... citizens may have no interest in or need for this information, but criminals surely will. Burglars generally tend to break into homes owned by citizens who don't carry guns. If the residents of the home don't own guns, then the thief is in virtually no danger if he is discovered. A map showing the homes ... activists in America claim that if we get rid of firearms, violent acts can't occur. Yet it is obvious that criminals will find other ways to carry out their nefarious deeds. In short, the only people hurt by firearm bans or restriction laws are law-abiding citizens, which is ironic ...

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... Anthony of the California News, a number of police chiefs in the Bay Area are lining-up to support a measure that would 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 ... the right to own guns. Additionally, at least two lawmakers including Representative Heath Shuler of North Carolina reacted to the shooting by saying "they would carry guns" (Tandon, 2011). The very city these politicians live in Washington D.C., did have a ban on handguns for over 33 years a...

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... the defending party presses on to attack or to punish beyond imposing physical restraint (Right of Self-Defense). While there is no federal law specifically addressing the issuance of concealed-carry permits, all 50 states have passed laws allowing citizens to carry certain concealed firearms in public, either without a permit or after obtaining a permit from local government and/or law enforcement (Concealed ... , Hunter). The rest of the states are either shall-issue or may-issue. There are some states that are unrestricted, which allows one to carry a concealed handgun without a permi...

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... to bear arms under the Second Amendment. The U.S Supreme Court in a majority opinion by Justice Antonia Scalia explained that the Second Amendment guarantees "the individual's right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation" (2). The final important issue regarding background on this topic that has rekindled this heated debate is the massive shootings. The government, social scientists, and ... to move around with a gun if not for the purpose of causing violence. A vivid example was the Travon- Zimmerman case, whereby Zimmerman who had a history of violence was allowed to ca...

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... cities and states with liberal gun laws are very much lower than states with stricter gun control laws, especially in states that allow citizens to gain a concealed handgun permit to carry a handgun on their person. Gun control advocates believed that the issuing of the permits would create vigilantes and Rambo like figures that would fight using a gun in any altercation that ... use guns in defensive situations the legally carrying citizens merely has to brandish their firearms to stave off an attack. (Lott, 1998, p. 3) Thirty-one states in America allow citizens to carry concealed wea...

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... to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed." Gun control proponent argue that this only applies to a state militia and not the right of an individual to own and carry a gun. Let us examine the constitution to see if this is indeed the case. Let us begin by examining the first amendment. It states " Congress shall make no law respecting ... criminals. Effective crime control should give the law-abiding citizens of our country the means to defend themselves. It should not restrict the rights of responsible citizens to own or carry firearms. Firearms can be dangerous in the wrong hands, ...

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... keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed." Gun control opponents argue that this clause only applies to a state militia and not the right of an individual to own and carry a gun. Let us examine the constitution to see if this is indeed the case. Let us begin by examining the first amendment. It states " Congress shall make no law respecting ... criminals. Effective crime control should give the law-abiding citizens of our country the means to defend themselves. It should not restrict the rights of responsible citizens to own or carry firearms. Firearms can be dangerous in the wrong han...

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... more properly in order to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. District Attorney Seth Williams shows how he believes people who carry illegal firearms should be punished when he states, "We know that those who carry illegal firearms do so because they intend on harming others. We need an additional tool to lock up these offenders (Shaw)". This ... ...

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... . If the person chooses to commit a violent crime or has any mental problems they forfeit their right to a gun. Everyone else therefore has a right to choose whether they want to carry a gun or not. Handguns and long guns are not little killing machines. They are not time bombs waiting to explode. Guns require a someone to operate it, without a person to operate ... that changes in the equation above is the presence of a man. I am sure that citizens of the United States who are not convicted felons or mental patients can and do carry concealed handguns without posing a risk to their fell...

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... derive out of the situation; the scariest detail is that legislators in these states have come to the conclusion that the most effective way to make America safer is to carry guns in the streets. A study of the murder rate in Washington D.C. showed that within three years of the passage of a law prohibiting the sale of handguns in the city the ... ...

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