The topic I chose to research on is “is gun control an effective way to control crime rates?” I chose this topic because I feel it would be interesting to research the effect that guns actually have on crime rates. I also choose this topic because of personal experiences and living in New Orleans where people are killed almost everyday to guns. Throughout this paper I will be digging deeper into the cause and effects of guns and the pros and cons of having them. I will also be showing that even though gun violence is at an all time high, banning them will not control crime rates. I plan on I will be telling the ways that gun control is not the only cause of crime. I will research by first looking into the background knowledge of guns and its crime rate. I will also be using google articles, peer reviewed journals, and Delgado libraries to back up my argument with evidence. Gun control does not reduce crime because it is not just guns that kill it is the person who uses the gun. It also does reduce crime because if the person never had access to the gun then they will not be able to kill. This is not a topic that you can be biased about so I feel that it would be a good topic to debate and it is very debatable. I will mainly be siding with the fact that gun control is not effective in controlling crime. I will develop a strong and straight to the point thesis and hook. Doing my annotated bibliography will help me have all of my evidence mapped out and my arguments set because it already alphabetize your sources with a description of what it is about. I will then also find evidence for my counterargument and then a rebuttal. While furthering my research I will look at crime charts to see how has the crime rate increased or decreased with the use of guns.
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