Gun Control: Is It A Problem?

Title	Gun Control: Is It A Problem?
# of Words	532
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Gun Control: Is It A Problem?

Gun Control: Is It A Problem?

     Ten-thousand, five-hundred, twenty-seven people die a year in a handgun
related incidents in the United States.  This number, by far, out weighs those
gun related deaths in countries such as Sweden, Great Britain, and Japan, which
number 13, 22, and 87 respectively.
     What is the reason for such drastic differences in numbers?  The latter
mentioned countries have stricter gun control laws and they require bare arm
safety courses.  These laws have a direct relationship to the number of gun
deaths which occur each year from country to country.  Perhaps if the U.S. would
adopt some of those laws the number of deaths would drop accordingly.
     Winthrop addressed such a dilemma almost 350 years ago in his "Speech to
the General Court" in 1645.  Winthrop's two main problems were where do the
rights of people stop and the magistrates' authority begin.  According to
Winthrop,  people are naturally evil, and if left to their own devices, they
will become even worse.  Therefore, authority is a necessity.  This same
principle holds true for gun control.  People here in the U.S. have the "right
to bare arms," but with that right comes responsibility.  As an American with
that right you're not free to shoot anyone or anything at will.  Government
should create laws to protect the rights of others.
     I believe stricter gun control laws and better education on the use of
guns is necessary.  People of the U.S. aren't as rigidly regulated by gun laws
compared to our European neighbors.  In the United States it takes anywhere from
a few days to a couple of weeks to ge...

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