ALLEN, FREDERICK. "Guns & America." Saturday Evening Post 283.6 (2011): 30-32. Academic Search Premier. Web. 22 Mar. 2016. PDF. This article gives us the history of guns, the protections of guns, and the creation of the Second Amendment and why it was created. The article’s most important piece of information is that it gives historical context of guns, the importance of them throughout American history and its political implications of the development of the nation. While accomplishing this, it is unbiased since it states in the text that it is aware of the pros and cons and doesn’t obviously take to one side, plus its majority is historic background. I will use this article while developing the history of gun control legislation and also
…show more content…
"Gun Control- Why America and Australia Hold Such Different Views." The Global Townhall. Winter 2015. Web. 23 Mar. 2016. This article compares two countries with two stances on gun control. Australia restricts guns while America allows guns. It brings up the fact that even though they are similar culturally, they have different histories and their geographical locations determine if guns are a recommended or not. Since America doesn’t have the luxury of being a single island country like Australia, it has to share borders with two countries, more importantly, Mexico, with its reputation of common drug trafficking and illegal immigration into the United States. This article is short but sweet, with an unbiased view and lack of distractions. This article will be used in my argument about gun control and its connection with history, location, and …show more content…
"Mexico Shows That Tight Gun Control Laws Don 't Guarantee Compliance" Reason.com. N.p., 11 Dec. 2012. Web. 23 Mar. 2016. This website explains how Mexico, with extremely strict gun laws, still faces more gun-related violence than the United States. The article mentions that the black market is always available to criminals in Mexico and also states that strict gun laws are not effective when a country borders another country with high gun-related violence. If the United States passes similar laws like Mexico’s, the amount of gun-related crime would not be that much different, since we share a border with the country. This article is not biased and simply states the state of the nation in regard to its gun violence, and it includes citations to several included quotes. This article will tie to my argument about the ineffectiveness of gun laws in the United
"Gun Control- Why America and Australia Hold Such Different Views." The Global Townhall. Winter 2015. Web. 23 Mar. 2016. This article compares two countries with two stances on gun control. Australia restricts guns while America allows guns. It brings up the fact that even though they are similar culturally, they have different histories and their geographical locations determine if guns are a recommended or not. Since America doesn’t have the luxury of being a single island country like Australia, it has to share borders with two countries, more importantly, Mexico, with its reputation of common drug trafficking and illegal immigration into the United States. This article is short but sweet, with an unbiased view and lack of distractions. This article will be used in my argument about gun control and its connection with history, location, and …show more content…
"Mexico Shows That Tight Gun Control Laws Don 't Guarantee Compliance" Reason.com. N.p., 11 Dec. 2012. Web. 23 Mar. 2016. This website explains how Mexico, with extremely strict gun laws, still faces more gun-related violence than the United States. The article mentions that the black market is always available to criminals in Mexico and also states that strict gun laws are not effective when a country borders another country with high gun-related violence. If the United States passes similar laws like Mexico’s, the amount of gun-related crime would not be that much different, since we share a border with the country. This article is not biased and simply states the state of the nation in regard to its gun violence, and it includes citations to several included quotes. This article will tie to my argument about the ineffectiveness of gun laws in the United