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 a gun for protection
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Gun 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
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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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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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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‚ and women around the age of thirty have a fifty-fifty chance of being raped‚ robbed or attacked. The percentage in guns purchased by
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person with a gun robbing people‚ or shooting people? Wouldn’t you want to stop them? I know I would like to stop them‚ A common ideal for a person‚ is to protect his/her self‚ and their family‚ but with guns being affiliated with crime ranging from muggings‚ all the way to murder. Guns are capable to kill with ease‚ for some people‚ they choose to carry guns protect themselves against the guns. Even though people may see the people carrying guns for self defense as another threat with a gun‚ most of
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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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Teachers in 18 states are now carrying guns in school! After a recent study in the news that left many people questioning about‚ whether teachers should carry guns at school or not. My opinion is that they should not bring guns to school because it could accidentally go off. If this occurred it could affect a child’s learning long term and their home life. This could also attract teachers for the wrong reason. What if the gun goes off? There are many things a gunshot could do‚ the harm
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Personal Narrative Have you ever heard the term “Butterflies in my stomach?” If you haven’t‚ it’s when you get a real fluttery feeling in your stomach when you get surprised or shocked by something. I had that feeling‚ that same feeling when I heard the news about one of my closest family members from my mom. The day I found out‚ I was getting ready for my friend’s birthday party at a waterpark. I went into my mom’s room to ask her when we were leaving and it looked like she had been crying
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