National Firearms Act

other highly controversial topics, citizens in the United States are either all for gun control or 100 percent against it. There does not seem to be any end in sight for the fight on gun control. Firearm laws are always a big issue in politics because some people think if they were to take away firearms then the crime rate would go down. They also believe the amount of “gun deaths” would go down. This topic usually surfaces on news channels right after a shooting has occurred. Since it is…

‘Salem Father Killed, Suspects Arrested After Shooting,’ by David Davis and Whitney M. Woodworth is an article on a U.S. crime incident from the Statesman Journal that was published on August 2, 2016. This article addresses an incident of a robbery turned shooting in northeast Salem. Two offenders were arrested who are believed to be the suspects responsible for the shooting that occurred within a Salem home, the 4800 block of Jean Street NE. The original intent of the robbery was to steal…

can provide vital evidence to the police. Another alternative would be to use the friend’s vulnerability to keep him from raging. He is obviously in a tough situation and his emotions are spiraling out of control. He was just robbed and he wants to act out and seek revenge. This action is what most people would be set on, but in reality, it’s not the logical thing to do. Being put in a moral dilemma can be nerve wracking at times. When making decisions, as human beings, we tend to quickly take…

Along with strong ethos and logos, Beck also uses strong pathos. In the book’s “Author’s Note,” Beck says the gun argument “is really about control. Not of guns, but of us. Controlling what we eat and drive, how we heat our homes, and how we educate our kids—that’s all small potatoes compared to controlling our overall relationship with government” (XV). Beck is evoking anger and concern out of his audience. Beck’s main audience is conservatives, and most conservatives prefer as little…

Police Militarization Good or Bad After watching “Do Not Resist” by Craig Atkinson and reviewing some articles the class realized that the police are not trained on how to use the military equipment, but yet they are given this equipment. We are just now learning about how the police are gaining all these supplies and how they are not being trained on how to use it but why are we just now hearing about all this. In the article “Trump Endorses Militarization of Police…”, John…

In “Why Gun ‘Control’ Is Not Enough,” McMahan argues that the United States should ban private gun ownership almost entirely. His most crucial claim is that general gun ownership does more damage to the U.S. than it prevents. Therefore, banning private gun ownership would minimize the amount of occasions where a gun could potentially be used for harm. In this paper, I will reject these claims presented by McMahan because the banning of private gun ownership would not inevitably lower crime rates…

Throughout a person’s life, they’ll change, both physically and mentally. This transformation or change can be great, or it can be terrible, such is evident in the short story by Liam O’Flaherty called “The Sniper.” “The Sniper” takes place in Dublin, Ireland 1922 during the Irish Civil War. One night he was shot at by an enemy sniper and was hit once in his left arm. He used a ruse to kill the enemy sniper and when he found out the identity of his kill he was immediately remorseful. Over the…

In Steve Nolan’s article “25 Reasons Why We Need To Preserve Our 2nd Amendment Right To Keep And Bear Arms,” he explains why we should bear arms, and why we should fight to keep our civil liberty to bear arms. This essay is intended to help the reader become more informed on the right to bear arms, how the media only covers gun related incidents, but not instances where guns have saved people, and how many politicians contort the 2nd amendment to aid them in elections. By uncovering some truths…

freedom of speech. The article describes some of the most historic moments regarding free speech that most of us may not know about. Highlighted events include Ronald Reagan's run for governor in 1966 to the recent N.F.L (National Football League) players protesting during the National Anthem. The main idea from the article is that free speech originated from liberals point of view, but has since been converted to a more conservative way of thinking. As I think about what the article talked…

The op-ed piece “Mass shootings are an American problem. There’s an American solution.” was written in response to the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. On September 30, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada, a gunman opened fire on attendees at a country music concert, killing 58 and injuring well over 500. Published just four days later, at a time when emotions are heightened and people are searching for answers to the questions of how and why such a horrific event could occur, Chris…