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Over the past few years there have been numerous incidents of public shootings resulting in deaths. - each one sparks the conversation of gun debate. Another shooting occurred yesterday and again people are talking about whether gun control is necessary and watching our government to see if they being to move in any direction on this topic.

This article provides information about the shootings done by police in 2015. It provides different situations that all lead to police shootings.

This seems like a comprehensive collection of police shooting occurrences. When doing any research paper about law enforcement it would definitely be helpful. It is horrible that unjust killings exist.

It is hard to discern the situation after-the-fact. Police officers are put into life-threatening situations but many times, they are dealing with someone who has a mental illness. In addition, the insurmountable evidence of police brutality is undeniable. I think we should re-evaluate our shoot first, ask questions later approach.

Over the past 8 years, there have been obvious assaults at United States citizens second amendment right to bear arms. Guns, especially assault rifles, have received an awful lot of scrutiny for people shooting one another, however in reality shootings with assault rifles account for only 2% of homicides in the United States. Meanwhile the rifles themselves are being blamed for the unstable people wielding them. Meanwhile knives account for nearly 14% of homicides, however no one is attempting to ban knives, as it is general knowledge that they are tools, just like guns. But the media is making every attempt to make guns the villains, not the wielders.

This subject has been plaguing our country for years now, and it's proven that most violent crimes don't happen with guns. Especially assault rifles, people aren't just carting around carrying around rifles everywhere committing crimes. They use what's small and readily available. Such as, knives, bats, handguns, or even just using their fist to get what they want.

San Bernardino shooting was the 355th mass shooting of 2015. Making a law, assault weapons ban. They are trying to renew the assault weapons ban among more proposals.

A shocking but relevant article in regards to the police shootings, happening everyday around the nation. It is now more media driven with the body camera the officers are wearing. Extreme cases like this that our men in blue deal with on a day to day basis and are scrutinized.

AR-15-type assault rifles would be stored in safes inside schools to defend against a shooting.

AR-15-type assault rifles would be stored in safes inside schools to defend against a shooting.

This article talks about four different high school shootings that happen in Arizona. Students are bringing guns to school and are found inside their vehicle. Rumors on social media have been reported to the police thta a student was suspected to bring a gun to school.

Even coming from somebody who carries, I think schools are right to punish a student for having a gun in their car. One because its not allowed, and two because its not allowed! Keep it at home.

I completely agree with students being punished for having guns in cars at school. If it is against the rules then there should be consequences. In my opinion, it is the same has taking a gun to a sporting event or in a hospital, if it is it allowed it is simply not allowed.

This article talks about how Arizona has been the focus of many gun law debates because of the shooting in in 2011 that fatally killed 6 people and wounded Gabrielle Gifford.

You hear about the bad things that come from gun viloence. Here is something good.

This article goes into detail about Arizona's gun laws, the difference between gun rights and gun control, and proposed options to fix the gun rights/control problem. A few shootings in Arizona are explained and how they affect both the gun rights and gun control

The NRA is stuck between a rock and a hard place.  They are blaming violent video games for the recent shooting, but many gun manufacturers work with video game makers to promote their products.

Arizona is reacting to the Connecticut school shooting. They believe schools should be allowed to have armed persons..

Article about the new gun control laws in Connecticut after the Newtown shooting.

This document gives a great insight into the Stand Your Ground Law and info on the States and when they adopted the law. Goes more in depth with certain asspects of the law.

DogPile Original Much like those on the opposite side of the issue, the pro gun control crowd feels an enormous amount of passion towards their cause. They are also an incredibly diverse group. Some of those in the pro gun control movement want to see certain guns taken off the shelves, while others believe that they should be outlawed entirely. There are a number of gun control statistics that these individuals tout to help get their point across. One set of statistics that the pro gun control crowd likes to discuss is the increase in school shootings over the past two decades. Statistics like these are not exactly shocking to people these days, especially with all of the coverage that the mainstream media gives to them when they occur. Paraphrase Those who are pro gun control are rather diverse and feel just as strong about gun regulations as those opposing them. This group consist of people that feel anywhere from no guns being allowed, to only certain guns being allowed. Gun control statistics are vast in favor of gun control. For example, school shootings in the past twenty years. Although, these statistics are losing effect on the crowd as they are being over exposed on the media. .

Trayvon Martin is far from the only shooting in which the controversial law has been at issue. This webpage tells about 5 other stand your ground cases and links to each.

This article gives insight into the stand your ground law. The article summarizes five infamous cases.

Reviews states that have Stand Your Ground Laws allowing you to shoot anyone in your residence who has broken in.

This article expresses the struggles the Papuan people face everyday. Their land has the worlds largest gold mine and is being controlled by their highly paid military. The military continues to kill, shoot and rape its population and keeps the people in fear so there no protesting or rebelling will happen.

After the shootings in Newton, CT and Aurora, CO Presiden Obama said that the country are calling for an increased gun control. That would be a restrictipon against any weapons.

Claire Andre and Manuel Velasquez of Santa Clara University discuss Assisted Suicide. An examination of the question is assisted sucide right or wrong?

Website first tells the story of a man named Matthew Donnelly who developed skin cancer and his brother that was tried for murder after shooting his brother despite Matthew wanting to die. It then goes into why assisted suicide should be allowed and then why it should not be. Finally, it brings up a good point that assisting in the death of someone might violate the beliefs of those that might be required to assist.

A town in Connecticut plans to go beyond school resource officers and arm their teachers instead. In case a serious situation were to ever occur, teachers could be the first to stop it and protect children.