版雅思写作素材汇gun rights.pdf

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TOPICRELATEDWORDS

Gunrights/Legitimateright

Carnivorousanimal

Operateafirearmtoprotect…

Thesubjectof…hasalwaysgeneratedasocialandpoliticaldebateconcerning...

Anti-gun-controlactivists

…anemphaticno

Theeye-for-an-eyelogic

Firefightandunnecessarybloodshed

Lobbyists(n.pl.)说客

havegreaterdifficultylayinghandsonthem

alethalweapon

Surrender/Possess/Smuggle/

Slanderandlibel

Stringent(=strict)regulations

Publicdisturbanceandchaos

Obscenity/childography/hatespeech

Pretext=guise(e.g.underthepretext/guiseoffriendship,hrayedus.)

GUNSANDWEAPONS

Gunusecanbedatedbacktocolonialtimes,whenthewarofcewasfoughtbythe

peopleofthecountry.Theemergenceofadeeplyentrenchedguncultureinthewesternand

southernpartsofthecountrywasmainlyduetothreatsintheformofsomeNativeAmericantribes

andcarnivorousanimals.

Overthepast200years,theneedforweapons,especiallyfirearmsfortheexpresspurposeofself

defencefromnaturehasdrasticallyreduced.However,thegunhasbecomeapartofthenational

identityofAmerica.

Thesubjectofguncontrolhasalwaysgeneratedasocialandpoliticaldebateconcerningthe

availabilityandrestrictionoffirearmswithintheUnitedStates.InAmericanpolitics,guncontrolhas

beenanintractableandoneofthemostcontroversialissues.

Theguncontrollawdetermineswhetherordinarycitizenscanownagunornot.Acontrolor

restrictionisrequiredtoensurethatgunsareownedbypeoplewhointendtousethemonlyinthe

expressneedofself-defenseandnotforcrimes.Thedilemmaofthelawisthatitcanbeusedboth

ways.

ProsforGunControl:

1.SelfDefense(themostpopularargumentheldformostgunrightsadvocators)

-Ifgunswerebannedorseverelyregulated,onlythecriminalswouldhaveaccesstothem

andlaw-ab