Agree to Disagree What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “gun”? Gun rights, protection, hunting, or gun violence, school shootings and terrorist attacks. These topics are highly controversial in today’s society.…
Republican Nomination. In 1980, Reagan entered the Republican nomination battle with support from the Republican Party in the polls. At this point Reagan had been in the national political presence for around 16 years and in the movie/film presence for about 30 years before that. “There was some suggestion among journalists that he remained something of an enigmatic figure to the mass public. As Newsweek put it, "at the very hour of his coronation... as the Republican nominee, he remains only hazily known to millions of his countrymen," (Anderson, 1988).…
One of the most controversial topics today is gun control, and this ad serves to stir up that controversy and get people talking. The image depicts two children sitting in a bleak school library. One is holding a children's fairytale book, Little Red Riding Hood, while the other is holding an assault weapon. Both children have unhappy faces. The lighting is dim, and the coloring is abnormal.…
Gun control is intimately connected with politics, including party strife and interest group. First is about the party strife. Different from the ambiguous attitude of the public, these two parties have clear stance. The Democrats supports gun control, but the Republicans resists it. The Republicans suggest that they should control the people who use the gun, but not the gun.…
Standing Up for the Second Amendment On the morning of December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza shot his mother four times as she lay in her bed. Then he drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School and shot 26 more people—20 students, nearly all of them first-graders, and six staff members. When first responders arrived, Lanza shot himself.…
As this year’s disturbing presidential race unfolds, one of the issues that has been brought up—the cause of multiple deaths of civilians and police officers—is that of gun possession. The Democratic, pseudo-progressive view is pro-gun control, while the Trumpian view supports deregulation and is aligned with the views of the NRA. Both sides invoke academic studies to support in their respective attempts to support and promote their views. There are several, contradicting, studies on the issue. According to The Washington Post, “The United States has the highest gun ownership rate in the world and the highest per capita rate of firearm-related murders of all developed countries.”…
Why Are Guns Negatively Looked Upon in the US? There are several controversial topics in modern USA society, such as illegal immigration, racial diversity, wage gap, lack or overuse of the democracy, and, of course, the problem of guns and gun control. The nation is divided into two groups with completely different view of this issue: half of the citizens believe that it should remain legal to own guns, and that it is a natural right of every US citizen. However, the other part of Americans find it scandalous that random people are allowed to own firearms, and that guns are sold literally in supermarkets. Not only Americans find it inappropriate – people all around the world are worried about this fact because of all the cases of the massive…
Throughout their campaign, they continue with data that convince the audience that supporting gun control will make the country safer. By stating how gun violence affects American children, the campaign’s audience can be assumed to be parents or adults. They provide a solution to the statements shown, by having more strict gun control. By acquiring the skills to perform a rhetorical analysis of certain situations, you are able to use this to your advantage of seeing a rhetorical situation.…
Gun control can be defined as, “any action taken by the federal government or by state or local governments to regulate, through legislation, the sale, purchase, safety, and use of handguns and other types of firearms by individual citizens” (Lee). America has internally debated the issue of gun control for over a century. It continues to be an important and pressing issue today in the United States. There are no set standards for gun control. Each state varies in its laws.…
This research is going to be explanation because there is so much out there about gun control and gender. Not only has there been pat studies conducted on gun control, but there still is a very divided nation on who support or does not support gun control. But, as civilization moves into the 22nd century new research needs to form to a better understanding this generation ideas on how gender affects gun control. With increase violence in America in mass shootings in schools, movie theaters and on our bases, it will be this generation who figures out how to move forward in what laws are passed and made in the future. Another topic, which needs to be addressed is the impact validity, will have on the research I will be conducting in the next…
When a country has felt great strain in the past, political change has always been the route that the people have elected to take. Throughout the twentieth century, and into the twenty first century, movements from both ends of the political spectrum have spread all over the world. From the left came the socialist and extreme communist movements, and from the right came the industrialist and extreme fascist movements. With the 2016 presidential election being held in the United States, this pattern has been seen again. In many ways the counterpart for the “Political Revolution” offered by Bernie Sanders is offered by the likely GOP nominee, Donald Trump.…
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.…
The culture and laws of a country are heavily influenced by its history. The United States of America was born out of violence. On July 4th 1776, a group of well-respected Americans signed The Declaration of Independence, officially announcing America’s separation from Great Brittan and initiating the Revolutionary War. Once America emerged as victors of the war in 1783, in order to protect the civil rights of American citizens, laws were created by members of legislature. Today, one of the most controversial laws can be found under the second amendment of the Bill of Rights.…
Gun control is an extremely controversial topic that has spawned a tremendous amount of debate over the past few years. Most of the debates occur when there are mass shootings at schools, churches, or other public places. Mallory Simons is a writer and senior producer of online presentations for CNN. She wrote Gun Debate: Where is the Middle Ground on January 31, 2013 and it appeared on CNN.com the same day. In her article she discussed recent acts of gun violence and the effect they have had on the gun control debate.…
Argumentative “You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don’t enforce them, people are gonna find a way to protect themselves. We need to recognize that bad people are doing bad things with these weapons. It’s not the law-abiding citizens, it’s not the person who uses it as a hobby” (Steele). There are around 100,000 victims of gun violence each year (“Brady Campaign...”). Action needs to be taken so Americans don’t feel unprotected going into a public environment.…