Gun politics in the United States

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    Gun Culture in the United States In this text, I shall focus on the gun culture in the United States, discussing the negative and positive side of this matter. What makes the USA different from other developed countries is their right to own private guns, and the citizens makes full use of this law. Approximately under half of the American households have at least one gun. This makes the United States the highest country in the world when it comes to ownership of private guns. The ownership of private

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    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 (merriam-webster.com 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 (merriam-webster.com 2014 ). Like in many political

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    The United States has had issues with gun control for the longest time. Everything from assassinations in the 20th century to the Sandy Hook shooting. Guns have been a major topic in debates and politics in general. Guns have caused many problems in history and they also have solved and still do solve many problems in the United States today because of things such as concealed weapons permits that have exponentially reduced crimes like murder and rape in the United States. The United States government

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    passion on both sides of the fiercely debated issue of gun control and brought the issue to the forefront of American politics once again. While no new gun control laws have been passed since this tragedy, the debate over how to interpret the 2nd amendment continues. Gun control laws are the government’s way of regulating the manufacture, sale, transportation, possession, and use of firearms. In our world today, we face the vast controversy of gun control and who should be able to possess a destructive

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    of gun problem in the United States The ownership of firearm became legally in United States since their second amendment of the constitution enacted in 1791. It seems a symbol of the right to freedom, however, it has also brought a great convenience to criminals. The gun shooting accident are repeatedly happening in United States each year and lots of innocent people get hurt. What more serious is, the number of such tragedies are continuing increase. Many people living in the United States are

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    In the book Guns, Gun Control, and Elections: The Politics and Policy of Firearms, Wilson discusses the complex issue of gun control and the many debates and controversies regarding the issue. Many people throughout the United States feel it is the right as a citizen in the United States to own a weapon, and the government should have no say in the matter. These people believe this because of the part of the Second Amendment that states, “The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be

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    Giron. The people against stricter gun laws rallied against the two officials who voted for gun control after a mass shooting in a theater in Colorado. This is Majoritarianism because we see common people, and a great deal of them, actively using their rights to recall official who did something wrong in their eyes. Despite the fact that these officials were only trying to take a step towards solving the highly debated subject of gun control in the United States. The definition of Pluralism is, “A

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    Why should assault weapons be banned? One of the guns used in Columbine was a 9mm carbine and in the Sandy Hook massacre a Bushmaster XM15-E2S rifle were both assault weapons. Dylan Klebold and Eric Herres got their weapons illegally same with the people that shoot up Sandy Hook. If assault weapons were banned at that time all of the students that died that day would still be alive and probably should have bright futures. That just proves that anyone can get assault weapons illegally or legally.

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    intentional; they are happening across the United States. Nevertheless, in today’s society, gun violence is sparking debate and controversy on how to control gun violence. Throughout the country, thousands of laws and regulations have been created to aid in the control of guns. Through much study, the gun laws and regulations in place have very little effect on the number of gun related injuries and deaths. More needs to be done to establish an effective way to control gun violence. Potential Solutions Shootings

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    Gun Control Guns have been in the hands of citizens since before our country was born. Recently though it has become a hot topic in politics. As with all arguments there is three sides, one opposing the banning of guns, one for the banning of guns, and one side in between the two that strives for compromise. This paper will answer questions on what exactly a mass shooting is, what is the United States legislation on guns, what do other countries do for gun control, and lastly what our stance is

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