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Summary Of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

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This past weekend, I watched The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Throughout the movie, I was convinced that Leatherface, the chainsaw-wielding antagonist in the movie, could have been stopped if his four victims had been equally armed with weapons. My curiosity about gun control was piqued and I began to read about the topic online. Specifically, I read documents related to the efficacy of gun control laws, the ability of weapons to discourage crime, and the resulting possibility of their use as a means of civilian self-defense. I came to the conclusion that the right to bear arms is valid, provided that carriers are subjected to a thorough background check and have been educated about gun safety. I found research showing that gun control laws in their current form, are ineffective; that citizens with guns can and do discourage criminals, and that as a result, guns can afford normal citizens with the proper training a way to defend themselves. According The Chicago Tribune, there were 2966 criminal shootings in Chicago in 2015 despite the bannings of assault weapons, gun shops, and shooting ranges. This compares to 2185 criminal shootings in 2013, before gun control was enacted. The rise …show more content…

In 2013, Pew Research conducted a survey on a group of convicted felons: 48% stated that they avoided committing the intended crime upon discovering that the victim was carrying a weapon. The study concluded that civilians with guns intimidate criminals and cause them to second guess themselves and hesitate. It would follow that threatening someone with a gun to rob a store would not be worth the risk for a criminal if he or she knew that the owner was holding a gun. Additionally, violent crime rates go down when gun rights are allowed. A study done by the National Center of Biotechnology Information showed that murder rate decreased by 13% in cities where the right to carry arms was

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If you recollect about it, this really should be an anticipated effect of gun control, though most people don 't remember far enough past the words "gun" and "control" to see it. When you do give up and recollect about it though, the criminals who are committing crimes at present are the ones still making this a relevant issue of discussion in the foremost position. They are the aces who are either getting access to certain weapons that are already illegal and/or the ones who are using legal weapons illegally. If it weren 't for them disregarding laws and causing these crime rates to fail up, gun control would not still be in

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Strict regulations and limitations have been pursued already and clearly do not suffice. Statics brought to attention by gun control opponents, show that gun control laws have done little to reduce crime rates. Several restrictions have been made on certain guns, considered as overly dangerous, though in the hands of an unstable criminal even a legal hunting gun can be deadly. Countless restrictions have been made, however people have still found ways around them. If people are unstable and determined enough, they will find a gun, regardless of the restrictions or regulations.

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Gun control is what restricts people from buying and using guns, but these laws are not strengthened at the extent they need to be strengthened. This leads to many people getting these guns and using them to cause mass shootings all over the U.S. For example, according to the Council on Foreign Relationship, a news article that covers major world issues, in 2017, mass shootings at a music festival in Las Vegas and at a church near San Antonio have rekindled the gun control debate (“U.S. Gun Policy: Global Comparisons”). The fact that gun control is still not tightened is a huge margin and error, and still causes mass shootings as we just covered. Many people have said that we should not allow guns to be purchased, which would seem like the logical option. However, according to the same source, Council on Foreign Relationship, some states, such as Idaho, Alaska, and Kansas, have passed various laws attempting to nullify

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