... they are semi-automatic, meaning a bullet is released from the chamber every time the trigger is pulled. These weapons can also hold high capacity drum-round magazines, which means they can hold over one hundred rounds of ammunition (Beckett). These weapons are linked to deadly shootings and mass murders since they can hold so much ammunition and shoot it so quickly. The Sandy ... "). This is a major issue, and the only way to solve the problem is to have stricter gun laws on assault weapons. These weapons need stricter laws to stop mass murders and deadly shootings and increase America'...

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... handful of those firearms from felons' hands. There is no evidence that the disarmed criminals using them would not then turn to other weapons. Most criminals do not obtain firearms through conventional sources. Thus, as opponents of gun control correctly contend, gun control measures in the United ... March 1987. 3 Gary Kleck, Point Blank: Guns and Violence In America (Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 1991), p. 203. 6 Gary Kleck, "Lifesaving Benefits to Use of Weapons for Self-Defense," Houston Chronicle, May 31,1992, p. 1E. 7 David B. Kopel, The Samurai, the Mountie and the Cowboy (Bu...

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... However, that may not be the law for much longer because a battle has heated demonstrated at a recent vigil held for the victims of the deadly shooting in Arizona, an event that has sparked renewed debate about gun control around the country. According to Laura Anthony of the California News, a ... prohibit what's known as "open carry." "Guns are a threat. We don't know who they are and they have the potential to be a danger, a deadly danger, to anybody," says Emeryville Police Chief Ken James (Anthony, 2011). For gun owners like me, this is just one more example of politicians using a g...

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... ) One of the reasons there is such a large descripency between nations is because in Germany, France, Canada, Britian, and Japan, handguns and assualt weapons are virtually banned from the general public. One study done by Arthur Kellerman comparing the rates of handgun violence in Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver Canada, demostrates ... as shot guns and rifles would be unaffected by these bans, because of no significantly large threat as the smaller more dangerous handguns/assualt weapons. This group also supports any efforts to limit the availability of gun dealers licenses, increasi...

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Firearms have come across a long way since their ancestral history. Their first appearance was in 1364, but it is nothing compared to the firearms we have today. These primitive weapons, called "hand cannons," were the first step in the creation of guns (History and Evolution). The next generation are called matchlock, but it wasn't until 1498 when rifling ... of the .357 Magnum cartridge and their prestigious Registered Magnum revolver to fire it. For centuries, and continuing through today, men and women have used firearms as the most effective weapons individuals can wield (NRA Museum). M...

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... % of males and 22% of females reported that they had easy access to handguns and 11.4% were gun-owning males (O'Donnel 772). The access to guns might prove to be a deadly for both innocent bystanders and the holder of the gun. Children should not be able to own guns. One of the prerequisites for owning a gun should be that the person ... U.S. really understand how many lives that are being wasted every year because of the misuse of firearms? By 1998 legislation in 31 states, 9 since 1995 has passed laws issuing concealed weapons licenses to citizens ("America and Guns" 18). Some experts ...

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