Politics of the United States

They already keep guns legally out of unsafe people’s hands, while good, honest people are still able to access guns. In 1791, the Bill of Rights was ratified. The Second Amendment, written by James Madison, states, “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed” (“The Second Amendment”). The Second amendment was created to protect against criminal and any foreign or domestic threat.…

Guns have been known to be around since 1364. Twenty years later hand guns are confirmed to be across Europe. Guns have been on this planet for a long time and only certain times they are used for good or bad reasons. Guns are everywhere through real life guns, the topic is on television and, they are in movies and video games. Guns can influence anyone to do an action that may cause harm for different reasons. Recently there have been many debates on gun control and whether or not there should…

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Gun control is an extremely controversial topic that has spawned a tremendous amount of debate over the past few years. Most of the debates occur when there are mass shootings at schools, churches, or other public places. Mallory Simons is a writer and senior producer of online presentations for CNN. She wrote Gun Debate: Where is the Middle Ground on January 31, 2013 and it appeared on CNN.com the same day. In her article she discussed recent acts of gun violence and the effect they have had on…

Gun control is a major political topic in today’s world. Unlike the past, we have automatic weapons, which could kill larger groups of people. Although the right to bear arms was to never be infringed, time has made it unfeasible to allow people to walk down the street while carrying one of these weapons. Some people are also very protective of our constitutional rights. We can’t take our rights for granted. Once we lose our rights, we won’t get them back until we lose our country.…

Does Gun Control Reduce Crime? Gun control law has been one the most argued topic in the past decade in United States. Crime is widely viewed as a major issue for every society, government always tried to find solution in order to reduce the crime and violent rates. That is why gun control law and gun ownership has been argued intensively. However there has been a question, did gun control law reduce crime rate? In my opinion: No, because if people want to kill, they will find weapons to…

carry be taken away all together, or should the process to receiving a permit be more in depth? Should be police officers and security personnel be the only ones to carry firearms? These are all questions in the discussion of gun policies in the United States. Right now, 47% of Americans say yes, there should be more restrictions on firearm purchasing while 53% of Americans…

to let everything loose and at the end, many people get lost as well. As a result of weak gun control, mass violence has become an all-too-common occurrence in the United States. Even though the news has constantly told stories elaborating on mass violence, some people still assume that no harm exists in carrying a gun. Research states that although guns do not only cause mass violence,…

- This is one of the most controversial questions that are currently rumoring today. There are people, who believe that guns should be banned, as guns are the number one killer. The vast majority of gun owners in the United States are law-abiding citizens, who buy guns for sport or for protection (“Gun Control Laws”). The murder of 26 people, including 20 children aged 6 and 7 are dying each day, people argue that if these attacks are happening on a regular basis, then the…

In America, guns have been a part of the country’s society since about 1607, whether it be war, hunting, protecting your family, it has always been a symbol for many things. The gun control vs. gun rights debate has been an ongoing controversy since the late 1960s, weighing the rights and liberties of the individual citizen against the welfare and safety of the nation as a whole, has always been a precarious discussion. Now, 48 years later, nationwide shootings are occurring on a daily basis.…