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When the founding fathers sat down to discuss and draft the US Constitution they could not predict the military grade weapons we have today. A Rolling Stone article effectively explains why the Second Amendment does not reflect modern day weapons by stating, “When the Second Amendment was written, the Founders didn’t have to weigh the risks of one man killing 49 and injuring 53 all by himself.” (Cohen) In other words the writings of the Second Amendment did not account for our current times so they shouldn’t apply to them either. In 1791 when the 2nd Amendment was ratified the commonly used firearms were muskets and flintlock pistols. Muskets could fire at its fastest once every 15 seconds, modern day weapons like the AR-15 can fire 10 rounds per second. Because the US Constitution and the Second Amendment were written such a long time ago when conditions, technology, and language were different the government is allowed to interpret what was written in order to apply it to our society. When the Second Amendment was written it’s intent was more to give men in militias rights to guns, because the United States had just won independence from Britain and thought it was important to give U.S citizens the security of being able to overthrow an unfair government by giving them the right to own weapons capable of rebellion. The Second Amendment was interpreted by the United States Government to giving all U.S citizens the right to bear arms. Times have changed and military grade weapons are now in the hands of normal everyday citizens and the 2nd Amendment that is giving people rights to own these guns is outdated and does not account for this kind of weaponry and therefore needs to be repealed to account for the destruction of modern day weapons.
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Not only does the U.S Government have the right to interpret the amendments but they also can repeal them, and repealing an amendment is actually something that has occured in the past and therefore it is perfectly legal and possible. The 18th amendment was ratified on January 19th 1919, and banned manufacturing and distribution of alcohol. The 18th amendment was formed because of the Temperance Movement where many US Citizens pledges absolutism from alcohol because they believed it was behind every sin, and because of the ideals of the Progressive Movement in the 20th century. This resulted in terrible economic problems due to the loss of the liquor industry and profit from importation and exportation of these products. The 18th amendment was repealed with the ratification of the 21st amendment. According to The Interactive Constitution in addition to stating that the production, distribution, and possession of alcohol is prohibited, the 21st Amendment also states, “The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.” (American Constitution Society) Therefore the United States Government is perfectly capable of repealing the Second Amendment and would only need to ratify a new amendment that states the repeal of the Second Amendment and explains the new terms of gun control and firearm rights of U.S citizens. If economic troubles were enough to make the U.S Government ratify the 21st amendment to repeal the previous one shouldn’t the staggering amount of deaths due to gun violence have the same effect. Not to mention that deaths due to a lack of gun control are having a negative economic impact on the United States. In a Journal of Risk and Insurance Jean Lemaire states, “The aggregate cost of gun violence in the United States at about $100 billion annually, or about $360 for every American.” (Lemaire) Meaning not only has an amendment been repealed in the past but, in addition to high death rates, the gun control issue is having a negative economic impact which happens to be one of the main reasons that the 18th Amendment was repealed.
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Ever since the United States fought its way to independence from Britain it’s prided itself on how every United States citizen is free and has liberty. At the time when the U.S Constitution and the Second Amendment were written one of its main goals was to protect this liberty by giving them the right to bear arms so they can rebel against a possible tyranny. Not only is there no longer a huge threat of tyranny today but the current firearm conditions are putting United States’ liberty at stake. One key part of liberty is that a person’s actions and way of life is not oppressed, and because of the immense amount of people carrying guns and mass shootings people are forced to always be careful and aware of the possibility of someone with a firearm attacking them. Firearms have forced a fear where many people cannot go to places like a grocery store without constant worry, and this is not what liberty is defined as. According to the American Psychological Association “Nearly one in three adults (32%) feel they cannot go anywhere without worrying about being a victim of a mass shooting, while just about the same number (33%) say fear prevents them from going to certain places or events.” (Bethune and Lewan) This means that many U.S adults struggle with anxiety and worry about getting attacked by a shooter and this fear oppresses and affects their decisions including going places and how to get there. Liberty is supposed to be a state where a person can do whatever they want and a fear of firearms is not liberty, so in order to protect the liberty of the United States we need to take away the very thing that is threatening that and to do that the Second Amendment must be repealed.
