Persuasive Essay on Gun Control

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    Not only is the shooter held somewhat responsible, the gun stores should be more at fault due to the lack of mental background checks for the unstable. An example of unstable shootings is the Florida school shooting. The Florida school shooting happened on February 14, 2018. A 19 year old teen named Nikolas…

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    Should Gun Companies Be Responsible? Someone once said, “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” Do you think gun companies should be responsible for the crimes that their product created? I don’t think they should. It is nonsense. In this essay, I will show you why they shouldn’t be responsible. Why should they be held responsible for a crime that they didn’t commit? It is not the company’s fault that a guy killed someone with their product. According to www.Nij.gov, 41% of gun shootings…

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    With children often being affected by gun related injuries, gun related protocols and insurance are often enforced to ensure the safety of children in the presence of a gun. As stated by Matthew James Thompson, “Since 1979, the number of children and teens killed by guns in the United States has stayed consistently above 3,000 deaths annually ” ( Thompson 1). Events like the 1989 shooting in Stockton, California where five children were killed on an elementary school playground, or the 1999…

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    This evidence shows that the amount of people that use their guns irresponsibly is low. The public needs more good guys with guns instead of bad guys with guns the world to be a better place. Those who worry about concealed carriers misusing a firearm, endangering others need to realize that in order to obtain a license there are various background checks that must be completed. Concealed carry licenses aren’t just given to all who apply. Having a concealed carry license not only promotes a…

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    a police officer or killed in a shootout/ Another aspect is that killers many times use a gun or nothing at all. There is still the chance that people could be murdered in other ways, but many criminals will not find the situation to be worth it when they attempt to use an alternate weapon. This could ultimately eliminate a high percentage of homicides per year. These reasonings prove that taking away guns can and will decrease the homicide rate throughout the nation. This is a step in the…

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    Families have died at concerts because people have brought guns and started shooting out of nowhere. In Las Vegas a couple of days ago there was a shooting. Someone who was a gambler shot at the concert that was going on. He shot while he was in his room he had a good angle to shoot everyone. He would only shoot the people who would run and hide. Later that night after killing 50 or more people he later on killed himself. Everyone who was running was actually running towards the killer no one…

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    Buying a gun takes no time and only requires a background check in most states. In most states, “55% of U.S. households with children have firearms in them that are in unlocked places” (Statistics on Youth Gun Violence & Gun Access). Half of the American households own a firearm, and with them being in unlocked places that can probably guarantee that the children have seen them. According to the Statistics on Youth Gun Violence & Gun Access: “73% of kids ages 9 and under have reported seeing the…

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    What I think... Teachers should not have guns because what if a kid got caught in a crossfire of the guns. Another reason that teachers should not carry guns is like at a high school kids if they got left in a room Unattended and the teacher the the gun in the desk and the kid knew it and the kid got ahold of the gun. Then that would end in disaster. Another reason that teachers should not have guns is that what if a student had been constantly annoying and being disrespectful and the teacher…

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    then wood, later perfecting it with rubber for shock free ride or we might see something much more proficient in future or a gun which started as a big cannon, becoming more compact as a riffles then single shot pistols [Sapp, Rick (2007]. Realising the efficient and compactness of the single shot further upgrades and innovations were expected in pistols, thus multi barrel guns were designed and introduced in order to save time and effort. Time was saved as cylindrical barrel had six chambers…

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    Prompt: Will allowing guns on college campuses make them safer? I. Introduction A. Thesis: Those who are against guns on campus argue that students are not responsible enough to carry a weapon, but leaving students unarmed leaves them defenseless. In order to give students a sense of security, they should be allowed concealed weapons. In fact, studies show concealed weapons are effective in reducing sexual assault. II. Body A. Paragraph 1-Many who support gun free zones on college campuses view…

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