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[QUOTE]Originally posted by DLo: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by wilit: [qb]]Some advice. Stay away from this topic for school papers unless you're specifically asked to write about it. This is a hot-button topic and most teachers are pretty anti-gun. I've written many a paper in college about this and most of the time got a lower score on my papers simply because they did not agree with my point of view. I have written many an "A" paper in college and even though the content, format and supporting details were there, prejudice against "gun nuts" is alive and well in academia. No matter how compelling your paper, you will not sway them, so get that out of your head if that's your intent. If you decide to push forward, you have to make a convincing argument with lots of supporting facts. Try and use FBI statistics because they're not skewed by political agendas. Cobraracer46's argument that less guns=less homicides can be debated to death. People like him like to point to Japan and the UK as proof and people like me like to point to Switzerland and Sweden to counter his argument. Mexico is a good example that less guns do not directly equate to less gun homicides. The fact of the matter is, you can't compare one country's gun homicide rate to another's based solely on their laws. Culture and socioeconomic issues all factor in to equation. [/qb][/QUOTE]To the OP, willit makes an excellent point about writing papers on such hot topics. But this also depends on your professor. If he/she is a fair minded individual and a true teacher, then the professor will grade your paper not on your opinion, but its content. Just keep that in mind. If you are that passionate about it and choose to write about such a highly debated topic, then more power to you - I hope you get a grade that reflects your true effort put into the project. I have skewed many of my college papers even though they were against my opinion just so I could get the diploma. It made me sick to my stomach. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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