Free Essays on Gun Ownership

  1. pros and cons of gun control

    Gun control pros and cons have been discussed innumerable times. They have been thoroughly analyzed in gun control debates. But since both the advocates and opponents of gun control stick to their positions, the issue remains unresolved. I am listing below a few important gun control pros and cons and...

  2. Gun Control in America

    Gun Rights In America Throughout history, guns have been employed as a weapon of both offense and defense. A movement that advocates for the banning of these weapons has been ongoing for a number of years in America. Fortunately, the United States Constitution's Second Amendment has blunted the drive...

  3. District of Columbia Gun Ban

    District of Columbia Gun Ban Introduction In 1975, Washington D.C. enacted the Firearms Controlled Regulations Act which prohibited residents from owning handguns to deter violence. By passing this law, the District of Columbia violated the Second Amendment, which grants the rights of all...

  4. Gun Safety: an Alternative for America

    Gun Safety: An Alternative for America Timothy L. Jones COM/220 April 11, 2010 Instructor: Aileen Journey Introduction There exists a palpable set of problems in this country, which are high crime rates and many accidental shootings. Both challenges mask the genuine issues,...

  5. Gun Control

    Gun Control William Macklin, Sue Pina, Thomas Smith, Norman Vik AJS/582 July 14, 2013 Dr. Barry McCrary Policy Making Steps Gun control in America is a topic that can...

  6. Gun Control

     Gun Control Christopher Carrasco ENGLISH 24FEB2015 Mrs. Gains Gun Control When dealing with guns the main thing is to be able to control this dangerous instrument. The Nation as a whole needs to be aware of gun trafficking and its effects on our...

  7. Get a Knife, Get a Dog, but Get Rid of Guns

    In “Get a Knife, Get a Dog, but Get Rid of Guns,” Molly Ivies uses strong sarcasm and emotional language to question the meaning of the second amendment and justifications of gun ownership. Ivins states that while she supports the second amendment, she believes that its current application conflicts...

  8. Gun Control, Right and Issues in Contemporary America

    Guns. Firearms. Weapons. To many, these words summon many different feelings, thoughts, and ideas. Some people may have visions of war that they may have seen in a movie. Some might think of yesterday’s headline in the newspaper. For some, the very words might bring personal painful memories of crime...

  9. Gun Control. Oppose or Support?

    Gun Control Many of us assume we must either oppose or support gun control. Not so. We have a range of alternatives. Even this way of speaking oversimplifies our choices since there are two distinct scales on which to place alternatives. One scale concerns the degree to which guns should be abolished...

  10. Gun Control: Is There a Middle Ground?

    Gun Control: Is There a Middle Ground? May 16, 1985 was Jimmy Amerson’s sixteenth birthday and he had just received his driver’s license. Jimmy’s older brother, Eddie, gave Jimmy a car for his birthday. Jimmy excited about the car; could not wait to drive it. Earl, Jimmy’s step brother, wanted to...

  11. Gun Control

    Gun Control Gun control has been a debate in America for over 200 years, but it recently has gotten far more serious. Nearly 1 in 2 Americans own at least one gun, so this affects many people. The debate is that allowing citizens to carry firearms will cause more shootouts and violence. This however...

  12. Persuasive Essay for Gun Control

    Persuasive Essay for Gun Control Guns do not kill people, people kill people. This is a commonly used argument when gun control is the topic. Assuming that the latter part of this statement is true then why does it seem that our system is making it easy to equip these people with the means to kill....

  13. Gun Control

     Gun Control SOC/100 January 7, 2014 Siri Shankar-Anderson Gun Control The Bill of Rights is comprised of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. There was overwhelming opposition to the original constitution by the states, due to the lack of guarantees of an individual’s...

  14. Gun Control Violates The Second Amendment of the Constitution

    Civilian ownership of firearms has for more than two hundred years been the very cornerstone upon which the liberty of the public has been supported. The very reason that Americans have never suffered a tyranny on the scale of Nazi-Germany has been due to the proliferation of firearms in the hands of...

