Essays in this section cover topics such as whether greater gun control is a good idea and whether gun control reduces crime. Many touch on mass school shootings as a point of debate, and the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution (the right to bear arms) is also a frequent discussion point. Essays on gun control are very often argumentative essays. These essays involve some researching a controversial topic, taking a particular a stance (for or against additional gun control), and attempting to persuade the reader of the essay to agree with the writer’s position based on the evidence the writer has uncovered.
Gun control is one of the most conflict-ridden issues in American politics. With each mass shooting antagonism grows between both sides of the gun control argument. Proponents of stricter gun regulations distress for their safety in a country where there is an average of 88 guns per 100 people, according to the 2011 Small … Read more
Due to recent events, the country has been in constant debate over the regulation of guns. Many see the overwhelming amount of tragedies as a sign that there needs to be some kind of change to the role that firearms play in America and how people obtain them. Others believe that it is unconstitutional … Read more
“ Gun control in America” Krissia Cruz CUNY York 10/22/18 Gun control in America Gun control has been a controversial issue in the United States for the past decade. This is shown by a large number of homicides and mass … Read more
The whole Gun issue is kind of interesting if you view it from a non-political, and strictly economic, perspective. The US was founded on, and can thank its amazing early and rapid growth due to the power of three major financial institutions : Cotton, Tobacco, and Slavery. Property ownership is another one, but not … Read more
Hello everyone, My name is Sena and I will be arguing alongside my partner Cole, as to why Americans should have the right to bear arms. It is without a doubt that there have been a ridiculous amount of shootings in the United States this year. However, I encourage you to focus your attention … Read more
Paste your Running head: ASSIGNMENT 1.2: CONFLICTING VIEWPOINTS ESSAY – PAR1 Assignment 1.2: Conflicting Viewpoints Essay – Part II Strayer University Critical Thinking Instructor: DeNorris Heard Gun Control Leroy Scott Gun control in America is a standout amongst the most disputable and well-battled zones in American legislative issues which are plainly characterized by … Read more
With many recent incidents that involve guns between 2012 and 2013, gun control laws have become a hot topic in America. On one hand, after the horrific incident like the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting at Newtown in 2012, most people wanting to limit guns from getting into the wrong by setting up a … Read more
The social divide over the Second Amendment rages over the country, much like the wildfires tear through the forests of the Southwest. Fed by school shootings and liberal lies, it’s difficult to rationally answer the question of whether restrictions should be placed on gunowners. So let’s start from the beginning. The Second Amendment of … Read more
Guns have consistently been a part of America’s society since its beginnings. Firearms have been used mainly to protect the nation and families, to hunt for food or for personal desires, and even to engage in sporting activities. As a nation, American gun rights have long been scrutinized and debated with extreme controversy. There … Read more
ECON 562 Research Paper Benjamin Coomer The Effect of Gun Laws on Gun Murder Rate by State 1. Introduction Over the past four decades, the topic of gun control in the US has been at the forefront of politics, especially in the current decade. This is largely due to a frightening number of school … Read more
INSERT RELEVANT, WITTY, AND INFORMED TITLE HERE If the founding fathers were alive today, they would be disappointed in our lack of action. The reason they decided to separate from Great Britain and write the Bill of Rights, was because they had the intent of making a change and standing up for what they … Read more
It has only been a month since Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School etched it’s name in stone as yet another victim to mass shootings in the United States. In that time, grieving students launched a nationwide movement that could stimulate new laws. The outcry for reform seems to begin gaining traction in the state … Read more
Since the start of America the right to own a firearm has been protected and in a more modern time these rules need to change. Mass shootings have taking headlines in too many new stories for people to sit still and do nothing about it. The Second Amendment has been around since 1791 and … Read more
On Valentine’s Day, 2018, 19 year old Nikolas Cruz walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and opened fire with his AR-15, killing fourteen students and three faculty members. In the moments and days following this school shooting, the high school students who lost seventeen of their own publicly shamed this … Read more
