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    society today? Did you know that you have the ability to legally make a semi-automatic rifle, perform and act like a automatic rifle by utilizing legal gun modifications? In most mass shooting cases today, shooters often utilize gun modifications such as bump stocks, single stage triggers, optic sights, muzzle breaks and quick extended magazine release clips, which are all legal modifications that can be made to any registered firearm. These modifications offer no advantage to the everyday…

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    It was Saturday night. The club seemed packed with hundreds of people inside, when an unbelievable, yet seemingly repeatable horror story took place. A man approached the club on foot, armed with a semi-automatic rifle and a semi-automatic pistol and entered the building. The club’s guard engaged the armed man, but he returned fire and killed the police officer; however, the armed man did not stop there and continued on his way to the main floor where he began shooting patrons. A couple of…

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    Did you know that every 1 of 3 American has reported having a firearm in their household?(Fox) When many people think of guns they automatically think of a bad person or death when really guns can be used for many fun sports or activities. Guns have always intrigued me because of the way they work and how they are made. I feel I have a good experience with firearms considering that I am a owner of 5 myself. Most people put firearms into three groups, rifles, shotguns, and handguns, depending on…

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    Bump Stock Essay

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    it.” We should not ban with bump stock or any semi-automatic rifles to keep our country safe. In the article, the author explains that the bump stock was not intended to be a tool to shoot fast at humans. This is obvious as there are no weapon companies that want to aid in shootings. Since 1930, a US citizen is not allowed to purchase a fully automatic weapon. However, according the article, “bump-fire stocks didn't exist when the National Firearms Act was enacted in 1934 or when the law was…

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    Why Do Guns Harm People?

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    party in San Bernardino California, and then they just started shooting into the crowd. The improper use of firearms in the united states is very high, and nothing seems to be happening. Guns cause so much harm to people when they are used improperly, in 2013 approximately 33,636 people were killed by guns in the united states. Meanwhile, in America 2011, there were 478,400 incidents of firearm-related violence (whether used or just threatened) and 11,101 homicides, for a rate of 1 homicide per…

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    Why Is Gun Control Bad

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    control then many murders and mass shootings would not have happened. But that is simply not true, there has been countless times when people have prevented or stopped mass shootings either before they happened or during it because they legally carry a firearm. In the Texas mass church shooting there was one man who owned a gun legally and stopped many more people from being killed although there was a lot of deaths many were prevented by this great man. Also do you wanna know who else has gun…

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    In this article presented by americas1stfreedom.org, Mark Chesnut explains ten good reasons why someone should buy an AR-15 semi automatic rifle. He writes how an AR-15 is often thought of as a weapon of war and he states that rifles in general are seldom used in crime. Mark goes on to explain the many uses of an AR-15. He explains that this gun is good for defence, fun, teaching, hunting, and competitions. Guns are often a great pastime for most people as they use it for hunting, tinkering,…

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    America is caught up in an important war and the problem is that very few people realize this fact. The war in which I am referring is whether or not to ban assault weapons. Now I’m not proposing a complete ban on all guns as that would be a violation of the 2nd Amendment which we will examine later. However, as we will see in the examples highlighted below, assault weapons are not normal guns and consequently I believe that they must be banned from civilian use. What are the problems? Let’s…

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    crimes (Bernstein). Andrew Bernstein states in his article that banning of automatic weapons won’t help the public “The brutal but inescapable truth is that laws banning automatic and semi-automatic weapons ensure two things: criminals will possess them—honest persons will not…

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    questions regarding who should be allowed to own, use and manufacture firearms have arised, creating a controversial and politically divisive debate. Gun control laws are vital to the welfare of the United States because it will reduce gun violence, increase the number of people who are qualified for possession and does not infringe constitutional rights. In the United States, death by firearm has killed tens of thousands, but firearm regulations can help benefit gun violence rates, which will…

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