Cannon

Picture yourself in a grocery store you’ve been going to your whole life.Seeing the locals who are like family and maybe you’re even with your niece or nephew,or even perhaps your own child. You hear a gun shot and realize theres a shooter in the store.You are unarmed and would do anything and everything to protect those you love. What would you do? Would these moments make you second guess yourself about not carrying?These types of situations show that guns are appropriate in times of need.…

Gun Control Students want to go to school and feel safe, and not be afraid of another student having a weapon and causing harm to them. Students affected by school shootings want greater gun control to protect them from people acurying guns and stop school shootings. Would great gun control be a good idea? To begin with great gun control is a good idea because it would reduce deaths from school shootings or other type of gun violence. For instance more gun control laws letting only 24 year…

Bruce Willis once said, “If you take the guns away from the legal gun owners, then the only people who would have guns would be the bad guys (Willis). That perception of gun control is stated very clearly, and accurately. Criminals all have one characteristic in common. They don’t follow the laws. Yet some believe law abiding citizens should lose some of their rights because of the actions of those unlawful citizens. They are wrong. Gun control is needed in our country to ensure our safety, but…

Ever since 1364, when the first firearm was created, people have turned to guns for either violence, protection or leisure. There are several examples of gun violence and misuse. Numerous cases have been reported of unintentional shootings by children. Whether they shot themselves with a pistol or another person/child in the room with a caliber. Not only have guns been misused by young children accidentally, though on purpose for violence by grown men and women. Moreover, Why should a civilian…

Years ago when I was in college night classes…I purchased and began carrying a gun after [taking firearms training] sponsored by the local [police department]. It may seem odd now, but at the time, many girls [at our school] carried guns everywhere, including in classrooms. How much things have changed. Fast forward a few years to my full-time job after college. I worked for a CEO and had a glass office next to his. I never thought about how easy it would be for someone to watch me through those…

July 15, 2003, Cole Cannon went to the home of Evan Miller to make a drug deal with Millers mother (Miller v. Alabama, 2012). Evan Miller and his co-defendant Colby Smith followed Cannon back to his own trailer where all three of them smoked marijuana and played drinking games. After a while Cannon passed out and Miller stole Cannon’s wallet. Miller and Smith split $300.00 between them (Miller v. Alabama, 2012). While Miller was putting the wallet back in Cannon’s pocket, Cannon work up and…

Circle or highlight your position. (Keep in mind that you cannot be “pro” or “con” for all three topics) I am “Pro” I am “Con” Summary of most important points for your side of the issue. This must include 5 distinct points stated in complete sentences: • If more people were to start carrying handguns that would lead criminals to believe that victims are more likely to have a gun so the criminal will be more likely to also carry a gun. • Although there are requirements that need to be…

Have you always wondered where your meat came from? Well that is why you should hunt for your food instead of buying food from walmart. People have been hunting many types of animals for thousands of years and almost every time someone shoots a deer or bear or any other animal all the hard work really does pay off when that meat is in a person’s freezer. Another plus about hunting is hunters get to choose how you want the food made. There is thousands of different ways to make your food and you…

The United States is one of the most advanced countries in the entire world. The U.S. has one of the highest GDP’s in the world, one of the highest life expectancies in the world, and one of the top economies in the world. However the United States also leads the world in the highest number of mass shootings each year. Mike Sharpe, the author of Violent Nation also agrees that United is one of the greatest countries in the world. However Sharpe finds two issues with the United States, “I want to…

62% of the 31,000 deaths caused by a gun are suicides (Cornell 2). According to Arthur L. Kellerman, MD, “residents of homes where a gun is present are 5 times more likely to experience a suicide than residents of homes without guns” (A Case for Gun Control). I have experienced the effects of suicide within my own family. One month ago, my cousin Marisa committed suicide. She was 26 years old and had been diagnosed with schizophrenia a few years prior to the tragic incident. Marisa was not in a…