As a young boy in middle school, I was thrust into thinking about guns and their effects. On the last day of school in seventh grade, I had to think about things a 12 shouldn't have to deal with. ... While gun control laws may decrease criminals access to guns, the same laws restrict law-abiding citizens. ... Laws making handguns illegal would effect criminals, because by definition, they don't abide by laws. ... The new fad, as horrible as it is, is to bring guns to school. ...

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Throughout the generations many people in the United States have interpeted the law in many different points of view. ... In places like New York and Washington, D.C., licensing schemes have even been used as a means of disarming law-abiding citizens. For this reason, licensing laws violate our right of self-defense. ... High School. When will the violence in schools end? ...

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It is a Friday afternoon in Charlesbay High School. ... Gun law is a never-ending issue because there hardly is any true debate. ... Millions of law-abiding Americans do own and do enjoy their guns. ... This encourages police and prosecutors to enforce federal gun laws. ... There is a law that passes, but manufacturers are still finding ways to modify it. ...

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The most recent incident occured on Tuesday, April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. ... SWAT teams finally entered the school around 12:30 p.m., but police wouldn't start to free people for another two hours. ... Educators and law enforcement officials now believe that armed guards and weapons sweeps and "intruder drills" must be supplemented with attention to the psychological and social dynamics of high school. ... Gun rights groups say the legislation would infringe on the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. ... They believe if the...

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I don't think this is fair at all because I think they should make laws that suits the whole U.S., and not make different laws in different states. ... Another reason why different laws on different states are bad is that tourists don't know the gun laws in that area and they would probably think it is the same as the state that they live in. ... So I think that if the government would want to make laws about gun control the laws should be the same everywhere and not have different laws in different places. ... For example, about 186,000 teenagers carry guns to school for protect...

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Does the increase in mass school shootings indicate the time to change our ways? ... Some research says that mass school shootings are the worst possible reasons to support gun control (Kleck). ... " This event was gruesome and easily topped over any other mass murder in schools (Kleck). ... The killers came into the school carrying only four guns, but also had over 30 homemade bombs. ... These people won't be stopped because of law because these people don't follow law to begin with. ...

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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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Because of the weak gun control kids are taking their parents" guns to school. If we get a tougher gun control it will reduce school violence. ... Tucker argues for more laws regulating firearms in an order to reduce the likelihood of more school shooting"(Cothran 138). ... A stricter gun control law it could be a non-effective way of self-defense. ... "Even though there is a stricter gun control law it will not reduce violent crime and will not reduce school violence. ...

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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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As a result of the many school shootings that have taken place in the last few years, there has been a huge push for stricter gun control laws. ... Lott Jr., from the Chicago School of Law, these regulations only apply to gun dealers. ... All of the school shootings have really opened people's eyes to the need for gun control laws. If people can't feel safe in school or in the workplace, then there is a serious problem. ... Decreasing children's exposure to guns would obviously have a positive effect on the safety of schools. ...

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Today is a dangerous time for anyone, whether a criminal or law-abiding citizen, to reside in America. ... In addition, the NRA created the Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program, which teaches children in school the importance and basics of preventing accidents involving guns. Recently, Ohio became the first state to appropriate funds specifically for schools to install the Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program. ... The Brady law also requires a five day waiting period for the sale of handguns. ... The Brady law is a good idea, but ultimately fails in a few ways. ...

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And if so, will a law restricting the ownership of guns stop crimes? ... Lately there have been many stories spread by the media on incidence that involved school going children having access to a hand guns and taking them to their schools. ... On 27th February 2012, T.J Lane who was a seventeen year old school boy walked with a .22 caliber pistol in his bag to his school, Chardon High School situated outside Cleveland. ... With gun control, situation involving young school children getting access to gun will be eliminated and the school will be made a safer place. ... By having stricter gun c...

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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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While improving public safety, they also do not conflict with law abiding citizens. ... For law abiding citizens, there should be no problem with the current regulations. ... "3 Also, "in the United Kingdom, a shooting spree in a primary school in Dunblane, Scotland, resulted in the Firearms Act of 1998, which effectively banned the private ownership of handguns.... For law-abiding citizens, the small inconvenience does not create problems. ... Adding more restrictions will only infringe the Second Amendment and put law-abiding citizens at risk. ...

