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    ten years over 100‚000 Americans were killed due to gun violence and many more have been victims of other gun related crimes. Several more have used guns to committed suicide and young kids have been wounded from playing with them. There was more than 350 mass shooting alone in 2015. The President is currently using all of his every source he has to reduce gun control. He proposes we make it more difficult for someone to have access to buy a gun by means of doing background checks on anybody who wants

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    I believe gun control laws do not stop gun violence because of the killing population. If the gun control laws stop the violence the death crime wouldn’t be so high. Criminals don’t seem to care about the laws. Criminals continue to carry guns looking for trouble. Gun control laws doesn’t seem to affect criminals. Some criminals even feel as regardless of what‚ they are going to do what they want to do. I believe if the gun control laws were strict and had more consequences behind it the crimes may

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    of the wrong hands anyways‚ the government should focus more on what issues cause gun violence. The Amendment right is an original amendment in the U.S. Constitution Bill of Rights‚ and it is what protects our gun ownership right as U.S. citizens. This amendment states‚ “the rights of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed‚” (“The Constitution of the United States”‚ Amendment 2). Individual gun ownership is therefore a constitutional right (McGinty et al. e22-e25). The people

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    Guns

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    Guns Guns and gun crimes have been around for hundreds of years and no talk of banning guns from citizens. It is our right to bear arms. Citizens should not be banned from owning firearms because of a few people’s mistakes; it’s a form of protection. Also‚ criminals will always be able to find guns‚ so it would be a waste of everyone’s time to try and ban them from everyone. Yes‚ most violent crimes are caused by guns‚ and the rates have been higher. However‚ it is a protection. In the Balanced

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    Daevin Caldwell Mr.Bergman Sophomore English P1 10 October 2016 Gun Violence in America “I have a very strict gun control policy: if there’s a gun around‚ I want to be in control of it (Eastwood). Statistics are proving that we need to prevent gun violence and get rid of all access to all guns. In this country‚ anybody can get a gun‚ statistics prove gun violence is increasing‚ we need to prevent gun violence. Banning guns completely will make America safe again.

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    Gun violence is one main thing that tears families apart. Crazy‚ non-educated people roam the streets with dangerous weapons killing people and causing tragedies. Society would have done better if only police had the access to weapons and guns instead of civilians and criminals‚ although they could be confiscated. Gun violence incidents have been happening for a very long time‚ most of the time without a reason. Shootings‚ robberies‚ etc. all include the use of a weapon like a gun. These things

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    No Guns

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    Topic: Wanted: No Guns! You have a noise in the middle of the night. Quickly you reach under the bed. The weapon is in your hand ready to fire. You shoot the intruder before he or she can hurt you. In this situation the “bad guy” was wounded. Sometime however‚ innocent people get hurt or killed by guns. One of the Articles of the Bill of rights states that citizens of the United States have the “right to bear arms.” However with so many innocent people suffering and dying from accidental

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    Guns and Gun Control

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    CJ 133 | Guns and Gun Control | Writing Assignment 6 | Katie Epps 1/18/2009 | Gun control has been one of the biggest topics facing our nation aside from abortion and homosexual marriages. There are so many different angles and arguments that surround it‚ its no wonder a definite decision can not be made. Violent crimes remain one of the most serious problems in the United States‚ in many of the violent crimes committed guns are used but an actual link between the two remains pretty

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    Guns are instrument that can be either helpful or useless with problems. Now guns are available almost for everyone. People shouldn’t be allowed to purchase gun especially automatic guns. One of the reasons I think people shouldn’t be allowed to buy guns is because individuals may us them to murder large group of people at ones. Accidents can occur due to lack of responsibility when caring for and storing the weapons at their homes. The number of massacres in the U.S and around

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    Erick Perez English 282 AD Kitamura March 11‚ 2014 Violence San Mateo usually Isn’t a very violent place‚ or so I thought. Two years ago at the St Timothy carnival I was robbed at knifepoint by some punk in a black hoodie. I was walking up to a concession stand to get some cotton candy when I felt a hand on my shoulder and something sharp against my back‚ I tried turning around to see who it was but he quickly pushed me back around and told me to stand still while he searched my pockets for

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