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Gun Control

Date Submitted: 03/11/2004 17:52:54
Length: 3 pages (759 words)
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Gun control is defined as an attempt to reduce violence caused by use of firearms, by regulating their ownership and use. I agree that some type of gun control is needed, but I do not agree with all of it. I do agree with the one law that is currently used by the Federal government and all fifty states. This is the background check. The background check is a computerized system managed by the Federal …

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…for a reduction in youth gun homicides. In 1996 and 1997 there were no youth gun related homicides in the city of Boston. The total reduction percentage for Boston was reduced sixty percent in six years. I believe if we take the time to talk to our children about guns, and enforce the existing laws, the terrible death statistics will change. I believe our society needs a lot of work. This work needs to begin at home.

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