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    Hunting How many of you like to hunt for sport, exercise for fitness, or even food for the family? Well you can do all of these if you have the right papers and tags. There has been a huge growth in the past years thanks to management efforts and taxes that hunters pay. Hunters pay hundreds of dollars for licenses and tag per year. Some licenses can cost anywhere from ninety to one hundred twenty dollars. Some hunters will pay 32,000 dollars plus the pursuit of the animals on a ten day hunt…

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    In fact, Violence Policy Center, a gun safety group, took gun death rates from 2014 and created a list based on death via gun per 100,000 residents. Massachusetts, a state that requires permits in order to ban guns and also has a ban on assault rifles was rated 3rd lowest, 48th out of 50, with roughly 4 citizens per 100,000 killed via gun; Washington, on the other hand, was rated 36th out of 50 with almost 10 per 100,000. With laws that allow people to buy guns as if they were eggs in a grocery…

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    Hunting is the practice of killing or trapping animals. There are all kinds of hunting around the whole world. The hunting I prefer is duck hunting, deer hunting, and turkey hunting. All of these include one main thing and that is patience. There is so much more hunting around the world than just those three. There is boar, elk, coyote and even squirrel hunting. A lot of the times people go hunting so they can mount it or eat the meat of that animal for me I like to eat it because when you try…

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    A Vietnam: A Short Story

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    peacefully grazing in the distance, every once and awhile swatting their heads back trying to keep away the ferocious bugs biting at their flesh. The scenery would distract me for a short period of time, but then smoke rising in the distance or a single rifle shot would remind me of where I was. It was the first day of May, only one more month before I go home, leaving this dreadful country known as Vietnam behind. At daybreak, we began a treacherous trip through the infested jungles of…

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    My First Deer Narrative

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    one that could decide between me, and my first deer. I had been hunting for a couple of years, but have found nothing worthy of being my first harvest buck. If you shoot a young buck, there won't be any bigger ones in the upcoming harvest. With my rifle in the trunk, and the pedal to the floor I was on my way to find my buck. The hike was a steep, tiring, and long one. The reason my spot was magical was the treachery one had to go through to get there. Deer will go through many hardships to…

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    Essay On Gun Violence

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    large section of different types of firearms that are made. There are seven different type of firearms, along different types of firing actions and ammunitions. The seven types of firearms are the following: handguns, revolvers, pistols, derringers, rifles, and shotguns. The different types of guns firing actions are the following: fully automatic, semi-automatic, machine gun, and submachine gun. There are only two types of gun ammunition which are caliber and gauge. Most criminals prefer guns…

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    Against Gun Control Essay

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    before trying to solve issues by making more laws . Inventing a system of banning assault weapons will be the initial problem. For example, the laws that already associate with this issue are ineffectual. Some of these guns are really just ordinary rifles; therefore it is hard for legislators to successfully regulate them without banning half the handguns in the country. It would be nearly impossible to satisfy the people with the type of gun restrictions. In an article from The Washington Post…

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    Being raised on a farm in such a rural area such as Monroe County, West Virginia meant learning how to use a firearm was almost more of a necessity than a passion. However, for myself it happened to be both. I love to hunt all sorts of game such as: deer, squirrel, turkey, and dove to name a few. Hunting all these animals obviously requires the use of several different types and calibers of guns. My dad, a gun enthusiast as well, taught me from a very young age the dangers of a firearm as…

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    approximately 200 nautical miles away. Conventional weapons generally require a propellant to fire a projectile to inflict damage either by piercing or by explosion of the target. Some examples of conventional weapons would be cruise missiles or rifles which use a chemical propellant (explosion of gun power to fire a bullet and burning of liquid fuel to propel the missile) to gain high velocities until the point of impact. The principle of conservation of momentum explains the projection. As…

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    who declared allegiance to ISIS, was easily able to access a gun and open fire inside of a nightclub called Pulse. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said, “Mateen had legally purchased two guns; .233-caliber AR-15-type assault rifle and a 9mm semiautomatic pistol.” I understand that many people use the, “I need a gun for protection” or “I’m going hunting” for an excuse to have a gun. However, many people use them for wrong so, I think the Military should be…

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