In my honest opinion‚ I am divided on the matter. I can see the positive aspects as well as the negative. I understand that only trained law enforcement should carry a gun on campus‚ and not the general public. School shootings are infrequent‚ and college campuses usually considered very safely while allowing concealed weapons on campus. Still I agree that a few students that are trustworthy‚ responsible and should be permitted to carry‚ you change the rules for some and not allow others. I trust
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The history of guns in America is a long one‚ but they were first introduced to the world long before they were introduced to the United States. According to Linton Weeks‚the first guns in the world were most likely cannons used in the fourteenth century. There were also hand cannons carried by European soldiers (Weeks). This expresses that guns have been around much longer than the United States has. After cannons‚ there was the muzzle loader. Muzzle loaders had a fierce recoil ignited by a matchlock
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opinion on gun control to make them believe it is the person’s fault for the gun violence. Instead of finding fault in the guns itself‚ people want to blame mental illnesses for causing all the problems in the world‚ “conservative commentator Anne Coulter provocatively proclaimed ‘guns don’t kill people- the mentally ill do”’ (Metzl and McLeish). Blame is being put on people with mental illnesses and no one is blaming the actually weapons. In reality the blame should be put on both the guns and person
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“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” (Madison‚ 1791). What does that statement mean? Is it even open to interpretation? Should it be viewed as an individual right to possess firearms‚ or should it be believed that firearms should only be possessed in times of crisis? What is the definition of a crisis? A criminal trying to steal personal property or harm a life is a crisis in most people’s
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Buck Power stated he was drinking at the water fountain down the hallway and heard several gun shots. Power casually goes shooting at a gun range on a monthly basis‚ and can distinguish a gun shot noise from a loud bang. The gun shot noise sound like it was from a handgun because it sounded like a pop without the loud echo behind it‚ and differently it wasn’t a shotgun. Power clarified a shotgun makes a thump noise and is very quiet at the distance of classroom #1013. Power ran towards the noise
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If WW3 were to happen right now and you were drafted‚ would you want to fight as an individual or as a team? Teamwork is a valuable skill‚ perhaps even more important than individual technical skill. Top Gun shows the development of a fighter pilot as he makes this realization. Fighter pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is one of the best at what he does‚ flying jets. Correspondingly‚ he has a big ego‚ disrespect for rules and authority‚ and extreme cockiness. These faults cause him to question what
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Intro Tung Chung is an area which is located on the Lantau Island. Right after the opening of the Hong Kong International Airport in 1998‚ it was developed as part of the Airport Core Programme. The government decided to make Tung Chung the first new town on an outlying island. First‚ the government began with the infrastructure there‚ housing is also built to attract more people move in. In 1998‚ the Tung Chung line of MTR was opened. It provided a much easier access of the region and thus rose
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whatever that message may be. The song “A Little More” by Machine Gun Kelly is a powerful song from a fearless artist that brings awareness to largely ignored issues in society with meaningful lyrics over a beautiful instrumental. This song’s meaningful lyrics and careful word choice are what make it so powerful.
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To begin with‚ one negative view of president Park Chung Hee is totalitarian dictator. Many people believed Chung-Hee is a dictator because of the 5.16 Coup of 1961. Korea became an independent country after World War II. Korea was a colony under Japan. Before the end of independence people were happy but after World War II‚ Korea experienced much civil fighting and it divided in to North and South Korea. North Korea was supervised under USSR. South Korea was supervised under US. South Korea is a
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Topic Proposal | PHI/105 PHI/105 | Tonya Sanford 12/16/12 Introduction to Philosophy | KIRSTEN GERDES | Topic Proposal A salient issue of controversy is gun control. Gun control is the regulation of sales and uses of firearms. Firearms include handguns‚ rifles‚ and shotguns.40% of all United State homes have guns. As of 2010‚ 300 million people in the United States own a firearm. There are different laws regarding the right-to-carry. 40 states have the “shall issue” which means carry
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