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away. Many people argue that stricter gun control laws could have prevented a criminal from walking into the store with a firearm in the first place. The belief is that stricter gun control laws can help prevent many crimes from taking place. Our country has many gun control laws that already…

An Anthropological Perspective on “Lone Wolf”: Our Stunning Double Standards When it comes to race and religion by Khaled Beydoun In the news article, writer Khaled Beydoun argues that the shooting in Las Vegas on October 1st demonstrates how people in America view the act of terrorism when it comes to race and religion. Despite how the shooter, Stephen Paddock, was armed with ten rifles, and the large scale of causalities, Sherriff Joe Lombardo immediately rejected that the crime has any…

Guns are used all around the world, but here in the United States, we need to keep our gun usage limited with gun laws. Gun laws are put into action to make sure firearms are used responsibly; however, people will always find a way to break these laws no matter how many are made. Our Second Amendment, "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”, gives U.S. citizens the right to own a weapon…

Limited Access: Guns in School Think back to the headlines and media from the following years; 1999, 2007, and 2012. These are all years in which popular school shootings occurred, and shocked the nation. The first shooting that took place was Columbine, followed by Virginia Tech, and most recently Sandy Hook. These are prime examples of the danger that guns can pose to the school environment. It is an unfortunate circumstance when the two worlds collide. Like oil and water, guns and school…

shooting range. He is reluctant to turn it over because it is a special custom handgun his grandfather used to own that he has refurbished. A week later your friend has been robbed and is in a fit of rage. He knows who did it and demands you turn the gun over immediately. He appears to be wanting to confront, and potentially kill, the criminal. Do you give him the handgun? There are many questions to be asked when a moral dilemma is presented.…

Brennen Neeley Writing Assignment 2 California Gun Control I have chosen to write about a very controversial topic, a topic that is relevant in every presidential campaign, a topic that truly interest me not only as a student but as a citizen, I am writing about firearm regulations. This topic also interests me as an avid gun collector. California has some of the strictest regulations on firearms and receives an enormous amount of scrutiny for having them. Unfortunately, this is the type of…

I may seem like a quiet person or in other words a shy person. But in no way is that true , I used to be the person who wanted to meet everyone. Many incidents in life have caused me to wait for the monster in a person to come out before attempting to establish a relationship. I have hurt many people this way I can only love those who I know and trust. My main source of distrust and dislike of new people is because of a man named Donny Jordan and the night I almost got my family killed.…

Facts and holding Warren McCleskey and three other furnished men ransacked the Dixie Furniture Store in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 13, 1978. Amid the burglary, Officer Frank Schlatt entered the front of the store and was lethally shot in the face. Nobody really saw the slaughtering. After McCleskey's capture regarding another outfitted theft, he admitted to the Atlanta hold-up, yet denied shooting Officer Schlatt. In any case, immediate and incidental confirmation indicated McCleskey as the…

The increase in the media coverage of mass violence, has been found to be one of the reasons mass events increase. More mass shootings happen every day, and the news give attention to the accused shooter. This results in spurts of copycat killers: people who crave attention enough to resort to mass violence. The reason for the increase in media coverage comes from the people's right to know: people need the truth so the reporters do their job. Still, it is the journalists' responsibility to help…

1. Tevin Thompson testified in a Jacksonville, Fla., courtroom about the incident that occurred over Thanksgiving in 2012. Four friends were driving around town in a Dodge Durango when they stopped for gum and cigarettes at a local convenience store. Michael Dunn and his girlfriend pulled up in a Volkswagen and parked beside an SUV. Dunn is a 47-year-old white male who asked the black teenagers inside the SUV to turn down the loud music. Thompson, 19, said he turned down the volume but his…