When they look away, they turn around only to look down several barrels of small arms weapons with laser guided aim pointed right in between their eyes. ... In Virginia, you can make use of a car as a deadly weapon and run someone over, and get 12 months for involuntary manslaughter. ... With a weapon, you are exercising your American right to bear arms. ... Nowhere in the document does it state the status of the weapon. ... Draw your weapon and see which one of the perps wants to take the chance to find out if your gun is loaded or not. ...

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Now after looking at six different articles in Texts and Contexts on gun control and searching the web, my view on gun control supports banning guns, because too many lives are taken from this deadly weapon. With guns there is more crime and with concealed weapons there are more homicide rates. ... Reinforcing the fact that concealed weapons are the problem is that the rate of homicides by knives and other weapons besides firearms in Seattle and Vancouver were almost the same. ... There is other means of weapons besides guns, which don't take such deadly actions. ... There are other weap...

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Handguns are smaller, cancelable weapons, while Riffles are larger, non-cancelable weapons. ... They also make different types of assault and military weapons. ... They focus mostly on riffles, shotguns and assault weapons. ... That dictate what weapon is used for what crime. ... All types of guns are very deadly; each has their own advantages and drawbacks. ...

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They argue the fact that if they couldn't get guns that they would use some other sort of deadly weapon to do the same thing. A good point brought about is; should the government take away all deadly objects from United States citizens such as steak knives. ... Homicides among children often happen due to a irresponsible parent placing a loaded weapon somewhere that can be easily reached by a child that does not quite understand the severity and danger of a gun. ... Another argument for gun control has been set on the fact that some people have been able to attain a small arsenal of weapo...

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Guns are deadly weapons that can change a person's life physically and emotionally, mostly when it is not used properly. ... In order to handle a gun properly, a person needs to have some knowledge about the weapon. ... Decreasing the number of guns will also decrease the homicides that occur through accidental weapon use, or the use of weapon to stop an argument. Sometimes when arguments happen, no one will know when a weapon will be used. ... By limiting the use of a weapon to only the authorities, it will help eliminate the danger and will make people think twice about committing a cri...

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But the use of automatic weapons and weapons in the hands of an unreasonable individual should not be allowed. ... Assault weapons are designed primarily for military or law enforcement use. ... People sell deadly weapons to who ever has enough money to purchase them. ... Theft accounts for the vast majority of these illegal weapons. ... Life is too valuable to let weapons of destruction circulate freely through our society....

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The time has come, you raise from the side of your bed, instinctively assuming a marksman's pose and fire just as the intruder is raising his weapon. ... Now what I ask you to picture is that same scenario, but this time only the intruder has a weapon because all guns have been outlawed and the criminal is the only person who can get their hands on them. ... "Most everyone will agree that felons, addicts, morons, juveniles, alcoholics, the mentally incompetent and others in whose hands even an ice pick or baseball bat becomes a deadly weapon, should be denied guns."... "A study . . . reve...

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Keep all weapons locked in a lock box or safe and store the combination where only an adult can get to it. ... American Academy of Family Physicians say that any gun you own is a potential lethal weapon, if not in your hands or your family's hands, then in someone else's hands. ... This boy is the youngest in a series of deadly school shootings that have happened through out the United States in the past couple of years. Prosecutors across the nation are pressing charges against gun owners who fail to secure their weapons. ...

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The number of illegal guns in circulation has turned record numbers of everyday encounters into deadly ones. ... People in America don't realize that focusing solely on the weapons obscures the underlying causes of teen gun violence, especially the sense of hopelessness that pervades many inner cities. ...

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