下面这篇在2004年考过两次，内容比较难写，很多考生都构思不出内容，因此，我请我的美国朋友按照雅思作文的套路写了篇范文，大家可以学习一下里面的语言和内容。
Unlikemostcountries，thepoliceintheUnitedKingdomdonotnormallycarryguns.Somepeoplethinkitleavesthecitizensunprotected，whileothersbelievethatthispracticereducestheoverallviolenceinsociety.Discussbothviewsanduseyourownexperienceandevidence.
Unlikemostcountries，thepoliceintheUnitedKingdomdonotnormallycarryguns.Somepeoplethinkitleavescitizensunprotected，whileothersbelievethatthispracticereducestheoverallviolenceinsociety.Policehavinggunshoweverisanissuesecondarytocriminalshavingguns.（45words）
结构分析：2+1模式，最后一句为主题句，明确地表达了自己的观点。但是，前两句的问题很严重，即照抄了题目。（这可能是我和老外没有沟通好，在他所写的所有例文中都出现了类似的情况，大家千万不要学！！！）
Becausecriminalsusuallyhaveaccesstoguns，policeofficersneedtheminordertocontrolcrime.IfpoliceintheU.K.areabletogowithoutgunsandnothavecrimegettingcompletelyoutofcontrolthentheyhavealreadysetafineexamplethatothercountriesshouldfollow.Thefactthattheyareabletodothisisanindicationoftheirabilitytocontroltheflowofgunstothegeneralpopulaceandthismakescitizenssaferthananythingelse.Toacivilian，takinggunsawayfromcriminalsismoreimportantthangivingthemtopolice.（98words）
Forplacesthatarenotableto，orareunwillingtocontrolthisavailabilityofgunstocriminals，policehavenochoice.Countrieswithweakorineffectivegunlaws，orcountriesborderingsuchcountries，likeMexicowhichhasstronggunlaws，butvirtuallynowaytopreventthemfrombeingsmuggledovertheborderfromtheU.S.，needapoliceforcethatisnotonlyarmed，butisarmedbetterthanthecriminals.This‘domesticarmsrace’isthefateofanycountrythatdoesnotrealizethatcivilianshavenoneedofbeingarmedandshouldhavenoaccesstoweaponswhatsoever.（103words）
Therootoftheproblemisembarrassinglycorruptgovernmentsandineffectivehalf-measurestakentocontrolthecirculationofguns，whichallowscriminalstoeasilycomeintopossessionofguns.Nationsaroundtheworldshouldhopetosomedayreachthepointwheretheirpoliceforcecanaffordnottocarrygunsandstillbeeffective.（54words）

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