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    Gun Violence on campus has been a recurring issue in the past several years with several instances of the mass shooting like the ones in Arizona state university and on Virginia tech. “.Timothy Wheeler wrote a piece called “There 's a reason they choose schools” which was published On May 1,2007,in the issue of National Review.In this article,Wheeler talks about how there may need to be a need to allow guns on campus so we can better protect ourselves against shooters.Another piece used is the…

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    protects gun manufacturers and dealers from being held accountable for the crimes committed with the use of their sold products. In 2005, the act was signed into law by President George W. Bush. The policy was designed to provide the corporate gun industry protections from the law and public blaming them for gun crimes. However, by taking away the victims of gun crimes ability to sue these gun manufacturers, it took away the importance of litigation working as a tool for regulation. By making…

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    Gun Related Shootings

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    With children often being affected by gun related injuries, gun related protocols and insurance are often enforced to ensure the safety of children in the presence of a gun. As stated by Matthew James Thompson, “Since 1979, the number of children and teens killed by guns in the United States has stayed consistently above 3,000 deaths annually ” ( Thompson 1). Events like the 1989 shooting in Stockton, California where five children were killed on an elementary school playground, or the 1999…

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    466 violent crimes for every 100,000 people in the United States. Only about 108 of these will be gun related. Believe it or not, every single mass shooting that has happened in America since the 1950s, have all been in a place where guns were prohibited. Open carry is the practice of openly carrying a firearm on one's person in public (“Gun Control Myths and Realities”). One in three Americans own a gun. States that allow open carry have, on average, a twenty three percent lower crime rate…

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    average day, 93 Americans are killed with guns. On average, in the United States, there are about 12,000 gun homicides (“Gun Violence by the Numbers” 1). Violence occurs frequently when the common man has a gun. A gun could fall into the wrong hands with the government never really knowing. For many years there have been many debates on whether or not guns should be banned. There are many pros and cons to this discussion. Some people believe guns are vital for their protection, while…

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    School Shootings

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    examples of school shootings, mass shootings, and outdated laws, a reader will see that guns MUST be outlawed in the U.S. School shootings are one main reason that gun laws need to change. On Wednesday, February 14th at 2:21 PM Nikolas Kruz took out is AR-15 and open fired on high school students in Parkland, Florida. He killed 17 people. These were people who were living a normal school life. Because you are allowed guns these kids innocence is taken away. If you are worried about getting…

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    continue to be constantly talked about. Even though gun violence is an arising problem, it can be slightly reduced by the government eliminating the Right to Bare Arms and increasing security on weapon purchases and availability. The rise of gun violence in the past year or so has many people and families what the future has in store for us. Guns are everywhere, and they aren’t going away anytime soon. Guns are in video games, movies or TV shows, hunting, war, and books. It’s a huge issue and…

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    There is a huge debate about gun control and there most likely will be until a compromise is reached. Gun control consists of the government taking away or altering the rules for the guns of the citizens. Some suggestions for gun control are complete removal, extreme background checks, and altering the laws so it is nearly impossible to possess or trade firearms. Gun control laws should be altered and be re-voted to only affect the modifications, use, and the background checks to possess…

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    Gun laws fill enormous gaps that exist in our nation’s federal laws and also help reduce gun violence and keep the citizens safe. Most of the countries that with the strongest gun laws have the lowest gun death rate. The mass shooting in schools in America is done by kids having control over guns. Diane Dimond, a reporter and journalist who published the article “Kids and Guns and Public Safety” argues that to prevent future mass shootings, gun owners need to take personal responsibility. Diane…

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    “I didn't go into teaching thinking about carrying a gun. But when i see incosent kids and teachers getting shot that made me think differently about wanting to sit in a class and wait for my death.” -from salty lake ohio teacher. When you hear of kids getting killed by some crazy person you try to think of a solution or a idea that will help. Many experts have came to a big solution and that is teachers carrying guns. Why multiple people think its a good idea is because it could stop the…

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