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    essay and the sample provided by my instructor? I have used the correct margins‚ line spacing‚ and other format issues required by the MLA sample essay and the sample provided by the instructor. Lisa Gerarday English 101 July 28‚ 14 Adding More Gun Control? You wake up in the middle of the night and discover your are not alone in your house‚ there are three men burglarizing your home right now. What are

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    the Constitution to the United States really mean? Does every citizen have the right to own a gun? Should there be limitations on who can possess a gun? Gun right advocates believe they have the right to possess a gun without restrictions. Gun Control advocates on the other hand support more limitations on the accessibility of guns and also want to ban certain types of guns. They argue that the more guns there are the more crime there will be. Is either one of these arguments justified? Which party

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    GUN BAN IN THE PHILIPPINES “Never Forget‚ even for an instant‚ that the one and only reason anybody has for taking your gun away is to make you weaker than he is‚ so he can do something to you that you wouldn ’t allow him to do if you were equipped to prevent it. This goes for burglars‚ muggers‚ and rapists‚ and even more so for policemen‚ bureaucrats‚ and politicians.” — Alexander Hope. Gun ban has always been an issue here in our country and certain groups have been arguing about what

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    The Maxim Gun By Alexander Thompson Hiram S. Maxim‚ who was working with an engineering works in Fitchburg‚ Massachusetts‚ invented the Maxim machine-gun in 1884. Hiram Maxim was born in Sangersville‚ Maine on February 5‚ 1840. His first patented inventions included models of electric lamps and gas appliances‚ and curling irons. Maxim’s first idea of inventing a weapon effective for battlefield combat came from a man he met at the 1881 Paris Electrical Exhibition. This man told

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    father’s gun. Up on asking the 12 year old‚ he mentioned they were acting out what they had seen on television a night before. A person tends to adapt what one sees and the media engraves images into ones’ mind‚ so they think it is the norm although‚ it is an absurd idea. Kids are generally influenced by the media. The American Academy of Pediatrics‚ Testimony before the U.S. Commerce Committee: “Before age 8‚ children cannot discriminate between real life and fantasy. Onscreen violence is as real

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    Gun Control‚ No Thank You On December 17‚ 2012 Jesus Manuel Garcia became upset because his girlfriend had broken up with him. Jesus text messaged his girlfriend saying he was going to go to the restaurant he worked at‚ and shoot someone. His girlfriend called the police about his message but by that time Jesus Manuel Garcia was at the restaurant he worked at‚ armed. He walked in and attempted to open fire but his weapon jammed. The patrons and employees fled the restaurant to the movie theater

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    Gun control is an issue that is constantly being debated. Gun control is limiting or taking the right of citizens to carry or purchase a gun. There are people who are pro-gun control and those who believe gun control is unconstitutional to the citizens. Many political leaders and organizations have strong opinions on gun control‚ which keeps the gun control debate publicized in today’s society. Throughout history the citizens of the US have used firearms to protect the nation‚ protect their families

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    Gabe Godines Kersey English 11 Anti Gun Control 9/16/13 To have gun control laws or not to have gun control laws that is the question. Recent tragedies involving firearms have sparked up a controversial debate in America. Our president‚ Barack Obama‚ has remained “noncommittal” (Grier) as of late but the war rages on with or without him. Peter Grier has thus far remained neutral‚ but as for me‚ I have already chosen my answer to the question. Gun control laws would not only leave our law

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    Persuasive essay Gun Control Guns are a part of America’s way of life. Today many citizens are under the impression that firearms are the root of all that is evil. Who would be the person that would save a lady that was being raped? Probably someone who owns a firearm and its use is not intended for evil. The gun control debate needs to disappear. The right to bare firearms‚ that’s the second amendment of the U.S constitution. Some believe that the banning of guns would only make things worse

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    society‚ guns have been instrumental in altering contemporary warfare. The dangers of these weapons are not a secret; it is simply their mere nature. Some argue that guns were created to protect‚ while others suggest that they were built to destroy and cause the death of one’s intended target. Frank Zimring‚ a University of Chicago Law scholar‚ stated in his piece The University of Chicago Law Review‚ “The rate of knife deaths per 100 reported knife attacks was less than 1/5 the rate of gun deaths

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