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    Gun violence in Arizona. "There is someone killed by a gun almost every day in Arizona. Our state ranks as the 11th-worst for gun deaths and Phoenix’s level of homicides is equivalent to Mexico’s." These are Congressional candidate Ruben Gallego’s words. Arizona has been suffering for decades from gun violence‚ it became one of the most dangerous states in the United States. There are many causes behind these massive deaths every year‚ owning and carrying guns in Arizona is allowed which makes the

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    Gun violence has impacted so many communities across the country. Gun violence is one of the top ten causes of death in the United States. During the past decade in America more than 100‚000 people have been killed due to gun violence. Close to half a million more people have fallen victim to assaults‚ robberies‚ mass shootings and other crimes that involved a gun. These tragedies were committed by criminals who should’ve never had access to a gun in the first place. In order to reduce gun violence

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    recent years there has been a substantial amount of gun violence‚ especially toward children and college campuses. One main issue I have with our government that impacts me as an individual and student is gun legislation laws. There have been too frequent amounts of mass shootings in the last two years in populated areas such as movie theatres‚ shopping malls‚ and education institutions‚ which should be addressed to those in power. People seem to get guns fairly easy whereas requirements to obtain a driver’s

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    Gun violence in the US caused thousands of injuries and deaths yearly. In 2013‚ the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention stated that firearms were used in 84‚258 nonfatal injuries and 11‚208 deaths from homicide‚ 21‚175 by suicide‚ 505 deaths from unintentional discharge‚ plus 281 deaths that were labelled as undetermined intent‚ which all totalled for 33‚169 deaths related to firearms. Gun control laws do not prevent criminals from obtaining guns or breaking the laws. Criminals can obtain

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    I believe gun control laws do not stop gun violence because of the killing population. If the gun control laws stop the violence the death crime wouldn’t be so high. Criminals don’t seem to care about the laws. Criminals continue to carry guns looking for trouble. Gun control laws doesn’t seem to affect criminals. Some criminals even feel as regardless of what‚ they are going to do what they want to do. I believe if the gun control laws were strict and had more consequences behind it the crimes may

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    of the wrong hands anyways‚ the government should focus more on what issues cause gun violence. The Amendment right is an original amendment in the U.S. Constitution Bill of Rights‚ and it is what protects our gun ownership right as U.S. citizens. This amendment states‚ “the rights of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed‚” (“The Constitution of the United States”‚ Amendment 2). Individual gun ownership is therefore a constitutional right (McGinty et al. e22-e25). The people

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    Over the recent year’s gun violence have took a major turn for the worse‚ from school shootings‚ to terrorist attacks and the threat levels are increasing daily. Families are frightened to leave the comfort of their own home and with such a rapid increase in gun violence some people are scared to go home knowing anything can happen. I complexly understand some individuals collect guns for collection purpose or as a hobby but are l was to earn a gun are completely screw and in five quick minutes

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    ten years over 100‚000 Americans were killed due to gun violence and many more have been victims of other gun related crimes. Several more have used guns to committed suicide and young kids have been wounded from playing with them. There was more than 350 mass shooting alone in 2015. The President is currently using all of his every source he has to reduce gun control. He proposes we make it more difficult for someone to have access to buy a gun by means of doing background checks on anybody who wants

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    > Fractions Q#|Problem|Show Your Work|Answer|Instructor Comments| 1.|Write 3 3/5 as an improper fraction.|3*5=1515+1=16|16/5|| 2.|Write 21/8 as a mixed number.|16/8=221-15=5|2 5/8|| 3.|6/15 = 2/?|2*15=3030/5=6Cross multiply by 5|2/5|| 4.|3/7 of what number is 9?|9-7=22/3-1/2=1/69 2/3- 7 ½= 2 1/6|2 1/6|| 5.|4 ¾ + 2 5/6 =|1/2+(2/3 / 3/4)-(4/5*5/6)1/2+(8/9)-(4/6)1/2+(8/9)-(2/3)1/2+(8/9)-(6/9)1/2+(2/9)9/18+4/18|13/18|| 6.|2/3 divided by 8/7 =|2/3 / 7/8|1 1/7|| 7.|2 2/7 – 1 1/3 = |2 2/7 =

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    Summarize sources effectively * Practice responsible use and correct citation of sources * Write a rhetorical analysis Instructions: For this assignment‚ you will apply the techniques of rhetorical analysis from Chapter 4 to the media violence essay from Chapter 2 that is most persuasive to you. (If you’ve changed your mind as we’ve worked on this unit‚ you can choose a different essay than the one you originally selected.) This time‚ you’ll be writing as yourself‚ with your imaginary

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