Thomas Sowell once stated, "Do countries with strong gun control laws have lower murder rates? Only if you cherry-pick the data." Turn on any TV and what you see is kids pleading for more strict laws on gun control. Focusing attention and using emotion to lure us in to listen a side with these … Read more
Analytic Essay Revision: (300 words, which strategies employed) Over the past few weeks I employed a variety of revision practices to my writing in this essay. I first began with reading my paper aloud to myself, and continued to as I wrote the paper. Initially I had very empty pages, and only two of the … Read more
Terance Hare II Mr. Sunday English 12 11 December 2018 White Fragility and School Shootings In America white men have been directly linked to mass shootings because of many having fragile egos and also entitlement issues which causes them to be the biggest terrorist threat in America today. In the United States we currently … Read more
Attaining Fire Arms from Germany Compared to the United States Introduction In the whole of Europe, the policies surrounding gun control in Germany are one of the strictest so far. It does not allow attainment, purchase, ownership, or carrying of guns to any persons who have a valid reason to possess a weapon. The … Read more
What Motivates School Shooters? Summary: This article in the Psychologytoday.com, tells the reader about how and why mass shooters act a certain way. What their motives are behind this and what steps to take to prevent at least a minority of these events. This article is being written by a PHD women that wrote … Read more
To say that guns are dangerous and need to be controlled is putting our situation mildly. Every year, 36,000 Americans die from guns, that is nearly 100 people killed every day (America’s Background Check 2019). The American situation is dire, with the need for reform on gun control increasing everyday. School shootings, gun related homicides, … Read more
On April 20, 1999 a massacre took place at Columbine High School in Jefferson County Colorado. The two teen shooters Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris killed 13 people and wounded over 20 others. After, the two perpetrators turned the guns on themselves ending their own lives. At the time this was the worst high school … Read more
In the span of a little more than 6 minutes, 17 lives vanished and another 14 lives were harmed by one gunman with an AR-15 rifle. This was the reality for the students and faculty members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018. It was Valentine’s Day, the day of love and … Read more
The Case On May 20, 2013, Rodney Class parked his Jeep on the Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C. Class happened to be keeping guns and ammunition—for which he had legal permits—inside the Jeep. While Class was visiting the Capitol buildings, a policeman spotted a blade and gun holster in Class’ Jeep, after noticing that the … Read more
Jonson, Cheryl Lero. "Preventing School Shootings: The Effectiveness of Safety Measures." Victims & Offenders, vol. 12, no. 6, Nov/Dec2017, pp. 956-973. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/15564886.2017.1307293. This article concerns the shootings at Columbine High School, Virginia Tech, and Sandy Hook Elementary School that caught attention. Jonson called for something to be done to defend school in the … Read more
The debate over gun control has become a major problem as of recently in America. Many questions come up as to who should be the ones that are able to own and carry guns, as well as how these guns should be obtained. People enjoy the freedom to do what they want, especially when … Read more
The history surrounding the gun violent is not a recent issue, but it has been last long time already until the debate to enact the effective measure finally appears to be brought up to the Congress. William J Vizzard, the Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at California State Univerisity, Sacramento, claims that, “A second … Read more
Dear Representative Marchant: My name is Hannah Carlisle. I will be one of your constituents once I become an adult. I am writing to you about gun control laws. I would like to see stricter gun control laws set in place and more enforcement of existing laws. All of the school and other public … Read more
On Wednesday February 14th tragedy struck Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Parkland is a city in Broward County and it is about an hour north of Miami. It was a normal day for students and faculty as they were at school on a normal Valentine’s day until horror walked through the door. … Read more
It is Time to Repeal the Second Amendment The Second Amendment is one of the ten amendments that make up the Bill of Rights which many Americans consider to be the core foundation of their country. The Second Amendment reads as follows: “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the … Read more
Is there any effective way to eradicate the horrific mass shootings which repeatedly occur in the United States? A variety of safety measures have been longingly discussed since the 20th century. The conclusion in establishing gun control has divided American society between the gun activists who support the restriction of accessibility to the firearms, … Read more
