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    world “Guns don 't kill people, people kill people”. Not a single soul on the earth, hasn’t heard about or read this quote from the NRA. Some people believe it, and some would think that it settles this old debate about gun control. Others would say it 's preposterous, a terrible analysis of how to solve such a problem; however, I found it difficult to find a solid consensus regarding what exactly is wrong with it. First and foremost I am a person who greatly appreciates both sides of the gun…

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    Assault Weapons Analysis

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    clear towards what category of guns can be “assault weapons: Shotguns, Semi-Automatic, and…

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    Gun Violence Solution

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    more specifically gun violence, is a large point of discussion in the current presidential race. Citizens and politicians alike have very different viewpoints on how this issue should be dealt with, and this disagreement is causing a hindrance to actually solving the problem at hand. The number of mass shooting in the United States is increasing at an alarming rate. There have been more mass shootings since 2005 than the past 23 years before that. This is for multiple reasons. Guns are readily…

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    estimated 270,000 adolescents carried handguns. In the past month about 645,000 high school students have carried a gun at least once in the past 30 days according to the Center of Disease Control. Texas A&M University reported that in rural areas more than 40 percent of adolescents are able to acquire a handgun. Some students fear attending school because of the frequency of guns being brought to school. A survey administered by the National Center of Education Statistics shows that one out of…

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    game works.” I walked up the aisles until I saw a man holding a shotgun. He held the gun up and for a minute I had stared down the barrel of a gun. My arms were raised, but he remained vigilant. I remembered my knife, and sure enough, it was still firmly planted in my hand. My hand opened up and the knife fell with a tink. “Look man, it’s cool. What’s your name?” He put the gun on his back, and his knapsack over the gun. “Grant, the names Grant. Yours?” “Mason, Mason Reyes. How old are you?”…

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    The effects of gun control I feel could be very dangerous. Taking away the right to bear arms could endanger defenseless families when an armed criminal breaks into their house. Taking firearms off of the legal market doesn’t mean that they still won’t be bought and sold illegally. An example of something that is illegal but widely bought and sold would be drugs. They are highly illegal but the demand for them is through the roof. So then, when the common law abiding citizen cannot buy a firearm…

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    Should Guns Be Allowed On College Campuses We have been hearing about gun related violence across the country in recent years and some of the occurrences have been at schools. Many people question if our schools because of these events. People are torn down the middle about “Gun Violence”, some people say it is the person who commits the crime while other blame the gun used in the offence. Everyone now has more safety concerns everywhere we go and that is no more prevalent than in our schools.…

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    on how the guns are not being regulated and leaving it open for individuals that do not undergo extensive background checks and the guns are falling in the wrong hands. He raises the point that if background checks are not done sufficiently then any one could fall between the loop holes and that in itself leaves the door opens for the public’s health…

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    Guns these days are over exaggerated and are played out to be a threat to society. With all the new technology being built lately, everyone 's attention has moved towards buying that new phone or checking your status. With all this new technology, there has been some issues that come with it. Guns are misused and abused online currently. As the young population views this material, the generation is heavily affected by the neglect. In result, the kids do not know how to properly use or treat a…

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    *TRIGGER WARNING* [pun not intended] Cops and Guns: "In Norway, Iceland, New Zealand, Britain, and Ireland, police officers generally do not carry firearms. In one of these countries, Iceland, it’s legal for citizens to carry guns—and roughly a third choose to do so." Why do cops need guns? You can 't tell me it 's because we have guns because Iceland manages themselves fine. Also, why is training so short, in Norway it takes 3 whole years to become a cop, some places in America are starting…

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