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Something many people do not understand is that the Second Amendment does not account for the firearm rights of the military so if it were to be repealed it would not take away the military’s right to own firearms, which is a common concern of people with the idea of repealing the Second Amendment or gun control in general. A writer for the website Bearing Arms, Bob Owens, answered questions proposed by Massachusetts Representative Paul Heroux, and during his response explained why the Military’s right to bear arms is unaffected by the repeal of the Second Amendment. Owens stated, “Again, the right to keep and bear arms of military utility is not dependent on any part of the Constitution or its Amendments.” (Owens) Bob Owens’ point is that there is no legal document that can take away the military’s right to use guns and that their firearm rights are unspoken but valid. A common doubt when such a severe solution is proposed, like repealing the Second Amendment, is that it would take away the right to bear arms from the military but this is untrue as the Second Amendment does not account for the military. Meaning the Military, who actually has a valid reasoning behind their gun rights, which is defending the country, will be able to keep their rights to bear arms even with the repeal of the Second Amendment.
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The people of the United States are living in terrible firearm conditions where they experience anxiety about going to places nearby out of fear of getting attacked by somebody with a gun, and the number of innocent people dying because of a firearm is increasing and has left families devastated. Though many may like to argue against gun control by saying it is vital to protecting people from home invasions or other life threatening events, the research shows that not only are guns statistically not not used as self defense but there also are many alternative weapons that have been proven more effective. Overall the United States is in desperate need for gun control that takes away the right to bear arms from all U.S Citizens. Repealing the Second Amendment is the solution the United States needs, and is justified because the Second Amendment no longer reflects gun conditions in the United States. Times have changed and our legal system needs to reflect that change.
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In the last few years, there has been a tremendous amount of school shootings around the world. Like Sandy Hook Elementary were Adam Lanza fatally shot and killed 20 students and 6 staff members. Since then the students, teachers and concerned citizens have be wondering as to what needs to be done to end mass shootings in America. The question is, will arming teachers with concealed weapons be the right answer to solving this issue. In this paper I will be taking about the danger a gun will have on the students and teachers in class, the cost of training it will cost for teachers to be trained and the stress teacher will be under from the fear it will bring to them to protect there students.
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According to The Editors/ Marie Claire, Feb 23, 2018 the main idea of this subject is that teachers think it’s the worst idea for them to be concealed with weapons. He interviews 30 teachers from all around the world about the idea of carrying guns and here’s what a few of them had to say… “Arming teachers in the classroom as a means of protection is not an appropriate or productive way to prevent future shootings.
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Students needs to be in an environment were they can learn and have positive energy. Bringing a gun into the class will enforce things we are trying to avoid in the classroom. This could also lead into the teacher coming back the next day and her weapon could have been taken by a student. This makes up more criminals inside the school. When you put lots of weapons in a school, this can become a security problem that puts people in harm of danger. One of the main issues, is the safety on both the teacher and students. Many people don’t like guns and have fear of shooting one.
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So why would you want to force someone who doesn’t want to carry the gun into carrying it that may lead into false alarms. Allowing this would add the danger to students in to facing it rather than reducing the fear. Most school systems have done a bad job in preparing teachers and students for classroom situations like this. Another, women who was interview thought the idea was pointless because she was more worried about the students who have mental health issues need emotional support on how to deal with situations like this. She said… “I don’t need a gun; I need lawmakers who put students lives before a civilian right to an assault rifle. As a teacher of children, I have gotten to know many kids who need mental health support but can’t get it due to lack of resources. Students need emotional support on how to deal with trauma and anger. We need our students to feel say, and they want if the school is loaded down with guns.” Ashely teaches 4th grade in Illinois.
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In conclusion of this topic, I don’t think this will solve any problems because all in all there is no way to keep the school, parents, or the community happy. Everyone will have something to say then that will be led into another problem as well. Also, students can be put in risk of an injury in the event of an accident made by the teacher. Teachers may get mad a student and use that against them, and they might even threaten them. According to Trevor, who teaches 11th and 12th grade in Georgia says… “the idea of arming teachers in nothing short of ludicrous. He thinks this would place them in a position of seeing every student in school as a threat”. Students may fear that now the teacher have power over the class and may flip out when ever she wants too and use her weapon in a way that will scare the class into being better students.
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Another idea, by Yuval Rosenburg/ The Fiscal Times, February 22, 2018 is will arming teachers in America as Donald Trump have proposed cost a lot. According to this source the answer is yes. That means is there was a law that was passed to allow teachers to carry guns. It will be roughly 718,000 teachers’ nationwide that will have to be trained. In Yuval Rosenburg article “providing basic firearm training for teachers would cost about 71.8 million dollars. More robust training created for teachers in active shooter scenarios might run about 1,000 dollars per trainee, or 718 million totals”. Therefore, getting teachers trained will cost more than expected. Not only to mention after training them you must buy guns as well. That’s other expenses they would have to investigate as well. According to Yuval Rosenburg article “buying hundreds of thousands of Glock G17 pistols would add about 360 million to the line”. That if the government doesn’t get a discount for it. Then the total cost would go up to about 250 million, which includes the training and the guns. But if schools’ systems choose not to get the basic training and just purchase the guns, that would bring the cost down to about 180 million according to Yuval’s article.
