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    power and are keeping gun rights where they are now are trying to remove them saying that people should be allowed to carry guns on them and use them at shooting ranges and for self protection. In the states that have the least amount of gun restriction there is a lower shooting rate than the states with more gun restrictions. The NRA has many good points about gun laws and restrictions. They say that, if people had guns during these shooting that the shooters would have ended up dead a lot…

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    threatened by the thought that anyone could get hold of a gun if they tried? Whilst in England you need a license even own a gun, in the USA it’s legal to carry a gun into public places (in some states). The only reason it’s legal to carry firearms is because of the Constitution of Rights in America and the Second Amendment (the right to bear arms). This Bill of Rights was adopted in 1791. Should people still have to live by these rules that were made 200 years ago? Back then, you may have…

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    violates the Second Amendment. Antonin Scalia’s dissent in Obergefell v. Hodges is an extremely, powerfully written piece of artwork that brings forth what Scalia calls a threat to American democracy. The decision of whether same-sex marriage being legalized should have been a decision that was left to the states. Democracy was being practiced when the people presented their arguments for either side and allowed the electorates to cast their vote on it. The electorates of 11 states decided to…

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    Gun Control Gun control. We’ve all seen or heard something about it. It’s a very common topic in the world today. The debate about gun control basically states that either we should or shouldn’t ban firearms. In my opinion firearms should not be banned as this would violate our promised rights as americans given to us by the second amendment in the bill of rights. Firearms can’t and shouldn’t be banned. Some say that banning firearm related crimes. My claim to this is criminals don’t follow…

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    The Constitution should be interpreted literally and cannot change with society. Explain the topic and either agree or disagree with the statement, offering support to the argument. Saying that the constitution should be taken literally and that it cannot change with society is in my opinion unrealistic . When the constitution was written the world was a very different place than it is today so saying that it is to be taken literally and that it cannot change is very unrealistic. The problems…

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    In 2008, after the Court had decided Heller and said that the Second Amendment includes an individual right to keep and bear arms, Otis McDonald and other Chicago residents sued the city for violating the Constitution. They claimed that Chicago’s handgun regulations violate their 14th Amendment rights. Specifically, the residents argue that the 14th Amendment makes the Second Amendment right “to keep and bear Arms” applicable to state and local governments. The federal district court ruled for…

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    but many have not come in the favor of the person who is fighting the state, it’s mostly been in favor of the state. The government doesn’t want to feel like one specific thing is given or is done for an individual that the rest of the people cannot have or do, how I see this is like when a teacher…

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    Gun Controls Laws The second amendment should not be a part of the constitution. Gun control laws are connected to the 2nd amendment which 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” ("Index Page - The U.S. Constitution Online." Index Page - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2017.) Which allows any citizen the right to own a gun for security…

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    #1 Radio Review: History of Domestic Violence Am giving a “B” to this program. I like it because it discusses a common big problem facing the Country “Gun Violence.” The program called awareness to the correlation between domestic violence and mass shooting and the important of keeping guns away from abusers. I agree with that, of course, it has always been illegal for domestic abusers to possess guns, but the point is that, they could still buy guns from private sellers, which makes it more…

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    Introduction Second amendment was one of the first 10 amendments. Second amendment’s main framer was James Madison and several other famous faces of our nation like John Adams supported the second amendment. Amendment second is the amendment that says that “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”. It was created because if the central or the state government was not be able to protect the rights…

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