threat of guns in cities and towns is astonishing. Many people in

the United States are fighting to ban guns everywhere, others think

they should have the right to own a gun with no questions asked.

Considering the amount of handgun deaths, many people ask the

question "Are guns killing people or are people killing people?"

Many people are in the fight to gain stricter laws on guns, Yet just

as many are opposed to the idea of stricter laws.

Guns started to become an issue in the late 1970s and early

1980s. In 1977 guns were the weapons used in approximately 70% of

the murders in the United States.(Encarta Online) 60% of all murder

victims in the United States (about 12,000) were killed by firearms,

and 70,000 were injured. During the early 1980s "Hip Hop" and "Rap"

became popular. This increased the number of gun conflicts greatly

because of the image of a rapper.(Dennis, Debate) Heavily populated

cities had an increasing amount of gangs during this time.(Dennis,

Debate) The gangs would sell drugs and use guns to back them up if a

deal went bad.(Dennis, Debate) Guns were easily accessed due to the

Out of all the people who are opponents of gun control a retired

control wrote, "If the current trend towards limiting our freedom

for a burglar and shot him.(Gun Control, Ask Jeeves) This I don't

people use guns in self defense to protect themselves, and usually it

"A well-regulated Militia being necessary to the

attacks has increased since 1989 to 15,456 per year.(Policy Almanac)

may of 1994, a number of law school deans and constitutional

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