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The Pros And Cons Of Gun Control

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Gun representation is a good idea

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will this keep us more safe or less?

Hook: Gun ownership is both a basic American right and one of the most contentious social and political issues of the day.

Background: There are about 300 million privately-owned firearms in the US‐which works out to roughly one gun for every man, woman and child in America‐with nearly a third of the population owning at least one gun. Gun ownership is both a basic American right and one of the most contentious social and political issues of the day. There are about 300 million privately-owned firearms in the US‐which works out to roughly one gun for every man, woman and child in America‐with nearly a third of the population owning at least one gun. …show more content…

Firearms are involved in homicides and suicides, but determining how many would have occurred had no firearm been available is at best a difficult task. were more than three times as many non- gun homicides per capita in America than in England. There were over 41,000, and non- gun homicides and over 63,000 guns in the United States during this period. New York City, has had a homicide rate that is 8 to15 times higher than London’s for at least the last 200 years, and long before either city could have had its rates affected by English gun control laws, the advent of dangerous drugs, or the supposedly harmful effects of the mass …show more content…

The firearm may increase or decrease the likelihood that a potentially violent situation will arise. For instance, an offender with a firearm may be more likely to attempt a robbery, but knowing the victim has a firearm may lead the offender to forgo the crime. The presence of a firearm may also affect the likelihood that an interaction ends in violence or death.

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Intro: The United States experiences epidemic levels of gun violence, claiming over 30,000 lives annually, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Every year, approximately 100,000 Americans are victims of gun violence. In addition to those who are killed or injured, there are countless others whose lives are forever changed by the deaths of and injuries to their loved ones.

Evidence: Neither nation experienced drops in mass shootings or other gun related-crime that could be attributed to their buybacks and bans. Mass shootings were too rare in Australia for their absence after the buyback program to be clear evidence of progress. And in both Australia and Britain, the gun restrictions had an ambiguous effect on other gun-related crimes or

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