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    In New Orleans‚ and many other states there has been a major gun violence problem‚ that the government has been working to get rid of. Gun buyback programs have been implemented as a way to to get guns out of the streets‚ so communities would become safer. Some people argue that gun buy-back are effective‚ but most people say they are not effective. New Orleans council members should make decisions that will affect the whole state. They should take into consideration the safety‚ of the youth‚ and

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    about the gun control and the use of gun in mass shootings have gone up in the years. When Omar Mateen entered an Orlando‚ Florida‚ nightclub on Sunday June 12‚ 2016‚ to carry out the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history‚ he wielded a weapon that has been used in massacres from California to Connecticut: a military-inspired semi-automatic rifle the AR-15 rifles. The NSSF (National Shooting Sports Foundation) estimates there are roughly 5 million to 10 million AR-15 rifles owned in the United States

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    Gun control in the United States has become a highly controversial topic over the years. There have been plenty of debates on the gun control laws and people have taken to being either pro gun control laws or anti gun control laws. One thing we can’t deny would be that gun control laws would keep us all safer and even save lives. Statistic show that more guns equals to more homicide cases. If more citizens have easy access to guns‚ they’re more likely to kill than if they didn’t have easy access

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    Over the past decade‚ the rise in gun violence has become a major problem and topic of Gun Control has been a major subject of debates in the political world with great support on both sides. I am writing this as person who believes that the citizens of this country have the right to own a firearm‚ but I feel that there should be some control over the ownership and selling of these deadly devices. When the topic of gun control is brought into a discussion the first thing people think is that the

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    Gun Control Essay In recent years‚ gun-related crimes have increased dramatically from massive school shooting‚ suicides‚ etc. Because of this‚ the topic of gun control has been around a lot. Gun control is the regulation of firearms that refer to the laws and policies that people have when owning a firearm. The government should allow gun control laws that prevent everyone from having firearms except people that are in the armed forces‚ gun control will help reduce gun crimes‚ reduce suicides‚

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    A Smoking Gun from Down Under Recent events have brought the heated debate about gun control to atomic levels in the United States. For some Americans‚ it seems of no question that we should limit or even ban an individual’s right to bear arms for the greater good of our nation. For others‚ the right to own a firearm is one of the fundamental liberties afforded the citizens of this country and to restrict that right intrudes on the very essence of being American. The argument for limiting or banning

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    Article review Weisman‚ J. (2013). Senate Blocks Drive for Gun Control. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/us/politics/senate-obama-gun-control.html?_r=1& Jonathan Weisman‚ author of the article‚ studied journalism and African History at Northwestern University. Weisman’s professional career includes time at Education Week‚ CQ‚ USA Today‚ Washington Post and Wall Street Journal

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    Laws having to do with gun control should have stricter regulations and require more in-depth background checks before anyone is allowed to purchase a fire arm. Gun control has been a major debate for a very long time now. It started hundreds of years ago in different parts of the world and continues today. Though there are always two sides to an argument‚ I firmly believe that being pro-gun control is important. People assume that just because you are pro-gun control that you have an “unrealistic”

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    formulation‚ adaptation‚ implementation and administration‚ and lastly evaluation (Paetz et al. 716). Gun control became a controversial argument after Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Twenty elementary school kids‚ ages from six to seven were shot. While‚ six adult instructors were shot (Barron). All of the victims were shot at point-blank range. American Citizen demanded a stricter gun policy. The phase “gun control” popped up in every news articles. This brings us to stage number one of the policymaking

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    Owning a gun is a big responsibility – and you don’t want your guns getting into the hands of someone who shouldn’t. The best way to keep your guns secure is to purchase a guns safe for your home or business – wherever you keep your firearms. When it comes to a gun safe‚ only the best will do – and not all gun safes are created equally. The gun safe that will protect your firearms needs to be more than a metal cabinet. A quality gun safe is one that will protect your guns from fire‚ burglars and

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