AskEssays.com - Discover essay samples

Summary of the Gun Control Debate

4.9 of 5.0 (134 reviews)

Contains
276 words
Category
Social Issues

Summary of the Gun Control Debate Page 1
Summary of the Gun Control Debate Page 2
The above thumbnails are of reduced quality. To view the work in full quality, click download.

Summary of the Gun Control Debate




Since the days of the pioneers of the United States, firearms
have been part of the American tradition as protection and a means of
hunting or sport. As we near the end of the 20th century the use of
guns has changed significantly. Because of fast and steady increase in
crime and the fight for the right to own a hand gun, the introduction
of legislation for gun control, to try to reduce the crime in the
United States, has been a hotly debated issue in recent years.


Although many people feel that gun control violates the right
of the people, given in the second amendment 'the right to bear arms?,
controlling distribution and sales and the registration of guns and
gun owners is necessary because of the homicide rate involving guns
and the violence by criminals using guns.


Many people feel that gun control violates the right of the
people given in the second amendment the right 'to bear arms?.
Opponents of gun control, including the National Rifle Association,
better known as the NRA, argue that the ?right To bear arms? is
guaranteed in the second amendment of the Constitution of the United
States of America and licensing restrictions penalize law-abiding
citizens while in no way preventing criminal use of handguns. It is
also argued that by making it difficult for guns to be bought and
registered for the American public there is a threat to the personal
safety ...

You are currently seeing 50% of this paper.

You're seeing 276 words of 552.

Keywords: gun control the debate and public policy, gun control debate

Similar essays


Child Abuse II

Imagine for one moment that you are not yourself any longer. Visualize instead that you are a young girl; old enough to know right from wrong yet still young enough to be terrified by the dark shadows in your room. It is a cool autumn night and your parents have opted to attend a party which you are not allowed at. ?It will b...

74 reviews
Download
Discrimination In The Workplace

is the topic I have chosen to discuss. Discrimination is any action that unlawfully or un justly results in unequal treatment of persons or groups based on race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, and, if civilian, handicapping conditions, for which distinctions are not supported by legal or rational considerations. In the workplace,...

14 reviews
Download
Ethics And Advertising

Answers to the question of whether advertising media are operating ethically must be sought within the context of what advertising intends to do and the role it plays in the American media system. Advertiser's main purpose is to make consumers aware of new products and services and to persuade them to buy. Granted advertising does differ from the...

78 reviews
Download
Teen Pregnancy: Looking On The Dark Side

Katie Story Chapter 1:Article Assignment 2[nd] Statistics Teen Pregnancy: Looking on the dark side When we look around today we see young women, under the age of 18, either are pregnant or have already had their child. It is a young age to start out their child's life when they are hardly an adult themselves, but for some it is a wake-up call to...

94 reviews
Download
Multicultural Education

America has long been called "The Melting Pot" due to the fact that it is made up of a varied mix of races, cultures, and ethnicities. As more and more immigrants come to America searching for a better life, the population naturally becomes more diverse. This has, in turn, spun a great debate over multiculturalism. Some of the issues under f...

131 reviews
Download
Atsisiųsti šį darbą