Monday, March 5, 2001, Charles "Andy" Williams, a student of Santana High School, went on a killing spree. ... He took his father's .22 caliber revolver and went to school with it. ... On December 14, 2012, Sandy Hook Elementary School took on a hard, tragic fall. ... Approximately 700 people were inside the school that fateful day. ... In the shooting, twenty students, ages 6 and 7, and six adults were killed at the school (Sandy Hook). ...

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It is defined as any law or policy designed to limit or abolish the sale, possession, and use of firearms. Gun control proponents argue that firearms cause tragedies and massacres (such as the Newtown and Columbine school shootings) while gun rights supporters claim that they are needed for sport, protection from tyranny, and self-defense. ... Ordinary law abiding citizens may have no interest in or need for this information, but criminals surely will. ... Isn't it ironic how laws like gun registration, made to reduce firearm violence, can instead arm criminals with the very guns the gove...

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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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A handgun carried concealed is a great way to offer that protection What gun control advocates can't perceive is that gun control laws are aimed at the legal buying and selling of guns. ... 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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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 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). ... Another deadly shooting which occurred was the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. ... Does going to school mean exposure to handguns and death? ...

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Ask yourself this, if the government were to ban the sale and use and ownership of guns would criminals comply with this law? ... A person who is willing to commit a crime is highly unlikely to abide by gun registration laws or even bans. ... Wright a professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts asks, "Why should we expect felons to comply with a gun law when they readily violate laws against robbery, assault and murder?" For this reason, many argue restrictive laws will not reduce crime because criminals will still have guns. ... This means that criminals still obtain handguns fo...

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