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    On April 28th 1996 a gun men armed with a semi-automatic rifle shot and killed 35 people wounding 18, after this the government decided that maybe their gun laws needed to be re-looked at. They implement stricter gun laws and even had gun buyback programs for guns that were decided illegal so that no one was losing money. This lead to lower gun related suicides as well as gun related homicides these dropped 65% and 59% respectfully. This was in Australia of course not is America, because in…

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    Gun control is a controversial topic to be talked about considering the pros and cons that come along with it. The pros being the control of having a gun in order to have a sense of protection, our right to bear arms and less death rates. On the other side cons being restricting a person to their own personal safety and diminishing personal hobbies such as hunting, and job related activities by not having guns being allowed at all. Guns come with responsibility and consequences that can occur if…

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    been done with this gun. For instance, you can use a GAT CRANK to make an AR-15 fully automatic, and the user stated, “It was easy and cheap.” That means you can turn any semi-automatic gun almost fully automatic which makes it more dangerous. Additionally, Stephen Paddock, the Las Vegas killer of 60 and wounder of over 500, used the illegal bump stock and AR-15 to do this mass shooting. That proves how rifles aren’t used for self defense…

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    If you want to be a good hunter, you must have the proper gear to do the job. The first and most important items are a firearm and ammunition. The type of gun you will need would be a rifle, shotgun, or a handgun, if you are hunting small game. Some of the best types of rifles are a savage model 99dl or a Winchester 94. A good shot gun would be either a Browning, Beretta, or a Winchester. The special features of these shotguns are that they are very good for hunting birds because they shoot…

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    Gun History Research Paper

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    flintlock models. There were many types of flintlocks made. The flintlock idea was thought of and started developing in France during early 17th century. The flintlock style of firearms, quickly was the most popular ignition system. The musket, fusil, rifle and fowler were all types of flintlock firearms. Blunderbusses were a type of musket, they were for close combat fights. They were loaded with lead shots. They were used for boarding naval ships and coach guns. Flintlock pistols were very…

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    Mass Shootings

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    It was October 1st, 2017 at the Route 91 Harvest Festival when Stephen Craig Paddock (the shooter) on the 32nd Floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel he shot down at 22,000 people with his more than 10 rifles that he had stored in his room. Sadly 58 people were killed in this attack and around 515 people were severely injured. Now if guns were illegal in America this event wouldn’t be possible and It might have never taken place and hundreds of families…

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    It was Saturday night. The club seemed packed with hundreds of people inside, when an unbelievable, yet seemingly repeatable horror story took place. A man approached the club on foot, armed with a semi-automatic rifle and a semi-automatic pistol and entered the building. The club’s guard engaged the armed man, but he returned fire and killed the police officer; however, the armed man did not stop there and continued on his way to the main floor where he began shooting patrons. A couple of…

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    shooters than hunters, “Estimates range from 20 million to more than 40 million annual participants” (National Shooting Sports Foundation). Of these shooters, 65 percent are shooting rifles, 64.7 are handguns, 48.1 are shotguns, and 18.5 percent are muzzleloaders. Notice that the most popular choice of weapon is a rifle. A rifle is defined as “A weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the…

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    use the assault rifle AR-15. Therefore, people think the AR-15 is the problem on why there are so many shootings. The AR-15 Has been used in the past three mass shootings. (USA Today, Garrison) The AR-15 was chosen in multiple mass shootings, it has been used to break amendments and what people think of the weapon, and my argument on why it should not be banned. The AR-15 was created by Eugene Stoner, it is subsequent of the M-16. He built it to be a semi-automatic assault rifle to be used for…

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    6.5 Creed Horse Case Study

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    center-fire rifle cartridge has become a hot commodity in the shooting range and hunting arena because the cartridge is superbly accurate. The cartridge was originally designed for competitive shooting before hunter took notice of its performance. In the first instance, the 6.5 Creedmoor became a popular short action cartridge for hunters because of a number of factors, including high success rate of the cartridge in shooting competition and lack of hunting specific loads. The trend have the…

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