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The Pros And Cons Of Gun Control

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On many College campuses today even the mention of the word “gun” can lead to a panic for all those that hear it. America is a very different place today than it was only a mere fifty years ago. In the mid 1900s it was not uncommon for high-schools and even some grade-schools to incorporate firearm safety and education courses into physical activity classes. Many students learned how to safely handle and shoot firearms under the direct supervision of a trained adult. So why is it that today even the mention of “gun” leads so many children, students, and adults into a panic? I believe that a large part of the public has been mislead by the media and celebrities into thinking that all guns, except a police officers, are dangerous and meant to …show more content…

This is a very complex issue that largely is based on the publics current views and perception of crime and firearms, it can change very quickly in the event of an administrative change such as the one we are going through now with the Trump administration who was supported heavily by the NRA and other pro-firearm groups. One of now President Trumps central claims on his 2016 campaign trail was that illegal immigrants from Mexico were bringing almost exclusively crime to the US and a lot of it. This claim is/was not at all factual and was only meant to make voters think that illegal Mexican immigrants were all violent criminals and to thus vote for Trump as he ran a very strong platform against these illegal immigrants. This platform was backed heavily by the NRA and similar groups. While Presidents can provoke certain feelings from the public during their campaigning, it is important to note that regardless of the public’s changing views, it has been proven by many studies, such as Fortunato’s, that firearms in the hands of legal, responsible owners do lead to crime being lowered. These studies are founded on facts and research, not by emotional appeals that Presidential candidates often use heavily. It is apparent that Presidential candidates can heavily influence public opinion, if they make an issue seem like a huge problem, such as gun control and illegal immigrants, they can gather support from many people who will believe them. So why is it that in America the public bases so many of its opinions, such as those on gun control and concealed carry, on emotional views and not factual based views? Clearly, more research is needed on concealed carry to better inform the public on its true purpose and

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While people in our nation believe that guns are the most dangerous thing on earth. We have others that think that they will make our nation safer, they think that if everyone owns a gun less crime can happen because they know who has a gun and will be less tempted to commit crimes. On a more personal level, they feel safer when they are out and about. Then you also have people who owns guns for sports like hunting, archery, and marksmanship, and people who just like to collect guns maybe not use but just

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They studied multiple areas with different demographics and gun laws. They found that there was no real difference in the statistical evaluation of whether or not gun control contributed to improving those areas, rather some areas saw an increase in deaths by firearms during their study. I found this source to be very useful. It goes right in line with my argument and I feel that based off of the statistical data provides, my argument will be stronger. After reading this study, I do not think there is a bias, as they study multiple areas to ensure there was a clear insight to their

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Anyone who wants to now a days can acquire a firearm and easily use it for harm. This is becoming a more and more recent problem as deaths caused with firearms have reached one of the top causes of death each year in america. People are outraged by this and some feel that we should remove or restrict the firearm from being used in america. As laws are added into the system some fail to realize that, Further gun control laws that restrict firearms from law abiding citizens are helping no one but the criminals willing to break them. More and more gun laws are set in place each year and usually these laws restrict citizens from defending themselves rather than stopping criminals from acquiring them.

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Weather guns are banned or not, criminals will always find a way to obtain guns. According to John R. Lott, Jr., PhD, gun rights activist, stated on May 4th 2002, “The problem with such [gun control] laws is that they take away guns from law-abiding citizens, while would-be criminals ignore them”. Criminals don’t care about laws, that is why they are criminals. “Of 62 mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and 2012, 49 of the shooters used legally obtained guns. Collectively, 143 guns were possessed by the killers with about 75% obtained legally” (Follman Mark).

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The use of Gun Control would not take guns away, but it will regulate the manufacturing. By controlling Guns the arms trafficking will lower, but this would not ban the right of possession of legal weapons. Guns should be controlled but not ban. Lowering the use of guns would cause less problems than banning them. In many cases the use of guns is necessary because police don’t get that quickly to where an assault or a crime is being committed.

