Essays on Gun Rights

A Review of Literature

INTRODUCTION The United States has currently been struggling with a great deal of political warfare, social unrest and public protest from the inside and from terrorism, global criticism and immigration battles from the outside. There are so many issues that the subjects of debate seem endless. One of the most controversial and often debated issues today is gun control. There is no doubt that it is incredibly dangerous when offenders are armed when they commit crimes like burglary or in a car-jacking; more so when these offenders have every premeditated intent to kill. At the same time, not everyone ...

My path to determining a research question on the subject of gun control and gun violence has largely been led by my preliminary research into the subject. As discussed in Week 1, the research I have come across indicates that there is a gulf between the perception of gun violence in this country and the attitudes toward gun control measures. While statistics from the National Institute of Justice (2011) and the Bureau of Justice Statistics (2016) show gun violence as a slowly declining, but still rampant, rate, and VPC (2016) statistics showing the disproportionate effect it has on black ...

The issue of gun control is a very intriguing and complex one, as the question regarding how to address the Second Amendment of the United States divides many Americans along political and ideological backgrounds. There is a stark divide between the facts collected on gun control and people’s opinions on whether those statistics are accurate, and if they reflect their own experiences and beliefs on gun usage in this country. The National Institute of Justice cites 467,321 victims of gun-related crimes in 2011, with guns used in 68% of murders and 21% of aggravated assaults across the ...

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The Problem of Gun Control in the United States

For a long time the problem of gun control in the United States has remained open. This issue is one of the most serious to date, since it is directly related to the large number of victims who were killed because of the use of firearms. Firearms control problem ...

Evaluation criteria for Biometric gun control technology

Gun related violence is one of the primary causes of premature death in the US. Besides, there is a high number of non-fatal violent crimes and emergency cases reported in hospitals. In the U.S, gun control is a contentious issue with the American public almost split evenly on the issue of gun rights and gun control. With recent cases of mass shootings, the debate over gun control continues to rage on. Lobbyists for gun control have proposed changes to laws as one way to reduce gun-related violence. Of all control measures proposed, biometric gun control seems to be the ...

SLIDE 1: TITLE SLIDE

The presentation about Gun Control is especially relevant because it is one of the most controversial and highly charged issues in the United States. Also, it has become a Presidential election issue. SLIDE 2: Hillary Clinton for the Democrats is pro-gun control. Donald Trump for Republicans is anti-gun control. Democrat versus Republican Democrats in general are supportive of gun control policies and laws. Democrats are part of the lobby against carry-concealed weapons permits issued with few requirements to people who take guns into public locations and schools. Republicans are part of the pro-gun party and are against laws that ...

The gun control debate has been raging in the open parlance for quite sometimes, at least everybody in America feels the need to be safe, and the only controversy is how to be safe; by allowing more guns to civilians or by withdrawing or limiting the number of guns held by civilians? The Second Amendment to the American Constitution, which came into force in 15th December 1791, has provisions protecting civilians’ rights of keeping and bearing firearms (Klukowski 195). However, debates on gun controls have majorly questioned the role of the government in ensuring that it provides security services ...

Introduction

There is abundant evidence that the United States government should take action on problems such as the number of handguns and automatic weapons in circulation around the country. It is important that gun owners register their weapons in order to control the problem of gun-related killings and violence. The United States has repeatedly and steadily reduced the funds for public agencies that manage gun control and that monitor gun-related laws. American policies, politicians, and pro-gun supporters approach the situation from such opposite perspectives that all discussions about gun control legislation seem to devolve into hysterical rhetoric. Many countries around ...

Gun control is a very thorny issue in the United States and over the years has posed as a big challenge on how to control gun use and ownership. The greatest challenge in tackling this issue is uncontrolled gun rights inhibiting the government’s duty of protecting its citizens from unnecessary deaths and crime (Jacobs, & B.J, 204). Two groups always at loggerheads over this issue are gun control activists who claim to keep firearms from the hands of criminals creates safer communities, while gun rights activists say ownership of firearms by law-abiding citizens reduces incidents of crime. Gun right ...

Part 1. General Response

Part 2. Paragraphs and Sentences The revised title “Significance of the Rhetoric Aspects from a Petition: Allow Open Carry of Firearms at the Quicken Loans Arena during the RNC Convention in July” conveys the specific content of the essay.

Verbs

These are the most ordinary verbs used in the essay: That being said, since the petition was designed to cater to this specific audience, fallacies pertaining to ethos were used by the writer, assuming that they would generally accepted or fly under the radar due to the audience’s shared political views.

Ethical rhetorical errors which were used include dogmatism and false authority.

Although they would help each of them to ...

The use of guns has been a controversial issue for many decades. The argument of gun violence and gun protraction has been an important discussion regarding political parties. “The Constitutional Second Amendment states that people have the right bear arms” . This means that people of society have the right to own a gun and protect themselves. Even though the Constitution states bearing arms is legal, there are many groups that do not think this is a good idea. The crime that occurs in our country results in a lot of gun issues involved in these crimes. People who should ...

Introduction

As a lobbyist for the National Rifle Association of America [NRA], it is my position to defend gun rights in America. The NRA is a non-profit that teaches and promotes gun safety and advocates for American gun rights. The audiences the NRA aims to address are Washington and voters. The NRA uses multiple channels to communicate. The organization publishes multiple magazines and is considered the most influential lobbying group in US politics. The NRA encourages its audience to encourage safe gun use in order to protect the second amendment right (Caffrey). The technological advancement in question is the ‘smart’ ...

Gun control has been a controversial topic of discussion in the United States ever since it was initially introduced in the 1920s. The recent mass shooting in Arizona of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and eighteen others has highlighted the relevancy of the issue of gun control. There have been many incidents like these in recent years, such as the shooting at Virginia Tech, Columbine High School and the theater in Aurora, Colorado. The wide and easy availability of guns, even to mentally deranged persons, is responsible for this type of violence and they need to be regulated more stringently to prevent ...

Part A: Social Issues vs Social Problems

Human beings are social and there are problems which affect them at a community setting. Social problems are conditions present in a community which some people in the community view as undesirable. A condition may be a social problem to a certain demographic group but be socially acceptable to another group. For instance, senior citizens may consider playing loud music in a neighborhood park to be a social problem while teenagers view it as perfectly acceptable. Common social problems include Corruption, Unemployment, illegal immigration and prostitution laws. On the other hand, social issues are factors which affect the social cohesion of a community and require a community ...