It was not due to the lack of motivation to support the federal gun policies but rather the U.S. governmental structure that caused it to fail. ... Although federal laws regarding gun control were not created, some state legislation created their own. A number of states strengthened laws designed to keep guns from criminals and other high-risk groups in 2013. ... Nevertheless, like many laws, there are rules and exceptions to be followed as a resident within U.S borders. ... While there is no federal law specifically addressing the issuance of concealed-carry permits, all 50 states have passed...

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Anticipating the possibility that an increasingly centralized and aggressive government might seek to restrict or abolish that right, they included the right in our Constitution. ... Isn't it ironic how laws like gun registration, made to reduce firearm violence, can instead arm criminals with the very guns the government so desperately wants to control access to. In addition to the foregoing, the danger posed by gun registration in the event the government turns on its citizens is obvious. Whatever check or balance gun ownership might provide on the government is completely nullified onc...

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The most sweeping Federal Gun Law was passed in 1968 with long lasting consequences. ... The law went so far as to say that people who owned rifles must keep them unloaded. ... He challenged the law in court on the ground that the law infringed upon his constitutional right to bear arms under the Second Amendment. ... The government, social scientists, and other politicians and professionals have studied these tragic incidents to search for the possible correlation between the availability of guns and gun violence. ... There is no way to know if stricter gun control laws will make the nation s...

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The bottom line is criminals will have guns and other weapons whether the government takes them away from law - abiding citizens or not. ... Ask yourself this, if the government were to ban the sale and use and ownership of guns would criminals comply with this law? ... But should the government have the right and the power to take guns away from citizens? ... It states " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to pe...

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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.... "The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.... One of the most over looked issues when it comes to gun control is the revenue guns bring into companies, state and federal government pockets. ... It is clear the government as well as companies and individuals benefit greatly from the sales ...

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Let's enforce existing gun laws (Rangel).... With all the gun laws in The United States, the number comes out to around 20,000 different laws (Gottfried). ... There was said to be a fall in the crime rate when this law was passed. ... Each state has different laws when it comes to purchasing a weapon. ... This is due to the long amount of time it takes for these gun-lawed states to go through the weapons process ("Gun Laws in the US"). ...

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And what are the benefits of having strict gun control laws? ... In 1977, the Canadian government took the initiative to legislate stricter gun control. Among the provisions legislated by the Canadian government was a "Firearms Acquisition Certificate" for the purchase of any firearm, and strengthened the "registration requirements for handguns and other restricted weapons..." . ... The introduction of the 1977 legislation by the Canadian government strongly suggests that the country will benefit by having a safer society, and reduction in crime. ... This evaluatio...

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The government is aware of this. All the gun control laws are not about preventing crime. Law abiding citizens who are armed will prevent crime. ... Those favoring gun control laws claim that such laws would keep more guns off the streets and out of the hands of criminals in an increasingly violent world. ... "Gun control laws might be accurately called victim disarmament laws...

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Gangs and criminal organizations" come in many forms - street gangs, youth gangs, organized crime gangs, drug gangs, terrorist gangs, prison gangs, etc.. A gang is a static or fluid organization, network or collective, possesses identifiable leadership or a leadership structure, associates on a cont...

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