... fought over personal freedoms and liberties. If the current trend continues thousands may have died in vain. A bill in 1994, signed by president Clinton, banned the sale of some semi-automatic weapons. In my opinion all he succeeded in doing was to start a gun-revolution, and became a president who ... and gangs ruling the streets. The peoples voice (the press), did absolutely nothing but encourage the president: making it sound as if he had banned all semi-automatic weapons. This reminds me of a little something called the Third Reich, and their extermination of Jews. First all Hitler...

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1 Author John Steinbeck sends a serious message to readers in his novel The Grapes of Wrath. He says that society must take a look at the past to reveal valuable lessons to be learned ... history can show what will happen if the government imposes strict gun control laws. In the past, laws have been passed controlling other controversial things such as alcohol. Alcohol was banned in the 1920s to the 1930s. This was the time of Prohibition. According to author Edward Behr, from 1920 to 1933, the Volsted Act was in effect and prevented all ... ). This right can be taken away if Americans are ...

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... groups feel that they have a constitutional right to own guns because of the second amendment in the Bill of Rights. There are many people who think that guns should be banned all together. According to the constitution, this can't be done. All people have the right to own a gun if they want to. If the people are given this right by ... many local courts are careless about reporting convictions (Newsweek). Even if a potentially dangerous person is stopped from buying a gun, they could still get one if they wanted to. According to John R. Lott Jr., from the Chicago School of Law, these r...

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... the cult in 1993. Although assault weapons comprised only 1% of privately owned guns in America, they accounted for 8.4% of all guns traced to crime in 1988-91. THE BRADY LAW John Hinckley walked into a Dallas pawnshop, gave a false address on the federal form. He immediately took possession of the gun he used to shoot President Ronald Reagan and presidential press secretary ... GUN CONTROL "Waiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step. The prohibition of firearms is the goal." - Janet Reno, Dec. 1993 "Our main agenda is to have ALL guns banned. We must use whatever mean...

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... far less a threat than are men and women who believe themselves free and independent, and act accordingly." (9) "Violence is out of control. Guns are a major cause. They all should be banned - the sooner the better." says David Kopel. (1) Anti-firearm activists feel that firearms are only a necessity to do harm upon another human being and firearms should be considered "killers". According ... months ending September 30, 1993." (Carlson 1) It is a fact that guns have contributed to some of the largest crimes in the United States history. For example, Martin Luther King and John F. Kenne...

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... has passed there has been an increase in crime. The effectiveness of gun control is very evident when observing a study of two cities, Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia by John Henry Sloan (Bogus 160). These two cities are very similar even though they are in different countries (Bogus 160). A study was performed during 1980 and 1986 and it was found ... 10 times higher than in Canada, 17 times higher in Australia, 35 times higher than in Germany, and 89 times higher than those of England and Wales, where handguns are banned outright" (Black). Gun licensing in made to ...

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... rates of violent crimes, suicides, and lethal accidents. In spite of these notions, there are ample of empirical evidences proving that the converse is true. Therefore, guns should not be banned on the national basis because allowing law-abiding citizens to protect themselves with guns reduces the rate of violent crimes, does not affect the number of firearms involved suicides and ... make guns less available for the people with criminal intents. The main reason why people want to ban guns is to reduce the rate of violence in our community. However, John Lott, in his book More Guns, Les...

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