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In the Argument Essay, you conducted academic research on your topic. You likely read about studies, theories, and both current and historical events that influence your topic. This depth of knowledge, gained from written sources, has been integral in forming your understanding and developing your position on the topic. However, to really understand your topic, it is also important to discuss the topic with those involved within it. This is where qualitative research comes in.
Qualitative research adds the human story to the topic. It answers questions about people’s beliefs and actions. It relies on field research that you will conduct yourself, in the form of an interview, to add a human element to the body of research you have already collected and will continue to collect through secondary sources.
To successfully complete the qualitative research paper, follow this step-by-step process that includes assignments built into the next few weeks of class:
addresses an aspect of the topic of which you have not yet found a conclusive answer
is open-ended
is about what people think, feel, or do
*Think about what you still wanted to know at the end of the Argumentative Essay writing process and use those ideas to form your new research question.
Assignment Requirements
Review the
Qualitative Research Paper Rubric here
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*While an interview is required for this paper, you may decide to utilize other forms of qualitative research, such as conducting observations, focus groups, or multiple interviews.
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Gun Control
Lisa M Shaw
South College
ENG1211_ONL10C_ONL10_20
December 22, 2020
Gun Control
Introduction
Gun control measures is a debate that covers a wide area of beliefs to amend changes in criminal activities. Despite the current gun laws being enforced, there are still massive shootings and an increase in dissatisfaction on gun laws. Most individuals do not support the gun laws idea with the belief that it is the determinant of criminal activities; thus, the focus of this paper determines whether gun laws save lives or cost lives.
Discussion
Generally, the existence of the gun laws has no significant impact on the crime rates as Murray (1975) describes that crime rates increase due to social conditions that implore the crime victims to engage in crime. According to the author, acquiring a gun is not evident that the owner will commit violent crime. The author suggests that there is a relationship between the guns, gun laws and violent acts. Most individuals are not familiar with the use of firearms, and even if they are knowledgeable, they will not use the guns on peculiar reasons. Guns have protective measures, and not every individual would act freely and confident to use a weapon. The author argues that laws limit individuals to exercise their rights freely and therefore, most places with strict conservative gun laws have high crime rates since individuals have been restricted from exploring the sufficient opportunity given.
Lott (2013) argues that the existence of many guns results to fewer crimes since the gun owners take many precautions to affect the use of firearms on a crime committed and can only use the guns when the situation calls for gun action. Additionally, the author relates homicide with firearms in that the gun owners who end up killing themselves engage in homicides because they are victims of the activities, causing them to kill themselves. Lott (2013) further argues that crimes are isolated into different categories, those that are committed with handguns which are affected by handgun laws and other crimes like pickpockets, shoplifters, crimes from buildings which cannot be concealed with handgun laws, that is further concluded that have a low effect in discouraging criminals.
Murray (1975), describes the category of people who own guns to be high paid individuals, independent or divorced women, political groups, and highly influential individuals who the gun laws might not affect them in case of criminal activities committed by them. The author explains that higher offence rates result to lower arrest rates due to the gun laws that have been put in place and that most individuals who commit high offences have firearm licenses and they find themselves on the safer side of the law when a crime has been committed.
Jacobs (2002), argues that homeowners use firearms as a self-defensive mechanism to provide a social benefit which acts as a security to them, according to the author, homeowners use guns as a threat to intruders, but they do not fire the arms indicating the lesser chances of committing crimes with guns at hand. The homeowners according to Jacobs (2002), find security by having their guns available with a reason that life insurance is paid not with the belief that the individual will die but act as a security measure to the protection it offers to the policyholder which is the same as the gun-holder, they do not own guns to use them to kill, but the gun’s act as security to protect their lives in case of a threat.
Cook et al. (2011), describes America to contain gun culture due to the development of many homeownership and many crimes related activities taking place, the author indicates that gun ownership benefits citizens if it is used to deter crimes and further describes that it is the happiness of citizen when potential criminals are ganged down using guns for it increases their fears to commit crimes since they believe that most citizens own guns. Cook et al. (2011) additionally indicate that regular and violent crime rates have reduced due to increase in gun ownership and that the US crime rates constitute their history, demographics, culture, and social structure.
