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    Gun Politics in the United States Despite the United States having the strictest law on guns, yet mass shooting is still taking place in all states. Not only the country, but also the states have their own laws, which lawmakers and other jurisdictions around the country have passed. All fifty states have their own laws regarding guns. For example, Chicago has had a handgun ban for more than thirty years, yet it is one of top states with shooting murder on rise. Although heaps of rules and regulations

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    Gun Control Do you want to always feel safe in your home, at school, or at work? Well, increasing gun control laws will rip that sense of security away from you. Gun control does not work; it endangers the citizens of the United States because the crime rates will rise like they have in Chicago. Politicians do not know how to fix gun violence, gun control has failed miserably and it is unconstitutional. Gun control will make the crime rate increase. According to "There Is a Problem with

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    Throughout the world, many contemporary issues occur in the world of Politics. Democracy is also involved with several contemporary issues. According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary (2014), the word democracy is defined as a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections (Page 215). Like in many political parties, democracy faces several political issues

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    American politics know as gun control came about in the 20th century with the passing of the National Firearms Act (NFA) in 1934. Congress passed this act in response to Prohibition-era gangs and the extreme violence that they caused. With the passage of the NFA the federal government set into motion the beginning of gun politics in America. The history of modern gun control has been fiercely fought in and out of the courts by parties on both sides of the issue with several key court rulings. Gun control

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    the United States has a long tradition of holding guns. The public opinion with guns is deeply based. A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in 2017 showed that 48% of the population grew up in armed families; 72% believed that most people should have the right to have guns or that almost everyone had the right to hold guns; 61% believed that the people have the right to hold almost all types of firearms or most types of firearms; 56% believe that gunners should be allowed to hold guns in almost

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    the reason behind the problem. Uncovered in the United States "foreign policy", from the assassination of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy in 1968 till now, there are about 30000 people die each year under shooting, that means more than 80 people were killed by guns a day on the average. It is analysed that although there are innumerable deaths of shooting, but the America still can 't enforce any gun control policy. The idea is that the gun is a tool for rebelling against tyranny and a tool

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    Analytical Essay Introduction Throughout the world, many contemporary issues occur in the world of Politics. Democracy is also involved with several contemporary issues. According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary (2014), the word democracy is defined as a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections (Page 215). Like in many political parties, democracy

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    The Problem with Guns The idea and practice of “gun-control” is needs to change. The mass shootings around the nation show that gun violence in the United States of America is an epidemic. To battle the carnage, to keep our children and citizenry safe, some jurisdictions, schools, and public venues have enacted “gun-free” zones and advocated restricting gun ownership. Columbine High School was a gun-free zone. Virginia Tech? Gun free. Cinemark Theater, Aurora, Colorado, Sandy Hook Elementary,

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    American System Essay

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    1. The United States is a country built from compromises, and as such the Government continues to follow the same trend of compromises, or so it should. But lately, the system seems to have changed, compromise is no longer the founding of the system, and as such, not much seems to be getting done. If the basis of the American system is ambition vs ambition, and the philosophy of “you scratch my back and I scratch yours”, then what could have caused this callosal shift in governance? i. The United

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    One of the many controversies in today’s society and politics is putting a ban on assault weapons. Putting a ban on assault weapons will not reduce crime. There are many other weapons people could use for crime. The banning assault weapons would not stop the number of homicides or suicides either. The United States’ gun laws are nothing like other countries who’ve reduced crime in their nation. Other countries like Germany and the U.K. have developed successful laws and bans. The ban on assault

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