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Shaniya Pace
Gun Control
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English
12th Grade
04/01/2016

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Gun Control  1  laws

 

  • The united states has 88.8 guns per 100 people, or about 270,000,000
  • proponents of more gun control laws state that the second amendment was intended for militias 
  • Opponents say that the second amendment protects and indivisuals right to own guns
  • A pew survey found that 57% of people believe that owning a gun protects them from being victimized
  • guns are used for self defense 2.5 milliion times a year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Gun control   5   Percentile

 

  • The risk of being murdered increases 500% if a gun is present during domestic dispute
  • 29,618,300 violent crimes interfere with the ability of law abiding citizens
  • 48% of convicted felons survey admitted that they avoided committing crimes.
  • Gun control lawa would reduce the societal cost associated with gun violence
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Gun control  8  laws

 

  • gun control laws give to much power to the gov. and may result in gov. tranny
  • A majority of aldults including gun owners supporrt common sense gun control such as background checks, bans on assult weapons.
  • gun control laws such as background checks and micro-stamping are invasion of privacy
  • More gun control leads to fewer suicides.
  • more gun control is unnecessary because relatively few people are killed by guns
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Gun control  10    laws

 

  • Enacting laws such as mandatoey safety feature would reduce the number of accidentalgun deaths
  • gun control laws and lower gun ownership rates do not prevent suicide
  •  the presence of a gun makes a conflict more likely to become violent
  • more gun control is not needed education about gun safety is needed
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gun control 14  laws

 

  • Armed civilian are unlikely to stop crimes and are more likely to make dangerous situation
  • gun control laws would prevent citizens from protecting themselves
  • countries with restrictive gun control laws have lower gun homicide
  • strict gun control laws do not work in mexico and will not work in the united states
  • gun control laws are racist
  • gun control efforts have proved ineffective.
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