Cook et al. (2011) further describe that gun control acts, and amendments have not bored any fruits in gun restrictions since many American citizens have recorded higher deaths using firearms even though the limits are strict on gun manufactures. The author argument is based on the fact that, whether there are strict gun laws or not, American citizens still find loopholes to acquire handguns which they term as a right to them and therefore, questions are raised on the amendments and laws that govern the guns since they are broken in many ways by the same administration personnel who make them.
According to Murray (1975), there has been an increase of handgun ownership which is used for self-defense in the US, and most citizens and homeownership view it to be an essential part in their lives to own a gun. US is regarded to have the highest number of both violent crime rate and common crimes with an argument that the citizens need a handgun to protect themselves, the authors od the gun control as much as they argue that measures have to put in controlling the firearm used in the US, they all support the acquisition of guns to be every citizen right of owning the guns with the belief that, the US is a developed country with many diverse nations migrating annually, and because the laws put in place are not in a way protecting the citizens, then those citizens have a right to defend themselves from threats and violence.
Murray (1975), moreover, argues that the various types of gun laws should have an impact in lowering the violent crime rate caused by firearms but if it does not constitute that, then the law itself is a failure and has no subjection to citizens lives. Additionally, the authors use of different hypotheses to relate access of guns and gun laws indicate that the gun laws do not give a substantial effect on the reduction of crimes and therefore conclude that having gun laws have no superior effect on crimes.
Conclusion
The rate at which violent crimes are committed in the US according to recent studies indicate that there is no relation between gun laws and acquisition of guns, and therefore, conclude that the gun laws cannot change the crime rates in the US, thus the need for firearm acquisition to be publicly endorsed as a right to every citizen.
References
Cook, P. J., Braga, A. A., & Moore, M. H. (2011). Gun control. Crime and public policy, 257-292.
Murray, D. R. (1975). Handguns, gun control laws and firearm violence. Social Problems, 23(1), 81-93.
Lott, J. R. (2013). More guns, less crime: Understanding crime and gun control laws. University of Chicago Press.
Jacobs, J. B. (2002). Can gun control work?. Oxford University Press.
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Gun Control
Lisa M Shaw
South College
ENG1211_ONL10C_ONL10_20
December 22, 2020
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Gun Control
Introduction
Gun control measures is a debate that covers a wide area of beliefs to amend changes in
criminal activities. Despite the current gun laws being enforced, there are still massive shootings
and an increase in dissatisfaction on gun laws. Most individuals do not support the gun laws idea
with the belief that it is the determinant of criminal activities; thus, the focus of this paper
determines whether gun laws save lives or cost lives.
Discussion
Generally, the existence of the gun laws has no significant impact on the crime rates as
Murray (1975) describes that crime rates increase due to social conditions that implore the crime
victims to engage in crime. According to the author, acquiring a gun is not evident that the owner
will commit violent crime. The author suggests that there is a relationship between the guns, gun
laws and violent acts. Most individuals are not familiar with the use of firearms, and even if they
are knowledgeable, they will not use the guns on peculiar reasons. Guns have protective
measures, and not every individual would act freely and confident to use a weapon. The author
argues that laws limit individuals to exercise their rights freely and therefore, most places with
strict conservative gun laws have high crime rates since individuals have been restricted from
exploring the sufficient opportunity given.
Lott (2013) argues that the existence of many guns results to fewer crimes since the gun
owners take many precautions to affect the use of firearms on a crime committed and can only
use the guns when the situation calls for gun action. Additionally, the author relates homicide
with firearms in that the gun owners who end up killing themselves engage in homicides because
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How so? Providing direct quotes help show the reader what you’re talking about. You want to show, not tell.
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You do not need this. The subheaders and organization like this come into play in the next paper.
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This is an OLD source, and the credibility in it is weak because of this. So much has changed since then that the more recent the study the more accurate it is.
