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    Stephanie Stephens 4/8/2013 English 1010 Essay #2 Should American citizens be able to own or carry a firearms? Why should American citizens be able to carry or own a firearm? They can use the firearms for Killing people for no reason. Also there is a lot of kids that kill or kill themselves just playing with it. Also I think that American citizen should not be able to own a firearm because many people kill innocent people all the time. Many people kill for violent reason and for no reason

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    Why Are Guns Bad

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    Guns. They are devastating sources of pain and can easily punch a hole right into your head at an insane 2‚500 feet per second‚ about 1‚700 miles per hour (“Doge-a-Bullet”). This is faster than sound‚ meaning you would be dead before you hear anything (“Doge-a-Bullet”). This old piece of technology had uses such as offensiveness or attacking‚ defense‚ and hunting. These tools of killing have left thousands dead‚ thousands fed‚ and thousands defended. Guns have a clear impact on the world that has

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    Peaceful Home

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    Farley 1 Kaleb Farley Professor Roach English 1A 11 March 2013 My Peaceful Second Home: The Diamond Why does every person need a place of comfort and peace? So they can relax and enjoy the quality of life. My special place is the baseball field. The baseball diamond is my peaceful place for countless reasons. Like Gary Kamiya said in the story‚ Life‚ Death and Spring. “Its good to have a place where you can go to watch the world get old and young‚ live and die.” Mine is the baseball field

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    Why She Was One Decision?

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    It was a single choice she had made. It was one moment. But how could it set so much into motion? She didn’t know‚ then‚ of the negative consequences of her action. She didn’t even imagine them. All she could see were joyous possibilities -- possible happiness‚ possible love‚ possible desire and change and experience and all things new. That’s the thing about optimism‚ it leaves us unprepared. Her possibilities became realities. She had something she was afraid to lose. She had something that was

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    Sample: Michael Morpurgo shows us how different people respond to authority. Discuss. Award winning novel Private Peaceful by author Michael Morpurgo takes readers on a journey into lives of the Peaceful family. Set in England and the trenches of Belgium during the period of World War One‚ Morpurgo illustrates how different people respond to authority. Narrator Thomas (Tommo) Peaceful follows the rules and obeys the commands of people that are more powerful than him. His brother Charlie on the other

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    Why Guns Are Good

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    is not an easy thing to do. You must attack “peasant justice” in any ways you can think of‚ such as: 1) “Vigilante justice can never be as just or fair as our system”; 2) “You can’t possibly protect yourselves; let us do it”; 3) “If you have a gun‚ you’ll only hurt yourself”; 4) “If the peasants were allowed to use force‚ there would be chaos”; 5) “Private protection agencies would just deteriorate into competing gangs of thugs”; and so on. Often privately-enforced justice is referred to as

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    Peaceful Resistance

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    Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society because it is considered a form of expression. The First Amendment protects our right to freedom of expression‚ so peaceful resistance is completely lawful. In addition‚ peaceful resistance is a way for those with strong opinions to get their thoughts out to the public. Even if the person who has initiated the resistance fails to get popular support‚ they are still entitled to their own opinions. Freedom to do as you please is part of

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    Why Guns Should Be Banned

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    Why do people keep guns? These days many people own and carry guns with them in the name of security and protection. Many people own guns such as rifles and shotguns for the sport of hunting. The government allows people to own and carry guns by having a background check and getting a permit‚ but there are many private gun sellers who sell guns without any background checks and giving permits. The possession of guns should be strictly banned because they are the sign of violence‚ they have increased

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    Should it be lawful for Adults To Carry Concealed Handguns? Concealed Carry: A License To Protect Dressed in black fatigues and a military vest‚ a heavily armed Adam Lanza walked into a Connecticut elementary school Friday‚ December 14‚ 2012 and opened fire‚ Within minutes‚ 26 people were dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School 20 of them children. The shooter also was killed by his own hand. With the death toll at 26‚ the Newtown shooting is the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history

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    Gun Control and Why it is Necessary What does it take to maintain a proper and orderly society? This question is not easily answered. There are numerous statements that can answer that question. One answer that some people may use is “Gun Control: Securing the use‚ sale and purchase of firearms in a society so that the murder and violence rates decrease.” There are different extremes of the gun control issue. There are those who say that ALL firearms should be registered by ALL owners or that

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