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First, we need to acknowledge that criminals do not get their guns through legal venues. Second, we need to understand that more gun laws will not affect criminals, but may help with other related deaths in this manner. Finally, we need to make sure that we are enforcing the gun laws that already exist, because continuing to make more laws that we will not enforce does nothing to decrease the amount of deaths due to gun related activity

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Anthony Borges’ life will be forever changed as a result of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. When CBS News interviewed him he should have been at soccer practice. However, he had just come off a ventilator and was struggling to breathe. He had underwent eight surgeries and was scheduled for another one. Borges was shot five times in the recent school shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

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When combining all of these factors of gun control laws, past and present, the result is not quite clear. While taking away all guns that contribute to violent crime would be brilliant on paper, it would limit the ability of citizens to protect themselves. Leaving many without proper means of home protection and subjected to violent crime. The absence of firearms in the hands of U.S. citizens could also cause an uproar across the country. The confusion, in regards to statistics and effectiveness of gun control laws, is due to the different interpretation of crime, which undoubtedly is due to prior bias by the interpreter.

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There is no problem with owning a firearm, The problem is the person who owns the firearm. Schools should have a required gun safety class every year to teach the younger generation about gun safety and what a gun is capable

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Gun violence is a public health hazard, just like smoking, car accidents, and drunk driving. In the United States, nearly a day goes by without someone becoming a victim of gun violence. Every time a high school shooting rampage occurs, right-leaning media pundits dust off their old-fashioned rhetoric and try to explain away the problem. They don’t even bother to think about who the audience would be for their trite talking points; therefore, they are always the same: guns don’t kill people, a good armed guy vs. a bad armed guy, the Second Amendment, and so on and so forth. Then, the spiral of violence continues to whip.

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Guns were one of the foundations of the United States, and recently the number of school shootings are one the rise, and there is no questioning the statistical analysis of this fact. The likelihood of being in a school where there is a shooting take place is still lower than the likelihood of being killed a car accident. This information can be found by comparing the amount of school shootings to the number of schools in the United States, as well as looking at information provided by the United States Department of Transportation on the likelihood of being involved in a car accident. People like to try to use the fear of something possibly happening as a means of justification for why guns should be banned. This is exemplified by the marches that occurred on March 14th due to fear of another mass shooting happening that is similar to the one that occurred in Florida on February 14th,

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Guns are crucial in American society. This is something many advocates of the 2nd Amendment and gun possession have been stating for decades. Although many believe that they have their own ideas about gun control in the US, they are not aware that their opinions are being influenced by biased media agencies. Not only is there pressure from the government, mass media cogitates their broadcasting information so that the public gets center minded by their theories, not leaving space for people to think in their own ways. An unbiased journalism is practically impossible, and this is proved and established by analyzing the truth of gun control news transmitted towards the public.

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"’Make no mistake -- they 're coming for our guns. And we freedom-loving gun lovers are totally defenseless! Other than, you know, the guns’ -Stephen Colbert” (Kurtzman 1). There are as many people who advocate for pro gun laws as the people who are opposed, which is the reason why gun control has become one of the most controversial topics as of right now. America is truly split between those who advocate for gun control and those who are opposed.

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Many anti-gun groups say since 1970 the number of firearms has increased, but forget to say that no murder rates have increased, the proportion of people who did have guns are dropped from 49 percent to 40 percent, but violent crimes rise and fall, so, the number of gun owners has no influence on whether crimes rise or fall. Another report says that every 43 deaths provoked by a gun is more likely to kill a relative than a criminal, but they tend to forget that 86 percent (37 deaths) of 43 deaths, were suicides. The ¨Gun War¨ has been going on for years, everyone has a different view of how weapons should be treated and dealt with. But since the beginning of this country, we have the right to keep and bare arms. There will always be people who try to get rid of guns, and there will always be people who defend guns.

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