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    of guns in the country‚ as they are a threat to human lives. Firstly‚ the rights to own guns should be controlled as they have the power to kill‚ to inflict damage. Instead of “being necessary to the security of the state”‚ it is contributing to the unknown dangers of the state. People are not using the guns that they are given the right to own to protect themselves‚ but rather to hurt others.There have been many incidents where there are people who have managed to gain possession of guns and

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    Any Bad Moment

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    Backup utilities cpio cpio command is used to process archive files cpio stands for “copy in‚ copy out”. cpio performs the following three operations. * Copying files to an archive * Extracting files from an archive * Passing files to another directory tree cpio takes the list of files from the standard input while creating an archive‚ and sends the output to the standard output. Syntax $cpio options devicename -i | (copy in) cpio -i extracts files from the standard input

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    Gun Control Part I:Introduction The issue of gun control and violence‚ both in Canada and the United States‚ is one that simply will not go away. If history is to be any guide‚ no matter what the resolution to the gun control debate is‚ it is probable that the arguments pro and con will be much the same as they always have been. In 1977‚ legislation was passed by the Canadian Parliament regulating long guns for the first time‚ restructuring the availability of firearms‚ and increasing a variety

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    Gun Ownership

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    found that more than half of all legally purchased guns were stored unlocked and at least 16% were stored unlocked and even loaded. Other studies have also claimed that having a gun increases the risk of suicide and/or homicide inside the home during family arguments. Gun control can even raise the crime on citizens. Gun control may be able to regulate the wrong use of these weapons‚ but it also causes those responsible to not be able to have guns when needed to protect themselves. The truth of

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    The topic for my multi genre research project is gun rights. More importantly‚ my question is; Are American citizens justified to own and use firearms? The answer to my question is yes‚ we are indeed justified to own and use firearms under the rights of the constitution. For you to know how to answer my question as un biased as possible you need to know what the second amendment states. “A well regulated militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right of the people to keep and

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    Patience Pays off

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    Yousaf Khan Mrs. Crump Patience Pays off Ow! That hurt. I just slipped because of the wet mud. My brothers MO and Rock are helping me up‚ but my friends are making fun of me. Rock is telling me Kuta‚ a stupid kid in the slums‚ pushed me because I accidently stepped on his foot. I hate Kuta he thinks he’s so cool and strong. I’m going to go and punch him. Just as I was about to go MO stopped me. He gave me the evil look and took me and Rock home. Did I forget to mention that we don’t

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    Paula Colon Mr. Riggle Writer’s Work shop Qtr 3 5 March 2013 Gun violence is a serious issue in the United States‚ it is rated to be the highest form of crime. Vermont and New Hampshire are recorded to be the safest places to be. As for California would have to be the worst place to be around. This state has an annual of 1‚257 deaths per year. (aggregated- pulling from one resource and another and making it my own) Over the years‚ President Obama has been impacted by several tragedies that

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    A Moment in Boston History Boston‚ Bloody‚ Boston is a documentary that depicts actual events that happened in the year 1765. The history of when and whom the key players leading up to the Revolutionary War in Boston is the focus on this mini-series. As historians can focus on the true story of what happen in Boston‚ there is often times some misconceptions of what we can perceive as truth. Many documents and photographs were all truth telling to make this documentary as true as possible. Interviewing

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    Guns of today

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    The Guns of Today Today‚ there are three main types of shoulder- and hand-fired guns: The rifle‚ shotgun‚ and pistol. There are others‚ but they are rare and not efficient‚ like the hand cannon‚ and (as the Americans call it) the Boom-stick-boom‚ which would rarely work‚ and when it did‚ it usually blew up‚ causing serious injury or death. You might have wondered why these here haven’t been called “Weapons”‚ and the reason is- guns‚ if used properly‚ are not any harm to anyone who follows and knows

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    Subject: My thesis on Gun Control By: Michael Hendrix The history of ownership and the current law under the 2nd amendment gives the rights to the people to keep and bear arms. Our society has passed laws regulating the ownership and use of firearms and more legislation is being considered. Some restrictions may be necessary but some have gone too far. Currently‚ there are over 70 Million gun owners in America. Guns are not for everyone. Certain individuals cannot handle a firearm safely

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