Texas Law states that “a person can also shoot someone they if they reasonably believe deadly force is necessary to prevent someone else from trying to kill or seriously injure them, or there is the threat of certain crimes such as sexual assault or aggravated kidnapping” (Schwaller, 2015) This was a law set to protect what one considers valuable, whether it be his or her own families or even just to protect oneself from harms way. In 2007 there was a man who saw his neighbors’ house being broken into and saw the assailants fleeing the home. The man then proceeded to call 911 to inform them he intended to shoot the burglars should they not stop fleeing. He shot both assailants and a year later he was acquitted.…
Seemingly guns can create both a positive and negative effect. While many citizens are against having guns at a moment’s notice, guns are serving as a protection for our country. People are not paying attention to the issues, that guns allow safety for many and ensure that everyone is given what they deserve. As an interviewer, one questioned was asked to a high school student Harmanpreet Kaur which was concerning, the importance of allowing Americans to keep guns for self defense, goes beyond and creates negative effects in the country.…
Professors from Bloomberg School of Public Health Daniel W. Webster and Jon S. Vernick reveled intriguing results from their study. “In addition to the 31,672 people killed by guns in 2010, another 73,505 were treated in hospital emergency rooms for nonfatal bullet wounds, and 337,960 nonfatal violent crimes were committed with guns. Of those 31,672 dead, 61 percent were suicides, and the vast majority of the rest were homicides by people who knew one another”(shermer). It is now know that some Americans in society take their freedom to bare arms for granted. Every day some Americans are being shot, wither it is out of jealously or hate, their lives are on a balance of life or death.…
Nation's most controversial: Guns Disclaimer, this is not a paper about abortion or space semi trucks, this is a paper about why guns are not such a bad thing. Many people may not have grown up in a household with guns, and do not feel comfortable with them. Due to lack of education of guns in many people’s views causes some to have negative preconceived ideas about guns. Many individuals do not realize that guns provide a balance of power in society which proved successful for our forefathers.…
When creating a social movement, it is important to take into account what the movement will be advocating for. After taking into consideration many different social issues within our society, I decided to create a social movement involving the issue of gun ownership. However, this social movement will focus on a wide variety of issues related to gun control. In my opinion, guns seem to be linked to many different issues within our society. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during the year 2013 “33,599” people were killed by guns in the United States.…
Have the shootings in America gone too far? Even sending children to school isn't safe anymore. The United States is one of the top countries with the most public shootings and that needs to stop now! According to the University of Alabama, 31% of public mass shootings happen in America alone. “Gun control is set by laws or policies regulating sales, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians” (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives).…
Our country was built on the ideas life,liberty, and property. To achieve these ideals the Founding Fathers of our country devised a constitution with a Bill of Rights. All of these rights have led to a safer and brighter future for America. However, one of the most argued and most controversial of these Amendments is the Second Amendment, and it simply shouldn’t be. Guns bring a balance and a sense of safety when used in the right hands.…
The last, common, argument made by the disputants is that people should have access to guns, because if they are in a violent situation in which they feel threatened, they can defend themselves. They say that the prevention of this possession of guns by the public could possibly be endangering to their lives as they say, “most of the guns are used for…
The Second Amendment states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” This law was made 225 years ago, and people have taken advantage of it ever since. Why do we, the people, need to have high powered guns? We don’t need high powered guns to protect ourselves from a burglar; we would only need something as little as a hand gun. In my opinion, they should only be used by the military and soldiers who need it in battle.…
On December second, 2015, two heavily armed terrorists, one male one female, entered the San Bernardino Inland Regional Center and in a matter of minutes, they left 14 dead and 22 seriously injured. They used two semi automatic assault rifles (chambered in .223, a popular hunting round) and two 9mm handguns. This event and countless others mass shootings are the more recent events stirring up the gun control debate. " So obviously, we need strong sensible gun control, and I will support it, but some people think it 's going to solve all of our problems, and it 's not. You know we have a crisis in the capability of addressing mental health illness in this country."…
Gun Control There is so much controversy in America and one of those controversial topics is gun control. America needs to come together and work together to create a solution to all the gun violence in the country. There has been too many shootings, deaths, and injuries and the government can change that. The country needs to come together to find a way to make both sides of the argument equal by creating a balance in the arguments.…
Gun Debate: Where is the Middle Ground? Gun violence has become a great concern in the United States. It seems that many public places have become less safe from violence. Theaters, schools and even work places are subject to random violence. Like many issues today there is a great divide of beliefs and opinions.…
In the past few decades, firearms have had a big impact on society. These impacts have been both good and evil, and have caused controversy on the topic of gun ownership. Some groups, such as the Brady Campaign, would like to see gun control laws take away some rights and restrict others, whereas the National Rifle Association would like to protect gun rights and educate society on the use of firearms. Both sides want to stop the problem of gun violence, but protecting gun rights is the only way to truly insure public safety. Gun control will not be able to stop the use of guns, and it will put citizens in an unfair situation where they cannot protect themselves.…
One of the biggest issues going on in this country today has to do with Gun rights. One side of the argument says that we need less guns while another side argues that we need a lot more guns. The reason this debate has gotten so much attention is because last year alone the number of mass shootings in the United States where people were injured and/or killed was 330. In 2015 people feared for their lives 330 times because some psychopath decided to start firing off rounds at people who they thought should die. There has been talk about how to further protect ourselves from people like this and while one side demands that we must make it more difficult to buy and sell guns to make sure these guns are being given to responsible and mentally…
Although there are a plethora of reasons that significantly justify the presence of guns, opposition still soars. Many of these reasons have to do with the matter of public safety. Many of these reasons have to do with the matter of public safety; a respectable concern considering the United States has the highest rate per capita in comparison to the rest of the industrial countries (Gun Control). These astonishing statistics pose the possible speculation in a diverse group, everyone from innocent civilians in a rough town, to cautious parents; who in particular worry mainly about the obtainability of a firearm within a household. Studies have shown that in houses that have a gun within its residence, there is an increased risk of accidental…