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Not training teachers would even be a worse idea, that would lead into more problems, being that teachers might not know how to use it and then accidentally use it the wrong way. Even with the proper training, there’s no way a teacher with a weapon can take down a shooter. In conclusion, in Yuval Rosenburg article the average cost a year estimates to about 12 billion a year. Which would not be the best solution to it. Not only to mention the cost of the training and buying the guns. Teachers may be required to renew their training. They may also have to be able to maintain the course knowledge and be tested regularly. All this encounters money and most schools now are already having difficulties with budgeting the cost of needs each school year. Rather than spending the money on something that would cause more problems, they should spend it on something to better the school system that would be beneficial to everyone.
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A third writer, Dave Anderson / List land, states that teachers will be under a lot of stress from the responsibility having a gun could carry onto them and being fearful of the danger it may cause. Teachers already have a lot on there hands with it already be stressful enough and then adding a gun would make it more stressful for them. Teachers take care of there students like their own. Many students get really attached to there favorite teacher. They are like parents and mentors to their students. Also, teachers are the most stressed people in their community. For most of them adding guns too, is like asking them to be there legal guardian.
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“The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which no account be neglected”(Sun Tzu)”. The earliest known United States shooting to happen on school property was the Pontiac’s Rebellion school massacre on July 26, 1764, where four Lenape American Indian entered the schoolhouse near present-day Greencastle, Pennsylvania, shot and killed school master Enoch Brown, and killed nine or ten children.
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Some employees call on the government to stop selling guns after the school shootings. Gun-related deaths are now the third-related causes of death in America. An average of 19 children die from gunshot wounds or are treated in hospital emergency rooms every day, with boys, teenagers, and Afican Americans disproportionately affected, according to a new study that claims to be the most comprehensive analysis of childhood firearm deaths and injuries. People who are affected by guns, guns are the third leading causes of death, and people die everyday because of guns
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Guns have become a threat to society and therefore no one should be trusted using a gun. For instance, “Most firearms deaths among kids and teens were intentional, with 53 percent of deaths classified as homicides, and 38 percent deemed suicides, according to the study. Only about 6 percent of deaths involving firearms were classified as unintentional” (Huffington Post: Guns are now the third leading causes of death para 6 sent. 1-2). “Every day, 310 people are shot in the United States. Among those: 100 people are shot and killed, 210 survive gun injuries, 95 are injured in an attack, 61 die from suicide, 10 survive a suicide attempt, 1 is killed unintentionally, 90 are shot unintentionally, 1 is killed by legal intervention, 4 are shot by legal intervention, 1 died but the intent was unknown, 12 are shot but the intent was unknown”(Key Gun Violence Statistics pg 1). “Most people who attempt suicide do not die-unless they use a gun.
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Across all suicide attempts not involving a firearm, less than 5 percent will result in death. But for gun suicides, those statistics are flipped: approximately 85 percent of gun suicide attempts end in death” (Gun Violence in America pg 1). “CWLA’s National Blueprint points out that children and youth exposed to chronic trauma can experience inhibited brain development, producing a lasting impact on life outcomes”(The Impact of Gun Violence on Children, Families, Communities pg 1). “Tragically, more than 35,000 people, including nearly 3,000 children, die from gun violence each year in the United States”(Gun Violence Threatens the Health of Our Nation pg 1). “According to a 2013 Kaiser Family Foundation health tracking poll, African Americans are far more likely to know a victim of gun violence or be personally worried about gun violence than white respondents. The poll found 42 percent of African Americans personally knew someone who has been the victim of gun violence, compared to only 15 percent of white respondents.
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African Americans were also more than twice as likely to be personally worried about gun violence, the research found”(PTSD in Oakland: Gun Violence Victims, Families Suffer Continuos PTSD pg 1). However people might say, “Safety isn’t always safe. You can find one on every gun.”(Andrea Gibson). “Nothing is wrong with shooting… As long as the right people get shot”(Clint Eastwood). I say the critics are incorrect because “according to the Crime Prevention Research Center, so-called ‘gun free zones’ have been targets of more than 98% of all mass shootings — this is why they are often fittingly referred to as ‘soft targets'(Six Facts That show Gun Control Is Not The Answer pg 1). “In 2005, out of a total of 541 firearm-related deaths in Kentucky, 375 were gun-shot suicides (69%), homicides accounted for 143, accidents claimed 11, nine died in police shootings, and three fatalities were unspecified. During 2006 and 2007, again, approximately 70 percent of gun-shot deaths were suicides. Most Americans are unaware that gun-shot suicide occurs much more often than all other shooting deaths combined. Suicide by gun fire is the fastest growing and most common means of suicide regardless of age, gender, race, or educational level”(Guns: Dangerous Especially For Suicide, and Costly For America pg 1). Gun symbolizes fear and cowardness because they rise against anyone who degrades them. They basically live their lives in fear, and project that fear into violence in order to scare their victims.
