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I will always remember the first time I pulled a trigger. I was 10 years old when my dad took my sister and I to a gun range. Just knowing that I would get the chance to hold a gun made me feel grown. Shooting at the targets with the rifle, or just shooting aimlessly, was probably the most nerve-wrecking and exhilarating experience I had as a kid. Since I was young, I didn’t fully understand the power or danger of a gun. To me, guns were just toys for big men but as I got older, guns…

In the article, “Confessions of a Liberal Gun Owner,” Justin Cronin, a liberal award-winning novelist and a professor at Rice University, describes the experiences he has underwent during in his life that caused his beliefs of gun control. Cronin wrote this article after a shooter entered an elementary school and killed 27 innocent people. He believes it is too easy for Americans to buy guns, but he also believes many people who are against guns do not look at the reality of gun control. They…

Gun Rights, an American Freedom “Guns don’t kill people, people do. When guns are outlawed, only the outlaws will have guns.” (Schwartz) Imagine living in a place where you have no freedoms, no way to protect your self and you feel unsafe? This is what it would be like in the United States i strict gun control laws were enforced today. Even though some people believe that taking gun rights away would decrease crime in the world, it is not effective because it only stops “good guys” from…

STRICTER GUN CONTROL LAWS ARE NEEDED IN THE UNITED STATES Stricter gun control laws have been a controversy for many years here in the United States. There are millions of people advocating for gun violence awareness so that more people can become part of the movement to put pressure on legislature to create new and better gun ownership laws. At the same time, the gun lobbyists (NRA and NSSF) are putting pressure on the lawmakers to keep from enforcing stricter gun laws. Meanwhile, everyday…

In the United States, there are high ethical standards that have to be followed in the criminal justice system. To work in law enforcement in the United States, a person of interest has to go through an extensive background check to determine whether they have good moral character which may include a polygraph exam and a psychological exam. “How To Become A Police Officer” by Timothy Roufa updated October 12, 2016 The Balance.com If so much is demanded of a Police Officer who openly carries a…

Instructions Build the Tallest Freestanding Structure: The winning team is the one that has the tallest structure measured from the ground to the top of the bag of marshmallows. Teams cannot suspend project from a higher structure, like a chair, ceiling, or chandelier. The Entire Bag of Marshmallow must be on top: The entire bag of marshmallow needs to be on the top of the structure. Eating marshmallows disqualifies the team. Use as much or as little of the Kit: The team can use as many or…

unconstitutional (Bill of Rights Institute). Since its establishment, however, it is a source of debate in relation to the application of gun laws in the United States. Nearly one hundred years following the creation of the Bill of Rights, the National Rifle Association (NRA) was founded in order to protect the rights of gun owners while opposing restrictive gun laws (History of Gun Ownership Laws). In 1994, following multiple statutes which outlawed the possession and use of machine guns, taxed…

On February 26, 2012, Zimmerman called 911 to report a suspicious person in his neighborhood of Twin Lakes. There had a couple break ins in the last month or so, and a couple cases of vandalism and Zimmerman as the neighborhood watch captain was eager to catch the offender or offenders. He was given instructions by the 911 operator to stay in his truck and wait for police to arrive. Zimmerman ignored the instructions and left his truck to investigate the suspicious person and follow him (CNN,…

“Whizzz”, the fierce sound of one of many bullets rushing by the American soldiers. The soldiers hunker down and try not to get hit. They wait for the gun to stop pumping out rounds, to reload. Then the soldiers slip over the bunker and shoot. Their rifles fire multiple times before the Germans have their machine gun reloaded. The weapons used in World War II (WWII) are a part of history and determined the outcome of WWII. To begin with, there were a large amount of weaponry available for…

Science And Technology In The 1940’s Have you ever wondered how technology and science got so advanced? Many different items that we use today started from something that may seem small, such as, medicine, cell phones, and even irregular things like guns and bombs. Linus Pauling once said, “Science is the search for truth. It is not a game in which one tries to beat others.” While not a game, it is fought like one. Scientists have developed weapons and strategies to progress their performance…