Assault rifle

homophobic massacre in Orlando on June 12. In certain respects the call makes sense. Should we live in a society with fewer guns? Of course. Does the right wing’s commitment to guns reek of double standards? Definitely. Are gun lobbies such as the National Rifle Association absurdly powerful? Absolutely. However, the current emphasis on gun control shifts the focus away from the core cause of the Orlando massacre: the injustice of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people of color.…

Gun violence with has been the cause of the deaths of many American adults and children. According to BBC News, there were about 372 mass shootings in the United States in the year of 2015. There was 2015 Umpqua Community College shooting that had killed ten people and wounded 20 by the end of the day. People thought of the shooting with a collective shrug which means that they saw it as another common occurrence and ignored it. The collective shrug shows how America has been comfortable about…

Before the 1994 assault weapons ban there was no such thing as an assault shotgun or assault pistol. The law essentially did the same thing pistols as it did for rifles. Pre ban there were machine pistols, but they were already highly restricted. The ban just changed the name to assault pistols and broadened the definition to include semi-automatics with two or more of the following features that also…

Three hundred eighty-five is the number of people killed in a mass shooting in 2016 according to the Gun Violence Archive which reflects the number of incidents reported and verified. Seven in a college town, five in an airport, and 49 in a nightclub the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. While the death tolls, places and memorial photos change there is one common characteristic; the weapon chosen. Though to be clear it is difficult to define what is considered a mass shooting and the…

When the founding fathers of the United States wrote the Constitution, they added the Bill of Rights which is a set of the first the ten amendments of to the Constitution. The second of these amendments, states that "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." (U.S Const. Amend II). Particularly, this amendment is interpreted in many ways; some pro gun-control groups say only militias are…

people’s access to assault weapons and limit magazine sizes? This question has divided the nation. The Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 banned large capacity magazines and assault weapons. Then in 2004 the ban was lifted and never renewed. Now Americans are wondering if it should be renewed after many mass shootings like in Newtown, Connecticut. According to the FBI, more people in America are murdered every year by weapons such as knives, personal weapons and blunt objects than assault rifles.…

AR-15 assault rifle, pistols made by Glock and a Sig-Sauer handgun. Adam Lana went inside the school and fatally shot 20 children between six and seven years old, as well as six adult staff members. Prior to driving to the school, Lana shot and killed his mother at their Newtown home. As first responders arrived at the scene, Lana committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. We can see that one of the same guns that were involved in all these shooting appear. The gun was the Ar15 rifle…

Penalties for aggravated assault depend on the degree, the injuries that may have occurred, and the state where the assault took place. Some charges can be considered as misdemeanors but in other states, it can be treated as a felony. Some states require jail time from four months to a year in county jail and average fines from $150 - $500. Other states require jail time averaging $10,000 plus 15 years jail. Other penalties include electronic monitoring, parole, fines and court costs,…

off, the last right they need is the one that allows them to walk into a store and purchase one legally. I also believe the laws in place for automatic or assault style weapons must be much stricter than the laws in place for handguns and rifles. You are surely not going to be using a machine gun to hunt deer. The likelihood of needing an assault style weapon to protect yourself are so low, I would even argue that their sale should be limited law enforcement and military…

World War I started the twentieth century off with a bang. The war began when Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip was a nineteen year-old who was a member of the Serbian terrorist group called The Black Hand. The terrorist group requested that if the country had a large population of Serbian peoples that they need to be freed. With the death of the Archduke, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Austria-Hungary also had a promise from Germany that if…