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The solution to America’s gun problem is background checks and restricting gun sales. Removing guns out of their home or passing a prevention gun bill could save lives. Here’s how the solution works. In order to purchase a gun from a federal firearms licensed dealer (FFL), a consumer must provide identification and pass a federal background check using the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ 4473 form. Fill out the form. The first page of the document requires basic information, including the buyer’s full name, address, sex, birthday, and ethnicity. A social security number is encouraged, but not required. The form also asks the buyer about criminal background, immigration status and mental health information that could result in a consumer being denied. Give the form back to the person who gave you the forms. The person can contact or tell you if you are denied or not.
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In order to pass a bill, introduce by coming up with a great idea find a Senator or Representative to sponsor it, draft the bill, gather signatures from other legislators and then introduce your bill by dropping it in the hopper. You’ll need support from the Committee Chair if you want a hearing or at least get them interested in hearing more. If your bill receives a hearing, it’s an opportunity to bring in members of the public to show their support. You’ll need to make sure a majority of the committee supports your bill or it won’t move forward meaning a lot of meetings, phone calls, and advocacy efforts. After a bill is passed out of committee, it goes to the Rules Committee, which decides which bills will receive a vote. You’ll need to ask a member of the Rules Committee to conduct a “rules pull” so your bill can be voted upon. Once your bill makes it to the floor, you’ll need to make sure it gets a majority or it’s dead. Repeat Steps 2-5 but with the opposite house. Your bill needs to pass out of the House or Senate with the exact same wording. If that doesn’t happen because of amendments, it’s sent to a Concurrence Committee, a group of legislators who will try to reconcile the two drafts. If your bill makes it through this process it goes to the governor’s desk.
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The Governor can either sign your bill, refuse to sign it, or veto it. If the Governor doesn’t sign your bill within a certain timeframe it automatically becomes a law. If the Governor vetoes the bill, it can still become law if both the House and Senate vote to override the veto requiring 2/3rds vote. For example, “Research published in JAMA Internal Medicine in early March found that strong firearms laws in a state, such as background checks for all private sales and restrictions on multiple purchases, were associated with lower rates of gun homicides”(Gun Violence in the U.S. pg 1). “Reduce firearm access to youth and individuals who are at risk of harming themselves or others. This includes keeping guns out of the hands of those who have been violent toward their partners and families, and those with previous violent convictions, whether through expanding lethality assessment and background checks or supporting domestic violence bills, and gun violence restraining orders”(Gun Violence Must Stop. Here’s What We Can Do to Prevent More Deaths pg 1). Some people might think that bavkground chechks and bills won’t work because nearly 80% of crime guns are already outside of retail distribution channels and outside of transactions made by the law abiding folks who would participate in universal background checks at gun shows .7%.
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Nevertheless background checks save lives. They are the foundation of any effective effort to reduce gun violence and are associated with lower rates of gun homicides, suicides and gun trafficking in states that require them for all handgun sales. But current federal law only requires licensed gun dealers to conduct background checks on gun sales. Background checks also keeps guns out of the hands of people with dangerous histories and they are the foundation of any comprehensive gun violence prevention strategy. If we don’t act now, then we will die a lot faster. If we act now, then the solutions will be easier to solve.
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The leading causes of death in America is guns. African Americans are 2.5 times more likely to be killed by a gunshot. In order to do something about the gun shootings, volunteer to protest, or donate to charity for the victims of gun shootings. If you don’t take action, then there will be more consequences and fatality. However, if you do take action, then we will feel a lot safer being outside or/and at home. Guns shootings affect almost everyone and I hope many people make a change to end guns.
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The second amendment provides Americas the right to bear arms. Firearms have been around since 1364 CITE, when the first recorded use of a gun was used and has been expanding with more people owning guns every day CITE. There are many reasons to own a firearm, from using it for self-defense. Most Americans own firearms to protect their family and property. State laws vary on use of force laws, but home owner have the right to protect their home and family.
