Introduction The Reluctant Fundamentalist‚ like many first-person narratives‚ is a fictional autobiography. Changez‚ the protagonist‚ is an intellectually ripe and mature narrator who looks back on his past happenings during his stay in America. Although he is only twenty five at the time of narrating the story‚ he feels his life completely over-turned rather metamorphosed. Like many first-person narrators‚ he has become wiser after his experiences in America on 9/11---the time when history is
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Action: Conduct Consistent Aiming Exercises Condition: Given 15 Highly Motivated‚ M16-Series Rifle‚ M15A1 sighting device‚ target box‚ pencil and paper‚ and target-box paddle; and wearing the ACU w/ soft cap. Standard: Each Soldier will acquire a sight picture five consecutive times without error. Each Soldier will dry fire two five-round shot-groups such that 8 of the 10 shots fit within a 2-centimeter circle. Risk Assessment: Safety Concerns: Environmental considerations All information
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Americans have a unique relationship with their guns‚ one not found in most similar first-world countries. American culture idolizes guns through the popularity of hunting‚ sport shooting‚ and owning guns for home defense. In America‚ many celebrate this freedom‚ but this freedom has a cost. Although America was founded on principles of liberty‚ the amount of lives lost to gun violence raises an alarming problem which Americans undoubtedly cannot ignore. This problem is not distant or far off from
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Introduction The safety of students has been impaired. Individuals come onto a supposedly “safe” learning environment and violate the safety of students. School shooters tend to mention their plans to others; thus‚ giving an opportunity for others to intervene in their plans. Although these murderers do speak up‚ they are not taken seriously. They normally‚ fail to obtain the attention needed because they have spoken of those “crazy” things beforehand but never followed through. Not until it
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In recent discussions of violent video games‚ a controversial issue has been whether violent video games are bad for youth or not. On one hand‚ some argue that video games do not affect the youth at all. On the other hand‚ however‚ others argue that violent video games affect the youth tremendously. According to media violence researcher Craig Anderson‚ Chair of Iowa State University’s Department of Psychology‚ “in a violent video game‚ you rehearse the entire aggression sequence from beginning to
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Obedience Can Kill Obedience Can Kill As is common in our modern society‚ the government has laws and regulations in place for our safety. Many of these laws are well thought out and effective. But what happens when these same laws hamper our own ability to protect ourselves? Our obedience to the law can kill us. I firmly believe that my fellow students and the faculty of my college should have the ability to protect themselves from those who would do them harm. Students and faculty with a
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other students. After the massacre the pair committed suicide. Police followed the policies and procedures set forth by Columbine: surrounding the building‚ setting up a perimeter‚ and containing the damage. The police are to enclose on the shooter or shooters. It was questionable whether this tactic worked well at Columbine. Their goal was to stop the shooting at all costs‚ but they could not because the gunman killed themselves. Gun control was another issue in the massacre at Columbine. How
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The entire country mourned the loss of innocent children and teachers in a senseless act of violence in 2012. A young man walked into an elementary school and killed 20 children and six adults. We have had a rise in gun violence in the United States in the last ten years. In the last ten years we have had a mass theatre shooting‚ church shooting‚ and the Virginia Tech shooting are just a few of the mass shootings that took the United States by storm. The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is considered
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Threat deterrence is an important factor in keeping an area safe. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) defines threat deterrence as “The threat of force in order to discourage an opponent from taking an unwelcome action.” The pure deterrence of an armed staff is enough to spark the purest of human instinct‚ survive. Our military is a perfect example of a proper deterrence of threat. Fear of retaliation is why people don’t commit homicides and mass shootings inside of police stations and
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“High-capacity magazines should be banned because they too often turn murder into mass murder” (ProCon.org‚ np). For one‚ it is a terrible idea and the shooter can easily carry additional magazines if needed. Besides the government trying to limit the size of magazines‚ they are also trying to ban different types of guns‚ such as the AR-15 and many others. As of now‚ there are no federal laws against selling
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