  15. Gun control laws

    Gun control laws have been debated for over a hundred years. Conservatives tend to claim that gun ownership is a constitutional right and should be left alone while liberals claim there should be certain restrictions on guns. There have been several studies and examples that show the effects of gun control...

  16. Gun Control vs. Second Amendment

    Gun Control vs. Second Amendment One of the main concerns of Americans as well as other countries is public safety. A person can lose everyone they love within a couple seconds due to firearms caused by it being in the wrong hand or improper use. Every year 2 million hand guns are sold to Americans...

  17. Guns

    Will more stringent gun control laws create less crime? Will stiffer gun control deter known criminals from committing their heinous acts? Gun Control is law designed to impose legal measures to license, control, or restrict the ownership of firearms by members of the public. That means the governments...

  18. Gun Control Case in the Supreme Court

    Gun Control On the date November 20, 2007 the Supreme Court decided to hear the Gun Control Case. They would decide whether or not the Constitution grated individuals the right to keep guns in their hoes for private use. The court accepted the case on the District of Columbia’s 31 year old prohibition...

  19. Gun Control

    Formal Essay #1 October 12 2013 Gun Control Debates involving gun control began in the early 1960s, since then many laws and regulations have been created (“Gun Control Time Line”). However, while crimes involving the use of guns start increasing, is changing the laws going to end the violence and...

  20. should ban gun

    Should Guns be Banned in the US? The United States Constitution gives us the right to bear arms, but after over 200 years since its ratification, has this Amendment become outdated? Recently, in Newtown, Connecticut resident Adam Lanza opened fire in Sandy Hook Elementary School with an AR-15 semi-automatic...

  21. No Guns Allowed

    Jordan Singleton Instructor Hugetz ENGLISH 0309.06 12. April 2013 No Guns Allowed Gun control is not one issue, but to many,.To some people, gun control is a crime issue, to others its a right issue. Gun control is a safety issue, an education issue, and a political issue among others. Within...

  22. Gun Violence and Control

    Gun Violence and Control The issue of gun control has been debated for a long time, probably ever since they were invented. The gun is a small, rather easy to obtain, weapon that is lethal if used in the right or wrong way. This makes the gun an extremely dangerous factor in our...

  23. Gun Control: Does It Work?

    Gun Control 1 Gun Control: Does It Work? Paula Hospelhorn Mr. Mark Coppelli EG371 August 18, 2005 Gun Control 2 My research problem consisted of finding out what effect there was on violent crime in society when gun control is implemented. I looked at...

  24. Do We Need Tougher Gun Control Laws?

    Do We Need Tougher Gun Control Laws? As with any law there is controversy. Some people believe stricter gun law will decrease crime and misuse, while others feel it is against their constitutional rights. Personally, I have mixed feelings on the topic. While, any law is good, if enforced, it cannot...

  25. guns

     You can not take away our guns The United States of America is built on the idea of the individual having a certain amount of personal freedoms and liberties. When the forefathers wrote the Constitution and, subsequently, the Bill of Rights, they were attempting to create a...

  26. Domestic Violence: Offender Gun Ban

    Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban Nick Hernandez Johnson County Community College Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban The Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban, also known as the “Lautenberg Amendment” bans the shipment, transport, ownership and use of guns by individuals convicted of misdemeanor...

  27. Gun Control Is Pointless

    keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed” When British troops were occupying Boston during 1774, they attempted to take possession of the peoples guns in hopes to prevent an up rise. Having knowledge of the British plan, the Americans hid their arms and in time used them to triumph in the war for their...

  28. crime and guns

     Do You Trust Strangers? Crime and guns, the two seem to go hand in hand with one another; but are the two really associated? Do laws placing restrictions on firearm ownership and use stop the crime or protect the citizens? These are questions many citizens and lawmakers have been asking themselves...

  29. Gun control laws a pursuasive speech

    self-protection. A federal ban on manufacturing of semiautomatic weapons, transfers or ownership was passed in 1994 later to expire in 2004. The stand your ground law was put in to effect in Florida in 2005. This allowed gun owners to be acquitted of any wrong doing when confronted with violent criminals...

