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    Essay On Gun Violence

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    without taking away the legal rights of law abiding citizens to acquire and possess firearms. How this problem can be compromised will be discussed throughout this essay . Over the years, gun violence has been a global problem which has been steadily increasing in the united states. In the United States, there are 300 million people. Of those 300 million people 30,000 people lives will be taken from the barrel of a firearm every year. In the United States, their Citizens have the rights to…

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    In August 1987, a single gunman armed with two legally owned semi-automatic weapons and a handgun went on a six hour shooting spree, killing sixteen people and then himself. This caused the United Kingdom to expand their list of banned weapons, including some semi-automatic weapons. In 1996, a middle-aged man used four handguns to kill sixteen school children and one adult. This mass-shooting brought on even stricter…

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    Around 16,459 people were murdered in 2016, and roughly 73% were killed using a firearm of some kind. If there were stricter laws around firearms (noun) it is likely that most of these deaths could have been prevented. However there are many arguments against these beliefs from needing a firearm for self defense and hunting, or saying that innocent people should not be punished for the actions of others, and even if gun laws change it is only going to affect law abiding citizens. It is…

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    regulation actually reduce gun violence” (Goldberg)? “Semi automatic firearms are not “more powerful” than other guns, gun control supporters say that semi automatic firearms are high powered” (Merino). “However, a firearm’s power is determined by the caliber or gauge of its ammunition” (Merino). “Semi automatic firearms are not fully automatic military machine guns” (Merino). “They fire only once when the trigger is pulled unlike a fully automatic firearm which can fire all bullets with one…

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    Ww2 Weapons Essay

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    rifles, bolt action rifles and semi-automatic rifles. Semi-automatic rifles use gas, blow forward, blowback, or recoil energy to eject the cartridge after the round traveled down the barrel, automatically takes a new cartridge from the magazine, and resets the operation This lets another round to be fired once the trigger is squeezed again. The other type of rifle was the bolt-action rifle, where you have to operate the bolt manually.. Most bolt-action firearms are operated by an inner magazine…

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    constitutional right under the second amendment, there are many people who contest this right. The government has made restrictions on firearms claiming it will reduce crime, yet they should not be able to have the power to make changes to our constitutional rights created by our forefathers. The government should recognize the safety Americans can provide for themselves with firearms. Americans are without a doubt, affected…

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    Some people don’t understand that firearms are a tool, it depends on when and what context they are used in. Bump stocks are an extreme case of an accessory and the more people learn about bump stocks, the more they want to ban and regulate them to stop gun crimes. We don’t need to full on ban this accessory, they are already regulated enough-but to get the opposing side to stop wanting to ban them, there needs to be a realization. People on the pro-ban side are trying to explain to citizens…

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    John Diciulio Case

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    or suburban, and middle class. These are some of the most horrific crimes against our youth; however, there are no “Dilulio” warnings about these classes of youth. 2. Research how other Western nations view firearms-related issues. In your research, include statistics on youth firearm violence in…

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    Gun Laws In Canada

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    What You Need to Know About Gun Laws While firearm-related violent crime accounts for a relatively small proportion of all violent crime in Canada, it can have considerable physical, emotional, and psychological effects on those who are victimized, on families, and on the community. As a result, firearm-related violent crime is a significant social concern. In addition, about one in five (21%) firearm-related deaths in Canada is the result of a criminal offence, while the majority (79%) are the…

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    over all the different kind of firearms. There are several different types of guns like pistols, shotguns, Machine guns, and rifles. What we want to look into is the vararity of types of shooting. First off you have semi-automatic that shoots one time every time you pull the trigger, often found used for hand guns. Next is bolt action, you have to pull a lever or bolt back and then load your round unless it has clip, these are found in rifles or longer ranged firearms. Shotguns shoot shells…

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