The government has the ability to enforce more laws so they can reduce the number of guns on the streets. ... They need to enforce very strict background checks on everyone who buys a gun. ... If they cracked down on guns, like they do with drugs, then there would be a drastic change. ... Some states are going out on a limb to enforce stricter laws instead of waiting on government to do something. ...

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"The list of people banned from buying guns has expanded to include people convicted of any non-business related felony, the mentally challenged, and users of illegal drugs" (Guncite 1). In 1972, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms was created to control the illegal use and sale of firearms and to enforce the federal firearm laws (US Gov. ... The "fingerprints" can then be entered into a computer and are accessible to law enforcement agencies. ... The IBIS system will increase law enforcement's ability to link guns with crimes. ... Common sense would tell us that this would no...

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The officers surveyed ranked drugs, the decline of family values, and the combination of light prison sentences and early release programs as the top three reasons for the nations upsurge in violent crime. ... An even more alarming fact is that assault weapons were the firearms most commonly traced for organized crime and drug trafficking offenses. Assault weapons are designed primarily for military or law enforcement use. ... These instances where guns play a negative role can be drastically reduced if the United States tightens its grip on firearms by enforcing harsher gun laws and emphasizi...

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Charles B. Rangel, the United States Representative for New York's 13th District, stated, "No American should live in fear of going to work or sending their kids to school. Let's end the fear. Let's enforce existing gun laws (Rangel)." This example supports the idea that gun laws should be enforced ...

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Guns should be used strictly for law enforcement, and should not be available to the citizens. If gun control is enforced (guns banned), then criminals will not have guns, and non-criminals will not need to "protect" themselves. ... While only 20% of suicide attempts by teenagers by drug overdose are fatal, 90% of attempts with a gun are fatal." ...

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Informed law enforcement officers in Canada, as in the United States, view the "impact of restricting the availability of firearms is more likely to impact on those violent incidents that would not have happened had a weapon been at hand"(152). ... As demonstrated in the film: Cops, Guns, and Drugs, the problem with controlling urban violence in the United States is that it is out of proportion in contrast to the available police force. ... These cities largely consist of visible minorities who are frustrated with the hand dealt to them, and simply resort to "drugs...

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Some people are for new gun control laws especially the ones for campus carry, but I am one of the many that are against them. Now, it is impossible to pick up a newspaper or watch the evening news without being bombarded with the details of another mass shooting, or another child that was killed...

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I believe guns should be banned from the United States. In many cases, guns are not used to protection, but they for revenge and may take the lives of an innocent human beings. Many accidents leading to death involve guns. In order to avoid incidents of shooting in schools, we all need to take actio...

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For me, I feel that in order for us to lower the crime rate, gun control would have to be made as a main focus and strictly enforced. ... The act states that owners do not have to register guns that they already own, and that dealers cannot sell to minors, felons, drug addicts, or the mentally ill (Kevin, p.g10). ... Clearly due to certain existing gun laws, the 2nd Amendment is only valid to a certain extent, meaning you have the right to bear arms, but within the guidelines enforced. ... I feel that if we expect to see changes within our surroundings it would help if the laws of owning guns ...

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Gang members involve themselves in " serious crimes, drug-related behavior, and fire arm use."" ... Because guns are easy to obtain, drug trafficking increase, violent media, no real family structures, and the number of gun-related cases involving adolescence has rose. ... In order to get control now before it is too late, tighter gun restrictions should be enforced in the United States. ...

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Enforce what's on the books. This encourages police and prosecutors to enforce federal gun laws. By following just 1 simple rule for 1 year: arresting someone for carrying a gun while in possession of drugs. ...

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The Second Amendment to the Constitution, which concerns the right to bear arms, has been a hot-button issue in America for the past few years. Gun rights and gun control groups alike have been lobbying Congress for decades to craft legislation in their respective favors. This issue has not only bro...

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Most states prohibit the purchase of guns if you are: a convicted felon, alcoholic, drug addict, mentally ill person, alien, or a fugitive from justice. ... Other sources included pawnshops (6%), fences (5%), and family members and drug dealers (4% each), (Wright,1986). ... Along with changing gun legislation we must also enforce our gun policy laws better. ...

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The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution states, "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed"(Witkin). A question that might be asked upon this would be, does it mean that al...

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" No matter where you are, what kind of threatening situation it is, or how many people there are, it takes time for law enforcement to respond. ... According to "The Case Against Guns on Campus," some reasons as to why guns should not be allowed on college campuses include binge drinking and drug abuse; Suicide and mental health issues; Accidental shooting and gun thefts; Gun owners can potentially be a danger to others; Arming students would not deter rare campus shootings; Academic debate; and many more. ...

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Gun control is wrapped in a series of social issues such as crime and drugs. Guns have become closely linked to drugs and murder in the public mind. Drug dealing and high tech weaponry have escalated the warfare in cities between long established loosely knit gangs. ... Many police officers are killed every year due to drug and gang related incidents involving guns. For example in 1988 on February 26 rookie New York City police officer Edward Byre was sitting alone in his police car guarding the house of a drug trial witness in South Jamaica, Queens where he was shot four times in the head and...

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Nearly most of murderers are already legally disqualified from owning firearms (before they committed their murder), so they could not acquire a firearm from a gun dealer anyway; no waiting period will be enforced by the local drug dealer who has a handgun business on the side. ...

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"Criminologists say that the drug world has created an intense, violent scene and will continue to buy more and more guns" (Best 16). ... Guns are needed in our law enforcement agencies, which are used to protect the citizens of our country. ...

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Until 1934 firearm registration was rarely an enforced offence. ... Also prohibition is an ineffective means of controlling firearms because like drugs, they are illegal, and yet it is still a major problem in society. ...

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Abstract:       The second amendment and gun control have been a controversial issue, switching back and forth from guns are needed for protection and the only cause injury and lead to increased crime. The second amendment gives citizens of the United States of America a right to bear arms. And that right should not be infringed. Some people feel that the right needs to be amendment since it puts society at risk. In the research paper we will discuss; the history of the second amendment, why pro-gun supporters say it is an important right, and why anti-gun supporters think guns are just...

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"The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation; where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." ~James Madison. This quote from our 4th President (James Madison) illustrates there has been a struggle for gun owners throughout our countries history. Many of our founding fathers (Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Webster) and others spoke constantly about the importance of our citizenship, maintaining the right to liberty and to bear arms. In numerous speeches and writings, Thomas J...

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