Persuasive Essay on Gun Control

In My survey a question was do you believe concealed carriers should have to warn a person before shooting. More than 90 percent of the answers were yes unless he or she has a gun. Many people went on to explain that if the person has a gun that if they tried to warn them they felt they would be putting themselves in more danger. When they explained what should happen with a concealed carrier warning people they said it really should depend on the amount…

are you going to do with them? Isn’t it illegal to have this many guns?” He asked and took the rifle, looked at it before placing it on the sofa with the other ones. “It’s not illegal to have guns. No one’s fired these in more than fifty years. How do you like my collection?” “They’re nice, I like them.” Once he placed the guns on the sofa. Ernest began removing old knives from the trunk and placed them on the sofa alongside the guns. The more knives he removed, the more it shocked Justin.…

Gun Safe Locks Now you have your gun safe picked out and are confident about its security and fire protection, it's time to figure out how you'll access your treasures. For the most part, modern gun safes use three access methods: combination lock, electronic lock and biometric lock. As you've probably already guessed, they each have their own advantages and drawbacks. Each requires consideration. Starting with the most traditional, the combination lock is the picture of simplicity and…

Guns don’t kill people. It’s the people that use the guns that are really killing them. You can’t blame a gun for killing someone just like you can’t blame the fork or the spoon for making people fat. A gun is simply a tool created by man to be used for self defense, hunting, and sport. The ones who make it a weapon for killing are the ones that decide to use it for those killings. Although more gun laws may keep some people from committing crimes, it will also keep many people from being able…

Impact of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapon Ban on Gun Violence Outcomes: An Assessment of Multiple Outcome Measures and Some Lessons for Policy Evaluation the hypothesis is if there is a decrease in use of assault weapons there will be a significant reduction in the number of gunshot victims. Within this article there is a good amount of descriptive and inferential statistics that explain the different models of guns and how effective the ban put on these guns had a negative effect on the death…

Why Gun Violence Really Happens Violence is a huge part of everyone’s life today no matter what neighborhood you live in or what background you come from. All you have to do is just turn to your local or national media station, chances are that there will be something that shows up about some sort of shooting or crime. This constant showing of violence has made the general population desensitized to it. The question we are asking is why does so much gun violence happen? Although the news always…

impossible to make the weapons safer, and untrained students often hurt more than they help. Many people believe an armed America is a safer America. This is not true; however, since concealed weapons have been more readily available shootings and gun related crimes have increased. This applies to college campuses as well. Since laws have been passed, college shootings have increased. Then there is also the danger of mixing firearms and the alcohol fueled parties that are often occuring in…

Loaded Gun,” written by Emily Dickenson mentions on several occasion a gun. The gun is spoken about in the first line of the poem, stating “My Life had Stood--A Loaded Gun.” Ironically, the speaker discreetly mentions a gun's purpose in the last stanza. It states as: Though I than He - may longer live He longer must - than I - For I have but the power to kill, Without - the power to die - (544) The speaker does not actually use the word gun, however, they do mention the purpose of a gun; the…

potential danger that can happen in school if teachers are allowed to be armed with guns. First, teachers are not totally mindful; if they carry a gun to class, put it into a drawer in the class, and go to the restroom or somewhere else during the break time, but they forget to carry it with them. Then, students may be curious about the gun in the drawer; they could play with it and not be aware of the bad consequence of guns, and accidently shoot their friends. Specifically, on August 25th,…

Jan. 16, 2013. The president of the United States had a very unique gun control speech at the White House. The vice president Joe Biden, children, teachers, parents, and journalists attended the speech. In the speech, President Obama constantly mentioned several families, these families would become the protagonist of the speech. Because, December 14, 2012. A shocking gun shooting occurred at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. A 20 years old young man shot 20 children and…