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Firearms are very useful and have saved many lives. The sad fact is that even though they can be used for good things, people have also found many ways to use this great invention to be harmful to people and property. Ever since guns were invented, they have been used against people and caused injuries. The right of free speech, the right to defend oneself, the right to go freely about one’s business without harassment, the right freely to associate, and the right to private property and due process, were all considered so obvious that many during the ratification process of the Constitution thought them unnecessary to enumerate CITE
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Guns do not kill people, people kill people. Guns are not the problem today. Criminals will kill regardless of gun banning. Before guns were created, people were killing people. Yes, a gun is a deadly weapon and yes people are killed from gun related incidents every day, but guns do not have the ability to harm anyone on their own. It is true that some of the largest mass murders have been shootings. Many tragedies have occurred because of one person with a gun (Refuting). However, those murderers would not have been stopped if a good guy with a gun didn’t stop them.
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The right of free speech, the right to defend oneself, the right to go freely about one’s business without harassment, the right freely to associate, and the right to private property and due process, were all considered so obvious that many during the ratification process of the Constitution thought them unnecessary to enumerate CITE. However, scholars insisted that those rights, so obvious to all at the time as to be self-evident, should be explicitly listed in the Bill of Rights so that there could be no ambiguity CITE. President Obama is one to push for gun control. Although he is trying to protect Americans from guns, he is constantly being protected from a team of agents who are armed with firearms.
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However, guns are necessary in a violent world. They provide protection for muggings, home invasions, terrorist incidents and mass shooting. Furthermore, if the people have the possibility to possess guns in the worst-case scenario, they can use them against the tyranny. Should it ever come to insurrection, then the people would have the means to rise in armed revolt against the authorities and overthrow them. Even if it never comes to that, the threat of armed rebellion will help preserve government from tyranny.
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In other words, guns are an incredible invention made for the men to defend themself in case necessary. Do not misunderstand the original purpose for which one was created with the different use that we are giving to them nowadays. Violence generate more violence. We need to give ourselves the opportunity to be better persons and humans being. It is imperative that we wake up for this nightmare that we are having right now as soon as possible, if we do not reconsider the way that we are acting fast, the final consequences will not be only for us but for the entire humanity. Because as P.G said “The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.”
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Gun violence in Louisiana has spun out of control the last few years, passing other states and taking the lead in highest firearm deaths in the U.S. Louisiana hasn’t had a “good year” since 2011 with a low of 865 firearm deaths that year, compared to Louisiana’s nearly 4.6 million residents. Louisiana has been in and out of being the state with the highest murder rate since about 2000. Gun violence is a problem all around the world but seems to stick with Louisiana pretty hard.
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If the state itself, and the people that reside in it would help to push these laws, then maybe one-day gun violence will drop to almost nothing. Gun laws and permits are very lenient in Louisiana when it comes to owning and carrying a gun. In Louisiana, you do not have to a permit or license to purchase a firearm. Under certain circumstances, seven-teen-year-olds are allowed to open carry. A simple background check is done, but as far as a federal background check comes, they are not required.
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These gun laws are found as preemption laws because they are pushed to be changed every day. I agree with the right to bear arms unless that individual is not fit for a firearm. Eventually, the only way the state is going to be able to fix the illegal gun problem is to modify our current gun laws. In Louisiana, the only permit you need for a firearm is when you carry it publicly and conceal it. No permit is required to buy a firearm in our state unless it is fully automatic.
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In Louisiana, it is even legal to open carry your firearm. It is completely legal as long as your firearm is showing and everyone can see it. Louisiana has always been in and out of the position of being the state with the most homicides or even firearm homicides. Since 1999, over twenty-six thousand teens and children in Louisiana have died because of firearms. It is also proved that the firearm murder rate goes up fifty-percent every year. Guns are also too easy for minors to get their hands on.
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Most of the children and teen deaths are done by another child or teen that has access to a firearm. Baton Rouge is widely known through the state for being state capital but also being murder capital. A gun is even allowed to be carried on a college campus in Louisiana as long as its legal and it has to be concealed with proof of a permit. Baton Rouges murder rate has gone up at least ten percent a year for the last five years. 2017 was by far the worst year yet for Baton Rouge because they almost caught up with Chicago’s murder rate by firearms that year. And everyone knows that is not an easy task, noting that Chicago has record-breaking numbers almost every year when it comes to murder and violence. In 2017, East Baton Rouge Parish had a record high of one-hundred and six killings due to firearms that year. The record was broken in 2017, topping 2007’s record of 96 firearm deaths. The year of 2017 actually went up seventy-percent from 2016’s year having only sixty-two firearm deaths. Someone is killed almost every week in Baton Rouge, La due to firearm outrage and weak laws.
