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Gun Control - Essay

Gun Control

Fifth of July and me and my boyfriend are just sitting around watching T.V. when
the phone rings. I answer the phone and here my best friend Laurie trying to
tell me something through her tears. I knew it was more thana family problem
because she wouldn't call me at my boyfriends if it wasn't serious. I tried to
get her to calm down so I could half way understand her. I could here her say
something about our good friend Jerry.

I took her a few minutes but I finally understood her. Jerry had been shot
earlier that day by two juviniles with handguns in search of drugs and money.

Contention 1. Juvinile Crime with guns has gone up.

A. Juviniles homocide with guns is tripling
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the number of teen murders by all other means has stayed the same."

C. Black Market is a great sorce of gun trading

Munsey, 96' (Christopher, March 31)

"Firearms stolen from residents and gun stores are the number one outlet for for
criminals. 'They are traded on the street in the brisk black-market whirl that
includes drugs & cash.' state police said.

D. Guns kill more teens than all diseases conbined.

Neergaad, 96'(AP, July 13)

"Guns kill more teen-agers than all other diseases combined. Gun related
homicides & suicides are rising. Firearms send almost 40,000 americans to thier
graves each year."

Contention 2. Availability of guns to juvililes has gone up.

A. Guns are easy to steal

Munsey,'96 (Christopher, March 31)

"Criminals like stolen handguns because if they are somehow recovered after a
crime, they will turn up in the records only as stolen."

B. Handguns are sold frequently

Johnson,96' (Febuary 21, Columbia Dispatch)

"People can buy handguns at gunshows, ...

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Added: 7/15/2005 08:44:23 PM
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