that sell firearms. She disagrees with the high-risk immunity protections that congress provided to ensure that gun sellers and makers are not accountable for victims of gun violence. She also voted for legislation to extend and reuse the assault weapons
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Most people who own guns‚ are the legal owners of that weapon (“Kates”1). Other countries and some states in the United States that restrict gun laws have more murders than places that do not have gun laws (“Guns in”3). In the United Kingdom they banned handguns in 1997. Since then‚ the attack and crime rate
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Causes of WW1 While there were many causes to WW1 such as imperialism‚ nationalism‚ alliances‚ and assassination‚ one cause that primarily stands out is militarism. Militarism is the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests. Because militarism was so important to WW1‚ countries had to come up with a way to get people interested in war‚ which led to the use
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a draw weight of up to 150 pounds. The longbows that the English traditionally used had a draw weight of about 90 pounds. The English completely showed off their longbow in the beginning of “The Hundred Year War”. The Longbow proved to be a great weapon by dominating the opposition in battle. The longbow was such an important tool to the English that they were teaching children
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ENACTMENT OF STRINGENT LAWS ON GUN POSSESSION School violence is a major concern that is facing this nation and the world as a whole. It is forming a trending topic all over the nation that will end up disastrous if not curbed. The year 2012 saw horrifying mass shootings across the country from a primary school in Aurora‚ Colorado to an elementary school in Newtown‚ Connecticut. In December‚ 58 percent of Americans wanted stricter laws surrounding the sale of firearms while only six percent believed
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criminals do not listen to the law. They just do what they want. Another thing is people do not seem to understand that guns do not kill people‚ people kill people. Banning military weapons and more will not solve the gun violence there is in the U.S. and it will not stop terrorists or criminals from getting these illegal weapons. Citations: DeFilippis‚ Evan ‚ and Devin Hughes. "5 arguments against gun control — and why they are all wrong." Los Angeles Times. N.p.‚ 28 July 2016. Web. 10 May 2017
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Adam Lanza‚ the perpetrator of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting‚ who killed 27 people. “Adam Lanza was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome by a psychiatrist. Adam also had obsessive-compulsive disorder” (Solomon). Yet his family owned several weapons‚ which they shouldn’t have been allowed to and shouldn’t have had to the reach of people since they had a child whose mental health was compromised and couldn’t take control of his actions‚ and him acquiring those guns his family owned made the tragedy
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law. This simply isn’t true‚ but many people believe that’s what gun control is. The weapons that are targeted by law makers are over-the-top dangerous and weapons that can be easily hidden by most people’s standards. The official term for this is "semi-auto assault guns". In addition‚ magazines with considerably large ammo counts were banned. To understand the banning of
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did my research the army wasn’t all that fun as I thought it would be. I remember going to a little camp to see how it would be like and after that day I’ve never wanted to be in the army again. In the texts‚ “Armed and Underage” and “The Perfect Weapon” they show that children are being forced to be soldiers. I don’t believe that children should be in the army at such a young age. The reason why I say this is because these young kids that aren’t even teenagers are having to listen to what people
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comes with many rules too. Students aren’t allowed to carry guns. Only full-time faculty are permitted to carry the weapon. This excludes any tutors or any part time teachers or workers at the school. This makes the right to carry a gun very exclusive. For the full-time faculty members‚ the law restricts them to bring their gun into gyms‚ stadiums‚ and hospitals. This keeps the weapons away from the areas that need to be kept safe. Places like gyms‚ stadiums‚ and hospitals are areas where safety can
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