Gun politics in the United States

The United States is one of the only places in the world where citizens are freely allowed to possess firearms. As a result of this, guns have become a large part of both our history and our culture. In fact the United States is the only country in the world where guns are a big part of its culture (Cross 2). This has led some curious citizens to wonder why we are the only country who has such a rich culture with guns. Some of the anti-gun supporters believe the Second Amendment is outdated and…

am and Steve’s front door just got kicked in by a pair of men with illegal guns. He runs over to his closet to grab his gun. Then he remembers that just last week the police came and confiscated it. They said a new law had been passed banning AR-15’s. Steve calls the police. When they get there 10 minutes later, they find Steve’s families’ dead bodies and his house ransacked for anything of value. If only he had his gun. Guns have been around since approximately 500AD. The first ones were just…

presidential candidates will cut government budgets. All of the candidates have fairly different ways that he or she plans to approach this problem. One candidate says that if we cut all departments spending by 10%, over the course of several years the United States’ situation would be much better than it is now. Some of the candidates have said they are for cuts, while voting for or against bills that leave people questioning where the candidate really stands on this important issue. As one of…

another family of innocent civilians was saved by none other than a firearm. Thousands of stories just like this one happen each year. Gun control receives much news attention and is a particularly touchy subject that the nation is split on, given that the difference betwixt either side could mean life or death. There should be, in our great country, far less gun control for the reasons of the second amendment, that is has not boded well in another country implementing such drastic measures, and…

Analysis Essay Gun control in America has always been an issue. With problems coming up such as school shootings, teens getting their hands on their parents’ guns, and kids accidentally shooting themselves, people want laws set forward to limit the use of guns. In “End the Gun Epidemic in America,” The Editorial Board talks about how they want stricter gun laws because no one really needs to own a gun. The Editorial Board believes there should be stricter gun laws in the United States…

Gun Control or People Control Who are the real killers, the guns or we? Gun laws today are getting looser and looser when it comes to who can buy guns and handle them without a license. Now days people but guns for auctions or on the market for a little of nothing. Here in Alabama we have the most nonchalant gun laws that you can find in the south. Most people in Alabama do not even have a license and do not plan on getting one anytime soon. Most gun owners don’t have the rights to carry their…

"It has become impossible to give up the enterprise of disarmament with abandoning the whole great adventure of building a connective peace system."-Arthur Henderson. In the United States, the people have always been given the right to bear arms and the law protects that right for them. America needs to see the positive and negative effects of disarmament. Disarmament can bring more reliability on our safety such as less murders, robberies, and crimes. It could also be the downfall of our…

rupture the reverberating ramification Tupac Shakur left behind. On September 7, 1996, Shakur was leaving a boxing match only to find himself fatally caught up in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. Hurried to a nearby hospital, Shakur was in a serious state of haemorrhaging; his mother Afeni Shakur pleaded the doctor to stop operating after blood loss became too severe. Six days later, he was declared dead after being diagnosed with respiratory failure and cardiopulmonary arrest, at only 25…

Being a target of a shooting can change someone’s life dramatically. Two videos presented at our Criminal Justice: Theory in Practice class depict enormous bravery and determination of police officers in the United States. In the first video, female police officer observed suspicious looking vehicle with three young men inside. After stopping the car the officer was shot two times around her ear and left side near the chest area. Bleeding from the wounded areas nor extreme pain did not stop her…

was horrified. Two high school seniors, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, killed thirteen and injured twenty four before turning the guns and proceeding to take their own lives.1 This was the school shooting that changed everything. It opened people's eyes to possibilities of murder-suicides happening in schools. It didn’t just affect their little town or even the state of Colorado, it prompted national debate and made everyone think twice about simply taking their daily trip to pick up their kids…