infringement on our nation's second amendment and shouldn't have restrictions or the banning of any gun.

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The AR-15 comes standard with a 30 round magazine and can fire relatively 400 rounds per minute semi-automatic. These features come standard with many other firearms such as the SCAR. (Ratner)According to Paul Ratner with Big Think, he states in his article that the AR-15 is used in the majority of mass shootings which is entirely false. (FBI) The FBI released information proving that rifles like the AR-15 are not the most used firearm in mass shootings.

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The article “Assault Weapons” supports this claim, “Assault weapons and high-capacity magazines have repeatedly been used to commit some of the worst mass shootings in modern U.S. history, and they contribute to the daily toll of gun violence in communities around the country” (“Assault Weapons”). Assault weapons allow for mass shooters to kill many more people at a faster rate than if they had a different weapon, an assault weapon ban could stop this. Assault weapons are also one of the most common choices for mass shooters and criminals in general. An assault weapon ban could only help America. This is wrong as assault weapons aren’t the most used weapons in mass shootings, for example, "The majority of mass shooters use handguns, and the overwhelming majority of school shooters do not legally purchase their weapons but instead took them from family members" ("Gun Control").

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Gun Control in the United States Gun control in the United States has become a highly contested topic recently due to the mass shootings that have occurred. The Federal Bureau of Investigation defines mass murder as a murder in which four or more people are killed in one incident (Morton). Over the past decade the topic of gun control has been prevalent in new legislation because mass shootings seem more frequent. Statistics reveal that although mass shootings have not become more frequent over the years, they have become deadlier with higher death tolls than ever before. The firearms and ammunition that civilians are able to obtain since the expiration of the Assault Weapons Ban in 2004 have led to the increase in the death toll (Duwe).

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Gun control is an expression referring to the various laws that manage everything related to the use of firearms by civilians. In the US alone, there are tens of thousands of deaths and injuries that are the result of gun violence every year. Not even six months into 2018, and there have already been nearly 20,000 gun violence incidents in this country. Many want to ignore the subject because they don’t think it impacts them personally, and others argue that it’s their constitutional right to bear arms.

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Gun control has been a big factor in today’s society, now days it is often to see people getting their lives taken from them due to guns. Having researched one side of the issue, that gun violence had increased over the last year. Having researched the other side of the issue, more gun owners are feeling their rights are being taken little by little. There is no question this is a complicated issue that will require a complicated answer.

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In September of 1994, President Clinton passed a ban on all assault style weapons until 2004. As a result, the gun murder rate dropped from 6.6 homicides per 100,000 people in 1993 to 3.8 in 2005 (Impact of 1994 Assault Weapons Ban). Gun control activists also point to the fact that assault weapons are the number one weapon used in mass shootings in the United States (America’s Gun Culture in 10 Charts) and nearly all of those weapons used in mass shootings were purchased legally (10 Advantages and Disadvantages of Gun

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There are certainly good reasons for why people are in favor of gun control, but there are also people who believe there shouldn't be new laws and things should remain how they are now. This debate over gun control has been around for decades, but because of current situations that have been shown on the news, in magazines, and on social media, this is one of the main issues

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Gun control has been a heated debate for several decades, recently, the discussion surrounding this matter has intensified. The argument seems to be divided into liberal and conservative views, thoughts, and values. A majority of liberals desire stricter gun laws, required mental health check-ups, and longer waiting periods when it comes to purchasing a gun. However, the general census among the Republicans is less governmental interference because they feel that there is already too much governmental control involved. The Republican Party often does not want stricter gun laws because the problem at hand is not the gun itself, but the individual wielding the gun.

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Gun control is a topic that has been debated over the last few years. It is a subject that many people stand for and against the change in policy. Basically gun control would change the way firearms are regulated, by changing laws or polices that control how they are made, sold, owned, and used by civilians. However by trying to take away firearms from civilians would be infringing upon their rights as United States citizens. There are many ethical reasons why gun control should not be implemented towards law-abiding citizens such as it is hypocritical, neglects the reality of control, and is discriminating against gun owners.

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(2) Banning the private ownership of guns would also save lives that are lost due to successful suicide attempts with firearms. A common counterargument is that the private ownership of guns is

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What about the 2nd amendment and the constitutional right to bear arms? Debates on gun control are often frayed with heavy emotions and personal opinions. Not for lack of good reasoning, especially when statistics show that 40 percent of Americans know someone who was either fatally shot or committed suicide with a firearm (The Trace, 2017). However, before you form an opinion on statistics alone, try using simple logic and common sense. Imagine you’re out walking through the shopping mall or even perhaps the local neighborhood Walmart

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The number of incidents of gun violence last year in the United States was about 60,000. In recent years, the number of mass shooting has risen to about one mass shooting per day in the United States. The country is divided with some wanting to reevaluate our gun control laws and either ban or add additional regulations to the purchase of guns. Others say it is our right for Americans to own guns and something the founding fathers considered important to put in the Bill of Rights. The number of firearm sales has risen with the number of mass shooting many Americans question if banning guns or certain guns could help decrease the number of gun violence deaths.

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