Federal Assault Weapons Ban

to such extents. People have the right to carry weapons as long as it is for defense and that is under protection from the United States Amendment II. Gun control violates the Second Amendment. There is civilian need to carry weapons for protection on a daily basis. States that don’t have gun control laws actually have lower murder rates due to the fact that the crooks have a sense of being afraid not knowing whether the victim will have an weapon for self defense. Laws do not apply to criminals…

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. For example,…

him today and has a titanium rod in his body. The shooter had a history of mental illnesses and should not have been allowed to purchase firearms. However, due to ineffective and inefficient gun control laws, the shooter was still able to purchase weapons. The United States…

The majority of violent crimes in the United States are committed by men (Gun Control, 2013). The fact that a gun or guns were used in the commission of these crimes does not, in itself, warrant the removal of weapons from society. If this were the case we would need to remove all alcohol which causes more deaths annually than all firearms-related deaths. The one commonality in all of these occurrences is the state of mind and mental health of the shooters. In all of the examples presented so…

Many people think we need gun control and more gun laws. According to the second amendment it is our right, to keep and bear arms. There is a large number of guns in the United States. There is an idea that the government wants to take our guns away completely. Would that even work? Will gun laws and restrictions help keep gun violence, shootings, robbery, and threats from happening? Can President Obama really change the gun laws or take away our guns with the second amendment? Why do people…

state to state concerning concealed carry. But what is concealed carry? Concealed carry is where one has the ability to carry a firearm in the public without getting into trouble. Currently, the concealed carry law is only a state law instead of a federal law. Some states do not allow firearms being on certain properties such as a government building, a church or a school. In other states, private businesses prohibit conceal carry. The pro view believes that “gun-free zones” are safe. The con…

resurrecting and bolstering an expired federal ban on assault weapons. Position and Rationale Teachers should not bear the large responsibility and liability for carrying guns on their person at school. Shaw…

United States would have to reduce the means by which many of these violent acts occur; weapons, specifically guns. The debate over gun control has been a key discussion point in the United States for many years. The controversy grew after the killing of the schoolchildren in Connecticut, in December of 2012. After this event the Obama administration began limiting the availability of military-style weapons and many policies have been established, placing many different variables on gun…

opportunity of firearms laws in the United States and purchased hundreds of thousands of weapons to use in their drug wars. The border states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas have differing laws to control the populations access to firearms. For example, California has an outright ban on weapons with a detachable magazine holding more than ten rounds of ammunition and limited sales of the number of weapons bought at one time (Sabalow,…

In the media both sides of these views and arguments are presented and often imitated, depending on which media outlet or news source you follow. Liberal media supports stronger gun control legislation and laws that restrict ownership, sales, assault weapons, and so on. While conservative media will always argue that under the Second amendment every law abiding citizen has the right to gun ownership, and the right to keep and bear arms. Furthermore, conservative media support the conservative…