raised in the plains of the Midwest‚ but to me most importantly‚ I am a gun owner. I was raised to know how to fend for and protect myself and not to rely on anyone else for it. Therefore‚ I am a very strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment right as Americans and feel it is not only dangerous but also un-Constitutional to try and strip those rights away from Americans. I am not arguing that every person must own and operate guns‚ but I am saying that if you don’t believe in having them‚ don’t buy one
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English Composition I November 30‚ 2013 Argumentative Essay To Strengthen Gun Control or Not Gun control is an issue that is much talked about in the United States of America. Events that took place recently such as the shooting in the Sandyhook Elementary school and the shooting in the showing of “The Dark Knight Rises‚” have made the government rethink whether or not the gun control laws‚ or their lack of gun control laws at that‚ are strict enough. Although these tragic events took
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James W. Whitehead Mrs. Ross Pre AP ELA 1 December 4‚ 2015 Gun control should not be in force because it only affects the people who follow the laws. If weapons were banned‚ that is‚ putting gun control into effect‚ the people who follow laws won’t be able to protect themselves from people who don’t abide by the laws. The main purposes of fire arms is self- protection and hunting. So if the government tries to take our weapons away from us we can just throw the 2nd amendment at them and tell them
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Machine Gun Test M240B: Characteristics: Air cooled‚ belt-fed‚ gas-operated‚ fully automatic weapon that fires from the open bolt position. Operational Data: Ranges Max Range: 3725m Max Effective (Point): 800m Max Effective (Area): 1800m Grazing Fire: 600m Tracer Burnout Approximate: 900m Weight Receiver: 24.2 lbs. Barrel: 6.6lbs Spare Barrel Case With Spare Barrel and All Sl3 Components: 12.90 Lbs. Tripod with Mounts: 20 lbs. Dimensions Length: 49” Rates
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Young Guns in Texas Colleges The Constitution states; “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 Constitution was signed on September 17‚ 1787‚ and the Second Amendment has been highly debated ever since. (Second Amendment; Cornell University Law School‚ law.cornell.edu) Furthermore‚ America today doesn’t have luxury of interpreting what our forefathers where thinking at the time the Second
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Gun violence is one main thing that tears families apart. Crazy‚ non-educated people roam the streets with dangerous weapons killing people and causing tragedies. Society would have done better if only police had the access to weapons and guns instead of civilians and criminals‚ although they could be confiscated. Gun violence incidents have been happening for a very long time‚ most of the time without a reason. Shootings‚ robberies‚ etc. all include the use of a weapon like a gun. These things
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purpose of this draft is to inform the readers of the correlation between guns and drugs. In this draft I hope to inform the general public‚ the students and Professor of ENGL 111‚ how drugs may be implicated in many of the mass shootings. As we are all aware guns do not shoot people‚ it takes a person to decide to use it. It is believed by many experts that medication alters the mind and the mind controls the trigger finger. Guns do not kill people‚ people kill people. The focus of this draft is to
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The Effectiveness of Gun Control Will banning guns prevent crimes? In my opinion it will not. Regardless of how the government attempts to ban guns‚ people will find illegal ways to obtain it‚ as it is not hard to get them illegally. On December 19‚ 2012‚ Jeff McMahan published an opinion page on New York Times called “Why Gun ‘Control’ is Not Enough.” Jeff McMahan is a professor of philosophy at Rutgers University. He is the author of “The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life” and
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In the article “Armed to Teach: Argyle ISD Sticks to It’s Gun Policy” Selena Hernandez states that “it’s safe to say Argyle ISD is ready to start the school year with guns blazing. The district is on target to continue its new policy of allowing some teachers to pack heat on campus.” Hernandez also states that “gun-toting teachers must have and maintain a handgun license; pass a psychological evaluation; and undergo firearms and emergency
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of the essay by expressing his disappointment in American Health Association. Pence argued that blaming an inanimate object such as gun for gun violence is absurd. He believes that gun violence is not because of the lack of gun control law‚ but because of the psychological and social problem rooted deeper within our society. He talked about D.C and NYC‚ two cities with the strictest gun control. In theory‚ they should have the lowest gun violence‚ but both cities still have the highest gun related
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