Writing Exercise The article that I selected is titled "Gun control is not the answer". The issue of the article is that taking away guns will not stop shooting in the United States of America; therefore‚ citizens should continue to have guns. The article should be viewed with skepticism because the author of the article is biased and uses fallacy tactics to try to persuade his the audience to agree with him because he’s a gun owner and the creator of a gun blog post. He supports the second amendment
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What is gun control? Gun control is when the government puts rules and regulations on where one can bring guns. Governments also limit the amount of guns one owns. Guns are a way to protect our families‚ stop criminals‚ and a way to hunt to provide food for families. Some people abuse guns and bring harm to others which is horrible. There should not be a law on gun control. This law restricts those who own them to protect themselves and restricts them from having a firearm. Keeping guns in the
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Guns and crime. These two seem to correlate hand in hand with one another‚ but are they really associated in anyway? Do guns lead to crime? These are the questions citizens and lawmakers have to ask themselves when creating gun laws or restrictions. The debate over gun control is not a new topic it has been going on for a very long time and continues to go on today. Some are against bearing arms and call for reforms and bans on firearms; there are great uses for guns such as self-defense‚ recreational
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Arming teachers is a very tough topic to talk about. The first documentary that we watched showed a school that teaches students how to react in a shooting situation‚ and also arms teachers. I believe that this school is going a little overboard with arming the teachers. The program to train children in self defense is a good idea though. I’m not saying that we should constantly live in fear of a school shooting‚ but defense training would be a good workshop to do with students. They brought up a
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Concealed weapons carry The Second Amendment of the United States constitution states: "A well-regulated militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear arms‚ shall not be infringed" (Constitution.laws.com). The purpose of the second amendment was to guarantee and preserve the idea that all men and later‚ women‚ had the right to own and bear arms on American soil. In either self-defense‚ recreation‚ occupational or personal uses‚ firearms have
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Thesis Statement: In “The Things They Carried”‚ Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is torn between being a good leader and his love for Martha‚ thus making him a truly dynamic character. I. No matter how hard Lieutenant Cross tries to be a good leader‚ he cannot stop himself from fantasizing about Martha. a. The hardest thing that the Lieutenant carries is his emotional attachment to Martha. b. Throughout the entire story‚ Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is struggling to stop thinking about Martha
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Guns Should Not Be Banned In The U.S. Firearms are weapons of destruction‚ annihilation‚ and carnage. However‚ a lot of people disagree and have very legitimate reasons why firearms should not be banned. There are several controversies that suggest banning the use or possession of firearms. Guns should not be banned. In contrast‚ guns can be weapons of destruction or a form of self-protection; depending on the user and the training of that particular person. Being trained by a firearms instructor
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While guns are owned by many Americans‚ there are both pro and con arguments for gun control. To start out a con is being able to protect yourself.with having gun control‚ it states in document 5 you can’t take all the guns away from people because there are people out there that would find away to keep their weapons which mean all the good people out there who have up there guns have a chance of being killed because they have no protection also in document 9 it says with gun control you can’t protect
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In the cases of the government officials may use firearms for various reasons‚ such as to remind and to protect public safety from suspects or even to protect the officers themselves‚ the officers need to be armed with the pistol. The officers have only short time to ponder before the first shooting and it will be resulted to the suspects. In some cases‚ if they have decided to shoot‚ it may result to fatal suspects and non-suspects too‚ this may be innocent. Therefore‚ the first shooting‚ it is
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The pre- killing was well planned out. “Erik and Lyle armed themselves with weapons on August 18‚ 1989‚ so that way two days later‚ they would kill their parents” Menendez v. Terhune (2005). “On that day‚ Lyle and Erik‚ who were the ages of twenty one and eighteen‚ tried to purchase guns at several different stores without getting caught” Menendez v. Terhune (2005). The first store they stopped at was in Los Angeles Menendez v. Terhune‚ (2005). They soon learned shortly after that handguns could
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