Guy Fawke’s night fireworks to modern artillery shells owes their origin to this. Ancient necromancers searching for the elixir of everlasting life on behalf of the Emperor discovered that mixtures of certain fuels and ores could‚ if mixed in the right proportions and heated‚ produce an explosion. This led in time to the discovery of gunpowder. In 1044 Zeng Gongliang wrote “The Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques”‚ and in this text he recorded three formulae for gunpowder. Each was
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Debate over Gun Ownership Over the past century‚ the debate over guns has become more and more of an issue. Violent crimes involving guns have been increasing dramatically. “More than 30 people are shot and murdered each day‚ and more than 30‚000 people are killed by firearms each year in this country”! (USA Gun Violence Statistics) The Second Amendment in the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. Many people agree that something needs to be done about the gun violence
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February 2015 Need for Gun Control On November 21st‚ 2002 a deranged teenager carrying his father’s licensed 9mm pistol‚ calmly approached a security officer at the International School of Port of Spain. Upon notifying the officer that he’s going to collect his test results‚ an argument broke out. The teenager pulled out the gun‚ firing five shots‚ leaving the officer wounded as he ran into the computer room‚ grabbing a fourteen year old boy hostage as he brandished the gun and shouted at teachers
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Gun Control The gun control debate in the US is often contentious and politically divisive. And with upcoming elections always looming in the near future‚ we will continue hearing a great deal from the media as well as politicians about what should or should not be done about “too many guns” in our society. Unfortunately‚ too many Americans do not take time to truly understand the issues and the reasoning behind both sides of the controversy. To help get a clearer perspective of the problem‚ there
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Date: March 14‚ 2013 Racism: Racism is such a critical issue that seems to be end never. Basically racism stands for a belief that inherent difference among various human races which determine cultural or achievement; simply it is a right to rule others. It has spread in everywhere in the world and the main countries are Canada‚ India‚ Australia and New Zealand. The main definition can be defined as prejudice or discrimination directed against someone of a different race‚ color‚ religion‚ age
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United States have stricter gun-control laws? Research from Dr. John Lott states that with a higher gun ownership rate come fewer mass shootings. From 1977 to 1999 right-to-carry laws decreased the frequency and severity of mass shootings. The terror attack in Orlando and the shooting that killed Christina Grimmie both occurred in gun-free zones. One of the main reasons murderers do that is because they don’t want to be stopped by an armed civilian. People say the gun-free zones will stop mass
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How Guns Work A gun is a weapon that uses the force of an explosive propellant to project a missile. Guns or firearms are classified by the diameter of the barrel opening. This is known as the calibre of the gun. Anything with a calibre up to and including . 60 calibre(0.6 inches) is known as a firearm. The precise origin of the gun is unknown‚ although they were in use by the early 14th century and were common place in Europe by mid-century. These early guns were nothing more than large
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The killing and torturing‚ emotional as well as physical‚ is causing pain to those who need it the least. We believe that gun control laws are too flexible around crimes‚ and is almost never used for its real purpose; self defense. First of all‚ the amount of people who actually use this law for its purpose is microscopically small! You could say that pretty much no one uses guns for self defense‚ and is actually quite the contrary. They use it to harm others‚ instead of defending themselves against
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Nathan 3/30/08 Gun Control in America Ever since the days of the pioneers‚ firearms have been an element of the American tradition as defense and a means of hunting or activity. As we progress through the 21st century the use of guns has changed significantly. The reason that the use of the gun is changing is fast and steady increase in crime and the battle for the right to have possession of a hand gun‚ the introduction of legislation for gun control‚ to try to decrease the felony in the
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capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways” (“Ambiguous”). Multiple meanings of the word‚ “carry‚” are used to successfully accomplish this goal throughout chapter one by the author‚ Tim O’Brien‚ in his novel‚ The Things They Carried. The novel revolves around the Vietnam War. By introducing both the physical and emotional components of the word “carry‚” O’Brien enables the themes of chaos and uncertainty in war‚ as well as imagination and memory to unfold through the
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