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New Orleans firearm murder rate is almost sixty people for every one-hundred thousand people. In the year 2011, New Orleans had the highest firearm death rate than any other city in the United States. New Orleans is also 4th in the nation for highest firearm deaths right now. In the year of 2017, one in every five people murdered was a child and that’s not counting accidental shootings that took the lives of children. New Orleans has come a long way from what it used to be when it comes to murder and gun violence. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be made an even better place. Even though 2018 was a slightly good year for New Orleans with that year having the lowest amount of firearm deaths in nearly a century, the gun violence has not settled down. Someone loses their life almost every day in New Orleans, LA. People of all ages and professions could be a target of violence. It is so out of control, you never know who could be next. Even the rate for non-fatal shootings is sky high almost every year along with the murder rate. Fatalities of gun violence to children are mostly due to the availability of firearms in the state. Not to mention that we are almost best known for our weak gun laws.
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Statics shows that when “gun control” was tried in places like Chicago and Washington D.C., it had absolutely no effect on bringing down crime and murder rates. From 2013 to 2016, the child murder rate for the entire United States increased by a whole thirty-percent. Data also shows that firearm homicides among the other children were most likely persuaded by other crimes. In 2010, Louisiana had the worst murder by firearm rate in the nation. That’s almost ten people dead for every hundred thousand people. That’s more than two and a half times higher than the average. From 2001 to 2010, Louisiana held the record for more gun deaths per capita than any other state. It is found that a firearm takes the life of a Louisiana resident every ten hours. Among those people that die every ten hours, four of them are estimated to be women and children. It is also good to realize that some states that have strong gun laws still have high firearm murder rates. It is found that gun control revolves around limited gun laws depending on the state because low gun violence reflects off of strong gun laws.
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For example, Vermont has limited gun laws much like Louisiana, but their firearm murder rate is low. Representatives of Louisiana looks at the state as “the state that protects itself”. State officials are looking out for the safety of their own residents by allowing citizens to legally conceal and carry a firearm. But the same amount of effort is not put in to clean the streets of illegal weapons. From the year 2005 to the year 2014, nine-thousand four-hundred and forty-eight people died to do to illegal firearm violence. In the year of 2014, that rate placed Louisiana as 13th highest in the nation. And Louisiana also places 6th highest in the rate of other violent crimes and we have the 3rd highest poverty rate. It is also proven that states with high levels of gun violence are often the poorest states in the country. Louisiana is considered in that range of states. Unintentional firearm deaths and suicides have greater numbers than people actually think.
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The suicide rate by firearm in Louisiana has grown more than thirty-percent since 1999. Most unintentional deaths by gun are caused by kids playing with guns, or guns being left around and unsupervised. There are even cases when cops have fatally killed a juvenile for mistakenly thinking they had a gun. Cop shootings have even involved older people in fatal shootings. The availability of firearms has a big impact on gun violence. If laws were tightened and parishes and neighborhoods weren’t so lenient on crimes, maybe gun control would be easier to grasp. The youth pass up help these days because they don’t want to be different. If everyone wanted to change at the same time, then most likely gun control wouldn’t even be an issue. At the end of the day, gun violence stems from the government itself.
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There has been a lot of mass shootings in the past few years but is gun control really the answer to end all this? There has been a lot of talk about there being more strict gun control laws, but this is not the way to help end mass shooting. Guns actually save more lives each year then they do kill, according to the CDC. Guns save about 500,000-3,000,000 people each year. Compared to about 13,000 deaths excluding suicidals. Many states with the highest crime rate have the most strict gun laws.
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Thats why we the most shootings in gun free zones. People are going to kill if they want to kill. Having gun controls not gonna stop someone from killing people. If we look at 9/11 there was about 3,000 people killed and we never had talk about banning air planes. There has been a few cases where people took a car and run over people and killed them, and its easier to get a car then a gun.
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If Gun Control laws increased it will decrease the amount of crime in the The United States Such as School shootings, Massive Murder, and armed robbers and etc. Gun Control Laws will decrease crime. A high-capacity magazine should be less available for people, and gun laws should increase. According to Procon.org “High-capacity magazines should be banned because they too often turn murder into mass murder.”/ “High-capacity magazines were used in at least 50% of the 62 mass shootings between 1982 and 2012.” Background checks on gun owners should be necessary on getting High capacity magazines.