Gun Actually Saves Hundreds in Church Shooting On November 5th, 2017 a gunman, Devin Kelley, open fired during Sunday Service at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas- right outside of San Antonio. WHAT HAPPENED The gunman, dressed in all black ‘tactical-type gear’ and wearing a ballistic vest, first began shooting outside of the … Read more
The second amendment of the United States Constitution has been debated for decades. After every mass shooting, Americans question whether every American should have the right to bear arms. Supporters of gun control argue that the United States needs universal, comprehensive background checks on every person who wants to purchase a gun in the country, … Read more
When you hear the word America what do you think? When most people hear the word America they think about many things some say New York other say the freedom of democracy, equality, diversity and opportunity and theirs a massive list of other reason. America was built by Immigrants and they came to start a … Read more
‘No’ To Gun Laws During a speech Patrick Henry gave he states, “Are we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defense? Where is the difference between having our arms in our own possession and under our own direction, and having them … Read more
As we hear about the mass shootings on television and as we read about the gang violence in our local newspapers, we could ask ourselves, could something have been done to stop this crime? There many ways to answer these questions, but I have decided to take the position that we need more gun control … Read more
One issue in the United States that is going on far to regularly is the issue of mass shootings. In the past couple years we have heard numerous stories demonstrating expanded firearm brutality. In the United States, firearms are falling in the hands of numerous individuals who should not have them. These days these high … Read more
More than one hundred thousand people in the United States of America are shot by guns each year. This pressing issue has sparked a national debate on whether gun control should be expanded or diminished. Most republicans believe that gun control is the reason for this horrific statistic, while most democrats believe that not enough … Read more
In the United States we are blessed with our freedom. We are free to say what we want and follow our own pursuit of happiness; these rights were given to us in the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. One of the rights that was also given to us in the Bill of Rights … Read more
Let us remove guns from everyone. No more guns in the house, no more armed police, none at all. How do you picture the outcome? It takes one twisted person to acquire an illegal gun and your law has put you in the corner. Every time a horrific event takes place, such as in Las … Read more
Gun control has become an immediate issue in the United States making the topic very controversial today. It is heavily argued due to the direct and indirect effects it has had on the everyday lives of American citizens and has become more common in the past several years. Comparing the gun laws the United States … Read more
Pardon the pun here but really this topic is a load gun waiting to go off. It is such a heated debate that there is no way to really solve it or put it out. First off let’s get some information first so we are on the same page. A firearm is just another name … Read more
Between 2013-15 there were about 2 school shootings a month. According to ABC News, “141-The number of people killed in a mass murder or attempted mass murder at a school since Columbine” (Pearle 1). School shootings terrify americans, yet we have the most school shootings in the world. An investigation of school shootings in America … Read more
Political parties are a historic centerpiece of American politics that have created a variety of different opinions on issues in modern society. After carefully reviewing the dual parties, Democratic & Republican, that our democracy utilizes, I am in support of the Republican party as a representation of my own beliefs. As stated by RepublicanViews.org, “The … Read more
Before the 18th Century, the reason for criminal behavior was not known. People believed good and evil came from the supernatural. If you were a criminal, you were believed to be possessed by the devil. In the eighteenth century, these thoughts of demonological theories started to vanish as the classical school and positivist school were … Read more
The National Rifle Association (NRA) is one of the leading interest groups in the US. The NRA was founded in 1871 as the governing body for the sport of shooting with pistols and rifles. By the 21st century, the NRA had amassed a membership of over five million including hunters, gun enthusiasts, police, gunsmiths, gun … Read more
Cody Nelson Prof. Radzikowski December 3, 2015 Persuasive Essay Gun Control Quite often nowadays, everyone will see bumper stickers or t-shirts that mention the peoples’ right to the Second Amendment. “My Second Amendment rights, Began: December 15, 1791 Expires: Never.” Citizens want to make their opinion known about how the government can’t take away … Read more
