“A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun” is an excerpt from Linda M. Hasselstrom’s essay Land Circle that details why and for what purpose she purchases a handgun and concealed carry permit. In the essay‚ Mrs. Hasselstrom recounts several instances where men disrespected and purposefully intimidated her in violent ways that truly scared her. Originally‚ Mrs. Hasselstrom took Kung Fu‚ but soon realized that if she was attacked by an average male‚ he could easily over power her just due to
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In “A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun” the author did not seem paranoid or a risk taker. She was trying to get peace of mind about her insecurity and safety. Several times during the story she told of instances where her safety was put to the test. She was camping with another woman and trying to rely on the rangers for protection from some nearby guys talking about messing with her‚ ending up having to just leave. Another time‚ she was on a bridge and had four men try to scare her
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We the Students Essay Peaceful resistance is when one does not use violence or destroy property to get people’s attention about a law they feel should be changed. Many think using peaceful resistance will not work‚ so they use violent protesting instead thinking that there will be a bigger difference than not using violence. I think that peaceful resistance has a better outcome for those protesting rather than the ones who use violence. Many think that you have to make a huge scene about something
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allowed‚ if not encouraged to use freedom of speech‚ choice‚ and assembly to evolve and change discretion’s they feel are ingrained in the current system. The question: “Does peaceful resistance to laws positively or negatively impact a free society?” poses an important ideal that is essentially anything but black and white. Peaceful resistance‚ or civil disobedience is a relative concept. By definition it means the “refusal to obey governmental demands or commands
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Does peaceful resistance affect our laws positively or negatively? In fact peaceful resistance has a positive impact on our laws. Just like publicity‚ non-violence is supposed to lower the bars of negative effects‚ impacting our laws. The relationship between the american public and laws enforcement has always‚ had a violent nature that as a country has never been able to escape. Yet‚ throughout the years the people of this country have used peaceful resistance to change so much of the mistakes‚
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Malaysia is peaceful. I have doubts about the discussion title itself. Is Malaysia peaceful? That is the big question here. Personally‚ thinking back on our nation’s problems‚ we have serious problems. Political problems‚ economical‚ social‚ financial‚ defense‚ safety‚ crime rates and etc. But then‚ compared to all the other countries in the world such as Syria‚ Pakistan‚ Iraq‚ Iran‚ Palestine‚ North Korea‚ Indonesia‚ Philippines‚ our country is actually way so much more peaceful. We are able
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how effective peaceful protest was in securing civil rights in the USA Representation 2 is the best representation in showing how effective peaceful protest was because it has the best accuracy since it’s a history book‚ for example “In 1961‚ 26 year old African-American teacher” this is an accurate report‚ moreover the source has good comprehensiveness and covers most of the events of the civil rights in the USA. However‚ Representation 1‚2 and 3E all represent how effective peaceful protest was
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Does peaceful resistance to laws positively or negatively impact a free society? Truthfully‚ it could be taken negatively and positively‚ depending on the subject. Firstly‚ no matter what even in a free society no human will be 100% peaceful. We disagree‚ argue and take many situations in different ways. Although if it is civilized resistance then it’s possibly taken positively on a free society‚ but that could not always be the case‚ since people have disagreements. If it is non-civilized resistance
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We the Students In the world there are many issues that people in the world do not agree about. People can protest and express their feelings about the issue in a peacefully manner or in an angrily one. Does peaceful resistance to laws positively or negatively impact the community and society as a whole? Where I live in Las Cruces‚ New Mexico‚ I see people protesting on the issue of abortion. Daily‚ I see them with signs protesting that abortion is wrong. I believe that by these people peacefully
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Jeff Kraucunas Peaceful Living at Home There are a variety of simple steps to keep the peace at home; one must know how to follow them. In Daniel Sugarman’s short story‚ Seven Ways to Keep the Peace at Home‚ these steps are outlined. My home would be more peaceful if my family followed three of Sugarman’s steps: tell it like you feel it‚ don’t play telephone‚ and stop the “good guy”- “bad guy” routine. “Tell it like you feel it” is a great way to keep peace in my family. Tell it like
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