As described in the article "Public Perspectives: Public Opinions About Gun Policies- by Tom Smith, general gun control consists of three major policies that would regulate the manufacture and sale of guns. ... Four National Gun Policy Surveys were sent out to a representative sample of 1,200 Americans asking their views on the three gun control policies. ... In general, the majority of society strongly supported gun control policies. ... The final policy of gun control, criminal access, received the strongest approval among Americans. ... Although most policies of gun control were encou...

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While the Democrats favor a large federal government to equalize and homogenize policies across state borders, the Republicans believe governmental power and resources should be kept close to the people, through their state and community representatives. One contemporary debate that represents these contradictory beliefs is the ongoing dispute over gun control. ... President Obama, the incumbent for the upcoming 2012 presidential election, also supports similar views over gun control. ... However, conservatives in the gun control debate possess opposing ideas. ... In all, I believe a Federa...

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Hence, gun control is a frequently discussed controversial topic in American politics. ... " (Chapter 4 Gun Purchase and Campus Policies) He was able to bypass the background check because of a legal contradiction. Federal law under the Gun Control Act of 1986 prevents mentally incompetent individuals from purchasing firearms. ... While, under federal law, mentally incompetent refers to individuals who are a danger to themselves or others, under Virginia state law mentally incompetent refers to individuals who cannot take care of themselves (Chapter 4 Gun Purchase and Campus Policies). ...

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All these examples of rebellions, even though they failed, made the idea of anyone owning a gun dangerous to the public eye, mainly because it seemed that at any time a large group of people found themselves unhappy with a new policy they could just go ahead and grab a weapon and try to "Regulate" the government into making things go the way they want. ... The Federalists believed that an army should be in control of defending the people therefore making individual ownership of guns unnecessary. ... The first state to design any gun control law was Kentucky. Kentucky's gun con...

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