Persuasive essay 1 Persuasive essay Shi Dong Course: Advanced ESL writing Instructor: Anita Russo Date: November 8, 2012 Persuasive essay 2 In the 21st century, American people are concerned about gun issues. Some people think that gun regulations should be implemented due to numerous violent crime, while some people consider that they should be allowed to have guns. From my perspective, all guns should not be prohibited in the United States. First of all, banning guns does not decrease crime rates. People always have a misconception that higher crime rates will be reduced, if gun regulations are carried out.
One of the major points against gun control is the violation of your second amendment rights, you have the right to keep and bear arms for personal protection. This paper will show there is no common sense in banning all firearms as a means gun control and it leaves law abiding citizens increasingly vulnerable to violent crimes. No Common Sense in Gun Control Over the past forty years, legislators have spent a lot of time, effort and revenue on legislation regarding gun control. Gun control advocates insist that increased gun control will lower the soaring crime rates of the early 70's. However, “recent research on the prevalence of defensive gun use has prompted growing concern that government efforts to regulate gun ownership and use may be counterproductive” (Ludwig, 2000, p. 363).
Do people want to shorten their lives? Do people want to risk the chance of getting lung cancer, heart disease, and other life threatening conditions? The production and sale of tobacco products should be made illegal in the United States because the use of these products reduces a smoker’s life span approximately fourteen years. One of every five deaths in the U.S. is related to smoking each year, due to conditions such as pneumonia, bronchitis, lung cancer and emphysema (Kavanagh). Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States simply because if someone never chose to smoke or dip, then they would not have the chance of shortening their life.
Christian Kohler Term Paper “Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits” —Mark Twain Prohibition, a time when alcohol was illegal, did not sit well with the people. Inspired by a group of radical Protestants, Prohibition became the country’s 18th amendment and was bolstered with the help of the Volstead Act. Throughout America’s dry years, organized crime had its hand in the getting the people what they wanted. From the transportation, to the customer, organized crime made sure it was possible to get a drink. Also, besides alcohol, organized crime was also involved in city politics.
Why gun control won’t stop crime After the tragedy in Newton CT, where twenty-six innocent people lost their lives gun control seems to be a hot topic again. The ideas of certain types of gun control have been all over the news and radio talk shows ever since the tragedy. But it’s my belief that gun control is not the answer to violent crime, and in my opinion gun control doesn’t make us safer, it just makes law-abiding citizens an easier target for crime. Many opponents for stricter gun control laws have stated it will cut down on violent crime, or mass shootings such as the one in Newtown. Politicians have stated thy will introduce new laws wanting tougher background checks, forced registration, and outright banning of military looking firearms.
Also included in the causation of youth smoking are tobacco industry promotions and advertising, which I believe should be illegal. Easy access to these tobacco products is a major issue in this situation. Passage 3: Studies have shown that teenagers respond to smoke-free environments by decreasing smoking. Teens who work in a totally smoke-free environment were 68 percent as likely to never smoke than those who worked in less restricted work sites. Also students living in a smoke-free home were 74 percent as likely to never smoke compared to those who live in households with no smoking
Gun control ENG/102 8/11/10 Brian Kevin Gun control 1 Introduction: Gun control advocates have cried foul, because of the Supreme Court 2010 ruling they believe will damage the chances gun control laws to reduce crime. While many people consider gun control to be too restrictive, advocates are of the mind that we should remove all the guns, at all cost. The Supreme Court ruling has mandated that state and city governments have no choice but to respect the Second Amendment of their citizens. While the ruling does not completely abolish current gun restrictions, it does weaken the ability of the local government to
Fear drives opposition to gun control By David Frum (CNN) -- There will be no new gun laws after the Aurora shooting for the basic reason that the American people do not want them. Over the past 20 years, support for gun control has collapsed in the United States. Three-quarters of Americans want to keep the right to own handguns, weapons whose only function is to kill human beings at close range. In 1959, 60% of Americans wanted handguns banned outright for all but police officers. Little to gain, lots to lose for Obama and Romney on guns Responding to public opinion, states have loosened gun laws to allow citizens to carry weapons with them almost anywhere they go.
Smoking is one of the leading killers in North America and innocent people shouldn't die because of it. for years people have been smoking in public thinking 'it's my body, I can do whatever I want to it,' but now that it has been proven that smoking not only harms the smoker, but also those around him or her, they should not be allowed to smoke around other people in public. Smoking in public places causes a considerable amount of harm to people and the government should be doing more to protect its citizens Cigarettes are full of many harmful substances and if many people knew what they were inhaling they would probably quit immediately. Cigarette smoke contains thousands of chemicals, over sixty of which can cause cancer ( http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/smokingthefacts/hp099201.html). Many of the ingredients in cigarettes are not substances that humans usually consume, but smokers (and the non-smokers around them) do.
Thomas Humphry 2-29-12 English 1020 Sec 047 Should the U of M campus go smoke-free? The University of Memphis campus should go smoke-free. As well all know there are quite a few smokers that attend college and might smoke frequently. I don’t think that a school campus is the place to smoke because you could possibly have a lot of un-needed issues and conflicts for non-smokers. Even though there are designated places now on campus to smoke it really defeats the purpose because people don’t abide by the specific rules that should be followed so that everyone can be satisfied in some way.