Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience on the negative effects of gun control

Central Idea: The effects gun control will have on the nation are leaving people unprotected against violent crimes, an infringement on states rights, and the loss of hunting and sport shooting in our country.

In Cumberland, TN, a 28-year-old Jason McCulley broke into the home of Stanley Horn and his wife tied up the two of them at knifepoint, demanded to know where the couple kept their money in the house. While Mrs. Horn was directing the robber, Mr. Horn freed himself from the rope, grabbed his gun of the nightstand and shot the intruder then called the police. The intruder, Jason McCulley, later died from the gunshot wound. If many of the senators on the gun control side of the government, the Horns may have been killed and the perpetrator may have lived to rob again. That is the effect that gun control would have on the nation, leaving people unprotected against violent crimes, an infringement on states rights, and the loss of gun collection and sport-shooting in our country. I. Gun Control would take away persons ability to protect themselves against viol

o different meanings. a. One was called organized or select, forces trained and called out for specific emergencies or expeditions. b. The other was unorganized or universal militia, consisting of everybody. Which back then would be all adult white males, but today would mean be every law-abiding citizen? 3. Most constitutional scholars, even those who favor gun control, admit that federal gun control can not be implemented, constitutionally, as long as the second amendment exists. B. The second amendment is not all that would be violated. Article I, subsection 26 of the Tennessee Bill of Rights states, "That the citizens of this state have a right to keep and bear arms for their common defense; but the Legislature shall have power, by law, to regulate the wearing of arms with a view to prevent crime. II. The loss of gun collecting and shooting for sport would also come with gun control. A. The gun control lobbyists believe that the only reason for anyone to own a gun is to ki!

, research associates at the Independence Institute, "American anti-gun lobbyists have long argued that if America followed Britain's lead in severely restricting firearms possession and self-defense, then American crime rates would eventually match Britain's. The lobbyists have also argued that if guns were restricted in America, civil liberties in the U.S. would have the same degree of protection that they have in Britain. The lobbyists are exactly right." I. Gun Control policy is also an infringement on states' rights. A. According to Phillip Gold of Areatea, a Seattle-based policy institute, the Second Amendment justifies the right of individual possession of

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