" The other side of the arguments are millions who want to lower the chances of senseless shootings that has plagued establishments such as our schools, movie theaters, shopping malls and other public establishments. ... The UK has tight gun control laws that were aimed to lower conflicts that are caused by guns. However, after enforcing tougher laws that were put in place, more firearm crimes were committed. ... Likewise, instead of creating more and more new laws that make those who want to own guns jump through hoops to obtain them, there should just be full agreement by all states to ...

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The most sweeping Federal Gun Law was passed in 1968 with long lasting consequences. ... He challenged the law in court on the ground that the law infringed upon his constitutional right to bear arms under the Second Amendment. ... These tragedies-mass shooting at the Navy Yard, the Travon Martin case, the Mass shooting at the movie theatre in Colorado, as well as the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting-have caused the debate to resurface and reignite because of the issue of violence in the nation. ... Some of the shooting tragedies include, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Conne...

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"In the United States, 49 out of 50 states have concealed carry weapons laws. ... This proves to be an ineffective distribution of power for controlling gun laws, and often making the concealed weapon laws even more confusing. ... The court's ruling favored the state's gun laws over the school's policy. ... Instead of worrying about doing well on tests and school, students will be more conscience of their safety. ... Unfortunately, there have been many school shootings and campus threats to that similar to Virginia Tech. ...

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Especially, there has been shooting in schools and streets where thousands of innocent Americans have died; the cases include children. ... In 2013, there was the Nevada School shooting tragedy where two students were seriously injured, and their teacher was killed (Watts, Wolf, Jason & Karan 1). Since then there have been other occasions of mass shooting, which have occurred in schools and streets; the government, the public, and the international community have criticized these incidents. ... In the same year, another insecurity issue resurfaced following the stabbing case at Spring High Sch...

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Virginia state law also prevents mentally incompetent individuals from purchasing firearms. ... As it stands, the gun laws may sometimes lack serious enforcement. ... A stricter gun law would provide much needed supplementation to the faulty background checks and loose laws that provide criminals the means to kill and wound innocent people. ... For example, two high school kids responsible for the infamous Columbine School shooting exploited the "gun show loophole" to purchase shotguns and a carbine (Where'd They Get Their Guns). ... In Georgetown, Maryland an eight-year-old boy...

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Hence, the issue of gun ownership and stricter gun laws was revived. ... Where is the sense of safety in a community where students are scared to attended school in fear of being shot dead? ... And although there may be a proportion of "law-abiding citizens " who follow the law, it is often them who supply guns to the criminals. ... There are also a proportion of shooters who are not "law-abiding". ... Shooters who claim that tougher gun laws will "kill their sport" are wrong. ...

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On April 20, 1999 two gunmen opened fire in Columbine high school located in Littleton, Colorado. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, juniors at Columbine High School, shot and killed as many as twenty-five of their classmates and faculty members, as well as themselves. ... Also in the 1999 poll, nearly seventy percent of the respondents agreed that the government should do "everything it can to keep handguns out of the hands of criminals, even if it means that it will be harder for law-abiding citizens to purchase handguns-(Smith 3). ... Therefore, this would make any law that bans guns in any ...

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