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    Declaration, this is the right to bear arms, while in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, it is known as the Second Amendment. In the past, this ability to own a gun was given to the people because colonists and founders wanted others to have a weapon to protect themselves in case the government became repressive. The people would be able to rebel against the government. Another reason behind being able to bear arms is so that individuals are able to defend themselves in time of…

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    The increasing lack of strong gun control might cause frequent mass shootings. But might frequent mass shootings cause a lack of strong gun-control as well? Yes. Responding to the increase of gun crime, people find themselves wanting to purchase guns for protection. These people may therefore feel that new gun control measures threaten their safety. Try to see it their way, just for a moment. Tinkering around the edges of the rules governing the legal acquisition of firearms can't and won't…

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    In this news article, Douthat discusses about one of the worst mass shootings in American history that took place at a concert in Las Vegas. The gunman, Stephen Paddock, used a modified semi-automatic weapon to spray bullets into the crowd leaving more than 50 dead and more than 500 injured. Douthat explains why gun control is a sore subject, at least for the National Rifle Association and the Republicans. He claims that the gun control cause has a specific political problem. He states that gun…

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    video the narrator says, " to new beginnings" (SaturdayNightLive). As the narrator is saying this the father is giving the newborn firearm. By the actors doing this it comes across as absurd and not normal at all because no one gives a newborn baby a weapon right after the mother gives birth. It just comes across as not making any sense and out of place. Another example is through the use of…

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    instead are more likely to make the situation more deadly. There has been armed civilians in shootings, but they do not tend to get involved in this kind of situations because the police won't know that the person is trying to help and by taking out a weapon you would just become a target. There is just no evidence on people stopping a shooter and not one of the 62 mass shootings that took place in the United States in the last 30 years was stopped by an armed civilian. Jeffrey Voccola,…

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    Essay On Arming Teachers

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    Is Arming Teachers an Ideal Way to Protect Students? Providing teachers and school staff with weapons is not efficient, instead schools should invest using the money on professional school public safety officials like school resource officers. Teachers will have a significant responsibility when handling the gun, which they should not worry about. Arming teachers and school staff and training them on learning how to handle the gun will not make them qualified to provide safety for a school full…

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    We should keep our current regulations, but never add any new ones because most people own guns responsibly. Some people believe that gun control will stop all mass shootings and or gun violence. Some laws don't make improve they make it worse. Most people when taught how to handle a gun don't go out and shoot people. Guns should not be banned because most people own them responsible but some just should not have any. In california assault rifles where ban but did not stop terrorists from…

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    using the M19 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage, which was a self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon. This weapon was based upon the M5 light tank chassis, but modified to fulfill the air defense role. It was then utilized as indirect and direct fire against enemy troops, vehicles and fortifications. Another of the weapons systems used were the M-16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage, also known as the M16 half-track. This weapons system had quad M2 Browning…

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    Although bulletproof vests as we know are a modern invention, the search for protection against enemy attacks has existed since the beginning of times and man-to-man combat. The origins of the first bulletproof vest are controversial, who was first and to invent it, and when is unknown. However, the fact is that anywhere in the world, and anytime new guns were created, defense mechanisms against it were developed. For example, Persian soldiers led by Darius used straw vests against enemy…

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    Crime has risen over 20% in the past decade, however, some would want you to believe that you are safer today than you were a decade ago. Why is this? I believe its a movement to minimize the violence that faces todays society. In the “Wizard of Oz” Dorthy, closes her eyes and clicks her heals. Society has demanded a certain type of law enforcement, therefore, society deserves the “Bad Guys” that they get. These fallacies, such as, crime has decreased, society is safer, over militarization of…

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