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If everybody was shooting at eachother during a rampage, law enforcement wouldn't be able to determine who the bad ones are. ... Another reason I am against the right for students to carry concealed firearms on college campuses is, I believe it will cause college students to be umcomfortable in a school setting. ... Four out of five students would not feel safe in school zones. ... Explains the viewpoint of a student attending school in Alaska where her school, University of Alaska Fairbanks, allows guns on campus. ... Through statistics, surverys, personal opinions and abstracts I learne...

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Shakespeare Shortly after eleven o"clock on April 20th, 1999, at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, two outcast students walked in through the cafeteria door carrying with them shotguns, rifles, and pipe bombs. ... The constitution is the basic set of rules for all laws for the whole United States. ... ("What Must Be Done." 1999) In the new NEWSWEEK poll, 63% of Americans say it is very or somewhat likely that a shooting incident could happen at their local schools. ... ("What Must Be Done." 1999) Some people are concerned that because a federal law would supercede ...

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To do something about gun problems the United States have set some laws about guns, which have no affect. "The U.S. has 20,000 gun laws on record today."" Even though the U.S. has more gun laws than any other country, the laws are less restrictive than those in other countries. ... America's 200 million firearms have been misused through the years, and America has become a " land of violence in the streets, in the home, in the workplace, and in the schools-even the elementary schools. ... It is not expected that gun control laws will all together stop crime, violence, and deaths, but it i...

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When people mention gun control, many things come to mind which include the second amendment rights, school shootings, the Brady law, and gun violence. ... In April of 1999, the Columbine school shootings occurred. ... Over the years, many acts and laws have been passed. ... With all these laws and acts, legal cases arose. ... Gun control laws are not effective for public safety. ...

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Taking away guns does not suddenly turn law breaking citizens into law abiding citizens, but it does take away defense from law abiding citizens who just want to protect themselves. "When there are laws against owning firearms, the law abiding citizens turn in their weapons. The law breaking citizens do not " (French). ... Inflicting "excessive waiting periods, registration fees and the like " on law-abiding citizens who are already following the law would only tell you that everyone buying a gun is an upstanding individual (Rivkin & Grossman). ... Most shootings happen in locations that are l...

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Assault weapons are designed primarily for military or law enforcement use. ... These illegal dealers are one of the main sources for guns carried by kids, and they contribute to a good portion of the guns in schools. ... Tightening gun laws will keep guns in the hands of proper individuals by making it harder for unqualified people to obtain them. The Schumer-Bradley Bill is a prime example of proposed laws that will reduce the number of illegal firearms on the street. ... The Brady Law is another bill that will allow only a qualified person to purchase a handgun. ...

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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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(Kopel 1) In simple terms the definition of a law-abiding citizen is someone who obeys the law and the definition of a criminal is someone who does not obey the law. If we pass laws restricting ownership of firearms, which category of the people does it affect? The answer is that gun control laws affect law-abiding citizens only. By their very nature, the criminals will continue to violate these new laws and continue to carry firearms, regardless of the law. ... Kennedy are two of the more talked about cases and more recently, the shooting spree at Columbine High School. ...

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Gun Control: the Real Issues "Misuse or theft prohibited by law". ... To forbid, especially by authority or law; interdict." and "2. ... Was is possible to forbid misuse or theft by passing a law? ... Was is possible to actually prevent misuse or theft by passing a law? ... It was also in the early sixties that the Supreme Court ruled that there was to be no prayer in the public school. ...

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Local law enforcement left whole neighborhoods to fend for themselves. ... Many supporters of gun control laws say that stricter laws will reduce crime and violent acts. ... I've heard many stories over the years about kids finding their parents weapon and shooting themselves or taking it to school. This could be an ongoing problem, and the possible outlaw or stricter gun laws could change this. ... Honest and law-abiding citizens will evade, hide, lie, and maybe even kill to defend their constitutional rights. ...

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Recently, a shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado left thirteen teachers and students dead. ... Laws can be created so that accidents like these will be prohibited. But there are reasons why the government has not created such laws. " Laws are not the same as personal or individual morality some things are legal, yet are considered immoral to some people" (Hricik 607). ... Today, the gun laws vary from state to state. ... The gun laws should not have to vary from state to state. ...

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