My First Time Shooting It’s Christmas 2014‚ my Dad and I went to go shooting with my Cousins‚ my Uncle‚ and my Grandpa. He brought his AR (Assault Rifle)‚ .45‚ .09‚ and his AS 12 gauge (Assault Shotgun). I brought my BB gun too. The boys shot off a couple of rounds with the .45‚ the .09‚ and the AR. Grandpa taught me how to shoot a BB gun first. Then my Dad let me shoot the .09. The .09 goes like this BAM…… BAM…….. BAM it is semi automatic‚ that means it is not rapid fire. I was pretty good with
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2011). More than 40 years ago‚ four students were killed by the Ohio National Guard on the campus of Kent State University during a protest against the Vietnam War. The shootings sent shockwaves across the U.S.‚ further polarizing a nation already divided over the conflict. The U.S. in Vietnam By the time of the Kent State shootings‚ the U.S. was deeply involved in the war in Vietnam. In 1954‚ Vietnam had split into two countries: North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnamese leaders wanted to
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The Sandy Hook Massacre and Its Effects on Gun Control The Sandy Hook Massacre is the second deadliest shooting by a single person in American history. According to CNN‚ this tragic attack took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown‚ Connecticut on December 14‚ 2012. The shooter‚ Adam Lanza‚ brought three guns into the school‚ two of which were pistols‚ and one of which was an assault rifle. To get into the building‚ which had an updated security system‚ he shot his own way into the
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Kent state shooting By Jamal spencer The Kent shooting were the shooting of unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam war at the Kent state university in Kent Ohio‚ by member of National Gaud on May 4‚ 1970. In May 1970‚ students protesting the bombing of Cambodia by United States military forces‚ clashed with Ohio National Guardsmen on the Kent State University campus. When the Guardsmen shot and killed four students on May 4‚ the Kent State Shootings became the focal point of a nation
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“Shooting an Elephant” In George Orwell’s “Shooting An Elephant” the narrator was faced with a tough decision‚ whether or not to kill the Elephant. Throughout the story The narrator explained his resentful feelings towards the british police. He also did not like the Burmans also known as the “natives”. Throughout the story Orwell uses a harsh‚ demeaning‚ and unforgiving diction to convey a nervous and scared tone. Throughout the story the narrator or “ murderer” as Orwell would like to say‚ clearly
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There are several ideas that have been prevalent in the texts we have analyzed this year. The three texts 1984‚ Beloved‚ and Shooting an Elephant were the most connected. What brought these stories together were the endemic themes of lust for power and unempathetic control. The reigning parties in these texts all demonstrate an overindulgent need for ultimate power. Being able to place restrictions on every aspect of the oppressed peoples’ lives is what motivates the people in positions of power
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million to hack into the gunman’s iPhone used in the San Bernadino shooting. This ends a legal battle between the FBI and Apple but leaves the question of law enforcement access to information unresolved. Content Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey has revealed that the FBI had to pay a whopping amount to a private agency for letting the former break into the iPhone used by the gunman in the San Bernadino shooting. When asked about the quantum of the amount‚ Comey alluded to a greater
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In Shooting an Elephant‚ I think that Orwell may have been cowardice. He knew that shooting that elephant was wrong‚ but he didn’t anyway. He wanted to impress the large crowd that had gathered around him. He wanted to show that white men are powerful and more important. He thought that by shooting the elephant‚ he would prove that he wasn’t a fool. He was taught‚ and everyone around him was taught‚ that white men should be in control of situations. He was supposed to know what to do; he was supposed
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Why are police blaming the parents of Dylan and Eric for the shooting? Why should they have to take the responsibility for the shooting when it was their children’s actions? One of the victims of the shootings was a girl named Rachel Scott. Rachel Scott was born on August 5‚ 1981 and was murdered on April 20‚ 1999. The people that killed Rachel Scott is Dylan Kleold and Eric Harris their other victims were‚ twelve students and one teacher. Read more about why parents shouldn’t go to jail in this
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Shooting Stars The poem ’Shooting Stars’ by Carol Ann Duffy tells a shocking story of a female prisoner held by Nazis in a concentration camp around the time of the Holocaust. The poem is set in 1940‚ Hitler and his Nazi party had taken control of most of Europe and had vowed to exterminate the entire Jewish race. Duffy’s haunting use of imagery and word choice make this poem so memorable and its very strong opening prepares the reader for the rest of the poem. The title choice‚ ’Shooting Stars’
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