  30. The Gun Control Issues

    our youth from guns, gun laws do not control violence in schools because guns are being brought to schools and laws are not maintained to their fullest by all schools. Gun control has been a controversial issue for years, especially in schools. People believe if we have stronger gun control it will...

  31. America's Gun Control and the Second Amendment

    Gun Control and the Second Amendment GUN CONTROL AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America asserts, “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...

  32. Anti Gun Control Essay

    situations that gun control, enforced by the government, could possibly subject your family to. Our second amendment rights, our safety and the safety of the public is what is at stake if gun control were to be put into place in the United States. There are several, very logical reasons of why gun control is...

  33. Gun Violence

    Sheppard, D (2001). Gun Use by Male Juveniles: Research and Prevention, Juvenile Justice Bulletin, Retrieved December 14, 2007, from http://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/jjbul2001_7_2/contents.html. This reference offers statistics related to the number of young men who use guns, the recent research...

  34. gun support apa essay

    Abstract Gun control issue has been a significant issue in the last two years, and the matter has even been taken to the highest Court in the U.S. In 2008, the District Court of Columbia ruled that the Constitution has laid down the right for every citizen to have a gun for personal usage. However...

  35. Why Is It That We Have Gun Control?

    Gun Control 1 Gun Control Melody Gibson Axia College of University of Phoenix Gun control 2 Why is it that we have Gun Control? The people of the United States would like to keep crime rates down and all handguns locked up. With them being locked up (in a safe) and out of reach of children, we...

  36. Gun Control in America

    Gun Control 1 Gun Control in America Kandi Porter Axia College of University of Phoenix Gun Control in America Gun Control 3 handgun from a licensed gun dealers. That means that there were 242,000 guns that were kept out of the hands of people who may have committed crimes with guns, including...

  37. Gun Control Debate 1

    Gun Control Debate Introduction Over the last few years the United States has witnessed what appears to be an increase in gun violence and the number of mass shootings. The choice of gun control for this paper was primarily because of all the evidence available to support both sides. This debate has...

  38. I Own a Gun

    I own a gun. It is a 270 Mossberg bolt action rifle. My brother bought it for me for Christmas in 2010. He overheard me saying that year that I wanted to try deer hunting. Even though I still have not hunted, I have taken the high-powered rifle out for target practice and enjoy shooting it. It is a...

  39. Gun Control essay

    Norman Landeche James Nelson English 2000 21 February 2013 Gun Control: Should adults have the right to always carry a concealed gun? On Friday, December 14, 2012, 456 children filled their classrooms like it was any other day. Around 9:30 a.m. a heavily armed man by the name of Adam Lanza...

  40. Can Guns Be Controlled?

    Can Guns be Controlled? Weapons have been around since the beginning of civilization. They have been used for various means. Weapons became more advanced with the introduction of the gun. This weapon can be considered one of the deadliest of all weapons. Guns are used in both good acts and bad. They...

  41. What Do Current Gun Laws in the United States Benefit?

    COM 150 Expository Essay Who do the current gun laws in The United States benefit? Introduction: In this paper I will discuss the current gun laws in the State of Michigan and how the citizens, children and the criminals are affected. Between the years 1994 and 1999 there were 220 school...

  42. Gun Control

    society. Are we the kind of country that allows and encourages its citizens to own weapons of mass destruction? The moral issue we face is banning ownership of these weapons to ordinary citizens while protecting their rights under the second amendment of our Constitution. Considering the bloodshed and...

  43. guns in america

     Guns in America Crimes and guns, the two seem to run as a securely attached unit with one another. Regardless are the two genuinely related? Do guns on a very basic level brief unlawful acts? Likewise accepting this is the situation; do laws putting imprisonments on weapon proprietorship and use...

  44. Paper on something

    Gun Control Laws Dylan Butterfass As the world evolves and grows the people in it also grow and evolves. Today, in America, we are faced with the problem of gun violence. America, being the country that most freely allows its citizens to own guns, has the 13th worst gun violence in the...

  45. Which amendment would you change

    Arms, shall not be infringed. I would change this amendment because it is currently used as a reason for gun owners to believe that we don't need any rules for gun ownership. I don't believe having a gun should be a right in our day and age. I think it should be viewed as a privilege like having a drivers...

