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This is the first 1,000 characters of 885 words (3.54 pages) in the essay titled Gun Control Over the past decade the issue of gun control has been a hot topic. The ability to own agun is considered by some a birthright of Americans. However, with crime rates involving handguns rising each day it has become quite clear. Handgun laws must become more stricter in order to reduce homicide and crime. Danial Blackman is one example of a dangerous man who was allowed to carry a concealed weapon despite prior criminal behavior. In February 1996, the former candidate for judge in Broward County, Florida, threatened to put three bullets in the head of a meter maid who had written him a ticket, behavior that should have prevented him from carrying a concealed handgun but did not. Though he was arrested, Blackman was not convicted of a crime because he agreed to seek psychological treatment A year later, Blackman was arrested again, this time for pulling a gun on an emergency-room doctor who refused to write him a prescription. Only then was his gun license revoked. In states with lax carry concealed weapons (CCW) laws, hundreds of people with licenses have committed crimes both before and after their licensure. For example, in Texas, which weakened it’s CCW law in 1996m, the Department of Public Safety reported that felony and misdemeanor cases involving permit holders rose 54.4 percent between 1996 and 1997. Charges filed against Texas CCW holders included kidnapping, sexual assault, aggravate4d assault with a deadly weapon, illegal drug possessi... |
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Keywords: ccw laws, hot topic, handgun laws, blackman, concealed handgun, impersonating a police officer, gun control, delaware law enforcement, gun license, gun lobby, assault with a deadly weapon, concealed weapon, misdemeanor cases, emergency room doctor, meter maid, psychological treatment, broward county florida, danial