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Exploring Gun Control: Rights, Violence, and the Impact of Firearms in Society

This piece delves into the complex issues surrounding gun control, highlighting the debate on the right to bear arms for protection both from the government and each other. It compares gun violence statistics between Canada and the U.S., discussing the prevalence of firearms in American society, with over 270 million owned by citizens and examination of mass shootings and suicides. The narrative questions the role of guns in societal violence and contemplates potential solutions to these urgent issues.

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Exploring Gun Control: Rights, Violence, and the Impact of Firearms in Society

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  1. Gun Control By : Elaine Perrin

  2. “The Right To Bear Arms” Protection from the government Protection from each other

  3. What’s different between a gun and a bomb?

  4. > > In Canada 33% of homicides were caused by guns, 67% in the United States About 10,000 194 25

  5. What makes us so violent? BECAUSE WE HAVE GUNS! U.S citizens own 270 million of the known 875 million in the world. Why do we have so many guns? We aren’t as strict with our gun laws

  6. America owns 31% of the worlds guns.

  7. Oops

  8. School Shootings Virginia Tech 33 Columbine High School 13 • Northern Illinois University • 6 University of Texas 16

  9. Would there be less suicides if we had less guns?

  10. Problem:

  11. Solution:

  12. Imagine

  13. Resources:Pictures • http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8UBxF2HX9R8/SDFWrV-0RXI/AAAAAAAAAHU/vIkHGT9mh_g/s400/no%2Bgun1.JPG • http://blogs.venturacountystar.com/greenberg/archives/GunMap420.gi • http://img452.imageshack.us/i/statistics2xp5.png/ • http://www.topnews.in/files/teen-violence.jpg • http://cdn3.ioffer.com/img/item/144/419/899/BSc4.jpg • http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4osl4oebPqg/TDx1L8tM3rI/AAAAAAAAAaU/2Q0budWHv1k/s1600/Kid+With+Gun.jpg • http://lh6.ggpht.com/_r4RxAPvEduQ/ScewisBQ03I/AAAAAAAAEgw/Od9mVBqX2CU/s800/moregunsthanpeople.jpg • http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/flags/countrys/zzzflags/delarge.gif • http://tizona.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/australian_flag_2.jpg • http://www.evri.com/entity-images/location/united-states-0x2ae4b.jpg • http://techpaladin.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/chimpanzee-glock.jpg • http://www.dft.gov.uk/trafficsignsimages/images/SignImages/480x480/622.8+622.9.jpg • http://www.arb.ca.gov/permits/bill-of-rights.jpg

  14. Resources:Information • Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Brady Campaign of The United States of America, 2010. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. • Egan, Rose F. Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms: A Dictionary of Discriminated Synonyms, with Antonyms and Analogous and Contrasted Words. Springfield, Mass: G. & C. Merriam co, 1942. Print. “ • “The Facts About Kids and Guns.” FamilyEducation.com. Family Education, n.d. Web. 27 Nov. 2010.

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