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    The United States should require mandatory, universal background checks, mental health screenings, and exams for all who wish to purchase guns. Guns should not be banned, however. Citizens of the United States do have a Constitutional right to carry and bear arms, which includes handguns. But, it’s important to get guns out of the hands of the people who wish to do harm to others or who are very likely to do harm to others. Stricter gun laws should make it harder for people that don’t need guns…

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    fairness after breaking the law. To keep the jurisdiction over the community and justice, Assembly Bill 181 should not be passed. Citizens who are willing to abide by the law and follow the rules should be the only ones who are allowed governmental privileges, such as the right to vote. Also, finding out whether ex-felons have transformed after being released from prison is a difficult thing to prove, but if convicts want, they can prove that they want their rights by attending AA…

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    laws in the United States to provide a balance between your right to bear arms and concern for public policy. There have been too many gun shots around the United States that question if the residence of U.S. should no longer have the right to bear arms. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution 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 in fringed.” This Amendment was written in…

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    Ask me why we need the right to bear arms, and I shall tell you to take a look around the world right now. What do you see? Violence and chaos running amuck, threatening and even breaking international borders. let us not forget that this countries founding fathers granted the god given right to the people 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". Emphesise the "shall not be infringed".…

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    Yorkers in more danger of criminals breaking the law in the first place. Elise is a gun owner, a card-carrying member of the National Rifle Association, and will strongly oppose legislation and executive actions that infringe on the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens." Australia has seen a reduction in gun deaths since their massive buy-up in the mid nineties; other nations have tougher regulations on guns that result in…

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    has the most lenient. 43 out of 50 states have a "right to bear arms" clause in their state constitutions, according to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence and the Brady Campaign's. Thesis: People killed people before guns were a big thing, guns don’t kill people, people kill people. Claim 1: Gun control violates the 2nd amendment. The 2nd amendment states that people have the right to bear arms, this meaning that people have the right to possess a weapon to defend themselves or…

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    Gun Control For decades the government has had gun control laws set for those who purchase guns. They wanted to keep guns out of convicted felons’ hands, as well as mental illness patients. As the percent increased with murder by guns, the stricter they wanted to get for all gun owners. Most Americans do not believe that all Americans’ should have to pay for what some allow themselves to do. The government and some citizens is blaming guns for all the…

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    want to put the blame on someone or something. The blame is most often put on an inanimate object that does only what the person using it wants it to do. Guns do not cause crime and more gun control laws are not the answer. Gun control violates rights given to us by the Second Amendment, guns have proven to be extremely effective in deterring crimes and protecting private property, gun control does not work in controlling violence, and gun control…

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    controversial topics in today's society due to how it violates the Second Amendment, infringes on citizens’ right to protect themselves, and it is a direct invasion of privacy. Gun Control laws violates our Second Amendment's right to bear arms. The Forefathers wrote “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…

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    growing amendment’s in the Bill of Rights to protect the United States from the potential abuse of governmental power (Bill Of Rights Instuitute , 2015). The second Amendment in the Bill of Rights 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 (Bill Of Rights Instuitute , 2015).” Madison felt that in addition to the military, allowing the US citizens to bear arms would allow the citizens to…

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