Written Task A Part 1- Language in a Cultural Context Radio Transcript Interview on Gun Control By Indigo Wallace-Knight Rationale: Written Task A is centered around “Part 1- Language in Cultural Context”. This content specifically relates to “Radio Transcript Interview – Wayne LaPierre Gun Control” by interviewer Olivia Burwood and the song ‘Imagine’ by … Read more
Abstract This paper researches articles that reports on gun control in the United States. Gun control has been a serious topic in America for decades due to innocent students dying from school shootings, pedestrians being murdered in mass shootings, and African-Americans being slayed by our police officers. According to ProCon.org (2016), "The United States … Read more
In the wake of another senseless mass murder, this time in Las Vegas, Congress must again examine our country’s gun laws. In the United States, gun control legislation is almost always met with harsh opposition from a proud, vocal, and relatively small group of gun owners, who clings to their Second Amendment right to … Read more
In 2018, when you are watching the news in T.V., there is a recurrent new that affect all of us as a nation: the gun violence inside the schools. Before starting to talk about the school shootings, we can explain that the use of a firearm to hurt or kill one or more innocent … Read more
Argumentative Essay: Gun Culture and the American SocietyGun culture is the attitudes, feelings, values and behaviors of a society or any social group in which guns are used. Guns have been around for centuries, and these have had a variety of purposes. According to David Yamane, he divided gun culture into two categories, gun culture … Read more
Basic information The author is Stephen King and the title are: Stephen King: why the US must introduce limited gun controls and it is from 2013 Topic and type of text It is a on the guardians website It is an essay Stephen king is writing about one of his novel about a boy that … Read more
The traditional societal dogma that states, ‘more guns mean more crimes’ is no longer applicable nowadays. The crimes continue to climb due to life’s degrading quality and society’s deteriorating morality. The proportionality of gun ownership and the increase in crime rate are currently unfounded. Recent observations and studies compare countries with banning firearms policies and … Read more
The prevalence of the gun ownership among individuals practiced in the United States is a unique situation among the industrialized nations. The current policy of the US to allow its citizens to own guns has stirred up local and global controversies making the issue as one of the most hotly debated concerns worldwide. There are … Read more
In 2008 the United States Supreme Court decided a landmark case, District of Colombia v. Heller. For the first time, the Court recognized that an individual’s right to possess firearms unconnected with service in a militia, and to use for lawful purposes such as protection of one’s home, is protected by the Second Amendment
The issue of gun control is a highly contentious and polarizing topic, particularly in America. For that reason, this topic is frequently used when setting argumentative essay questions for students.
Gun control is the regulation or restriction of the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians. The debate over gun control has been ongoing for decades, with both sides passionately arguing their points.
Supporters of gun control argue that it is necessary to reduce gun violence and make citizens safer, while opponents of gun control argue that it is an infringement of their Second Amendment rights.
Proponents of gun control argue that it is necessary to reduce gun violence and make citizens safer. They point to the high number of gun deaths in the United States as evidence that more regulation is needed. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2018 there were 39,740 gun deaths in the United States, including 24,432 suicides. Supporters of gun control also argue that more regulation would make it harder for criminals to acquire guns, as well as making it more difficult for those with mental health issues to access firearms. Furthermore, they argue that stricter background checks are necessary in order to prevent individuals with violent pasts from obtaining firearms.
Opponents of gun control argue that it is an infringement of their Second Amendment rights. They point out that the Second Amendment guarantees the right of citizens to keep and bear arms, and that any restrictions on gun ownership are therefore unconstitutional. They also argue that gun control would not reduce crime, as criminals would still be able to obtain firearms illegally. Furthermore, opponents of gun control argue that it is not the guns themselves that are the problem, but rather the people who misuse them. They argue that it is better to focus on the root causes of violence, such as poverty and mental health, rather than attempting to restrict access to firearms.
The issue of gun control is a highly contentious and polarizing topic in America. Supporters of gun control argue that it is necessary to reduce gun violence and make citizens safer, while opponents of gun control argue that it is an infringement of their Second Amendment rights. Ultimately, the debate over gun control is likely to remain unresolved in the near future, as both sides are highly passionate and entrenched in their positions.
