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    The film starts off with the protagonists’ encounter in a baseball tournament. Invitation communication begins with Gary asking Brooke if she would like to have a hotdog. On relationship meaning level‚ it reflects Gary’s interest in knowing Brooke. By the end of the tournament‚ Gary tries to ask her out‚ exploring the possibilities for a relationship with her. Despite Brooke calling him “crazy”‚ she still chuckles and responds to Gary’s pick-up lines‚ hinting that Brooke is not totally uninterested

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    Should Gun Control Laws Be Stricter? Lindsey Curry English 111 Dr. Robert Brandon November 20‚ 2012 Many different freedoms were granted in many different ways to the people of the United States. When the Constitution was written in 1776‚ many rights were granted to the people of the United States. In 1791‚ the second amendment of the Constitution was adopted and allowed the people to be able to keep and bear arms (Members‚ 2011). Today‚ there is a debate on making these gun control laws stricter;

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    War World One

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    weapons‚ such as the repeating rifle and the submarine‚ that forever changed the way that wars were fought. Even more important were the technologies that did not specifically have to do with the war‚ like the railroad and the telegraph. Innovations like these did not just change the way people fought wars--they also changed the way people lived514e969482da0 Many Weapons were used in the The Civil War from knives to swords along with a variety of firearms‚ including rifles‚ pistols‚ muskets‚ and repeating

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    We all have memories which we would rather forget‚ but you just have to live with the bad memories as well as with the good ones. In Wood Grouse on a High Promontory Overlooking Canada‚ we meet Gary who is deeply affected by his memories from the Vietnam War. The story is about the two brothers Bud and Gary‚ and it takes place at the border between the U.S.A. and Canada in an idyllic landscape. We get the idea that it’s summer because they are wearing sunglasses in “the cloudless sunlight (line 18)”

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    Pam 5c

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    RESTRICTED Army Code No. 71807-C Infantry Training Volume II Skill at Arms (Cadet Weapons) Pamphlet No. 5-C The L98A2 Cadet GP Rifle (5.56 mm)‚ L86A2 Light Support Weapon and Associated Equipment This pamphlet supersedes Chapter 4 of the Cadet Training Manual Vol 1‚ (Army Code No 71462). On the receipt of the new Cadet GP Rifle all pages relating to the L98A1 should be destroyed. 2009 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED COPYRIGHT This work is Crown copyright and the intellectual property rights for this

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    The Colt Revolver

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    company. From 1960 to 1994 Colt’s Firearms introduced the AR-15(which is a semiautomatic rifle). Shorter after the AR-15‚ the company made the M16 (which is a military full-automatic rifle). Changes came again in 1964 when the company reorganized under the name of Colt Industries and the firearms subsidiary became Colt’s Inc.‚ Firearms Division. During the 1970s the company introduced the Sharps Rifle‚ Sawer Rifle‚ and the Black powder Reproductions. In addition Colt management also responded to an

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    utilitarion vs kantianism

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    people. In our case study‚ one would think the choice is quite easy‚ if we let go of Gary‚ we are providing no happiness for anyone and a great deal of pain to his family and friends and to ourselves. However‚ the one person that will get pleasure from this scenario is perhaps Gary‚ who is suffering. According to the utilitarian theory‚ the right action to perform would be to do everything in our power to save Gary‚ because if we save him there would be a lot more people that will be happy then if

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    Assault Rifles   In the State of California‚ a semiautomatic rifle is considered to be an assault weapon if it occupies a detachable ammunition magazine or one of various other features‚ including a pistol grip‚ flash suppressor or grenade launcher (Feinstein‚ 2013). While staunch supporters of the 2nd Amendment often uphold that assault rifles have accounted for a very small percentage of firearm-related violent crimes‚ the author of this paper argues that semiautomatic rifles have become

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    Give a Boy a Gun: Analysis

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    day and feels as if everyone is against him. He met Gary‚ when he moved to Middletown‚ and became close friends with him. Brendan didn’t want to be popular or bullied—just left alone. Unfortunately‚ he got made fun of for everything about him. Eventually Brendan and Gary came to the establishment that they didn’t have anything to live for and that their lives were useless except for showing the world what happens when you bully kids. However‚ Gary wasn’t in complete agreement with the plan at first

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    Assult Weapons Ban

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    Congressional Research Service report found that‚ as of 2009‚ there were approximately 310 million firearms in the United States‚ 110 million being rifles. (Peters) So what exactly makes a rifle an assault rifle or assault gun magazine? An Assault Weapon is most commonly defined as a semi automatic firearm possessing certain cosmetic features. Most assault rifles such as an AR-15 fires a 5.56mm round. The bullet tends not to penetrate walls in close quarters shooting and can lead to an injury of anyone

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