Gun culture

banned guns? Would the crime rate increase? Would we start losing other rights that are in the constitution? Would our country begin to be run by criminals and foolish people? I don’t want to find out and I don’t want to live in a world where those happen. I believe that if we ban guns, it would lead to worse things down the road; people would be frightened if they understood what they would be losing and those people won’t realize until they are in a situation where they need a gun. Guns are…

Stephen E. Wright, an author and blogger, feels anti-gun groups fight to restrict a constitutional right. Wright feels anti-gun groups, to no avail, continue to reiterate old arguments (2012, para. 1). He believes a civilian can 't one day become a killer by having access to a weapon. Wright feels that by limiting handgun purchases, more problems will occur. He goes on to say, more guns won 't result in more shootings. While, gun control has been a topic of conversation for more than thirty…

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…

to generalize Muslims, brown and blacks in relation to their race and religion, not their identity as an individual. In class we learn as anthropologists, it is impossible to make normal judgments about beliefs of others before we understand the culture which is also applied that we cannot make judgements and generalize a whole race and religion as one. The way the author is portraying America is also related to the concept of ethnocide. As the author explains generalization and how because…

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…

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…