Gun Control: Should There Be Limitations Guns should not be prohibited from certain people. Whether you believe it or not people should be able to have them because there are individuals that get killed every day. People have to be able to protect their families, and police don’t always get there every time and they can’t save everyone. For example, if someone doesn’t like you and knows where you stay at, they could possibly try to rob you or harm your family. If you have a gun then you can…
Is gun control ethical? “Today, 280 million firearms are in private hands of U.S citizens, 1/3 of American households reported having a gun at home” (Smith). They are allowed to do so because of the Second Amendment, which says “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed” (US). The government has been trying to limit this right due to acts of violence involving firearms, but many states have passed…
Gun control is a hot political topic that has become pervasive throughout society and leaves virtually no one untouched. There are a lot of factors and actors that come into play when considering the effects guns have in present society. To understand gun control one must understand the history of laws that have been passed up until now and the politicians lobbying for them. One must understand the politicians themselves and what interests they hold. One also must understand guns to a certain…
will then initiate a background check on the purchaser to ensure he/she is eligible to own a firearm. The background check can take up to three days to complete. It is illegal to purchase a firearm through the mail or from another state, however, ammunition can be purchased without any state boundaries. Federal law permits a person to transport a firearm, in a vehicle, from one state to another, provided that the firearm is unloaded and in the trunk of the vehicle. This federal law supersedes…
In 1914 the ‘Great War’ began, there were several nations who were involved in the conflict, such as Germany, England, Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the most backwards nation out of them, Russia. Russia was two centuries behind the rest of the world because of its absolute monarchy and the issues that they had to deal with, as (SparkNotes Editors, 2009) state that Russia only developed their industry to a limited amount. At the time of World War 1 Russia was dealing with revolutionary groups such…
The push for stricter gun control, whether it be gun bans, ammunition bans, background check reforms, or the reformation of laws pertaining to firearms, is something that has been growing over the past decade. The many acts of violence committed using firearms has led many people to believe that these actions will prove beneficial to America. Many American citizens and politicians possess the “less guns equals less violence” line of thought. As simple and straight an answer this may sound, it is…
Just before the times of the great Americans, the United States was founded by the Native Americans. In a matter of years, the Natives had their power taken away from them by many different groups from other lands such as the British and the French. During these times of European rule, the Natives had many hardships to overcome, such as religion, freedom, and maybe the most negative of them all, the dependency they had towards the Europeans. Since the Europeans came to America wealthy and…
Have you ever wondered how something in the history that happened a ,long time ago can affect what is happing right now? Ever since the founding father adopted the bill of right one of the second amendment which is the right to bear arms(firearms). Ever since then the there have changes to gun laws and regulation in the untied states but also in other countries and there also different state to state. Ever since the founding fathers adopted the bill of rights the most controversial amendment…
the listed address on licenses by gun dealers, limited the number of inspections which could be performed with no warrant by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, removed positioned requirements that gun dealers be keeping track of their ammunition sales, and prevented the maintaining of database of gun dealers’ records by the federal government (Blocher, 305). Various gun control laws have been adopted over time with the latest laws being executed by President Barrack Obama which called…
Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried follows a group of soldiers through their tour of Vietnam. Throughout the story the reader is provided with imagery from a soldier coincidentally named Tim O’Brien, detailing the items his fellow soldiers carry in their knapsacks. The items carried show great personal connections to one another, as well as their lives outside of the war. Not only are the items described, but the emotion of warfare is depicted in great detail. Therefore, O’Brien’s imagery…