The United States' homicide rate (5.9 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2005) is higher when compared to other countries: Sweden with 1.3, Canada with 1.5, and Australia with 1.3. To go along with these rates, America has a higher gun ownership with 39% when compared to Canada with 29.1%, Australia with 19.4% and Sweden with 15.1%. ... The Constitution states that all citizens have the right to own firearms. ... They state that the "right of the people " in its context of the Constitution is referring to the state. ... This, however, seems to be inconsistent with the pattern of the Constitu...

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Although the decision to grant blanket clemency in Illinois was a major step, only time will tell if the rest of the United States will follow in many other countries footsteps to abolish capital punishment. Capital punishment is punishment by death for committing a crime. Since the early 1800...

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According to the constitution, this can't be done. ... If the people are given this right by the constitution, then this right can't be denied. ... In Geoffrey Canada's essay "Peace in the Streets," he throws out another interesting idea, "...make all handgun ammunition identifiable. ...

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The rate of unintentional gun deaths of children is nine times higher in the United States than in twenty-five other industrialized countries (such as Australia, France, Israel, Canada, Germany and England) combined (Source 3). ... Amendment II of the constitution of the United States of America reads "...the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed"(Patterson Pg. ...

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