“Thresholds of Violence” is an article featured on The New Yorker written by Malcolm Gladwell. The article is written in regards to a young man‚ John LaDue‚ who has been arrested on several accounts which center around a planned attack on his high school. Gladwell utilizes LaDue as an example to portray the rising concern about gun violence in schools today. Gladwell is attempting to represent the minimal impact a person’s mental state and history has on his ability to commit heinous crimes such
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Let Us Keep Our Guns! I don’t think that it is OK for the government to take our firearms away from us law abiding citizens. There are many reasons for us‚ as a free and undivided country‚ that I believe we should have the right to possess guns. First of all‚ it is in our constitutional amendments as Americans that we have the right to bear arms. Our second amendment states that we can and should not only own‚ but also carry our guns. People enjoy using firearms to hunt for sport and survival
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Analysis of “Gun Debate: Where is the Middle Ground?” In response to an article titled (Gun Debate: Where Is the Middle Ground?) written by Mallory Simon‚ writer and senior producer of online presentations for the Cable News Network (CNN) on January 31‚ 2013‚ the argument can be presented that “Guns don’t kill people‚ people do.” The article highlighted the common topic of gun control. In that phrase alone it is proposed that somehow guns have a mind of their own and can somehow control themselves
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laws are being drawn up to give the right to citizens to sue gun manufacturers. If this is passed who will be next‚ car manufacturers‚ toy companies? The cause of a crime needs to be addressed‚ not the instrument used. Stronger enforcement of the existing laws would help with gun crimes. There is a need for gun laws. Though the more than 20‚000 laws on the federal‚ state and local books have not deterred the violent use of guns. Some gun control laws may save lives. For instance the five day waiting
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29 November 2013 Gun control in the US By Due to the high number of school shootings the last ten years‚ we at the editorial have chosen to write this article regarding the discussions on gun control‚ which have been up in the media lately. We will be putting the different arguments up against each other. We have gotten opinions on the subject from President Obama‚ The NRA and many more. The purpose of this article is to start a discussion at our University and help the students gain insight
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Paul Chung Transition English Four April 21‚ 2011 Essay No more Guns The year 1774 was pivotal in the history of the United States. It marked the beginning of the Revolutionary war‚ which lasted thirteen years and claimed thousands of lives. Fighting against the British‚ the Americans had to rely on individual citizens because they did not have a well organized army. As famers and hunters‚ many citizens already owned guns. These rifles proved indispensable in defeating the British. After the
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Chicago Gun Violence Chicago is always in the news nationwide and some people might wonder why. Chicago is well known for its crime. The city has been struggling with this problem for a while. The biggest problem that plagues Chicago is its gang and gun violence because too many people are dying due to it. Chicago has alarmingly high statistics when it comes to gun violence in comparison to other major cities. Although the crime rate is slowly dropping‚ too many teenagers and young children
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Violence on video and TV leads to more violence in society Television it can be entertaining and educational‚ and can open up new worlds for us‚ it gives us a chance to travel the globe‚ learn about different cultures. Some programs with positive role models can influence people to change their behavior for the better. However‚ the reverse can also be true: we can learn things from TV that are neither good‚ nor positive or not even productive. That’s the topic of today. TV can affect kids’ health
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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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Violence has been apart of the human race since written documentation and continues to be an increasing problem today’s society. Easy access to firearms and explosive does help this situation. Youth violence include poverty‚ family‚ child abuse‚ and community violence . Media violence all comes on roll on these things too.It is very difficult to figure out what kids are influenced on media violence but not all but most will be more aggressive than ones that don’t watch media violence. The past
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