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Who? Remain as specific as possible. Always. Introduce your source, and then refer to them by their last name for identification.
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You should have an answer here. The thesis describes direction for what you’ll be discussing and therefore should indicate your stance. You can state that “thus, the focus of this paper determines that ____ because _____ ” <-- supporting points
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You do not need these subheaders. Your first paragraph is always your introduction paragraph.
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they are victims of the activities, causing them to kill themselves. Lott (2013) further argues that
crimes are isolated into different categories, those that are committed with handguns which are
affected by handgun laws and other crimes like pickpockets, shoplifters, crimes from buildings
which cannot be concealed with handgun laws, that is further concluded that have a low effect in
discouraging criminals.
Murray (1975), describes the category of people who own guns to be high paid
individuals, independent or divorced women, political groups, and highly influential individuals
who the gun laws might not affect them in case of criminal activities committed by them. The
author explains that higher offence rates result to lower arrest rates due to the gun laws that have
been put in place and that most individuals who commit high offences have firearm licenses and
they find themselves on the safer side of the law when a crime has been committed.
Jacobs (2002), argues that homeowners use firearms as a self-defensive mechanism to
provide a social benefit which acts as a security to them, according to the author, homeowners
use guns as a threat to intruders, but they do not fire the arms indicating the lesser chances of
committing crimes with guns at hand. The homeowners according to Jacobs (2002), find security
by having their guns available with a reason that life insurance is paid not with the belief that the
individual will die but act as a security measure to the protection it offers to the policyholder
which is the same as the gun-holder, they do not own guns to use them to kill, but the gun’s act
as security to protect their lives in case of a threat.
Cook et al. (2011), describes America to contain gun culture due to the development of
many homeownership and many crimes related activities taking place, the author indicates that
gun ownership benefits citizens if it is used to deter crimes and further describes that it is the
happiness of citizen when potential criminals are ganged down using guns for it increases their
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good transitional phrase to keep your writing moving!
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So it doesn’t deter crimes?
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no need for the apostrophe, it’s not the guns possesive act.
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and
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So despite a higher offense* they are still safer in relation to the law? This is unclear.
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This is no longer the case.
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fears to commit crimes since they believe that most citizens own guns. Cook et al. (2011)
additionally indicate that regular and violent crime rates have reduced due to increase in gun
ownership and that the US crime rates constitute their history, demographics, culture, and social
structure.
Cook et al. (2011) further describe that gun control acts, and amendments have not bored
any fruits in gun restrictions since many American citizens have recorded higher deaths using
firearms even though the limits are strict on gun manufactures. The author argument is based on
the fact that, whether there are strict gun laws or not, American citizens still find loopholes to
acquire handguns which they term as a right to them and therefore, questions are raised on the
amendments and laws that govern the guns since they are broken in many ways by the same
administration personnel who make them.
According to Murray (1975), there has been an increase of handgun ownership which is
used for self-defense in the US, and most citizens and homeownership view it to be an essential
part in their lives to own a gun. US is regarded to have the highest number of both violent crime
rate and common crimes with an argument that the citizens need a handgun to protect
themselves, the authors od the gun control as much as they argue that measures have to put in
controlling the firearm used in the US, they all support the acquisition of guns to be every citizen
right of owning the guns with the belief that, the US is a developed country with many diverse
nations migrating annually, and because the laws put in place are not in a way protecting the
citizens, then those citizens have a right to defend themselves from threats and violence.
Murray (1975), moreover, argues that the various types of gun laws should have an
impact in lowering the violent crime rate caused by firearms but if it does not constitute that,
then the law itself is a failure and has no subjection to citizens lives. Additionally, the authors
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What are some numbers for this? Concrete information is important.
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again, some numbers?
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born? birthed?
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use of different hypotheses to relate access of guns and gun laws indicate that the gun laws do
not give a substantial effect on the reduction of crimes and therefore conclude that having gun
laws have no superior effect on crimes.
