worst high school shooting in U.S. history at Columbine High School‚ prompting a national debate on gun control and school safety. According to the article Columbine High School Shootings “In the aftermath of the shootings‚ many schools across America enacted “zero tolerance” rules regarding disruptive behavior and threats of violence from students (History.com).” In addition‚ there have been many more strategies used to prevent such events from happening in the future. Educators and the police focus
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“America has a crime problem‚ not a gun problem” states‚ Wayne Lapierre in “Crime is the Basic Problem‚ not Guns” in Texts and Contents. Crime is something that is always going to be around no matter what; therefore‚ preparing for any occasion might just save your life. Unfortunately not everyone is both mentally and physically strong enough to own and handle a gun. While some people prefer to leave crime related issues with the police‚ others rather not wait and protect themselves from the start
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“The More Factor”: The Final Frontier – Fact or Fiction In the essay “The More Factor‚” author Laurence Shames honestly presents the backstory of America in desperate need of more. Shames begins with an illustration from the 1880s‚ in which large amounts of land in Texas would be developed into towns with unnecessary accessories. After building the towns‚ most residents would move on‚ but some would stay to appear as current residents for a census to determine the variety of a city. Afterwards
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Plan As part of your Research Plan‚ you must draft a research question for your research paper. A research question‚ which is more specific and focused than a general topic‚ is the question that you will answer in your paper. For example‚ if your general area of interest is Social Security‚ a potential research question might ask‚ “How might low-income families save more money under a reformed Social Security plan that includes personal retirement accounts?” As you develop a research question‚ keep
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“ I need it for protection” or “cars crash and people die! So should we ban cars?” These cheeky and futile attempts to rationalize many Americans fascination with guns collapse on themselves. In an article called “guns save lives” by NRA board of director’s member Scott L. Bach‚ fruitful language is used to show how the freedom of gun ownership can be a positive: “Every private citizen who has ever faced a violent crime alone‚ and knows the feeling of an impending‚ untimely death at the hands of
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grab your gun and protect you and your children. Now if you were to take the gun out of the situation what would you have done? The intruder is already in your house where your kids sleep at night‚ and the police’s response time is not going to be fast enough. What if you were able to hide‚ well you can not hide forever and eventually he will find you. No matter what you think‚ or how you feel about guns; if you were to put yourself in that position. You would be very grateful for the gun that saved
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Do guns kill people or do people kill people? Child soldiers is a very heart-wrenching topic. Yes‚ children are taken from their families and commanders forcefully require these children to kill people. These children are brainwashed and drugged into thinking that this act is the correct thing to do‚ when clearly it is not. Like any other murderer they should be prosecuted. If a child in the United States was forced and drugged into being a murder regardless the age‚ wouldn’t they be prosecuted
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Isabella Correa Pr. ENC 04/16/2013 Research Paper: Gun Control Restrictions According to the 2010 statistics presented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime‚ (UNODC‚) in Great Britain‚ Sweden‚ Switzerland‚ Australia‚ Canada‚ and Japan‚ a total of 294 people were murdered by firearms. In the United States more than 22‚000 people were murdered by firearms by the end of the year. The difference that exists among these countries and The United States is that in these countries
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James February 23‚ 2013 Persuasive Essay Spring 2013 James English 16 February 2013 Stricter Gun Laws Stricter Gun Laws Aren’t the solution We as people of America should not surrender our liberties out of fear. Indeed‚ it was right to pass stricter gun laws to prevent violence and death. However‚ by having these laws‚ there will be more crimes‚ broken laws‚ and it won’t stop violence from happening. Anything could be used as a weapon to hurt or kill someone. Criminals could create
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Stricter Laws on “Gun Control” In the state of Texas‚ a shooting took place on September 6‚ 2013. A 46 year-old man‚ who was identified as Brian Cloninger‚ shot an 8 year-old African-American‚ Donald Maiden Jr.‚ in the face. Prior to the shooting‚ Cloninger was seen waving his gun at people (Edwards). This incident and other similar incidents enraged our nation and have bought to citizens’ attention about how laws covering the sale of firearms should be made stricter. Too many people with mental
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