Gun Control Will Not Prevent Violence There is an outpouring cry for more gun control measures to prevent crimes and violence. However, throughout most of our history people have armed themselves for protection against criminals, invaders, and even abusive government. There are approximately fo...

Issue of Gun Control and ViolenceThe issue of gun control and violence, both in Canada and the United States, is one that simply will not go away. If history is tobe any guide, no matter what the resolution to the gun control debate is, it is probable that the arguments pro and con will be much the ...

Have you ever wondered what effect the United State\'s laws, written many years ago, have on its citizens today? Television, magazines, Internet sites and articles all tamper with opinions concerning these debatable laws. When addressing the controversial issue of gun control and whether stronger ...

Gun Control: The Help That Harms Everyone is fast asleep in the Smith home on a midsummer night. Jamie and Katie, the parents of five-year-old Lisa and seven-year-old Nick, are resting assured that the next day will be bright and cheery. Around three in the morning, James and Katie are awakened b...

"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." Those words make up the Second Amendment of the Constitution. Those are the words our country's founding fathers wrote when the United Sta...

Gun control is undoubtedly an issue that most Americans have been exposed to. In 1989, guns killed 11,832 Americans. The National Rifle Association (NRA) members believe that it is their constitutional right to own guns, stating that guns are not the root of the crime problem in the United Sta...

"[A] bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse." Within the Bill of Rights there are the ten most important amendments of the constitution. Among these is the second amendment which states th...

Gun Control is a term that refers to the attempt to reduce violence caused by the use of firearms by regulating their ownership and use. Gun control efforts generally focus on passing legislation by local, state, or national government to restrict legal ownership of certain firearms.(Zimring, ...

Lucille ShawPolitical Science 100Election 200 PaperNovember 27, 2000Violence in a Changing AmericaColumbine, Co. Through the news we have witnessed the horror, gore and serious crime that has extended its influence even to the youth of small towns across America. America has experienced a cultural...

Gun Control In 1988, handguns killed 7 people in Great Britain, 19 in Sweden, 53 in Switzerland, 25 in Israel, 13 in Australia, 8 in Canada, and 8,915 in the United States. These figures are shocking and there doesn't seem to be a solution. Gun control is a problem that our country has got to face. ...

Handgun Control Death by guns is a common occurrence in America. You can read stories about deaths from guns in the newspaper almost every day. Sometimes the victims are famous people like former President Ronald Reagan or John Lennon from the Beatles. Far more often, the victim is an ordinary c...

I Introduction A The place is a New York. The time is late at night. A man is walking alone on the sidewalk. A car slows down next to the man. The drive opens the widow, pulls out a gun and open fires. B This is an all too similar scene in big cities across the US. People...

Gun Control- A Firing Issue Gun control is undoubtedly an issue that most Americans have been exposed to. In 1989, guns killed 11,832 Americans. The National Rifle Association (NRA) membersbelieve that it is their constitutional right to own guns, stating that guns are not the root ofthe crime pro...

The idea of gun control and regulation is becoming more and more popular throughout the U.S., although it still brings resistance by a lot of people. This country's freedom was won over through bloody wars with the same guns that protect us. Guns are portrayed throughout television, movies, and vide...

Government Term PaperAnti Hand Gun ControlsThe Constitution was created to succeed where the Article of Confederation had failed. One of these areas where the Articles of Confederation failed was that the states were able to overrule the national government. For this reason, the Constitution is sup...

Disarming of AmericansThe debate over gun control is one of the most highly controversial issues of our society today. Perhaps the reason for this is because it deals with a fundamental issue. Gun restrictions and bans on some or all guns calls for a significant change to the social and constitution...

A family is sleeping late one night and a murderer comes to their home. He knows how to disarm the alarm system. The father hears the intruder downstairs and walks down to investigate. The father sees the man and yells, "what are you doing here?!" The murderer lifts up his gun slowly and shoots ...

Gun control is a very controversial, complicated, and delicate subject, because it affects a large amount of people in our society, and is full of moral and legal arguments which all must be heard. There are two really strong positions on gun control, pro and con. But views on gun control aren't th...