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According to gun-control.procon.org “A majority of adults, including gun owners, support common-sense gun control such as background checks, bans on assault weapons, and bans on the high-capacity magazine”/ “97% of American voters and 97% of gun owners support universal background checks. 67% support a nationwide ban on assault weapons, and 83% support mandatory waiting periods for gun purchases.” Gun control laws would reduce the societal costs associated with gun violence. High powerful guns are used in almost every mass murder.
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For an example, Las Vegas shooting, A mass murder killed 58 people and 489 wounded. According to washingtonpost.com “The Las Vegas shooter modified a dozen rifles to shoot like automatic weapons. Law enforcement officials said Tuesday at least a dozen of the 23 firearms recovered in Las Vegas were semiautomatic rifles and HIGH CAPACITY Magazine legally modified to fire like automatic weapons, using an alteration known as a bump fire stock.” “Those components used together in a weapon suggest a desire to shoot large amounts of automatic-like fire into masses of people without much concern for accuracy, as the recoil from a simulated automatic fire would make it difficult to hit specific targets at a long range.
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Mass shootings are associated with states without laws restricting large-capacity magazines. 67 percent of homicide victims were killed using a firearm. Approximately 1.4 million people have died from firearms in the U.S. between 1968 and 2011. This number includes all deaths resulting from a firearm, including suicides, homicides, and accidents. Guns are used around 60% in crime, How many times do people use guns as self-defense? Guns are barely used in self-defense so bans should be approved. According to defensive gun use “A study published in 2013 by the Violence ytPolicy Center, using five years of nationwide statistics (2007-2011) compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation found that defensive gun uses occur an average of 67,740 times per year.” “The use of guns in self-defense by private citizens is extremely rare.
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VPC research has found a gun is far more likely to be used in a homicide or suicide than in a justifiable homicide. More guns are stolen each year that are used in self-defense.” Guns can also be accidental, even if the owners are trained. According to the NETguncontrol “, 505 deaths due to accidental or negligent discharge of a firearm” “Suicides are the second-leading cause of injury death, with 41,000 a year and half of that are used by guns.” Gun prevention should be more enforced.
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Gun control is a subject that is being debated and will continue to be debated for years to come. There are many different views of what causes crime. Some say crimes caused by guns and others say that it is the people behind the guns. In James Q. Wilson’s essay entitled “Just Take Away Their Guns”, he tries to propose some solutions that would solve the gun control debate. Of course, every plan of action is going to have it’s drawbacks, and Wilson’s has some major ones.
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How does one pick someone out of a crowd that looks like they are carrying a gun? I don’t think it is possible to look at someone and tell if they are carrying a gun or not. That is ridiculous. Just because of the way someone looks doesn’t mean that they are carrying a gun. What criteria should be used to determine if someone looks like when they are carrying a gun? Do they put on baggy pants with a do-rag before they put the gun in their pants or pocket? As of right now, there is not one, and never will be one.
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If police do find guns on a person that looks a certain way, do you stop everyone that looks like that? I do not think so. If they did that, then they would have certain groups getting stopped all of the time. Imagine someone walking down the street with some of their friends and you get stopped four times in two miles of walking? How would that make you feel? It would not make me feel real good. I would be angry at the police because I was not doing anything wrong and I was getting punished for it. One way of preventing this from happening is to do one of Wilson’s solution, perfect a metal detector that police officers could carry around with them.
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This would stop the unlawful, harassing, demoralizing searches that would happen every day. The police officers could just aim the detector at the individual and tell if they had a big hunk of metal in their pocket. If they detected enough metal on someone, then that gives them reasonable suspicion to stop someone. How can anyone make a stop on reasonable suspicion by the way someone looks? Again, no one has the ability to tell that a gun is present in a group of people. Overall, I believe that Wilson’s essay presents both sides of the issue very well. He argues both sides of the point and provides some solutions to the problem. His solutions, in my opinion, are on the right track, but they have a lot of room for improvement. Something needs to be done about criminals getting guns, but it should not infringe on certain group’s rights just so a few more people carrying guns may be caught.
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The weakened financial performance recorded by Gunns in the past two years has been heavily predicated by the difficult economic conditions in which the business has been operating. The global financial crisis (GFC), coupled with an appreciating Australian dollar and the March Japanese earthquake, have all negatively impacted on the competitive position of Gunns, reflected in the $355.5m loss recorded in the 2011 financial year (Gunns Limited 2011a).
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Post-GFC, the Japanese market in particular was showing signs of recovery, an important revelation due to the position of Japan as the largest export market for Gunns, accounting for 60% of volume of export sales (Gunns Limited 2011a). However, the March occurrence of a large-scale earthquake in Japan offset this positive development. The operations of two large Japanese customers were adversely affected, decreasing the potential for export revenue for Gunns (Denslow, Longid and Sam Cho 2011, Gunns Limited 2011a, RISI 2011). An estimated 7% of sales were lost to the Japanese earthquake effects (Clark 2011).
