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Gun Control Propositions

May 29, 2014
By Z.V.Oksana PLATINUM, Harrison, Arkansas
Z.V.Oksana PLATINUM, Harrison, Arkansas
22 articles 1 photo 60 comments

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“Maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there's a tomorrow. Maybe for you there's one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through you fingers. So much time you can waste it.
But for some of us there's only today. And the truth is, you never really know.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall


Gun control propositions have been on the rise, resulting in a debate about what’s to become of gun violence in the United States. Some say that too many criminals purchase guns legally, but a criminal is a person of, involving, or having the nature of crime. Banning guns legally will only make room for the criminals to obtain them illegally and leave us “bear” handed. If outlawing alcohol in in the 1920’s only encouraged more organized crime, what could outlawing guns do to our country? Not only is it irrational, it’s unconstitutional. It would violate not only the second amendment, but the 4th and 5th, completely defiling our rights. It is argued that 66.9% of the homicides of America result from the allowance of Americans to bear arms -- gun related homicides would happen even if guns didn’t exist. Even though that’s accurate, that statistic only argues a miniscule portion of the picture. Gun violence has gone down a drastic 49% since 1993; that’s only ten years. 56% of Americans believe that violence had heightened, creating distorted views on the need for gun control. Only 12% know the true statistics, and know that it has decreased in the last ten years. Another argument is that Americans don’t need guns; we have the government as our protection. The truth behind gun control is being hidden by glamorizing tragedies involving gun violence. Why would government use our emotions against us? The answer is embedded in history. Other government’s gun control laws have been the first step to conducting genocide campaigns, causing the death of approximately 56 million people over the course of history. A portion of the countries that began genocides after conducting gun control laws were the Soviet Union (murdered 20 million anti-communists) Cambodia, (murdered 1 million of the brightest, most educated citizens) and, the infamous holocaust in Nazi Germany (murdered 13 million because of religion), led by the ruthless dictator Adolf Hitler. The most logical decision is to obliterate gun control.


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My personal opinion on the argument of Gun Control.

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on Jun. 13 2014 at 5:08 pm
WinterRose76 SILVER, Ok., Florida
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Fantastic article! It's persuasive and extremely well-written. I support your view and found the statistics you provide really interesting. Banning guns is not the answer to our problems. After all, guns aren't dangerous by themselves; it's the person behind the trigger that makes them dangerous. 5/5 stars

on Jun. 11 2014 at 11:15 am
WOWriting SILVER, Broadstairs, Other
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Ur welcome. Oh i get it now, sounds like a challenging assessment :)

on Jun. 10 2014 at 6:06 pm
Z.V.Oksana PLATINUM, Harrison, Arkansas
22 articles 1 photo 60 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there's a tomorrow. Maybe for you there's one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through you fingers. So much time you can waste it.
But for some of us there's only today. And the truth is, you never really know.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

I actually agree with you on your point to have regulated gun control. My essay argues against the complete ban of guns from citizens. My teacher assigned this essay to us as an either/or assignment. Either we argue banning all guns or banning none at all. There is a middle-ground, but for this assignment, there was none. :) Thank you for commenting!

on Jun. 10 2014 at 6:03 pm
Z.V.Oksana PLATINUM, Harrison, Arkansas
22 articles 1 photo 60 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there's a tomorrow. Maybe for you there's one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through you fingers. So much time you can waste it.
But for some of us there's only today. And the truth is, you never really know.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

I appreciate the advice :) Both my gun control and small business vs. large corporations were school assignments, and the gun one was due in a week while the small business one was due in a month. That time difference really reflects on the quality of the essay. 

on Jun. 7 2014 at 2:06 pm
BurrThistle GOLD, Jaipur, Other
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I like this paper but not as much as your Small Business Vs. Large Corporations one. Here, your thoughts seem a little all over the place. Just a suggention about making this pice a little more streamlined it that you could maybe reduce the number of statistics and put in an emotional part?  Like if you were to speak this as a debate, you'd want the audience or the judges to realte to your words a little. Something about how difficult it would be to track down illegaly obtained guns that were used in some sort of violent incident.

on Jun. 7 2014 at 11:30 am
WOWriting SILVER, Broadstairs, Other
5 articles 0 photos 266 comments
This is intriguing and I can tell you're really well read. I see your point, that enforcing gun control would make criminals seem more obliged to obtain them illegally, but then again, what if they didn't do anything? Yes, everybody would have guns for their own protection, but what if people started abusing them? I favour gun control because it could limit the number of murders. There could be certain regulations, extended government protection maybe, put in place so that it's less likely that murders will therefore happen more freely. I mainly like the idea of gun control because I think it's wrong to kill another human being, even if they're going to kill you, but that's my opinion :) I still really like this piece and I think it's a really good essay