Conclusion
The rate at which violent crimes are committed in the US according to recent studies
indicate that there is no relation between gun laws and acquisition of guns, and therefore,
conclude that the gun laws cannot change the crime rates in the US, thus the need for firearm
acquisition to be publicly endorsed as a right to every citizen.
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It doesn’t reduce crime?
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So, if it doesn’t reduce crime … it can make sense why people should be allowed to have guns. But, does gun ownership increase crime?
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References
Cook, P. J., Braga, A. A., & Moore, M. H. (2011). Gun control. Crime and public policy, 257-
292.
Murray, D. R. (1975). Handguns, gun control laws and firearm violence. Social Problems, 23(1),
81-93.
Lott, J. R. (2013). More guns, less crime: Understanding crime and gun control laws. University
of Chicago Press.
Jacobs, J. B. (2002). Can gun control work?. Oxford University Press.
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Do you feel that the American public opinion shifted on gun control? No. I feel that mainstream American media and liberal controlled technology companies are driving their agendas and utilizing their media outlets to steer the public to believe that more citizens want gun control, but a record number of firearms and ammunition sales this year says differently.
2. Do you think there are more against people being able to carry more openly due to events that have happened with all the mass shootings? There appears to be more fear of guns from individuals who are not comfortable with them and have been influenced by the media to think that all guns are bad. However, in areas that allow open carry or concealed carry with a higher concentration of permitted people, crime and armed robberies are less.
3. Do you feel that states with more strict gun laws have less crime? No. Stricter gun laws or gun bans allow open pathways for criminals to prey on unprotected citizens.
4. How often do you think gun owners actually prevent crime? A small fraction of the time there is death related to gun owners, however, in areas where criminals know there is a chance someone has a gun there is less crime rate. The problem is… one side of this coin is easy to measure but it’s really hard to measure if a crime is stopped before it starts.
5. How often are gun owners killed by their own guns, or their family members because of their recklessness? Small percentage. Far less death than Covid or infection from stumping someone’s toe.
6. Do you feel that the Federal ban on assault weapons affected crime rates in America? No. Most Americans own a gun regardless of its an assault weapon or another type of weapon.
Annotated Bibliography
Lisa M Shaw
South College
Chelsie Carter
1/5/2021
Barry, S. (2019). Trends In Public Opinion On US Gun Laws: Majorities Of Gun Owners And Non-Gun Owners Support A Range Of Measures. Health Affairs (Project Hope), 38(10), 1727–1734.
Barry (2019) investigated the trends in public opinion on Gun Laws in the US. With the increased gun violence in the US, gun laws have also increased. The US residents, both gun owners, and non-gun owners support most of the regulations as they promote the safe use of guns. Some of the regulations indicate that the people buying guns should be assessed as well as the sellers. That ensures that untrained and unskilled people do not have access to guns thus reducing gun violence in the US. The article is essential to the study as it indicates that gun laws have reduced the level of gun violence in the US.
Campion, M. (2017). After the Mass Shooting in Las Vegas — Finding Common Ground on Gun Control. The New England Journal of Medicine, 377(17), 1679–1680.
In his article, After the Mass Shooting in Las Vegas – Finding Common Ground on Gun Control, Campion explains the danger that guns have exposed the US residents to. Many untrained and unskilled people in the US access guns, especially automatic and semi-automatic guns, thus increasing the rate of gun violence. For instance, the article shows a scenario in Las Vegas, whereby a man killed over 58 people and wounded 500 more. That is one of the biggest mass shootings that have occurred in the US. The article recommends that common ground to come up with laws and regulations that will help in gun control should be found. That will reduce gun violence in the US. The article is relevant to the research as it stipulates some of the measures that can be used to reduce gun violence in the US.
Kamerow, D. (2016). A modest proposal on gun control—and a real one. BMJ, 352, i69–i69.
Kamerow (2016), in his article, discusses the increase in gun violence in the US. According to the author of the article, gun violence has increased significantly in the US. The article stipulates that in 2015 alone, more than 3000 children, under the age of 18 years, were killed through gun violence. Therefore, the article proposes that gun control laws and policies should be put in place to promote the safety of guns. The article indicates that guns cost more lives than they protect. The information put across by the article is significant to the study as it stipulates the measures that should be taken to ensure that gun violence is reduced in the US.
