English 92 – Section 21G Spring 2011 - Hill Draft 3 Why One Peaceful Woman Carries a Pistol In the article “Why One Women Carries a Pistol” by Linda M. Hasselstrom‚ Hasselstrom is a woman on a mission. She strongly believes women should carry pistols to defend themselves from being attacked or raped. Hasselstrom learned that any female around the age of twelve can expect to be criminally assaulted
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essay‚ "Why One Peaceful Woman Carries a Pistol". She says that criminal activity has become a growing concern for most people. According to the Department of Justice‚ several hundreds of people will be robbed‚ assaulted‚ kidnapped or murdered this year alone. While handgun possession is a highly controversial issue in today ’s society‚ it should not be quickly dismissed as a means to self-defense. Because of the vulnerability of women‚ I strongly agree with Ms. Hasselstrom ’s decision to carry a pistol
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English 120 26 March 2012 Why a Peaceful Woman Carries a Gun Linda M. Hasselstrom made a very convincing argument in her essay‚ A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun in the book Patterns for College Writing. Hasselstrom strongly believes women should carry pistols to defend themselves from being attacked or raped. She learned that any female can expect to be criminally assaulted‚ and women have a fifty-fifty chance of being raped‚ robbed or attacked. Hasselstrom’s essay had some
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Linda Hasselstrom Is a Peaceful Woman Now days world is not safe. According to the CDC‚ “non-contact unwanted sexual experiences” are the most prevalent form of sexual violence in the Unites States. Every 2 minutes‚ someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted. According to the online studies by Stop Street Harassment‚ 99% of respondents said that they had been harassed at least a few times. “A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun” by Linda Hasselstrom exemplifies a use of having
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ownership is very common in America and there can be numerous reasons involved with someone wanting to carry or own a concealed weapon. Both men and women have the ability to handle any weapon that they please‚ whether it is illegal or not. By carrying or having a gun in a home‚ accidental fatalities can occur. Most of the time‚ the owners of the guns are not well informed or experienced enough to use one. Therefore‚ people should not be permitted to own a gun because of the countless dangers that they
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In “A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun” the author did not seem paranoid or a risk taker. She was trying to get peace of mind about her insecurity and safety. Several times during the story she told of instances where her safety was put to the test. She was camping with another woman and trying to rely on the rangers for protection from some nearby guys talking about messing with her‚ ending up having to just leave. Another time‚ she was on a bridge and had four men try to scare her
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“A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun” is an excerpt from Linda M. Hasselstrom’s essay Land Circle that details why and for what purpose she purchases a handgun and concealed carry permit. In the essay‚ Mrs. Hasselstrom recounts several instances where men disrespected and purposefully intimidated her in violent ways that truly scared her. Originally‚ Mrs. Hasselstrom took Kung Fu‚ but soon realized that if she was attacked by an average male‚ he could easily over power her just due to
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Persuasive Essay Pistol Pete The book Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich‚ by Mark Kriegel‚ brought up many important issues. It told the story of a ballplayer transformed by his father’s dream‚ which brought many consequences along with it. Growing up‚ Press Maravich’s life revolved around basketball. If it didn’t have to do with basketball‚ it wasn’t important‚ nothing was important except for his love for the game. When Press’ son‚ Pete Maravich was born‚ he not only inherited the “basketball
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Why Not To Carry A Gun Too often do we hear about people accidentally shooting their family members‚ and parents committing a family massacre. Even when people buy guns for the best of reasons‚ somewhere down the road‚ it goes terribly wrong. Guns cause nothing but harm‚ and should only be used by policemen. Guns being used by regular people have caused guns to fall into the wrong hands‚ be used against its owner‚ give a false sense of confidence‚ and be used against the wrong person‚ therefore
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Shanna Thomas APUSH One Woman‚ One Vote What does the term “We Demand” refer to? “We Demand” was women’s stand for their rights despite preconceived notions that women have no need to be involved in politics. It was the final straw for women and they were willing to do all in their power to be enfranchised. Rather than dwell on the what they couldn’t do‚ the suffragists moved forward and did all in their power to achieve their rights. They decided their efforts were worth more than any
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