  46. is4680

    Original Statement Will the implementation of a government mandated gun buyback program have a significant enough impact on violent crimes to justify the abolishment of 2nd Amendment rights? Assumptions A proposed gun buyback program will be mandatory and cover all firearms rather than applying specific...

  47. Criminology

    at gun ownership percentage per 100,000 people as compared to the murder rate percentage per 100,000 people. While it’s not exact, the overall point is the number of guns owned by a population does not necessarily affect the murder rate in a society. Slovenia, for example, has a gun ownership rate...

  48. Barack Obama and the Right to Bear Arms

    "Address Gun Violence in Cities: As president, Barack Obama would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment ... Obama and Biden also favor commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping guns away from children and from criminals who shouldn't have them. They support closing...

  49. immigration

    Gun Control and Our Freedom Gun Control or Our FreedomJill SandersENG/215January 28, 2013Sophia HsiaGun Control or Our FreedomThe pros and cons of gun control has been a debate over the years brings several issues to light. The myth of the Second Amendment is merely a reasoning clause for the right...

  50. Is Owning a Handgun an Individual Right?

    region. It is my belief that handgun ownership remain protected as an individual right to American citizens as that of any other individual right as stated by the Constitution. Since the ratification of the 2nd amendment in 1791, the issue of handgun ownership has been debated as whether or not the...

  51. Steroid Case

    Running Head: GUN CONTROL Just Say No to Gun Control Seva May GEN 499 General Education Capstone Instructor: Nicole Martinez July 8, 2013 Gun Control Just Say No to Gun Control Society benefits from firearms in the hands of responsible, conscientious citizens. Attempts by the U...

  52. PSY315 Week 1

    by chance in this study 6. Regarding gun ownership in the United States, data from Gallup polls over a 40-year period show how gun ownership in the United States has changed. The results are described below, with the percentage of Americans who own guns given in each of the 5 decades. Year % ...

  53. U.S Constitution Revision

    to protect the State's ability to form their own militias, allowing men to own guns as a means of protecting the State or military defense. Today, it has also been interpreted as saying that everyone has a right to own a gun to protect them or as a means of self-defense. I think the amendment needs to...

  54. Amanda Filingeri Advanced Placement Language and Composition

    Language and Composition Gun Control One of the most talked about issues not only in the political scene, but the economic and social is whether or not the current gun control laws should be replaced or stay as is. In recent years a lot of tragic gun related accidents have happened that...

  55. saving the second amendment

    limit and/or get rid of the second amendment. In my opinion that would be a very bad idea. People say that guns kill people, but I would disagree. People kill people, if they choose to use guns, knives, a baseball bat, or any other weapon it’s their choice. There are not any politicians trying to limit...

  56. Thesis statements

    to have guns are crazy. Having a gun in your house increases the chances of a murder with a firearm happening and white people still have them laying around their house. Response #2: I disagree with the statement because Americans use the guns for protection, not just murder. Having a gun doesn’t...

  57. Obama

    a speech that previewed the priorities that he intends to pursue for his second-term (Tribune Newspaper, n.d.). His priorities include things like: gun rights, budget plans, and jobs for America. Obama is calling to give a fair shot to the middle class (Dorning, 2013). The Affordable Care Act is also...

  58. Second Amendment

    homes at all. I am asking this question; As American citizens do we have the right to have fire arms in our homes without having a permit to own a gun or does this violate the second amendment of our right to bear arms? Throughout this paper I will be trying to answer this question. I will be using...

  59. Laws 1

    Laws 1 Gun Regulations and Constitutional Laws Felicia Johnson HIS 303 Professor Neihaus January 19, 2009 Laws 2 Hand guns can be very dangerous but they can also be a good form of protection. Some people use them wrongfully to harm others and that is not what they should be used for unless you...

  60. PSY 315 Course Experience Tradition / tutorialrank.com

    methods and statistics. 6. Regarding gun ownership in the United States, data from Gallup polls over a 40-year period show how gun ownership in the United States has changed. The results are described below, with the percentage of Americans who own guns given in each of the 5 decades. a. ...