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Amidst the continuing GFC, the Australian dollar continued to appreciate as a result of the relative strong performance of the domestic economy as compared to other developed economies (Australian Government 2008). Demand for the Australian dollar was strong as Chinese demand for Australian exported minerals continued to grow. As such, the dollar increased to above parity with the US dollar, causing competitiveness issues for Gunns (Gunns Limited 2010, Gunns Limited 2011a). Though the Yen and Australian dollar remained relatively stable in terms of each other, most of the customers Gunns exports to deal in American dollars. Furthermore, the strong domestic currency increased the attractiveness of imports, softening domestic demand for Gunns products as the competitiveness of such products was adversely affected (Gunns Limited 2011a).
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Despite the past turbulence experienced within the economic environment, however, all of these issues are not likely to continue into the future, presenting the opportunity for Gunns to capitalise on the strength and stability of the Australian economy and guarantee future success. The GFC has mostly subsided, and world growth figures, especially in the burgeoning Asian region into which Gunns delivers the majority of its exports, have been positive. The potential of China to become a long-term source of revenue for Gunns, and to potentially overtake Japan as the largest customer of Gunns is a very realistic opportunity that Gunns can capitalise on (Gunns Limited 2011a, Plourde 2011).
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Furthermore, it is likely that the Australian dollar will depreciate for two reasons. Firstly, an expected interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia on the 1st of November 2011 will result in decreased demand for the Australian dollar due to decreased levels of return on foreign investment into Australia. Also, the planned imposition of the carbon tax will hurt the competitiveness of the mining companies whose business is currently propping up the inflated Australian dollar (Maher 2011). As a result, there will be a decreased Chinese demand for Australian exports, also decreasing the value of the Australian dollar. This depreciation will enhance the competitive position of Gunns, allowing greater profit margins and increased revenue from exports.
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Government regulation of all industries across the Australian economy has increased markedly in the wake of World War II (Carlin 2011). In the forestry industry alone, there are over 20 separate laws drafted in relation to forest practices (IRIS 2011, Gunns Limited 2011b). The political and regulatory environment is extremely important to evaluate and analyse, as it has major effects on the profitability and sustainability of Gunns.
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Though regulation generally carries with it a negative tone, caused by free-market economic thinking that aims to keep government intervention to a minimum, the regulatory stance imposed by the Tasmanian government on Gunns is not entirely negative. According to the Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture (2011), the forestry industry accounts for 1% of total GDP, a substantial amount. As such, it can be seen that the relationship between Gunns and the state and federal governments is one of interdependence – each relies on the other (Piggott 2011). Mutually beneficial regulations and policies, thus, are a desirable occurrence.
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This is reflected in the approval of the Bell Bay Pulp Mill, which Gunns has identified as the foundation of its future business (Gunns Limited 2010, Gunns Limited 2011a, Gunns Limited 2011b). The benefits to the Tasmanian economy through job creation, value added to GDP, and the collection of tax revenue (estimated at $597m) are high (Gunns Limited 2011a, Gunns Limited 2011b, Gunns Limited 2011c), whilst the benefits of the new mill for Gunns are obvious as a source of revenue and profit. The governmental support for this project is indicative of a stable political environment that welcomes positive business that can aid the wider economy, a positive implication for Gunns.
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Another example of the positive relationship between the government and Gunns Limited is the termination of the rights to logging native wood in Tasmania, from which Gunns received a $23m payout. This allowed the government to fulfill its commitment to the wider Tasmanian community who wished for sounder environmental practices throughout Tasmania. However, this decision by the government does reveal a potential risk in the political environment that could adversely affect Gunns in the future – though Gunns has great bargaining power, the wider community has more sway over the government. The potential for social backlash causing government regulation to negatively affect Gunns is low due to the increased commitment Gunns is showing to wider society as discussed in the next section, but the chance still does exist that a problem could arise.
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In the last decade, social awareness of the impact of business on the environment has strongly increased (Golds 2011, Panwar et. al 2006). This sociocultural trend has become an important concern for businesses looking to maximise productivity and competitiveness (Shrivastava and Scott 2007). The significance of this trend in social values is exemplified in the construction of purpose built bodies including the ‘Australian Forestry Standard’ and ‘Private Forests Australia’ which aim to secure a sustainable, environmentally sound future for the Australian forestry industry (Forestry Tasmania 2011).