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Although Obama’s intentions may be pure, the gun laws that he and his administration have gotten enacted fail to consider the long term effect that they will have. These laws are created on the faulty premise that the amount of gun crimes and gun violence can be drastically decreased by restricting legally obtained firearms. The fallacy of this premise can be easily established by looking at California which has the strictest gun laws in the country and is still home to one of the U.S.’s top 5…

discuss only two small blemishes: the gun culture and the military culture.”(Mike Sharpe).The U.S. has struggled with this gun culture and has had a hard time solving the number gun related deaths in the country. It also seems that there is no effort being made by the government to fix this issue. Many government officials and a majority of the general having been calling for the government to create stricter gun laws. If the untied the states creates stricter gun laws and enforces these laws…

Gun Debate: Where is the Middle Ground? Gun violence has become a great concern in the United States. It seems that many public places have become less safe from violence. Theaters, schools and even work places are subject to random violence. Like many issues today there is a great divide of beliefs and opinions. The ability to develop better gun control has for the most part eluded the government. A large percentage of people in the United States feel that there is nothing that can be done to…

The Vietnam was not a pretty war, there were many young kids that got drafted and others that wanted to go, like Ted Boquist. Boquist was a young kid straight out of high school and wanted to get away from his small hometown so Boquist decided to fight a war that many wish would never had happened. Boquist’s experience in the war was what most people expected it to be like, he was sent to basic training, AIT, and eventually to Vietnam to defend our country. Luckily he made it back safely, and he…

victims; they killed over a dozen people and wounded almost two dozen others, before turning the guns on themselves and taking their own lives. In all, there were…

Play Analysis Wild Party The given circumstances are 1. Queenie is a vaudeville performer, and Burrs is a vaudevillian clown. This information influences the play because it tells the audience how Queenie and Burrs met 2. Later on in the song Queenie Was a Blonde the audience learns that Queenie is sexually ambitious, and no one can satisfy her until she meets Burrs. During the opening number, it is mentioned that “and fireworks flew, her passion ignited, she was smitten…now Queenie and Burrs…

Bearing Arms After the tragic event of Sandy Hook, the NRA’s executive vice president and CEO, Wayne LaPierre, responded with: "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun” (Moore). LaPierre’s statement foresees the future of educational faculty members becoming capable of protecting the well-being of themselves and students with an armed weapon. This weapon will be active when a threat is applied. To explain this threat, one must engage themselves to reflect on the…

In the short story, the setting was never clearly said. It is assumed that the safari is taking place in Kenya because of Wilson said something about Nairobi that they are somewhere in the plains. That author, Hemingway, set on a safari around 1935-1936, thus, it makes perfect sense that he chose a setting based on his safari. The setting, in Kenya, is somewhat foreign to Francis. He is used to living the “American life” with all the conveniences and luxuries that come with it. Along with lions…

Book review of Fist, Stick, Knife and Gun Fist, Stick, Knife and Gun is a firsthand account of a boy growing up in poverty and low income neighborhoods. The author Geoffrey Canada, explains in detail the progression of how kids go from innocent children to gun toting criminals, becoming members of what is now the “hand gun generation” (Canada, 1995). He answers the question, how can a 13 year old be callous enough to take another’s life, where and what went wrong in the lives of these…

Ransom endlessly defending himself without a weapon and pleading for justice to be served to Liberty tiredly purchases a gun in the ending credits. Ransoms character displayed his masculinity with dignity of high morals and respect. Avoiding the need to oppose a threat with a gun, he effortlessly attempts to confront both Liberty and Tom for their wrong doings. Ransom throughout the movie expresses his passion for justice through his gentle soul, never…