Arguments Against Gun Control

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Powerful Introduction: Once one day I was told the story of man on the news who refused to back down. His overconfidence grew into his arrest, the power of the gun he held was intoxicating. The officers who arrested him reported that he was a prior offender of illegal possessions of weapons in the past, despite being warned. This demonstrates the foolish audacity of why people shouldn’t be able to buy guns, at yes the little age of 16!

Paragraph 2: I have a dream that one day this nation will rid themselves of the ideals of apparent just, and right “constitutional laws” that allow people to hold guns at the little age of 16. To make it even easier for teenagers to buy guns, 40% of all guns bought were in a “no questions asked” situation, meaning that despite court laws, teens over 16 have a 40% chance to buy a gun without being asked if they had permission from their guardian. To add onto that, a portion of those guns …show more content…
Paragraph 6: I have a dream that in todays society people aren’t misjudged for their actions to buy a gun, they aren’t misjudged for their open carry, for that at the young age of 16, they couldn’t buy their gun in the first place, and thawt the intoxicating power of the gun itself doesn’t lead them into, as said before, the constant circulation of honestly; fear and anger. My point is to abolish these emotions, and with the aid of Brady Laws, we just might be able to.

Paragraph 7: This is my hope and faith. With this faith we will be able to practically eradicate crime, having that 80% of it violent crimes are done with weapons, mainly guns and rifles. We could stop the death rate of children and teenagers, having been the majority of deaths by guns. We could along with that, set an example for the goverment, on the other laws and freedoms that Congressmen hold to their hearts, as we do. . A immature choice with a gun is but a misrepresentation of a mistake; they never should’ve picked up the gun in the first

Arguments Against Gun Control

When it comes to gun control, there are mixed feelings everywhere. I’m not going to lie, before doing too much research on this, I am completely against gun control. I love guns, not quite the gun nut that I hope to know when the zombie outbreak happens, but I love guns. I love to shoot them, love to collect them and I feel they are great for protection. I guess we will see if my mind changes much, further along in my research. As of right now, I do not wish to see any gun control for law abiding…

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Arguments Against Gun Control

The fight for gun rights has long been a point of contention in America. In 1775, British soldiers in the hostile city of Boston took over the city’s powderhouse to prevent the colonists from arming themselves (Raphael). The casus belli of American Revolution, the battles of Lexington and Concord, was colonial minutemen attempting to prevent British troops from seizing arms depots. While the 21st century is certainly not the late 1700’s, guns have lost neither their importance, nor their place in…

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Arguments Against Gun Control

ProCon.org recently featured an article that studied gun control. “Stricter state gun laws associated with fewer gun deaths, study finds.” The article discussed gun control laws in states with stricter laws tend to have lower rates of gun related homicides, and a suicide (ProCon para. 1) Gun control in the United States is becoming a wide spread issue and is becoming a problem everywhere. Although I am living in a city with uprising crime that has been skyrocketing over the years, I wasn’t aware…

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The Argument Against Gun Control

incident have all be harsh but real situations for today’s society and a recent movement is trying to put these realities to ease, the Gun Control movement. The topic of gun control is a controversial yet to the point topic, should we limit the way people can access firearms in order to ensure more public safety? In the following essay I’ll present why gun control should be taken more seriously than just…

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Arguments Against Gun Control

Imagine this ; you're walking down the streets and a person comes out of an alleyway and tries to mug you . This is something that happens and sometimes you can’t fight back so this is where a gun could be helped to defend yourself, and with gun control you wouldn't have that chance so you would be hurt robbed or worse. Let's assume, however, that the carry provisions we are talking about are fair in their access to every citizen. The first question that must be answered is, "Why does the government…

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Arguments Against Gun Control

TRUE American. When it comes to our children and guns, their safety should not be put at the expense of your egotistical and outright irrational decisions to put restrictions on guns. Some might argue it is too easy to obtain guns, but I say it’s not easy enough. One would Have have to wait a full three days at Wal-Mart to get you hands on a 1000 RPM piece of lead guzzling American freedom. In my opinion, there should be no restrictions or Gun Control laws on God’s greatest gift to the…

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Argument Against Gun Control

argue that gun control should be severely tightened, and in some cases, completely abolished. After looking past the surface; however, I cannot agree. There are near innumerable reasons for why inhibiting gun control would be a terrible decision. The fact that - statistically speaking - more good than harm comes from the second amendment, that irresponsibility of certain gun holders…

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Arguments Against Gun Control

The issue of gun control has been around for a long time now, but in recent years it has become a major issue again in our society. While there is a lot of controversy as it for guns are the really social issue, it is clear it is something that is on a lot of people’s minds these days. That being said it seems everyone has an opinion on the matter, and everyone’s opinion is different. It is clear some states support guns while others don’t. On that same note our government system is divided as well…

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Arguments Against Gun Control

Gun control is a highly debated topic and especially in the United States. The question about pros and cons of guns always bothered me. Are the guns to protect us or to harm us? How can be sure such a dangerous weapon is not in wrong hands. Is The Second Amendment really protecting our rights? Second amendment gives each person right to carry a weapon, but is that safe? All those questions make me to choose this topic for my Persuasion Campaign. The audience of my campaign is the adult population…

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Arguments Against Gun Control

stay away from. Guns in homes of families is normal in America. About one fifth of Americans have at least gun if their possession (Procon.org). It is safe to say that most people know what the second amendment is; the right to bear arms. Guns are usually owned for self protection for hunting. Guns have influenced and help define what America is now. Guns were originally used for self defense and hunting, but they eventually migrated to the battlefield. Even in the beginning of guns there were restriction…

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