Lott, J. R. (2013). More guns, less crime: Understanding crime and gun control laws. University of Chicago Press.
According to the article, American culture is a gun culture. That indicates that most households have firearms. The article stipulates that the use of guns in the US has resulted in less crime. However, that has been attributed to licensed, skilled, and trained gun owners. Such holders of firearms use their firearms whenever necessary thus preventing a lot of crimes from happening. However, the article acknowledges that when gun owners are unskilled and untrained, they may not contribute to fewer crimes. In fact, in such a case, such gun owners contribute to more crime. The article is relevant to the research as it indicates how holding guns in the US has resulted in reduced criminal activities.
Wolfson, T. (2016). The US Public’s Preference for Safer Guns. American Journal of Public Health (1971), 106(3), 411–413.
Wolfson (2016) in his article, The US Public’s Preference for Safer Guns, exploits gun ownership in the US. The article indicates that in 2013, the production of guns in the US had increased from 1.1 million handguns in the previous decade to five million handguns in that year alone. That shows that more people are gun holders in the US, the primary reason that most people buy guns in the US is to protect themselves. That indicates that the public prefers holding guns for security purposes. Additionally, only a small proportion of gun owners misuse their firearms. That indicates that holding firearms has an advantage. The article may be used in the research as it shows the positive side of the US residents holding firearms.
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Title of Paper
Student Name
Department of Study, South College
Course Number: Class Name
Professor Name
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Full Title of Paper
For this paper, your intro can be multiple paragraphs long. Use the first paragraph to answer the “why?” question. Why are you interested in writing about this topic? Why is it important to write about this topic at this particular point in time?
Your next intro paragraphs will discuss your secondary sources, using them to give important background information on the topic and to describe the conversation surrounding it. You will describe what the other participants in the debate are saying and what’s not being said.
Finally, you’ll explain how what’s NOT being said in the current debate led to your research question. You’ll directly state your question and then provide your thesis, which is the answer you found to your question when you conducted your interview.
Methods
Use this space to talk about the who, what, where, when, and your primary research—the interview. Describe your process. Who did you interview? Why them? Where, when, and how did you interview them? In person? Through Skype or email?
Results
Stay OBJECTIVE. Do not discuss what your results mean just say what those results are. Describe your data. What questions did you ask and what were your participant’s responses? What observations about your interviewee’s behavior and emotions did you make during your interview? Again, stay OBJECTIVE. Just describe.
Discussion
This is where you analyze and interpret your results. This is where you theorize on what your results mean and most directly address/answer your research question. You may, if you like, restate your RQ at the beginning of this section and then restate your thesis to keep you and your reader focused on the argument you will be making in this section of the paper. The purpose of this section is to use your results to prove to your reader that your answer to the research question is the correct answer.
This section should be at least two paragraphs long, with each paragraph discussing one main take-away point from the primary research. Refer back to your results section here in order to prove your arguments. Your discussion section will tell us what you FOUND during research, not what you thought you might find or hoped to find. You might have several answers to the RQ and you need to discuss them all here, as well as relate to your audience HOW you arrived at these conclusions. Explain in clear language how your research answered your question and what that answer is.
Conclusion
A good conclusion for a paper of this sort does two things. First, it discusses the weaknesses of the project. What change in methods or demographics would help improve your results? This paper is not comprehensive, so there are limitations to what you can do for this assignment. If there were no limitations, how might you extend your research to improve your results? Second, ask yourself where the research should go from here. What does the future of the project look like? What questions remain unanswered?
You must also include a References Page at the end of the paper. Note that only your published sources should be in your references page; your interview will not be listed under references, because it is not published anywhere. However, you should have an in-text citation wherever you use information from your interview (outside of the Methods and Results sections). That citation will look like: (J. Doe, personal communication, May 4, 2019) – though of course with your interviewee’s first initial and last name and the date on which you conducted the interview.
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