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    switch over to the fire your gun should glow red when you do. Today your goal is to score the most points. The closer you get to the bullseye the more points you can get. You can fire when ready and when you run out of ammo set your gun down and flip the switch to safety. Oh and there is one other thing, you will rarely fire at stationary targets.” He reached up and pulled a lever down the targets began to move back and forth. “Now go.” I then flipped the switch to fire. The gun began to glow a…

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    You’re being watched, listened to and monitored through your computer, phone and even TV. And it doesn’t stop there. You’re being told what to eat and what to buy. Whether you know it or not, big brother is watching — and here’s seven signs that tell you how. 1. Surveillance cameras (They’re watching you) They’re out there watching you. The United States of America has become the Untitled States of Surveillance with camera on every corner watching and recording your every move. But that’s…

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    desire to prove to those around him that he is becoming a man, which justifies his yearning of economical freedom, personal freedom, and respect. Dave believes in order to be a man, you must have a gun. He says “Shucks, a man oughta hava little gun aftah he done worked hard all day…” (Wright, pg. 860) The gun is a symbol of manhood, which is something that Dave is desperately trying…

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    In 2007, at 18 years old, I was arrested in Edgewater, New Jersey. My vehicle, then, was a black 2004 Saturn. The car was parked near 725 River Road Edgewater, NJ at the time of the arrest. The passengers with me included my sister, Tianna DeJesus, who was sitting in the back seat, and my boyfriend at the time, Ralph Fernandez, who was in the passenger seat. The police officer pulled next to my vehicle and asked why we were parked there. Mr. Fernandez was smoking marijuana and dropped the…

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    The Transportation Security Administration sets rules and regulations for airport security to protect passengers and prevent hijacking on planes (Airport Security Strategies). Patrick Smith argues that the TSA has the wrong mindset because security regulations and screenings currently in place are too focused on searching for pointy objects, shoe removal, and liquids/gels. These methods are self-destructive because with the majority of security measures focused in airports dangerous people or…

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    was the area I was patrolling. On patrol I saw a male matching the description and informed the control room straight away. Following him from a distance, it was necessary for me to be cautious in these circumstances as he was going into the town centre possible armed with a weapon. (88) What did you do to take control of the situation? When I saw the male matching the description I contacted control and informed that I had sight of the male and the direction he was going. I also checked to…

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    cases where police officers shoot because they suspect the person had a gun when they reached for an unidentified object. One of those cases was Keith McLeod, Reisterstown, MD, who was shot fatally by an officer who claimed to have seen McLeod reaching for a handgun around his backpack. Like many times before that wasn’t true as there wasn’t a gun on him and Cases like this only end with speculation of the officer of an imaginary gun killing or injuring a victim.…

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    School mass shooting is the biggest threat to the school safety and the public health, it somehow has become an American routine and rapidly increased since last thirty years. The School Shooting of Columbine, Sand Hook, and Virginia Tech have become the “icon” of American history because innocent children and students are killed in schools where they are supposed to be safe and to learn knowledge from. As the public, we condolence the dead and their families and condemn those offenders and…

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    shooters were Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. They were planning the shooting for months. They would make videos about who to blame and why. They hated the world because they were bullied. Their parents never noticed a thing. A man sold minors guns, the guns were used to shoot twelve students including Rachel…

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    The M2 Light Tank started being used in 1935. It was originally known as the T2E1 but then later received the name it has now. The tank started out with only one machine gun but they later changed the design so that it had two machine guns. The two machine gun design led to the M2 design which was nicknamed the “Mae West” (Military Factory). The Mortar 81mm, M1 started being used in 1935. The mortar was based on a design that the French engineer Edward William Brant…

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