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    Gun Ownership Speech

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    After hearing your passionate speech on gun ownership, I feel I am obliged to write to you in hope of expressing my alternative views and attitude towards the gun ownership. I suspect the authoritativeness of your interpretation upon the second amendment, and I think it has most incongruously given a false sense of belief to public. To my displeasure, which might have been shared with other Americans, I fervently disapprove your speech on providing the misleading fact about the trend of gun…

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    Lately, with the high rise of gun violence and mass shootings in the United States gun control, gun laws, and the Second Amendment have been a prevalent controversial topic amongst many. The Second amendment word for word states: 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. The Second Amendment has been interpreted in many different ways, but it serves one specific purpose. If you read the…

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    or more. They already keep guns legally out of unsafe people’s hands, while good, honest people are still able to access guns. In 1791, the Bill of Rights was ratified. The Second Amendment, written by James Madison, states, “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” (“The Second Amendment”). The Second amendment was created to protect against criminal and any foreign or domestic threat.…

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    were not taken and guns were not able to be used unless it was for military purposes. The only problem with that was that it was going against the second amendment which was considered unconstitutional. The second amendment said “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.” The question how is Dick Heller going to get a majority vote for allowing the people to have guns back again? How are…

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    Amendments says, “A Well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”, is not really what it is because of the Bill of Rights. We don’t really have the right to bear arms, without background checks or registration. According to the Keeping the Republic textbook, what they really mean is “You can own a gun, just in case the government should find itself in the need of well-trained militia.” Also that we…

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    Although Benedict Arnold was a traitor, his plan to betray the patriots was discovered and did not impact the result of the war. Benedict Arnold was a great general of the American Revolutionary War. At first, Benedict Arnold started the war as a militia captain. Acting under a commission from the revolutionary government of Massachusetts, Arnold partnered with Vermont frontiersman Ethan Allen and allen's green mountain boys to capture the unsuspecting British garrison at fort ticonderoga in…

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    Americans the right to legally own and carry a firearm. The amendment states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” People all around the United States have been expressing their opinion on all the issues regarding the 2nd Amendment. So ask yourself the question, would better gun control save our country? Militia, in the time of the Revolutionary War, were groups of white men who came…

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    size as the Allied Forces, of whom came out victorious, fought against the Axis powers. The Battle of Kokoda was a significant battle in WWII for the Australian soldiers and the Australian population as a whole due to feats overcome by Australian militia which significantly influenced Australia’s national identity, as well as helping to shape and showcase the personality of the young boys who grew into men and the courageous acts completed by ‘true-blue aussies’ which saved the Australian…

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    male topics and taught him the way to be a gentleman. Washington additionally obtained schooling from him. At age 16, George have become a surveyor, mapping out the newly located lands in detail. A couple years later he had become a leader with the militia and turned into involved within the French and Indian war. At one point all through the warfare, he narrowly escaped loss of life whilst his horse changed into shot out from beneath him. After the struggle, George was one in every…

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    Black Dust: A Short Story

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    !” My mind still couldn’t process what was happening. “Take him away, boys.” The owner said as he turned to the two other men. They were wearing the same blue outfit. Their shirts marked with BM. The men were part of the State-sponsored Buffalo Militia. They were Feds. One of them bent down to grab me, but I shot up and started running. If they caught me, I would be put in a long trial that would only end in me getting killed. “Get back here, slave!” Screamed one of the men behind me. I kept…

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