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When doing a research paper for either college or High school you’ll have many ways to find the information that you need. In the 20th century students tend to use the internet a lot more than twenty years ago. Not to long ago there was a time when you had to go to a library if you needed information about something. For this assignment we shall compare and contrast both sources, a book and a website. We shall find out the differences and similarities of this sources and which benefits the user the most. From what I have observe is that it really depends on the person and what makes them comfortable. You might have a person who either enjoys reading books or feels that a website is easier to manipulate. They might feel that a book unlike …show more content…

The book talks about the history of gun control and focuses on debates from a dozen of distinguished specialist from around the world. It examined the Second Amendment and political climate surrounding laws that can impact the issue with gun violence. It focuses on exploring the problem with gun control from both the prospective of law enforcements and the public. The second source is a website "Gun Control Facts." By James D. Agresti and Reid K. Smith. Just Facts”. This website mainly focuses on providing gun control facts from various sources that are highly credibly. Their mission is to provide data from geographical area and from institutions such as the National Rifle association. The website has information which has been gather from surveys and article that have been …show more content…

The book gathers all information related to gun control from different authors who have also published books. What the editor did was to take all these documents and bundle it up into one book rather than many books. The website on the other hand has links that are cited and which leads to the original website that gather the information. Both are similar because both the owner of the website and the editor of the book did not research these data themselves but rather obtain from a third partly. The information related to gun violence provided in both the book and website, are from credibly institution such as the Federal Bureau Of Investigation, National Rifle Association and U.S Department of

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The author’s methodology first includes a discussion of the issue at hand leading to a synopsis of why this problem even originated. Additionally, the author presents information on how other people in the field perceive the issue and who is to “blame” through the use of quotes. For example, Mark Rosenberg, the founder of the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control argues that it was the leadership of the CDC who prevented further research on gun violence. On the other hand, another primary speaker, current Injury Center Director Debra Houry has been thought to have defended the agency’s decision by saying it still partakes in data collection of firearm research. After discussing the CDC and the need for it to address an issue like this, the NRA’s influence on the organization is explained.

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This makes for an understanding that gun violence is way out of hand and needs to be more focused on to help reduce the number of deaths in America. “Though Norway ranks fourteenth worldwide in gun ownership, according to Small Arms Survey, it placed near the bottom in gun homicide rates. (The U.S. rate is roughly forty-four times higher)”(Masters). When America’s gun policy compares to other countries, it is proven that America does have problems with the gun policy that need to be

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The Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2013. Web. 22 Oct. 2015. This Article discusses the extremism of the opposing sides of pro-gun and anti-gun. The authors provide background on the origination of this lack of ability to compromise, referencing the NRA as one of the major companies that continues to attack and abolish any restriction or law that potentially provides gun safety.

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Gun control By conner clark Did you know that americans have more guns than anyone else on earth and that more than 30,000 americans die each year to firearms. Well that is what these two articles are teaching us that america does not have a lot of gun laws for guns and how people show more animosity towards gun laws after all of the shootings. These two articles are similar but yet are still really different.

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The article “Gun Control Laws” (2016) emphasizes the point that the United States views on gun control vary from person to person. For example, supporters of the stricter gun control laws believe that by enforcing stronger gun control laws throughout the nation it will decrease the amount of gun violence. In addition to stricter gun laws, supporters believe that the United States needs to make it more difficult to obtain a gun. However, opponents of the gun control laws, that believe the federal government is abusing their power, think that guns are the only way to stop other guns. Furthermore, opponents believe that limiting Americans ability to purchase a firearm is taking away their second amendment.

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Imagine enjoying a nice party at your local cabana, only for you to hear a loud bang, and look over to see your friend lying on the ground, dead. This problem you are facing is known as gun control, and is a issue that has faced the U.S for many years. gun control is the debate on whether or not laws around guns should be tightened or not. Today, I will prove to you what gun control is, who is affected by it, and what we can do to solve it. Gun control is a problem that tends to occur very often in the past few years, and is affecting the U.S very badly.

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1, 2, 3, 4, Gun Massacres could be knocking at ones school doors. Since 2011 school shootings and other related crimes have been increasing. The two articles goals are to show that the NRA (National Rifle Association) has been selling high leveled guns to anybody without needing a permit. The two articles are both saying how easy it is to access guns without needing a background check. The article “We Call BS” is written by Emma Gonzalez and the article “Guns In America” is written by Bloomberg.

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As can be observed, gun legislation often changes with the time period, becoming stricter when necessary, and softer when permitted. During America’s infancy, when nobody was sure whether or not the country would survive, guns were nearly pushed upon people. However, in the Wild West, where people were murdered in the streets on a daily basis, gun control became stricter. Looking at the current state of American gun

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The gun control debate has been especially fueled in recent years with the emergence of school shootings, foreign and domestic terrorist attacks, and a rise in other gun related violence.  With all of this a majority of people, including gun owners, believe that there should be some restrictions in place in an attempt to suppress gun related violence.  Through the years it has been difficult for people to agree on any sort of action.  All in all, gun control is an immensely disputatious topic in which there will always be controversy.     To give some background on the subject, gun control legislation began in 1934 with the installation of new criminal penalties, taxes, and regulations on sawed off shotguns and machine guns as a response to the era’s gang violence related to criminals such as Bugs Moran and Al Capone.

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Between 2000 and 2015, over 150,000 Americans were killed in gun related homicides (Zakaria). It has been estimated that there are over 310 million guns in the hands of United States citizens (Krouse). These statistics have rallied many gun-control opponents and proponents to action. Gun control opponents believe that the answer to this problem is to loosen gun control laws to dissuade potential shooters. Gun control proponents believe that the answer is to tighten gun control laws so that a gun is never put into a potential shooter’s hands.

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Gun violence is responsible for roughly 30,000 deaths in the United States each year. Many of these deaths could have been prevented by common sense gun laws that most countries have. It is very easy for anyone in the United States to buy a gun with very little questioning. This leniency in gun laws leads to firearms falling into the arms of criminals, terrorists, and mentally unstable people. In my essay I will be talking about how stricter gun laws have proven successful in many other countries, the true meaning of the Second Amendment, and how stricter gun laws will lead to lower homicide and suicide rates.

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The gun ownership was legalized in United States in 1787, but crimes committed by the people who have guns still endanger the life or property safety of innocent citizens now. According to Follman’s study,“ since 1982 there have been at least 61 mass murders carried out with firearms across the United States, with the killings unfolding in 30 states from Massachusetts to Hawaii” (Follman 119). It shows that many criminals have guns and many people are under the fear state of being killed. As a result, it made the topic whether the government should control guns more strictly more controversial.

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Gun violence is a hot topic in international politics, and has been in the United Stated since the Gun Control Act passed in 1968 (Frank 2013). Constantly debated, this issue has been dealt with uniquely in each country, making it hard to pinpoint the tactics that work best to manage gun crime in each situation.

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“Gun control (or firearms regulation) is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians. ’’(Wikipedia, gun control). There are few countries that have law about gun policy categorised as permissive with most countries have a restrictive firearm legislation , (www.gunpolicy.org) Gun violence in the USA is an example of huge international crisis that turn to higher number of deaths and injuries yearly (National Research Council, 2004). In 2013, record shows that 73,505 nonfatal firearm injuries and 33,636 deaths because of injury by firearms or a 10.6 deaths per 100,000 USA civilians. (The National Academies Press, 2013).

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