Senior Research Project: Is the right to bear arms ethical? Lucas Van Duyn Senior Seminar: Business Ethics Dr. Jewe July 31‚ 2012 Introduction to the Project: In the United States‚ research into firearms and violent crime is fraught with difficulties‚ associated with limited data on gun ownership and use‚ firearms markets‚ and aggregation of crime data. Research studies into gun violence have primarily taken one of two approaches: case-control studies and social ecology. Gun ownership
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several battles in the Black Hawk War of 1832 as leader of his regiment. Correspondingly‚ Lincoln got into the military by enlisting as a militia captain during the Black Hawk War defending the state of Illinois. As the militia captain‚ Lincoln made an honorable and respected name for himself however he did not see any combat during his brief time in the Illinois militia. Although they got their starts in military service very differently‚ Lincoln and Davis were both directly involved in the military before
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Picture this: Hanna is sitting at home watching her favorite movie and she hears someone knocking on the door. She ignores it because she not expecting anyone at 11:00 P.M..The knocking becomes louder then she hears the door is being kicked. Before she knew it the door was kicked in. Now if she were to call the police it will take on average 10 minutes for them to respond. Gun control made it too hard for her to get a firearm. And The criminal was physically stronger than her and he killed her because
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IEDs. The bomb was made out of ammonium nitrate fertilizer‚ diesel fuel and many other explosives. The perpetrator was Timothy McVeigh‚ “a member of the American militia movement and hated the federal government” (p.182). That was for the mishandling of the attack on the Waco Complex and the events at Ruby Ridge‚ which were between militia members‚ and the federal government. In revenge on America‚ he packed a rental truck with the explosives and detonated it in front of the nine-story building.
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violence. A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. – The Second Amendment. Our nations’ forefathers gave us this right when they signed the constitution of the United States of America September 17‚ 1787. Although there has been debate over the wording of the amendment and whether it actually means every individual person or only people who belong to a state-regulated militia. I think it is obvious
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French and Indian war Ethan Allen served as a Private in colonel ranks. Allen moved to Vermont and was elected Colonial Commandant local militia‚ Green Mountain Boys. When the American Revolution began‚ Allen had no official position in the Continental Army. Allen was given the position of Lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army and major General of Militia. After returning to Vermont‚ later that year he was made general in the Army of Vermont. Ethan Allen worked as an iron. In Allen’s personal
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with 1‚200 men on Breed’s Hill located on Charlestown peninsula. In response‚ the British began burning the town of Charlestown and sent 2‚400 British soldiers‚ under command of General Gage and Howe‚ up Bunker Hill expecting to decimate the Yankee militia. To strengthen his defenses‚ Prescott orders Putnam and his 2‚000 men‚ to also hold the line. In order to take advantage of the hill’s elevation above the British‚ Colonel Prescott orders his men “don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes
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Janjaweed militia and of course the sudanese
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The statement of Niklas Luhmann “no human being is indispensible”(xiii) is reinforced by several Great men who have had many profound contributions to the United States and its Military. Three of whom prior to 1865 are George Washington‚ Winfield Scott‚ and Ulysses S. Grant. These great men have in their own times contributed a great deal of leadership and vision to the United States Military and Government. More recently than 1865‚ Dwight D. Eisenhower has risen to the level of contribution of the
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The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution is the amendment and the section of the Bill of Rights that says that people have the right to keep and bear arms. I read this to mean that the idea behind this amendment was to have and keep guns for protection against a corrupt and oppressive government; yet‚ many choose to use their guns against each other. However‚ in the wake of so many recent tragic events involving gun violence‚ many groups argue about whether the Second Amendment actually
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