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20-year-old Adam Lanza in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14 2012. At some point before Adam went to Sandy Hook Elementary School, investigators believed that he killed his mother, Nancy Lanza. Before living the house Adam stole three guns (A semi-automatic AR-15 assault rifle, Pistols and a Sig Sauer) and then proceeded into the elementary school, according to law enforcement officials he was wearing black fatigues and a military vest. Earlier that year the principal of the school, Dawn…

Introduction Gun control has been the center of attention as of late. This topic will split people in two groups: liberals and conservatives. Liberals favor stricter laws on guns and think the everyday citizen should not own one. Conservatives on the other hand think the complete opposite. They think everyone should have a firearm for their protection and the protection of others. We can own firearms because of the second amendment. Even though the second amendment lets us own firearms,…

A gun is a weapon, when applied force on the trigger, ejects the bullet as well as a sharp noise simultaneously. Occasionally, as a result, it leads to sudden death of innocent people. There are numerous cases registered in the USA on this unexpected firing. Some of these include Sandy hook elementary school in Newton, CT, at a grocery store in Tucson, Arizona, the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. This unexpected firing could be overcome by the gun control. The following paper illustrates the…

Gun violence is a hot controversial issue in the US; the Democratic Liberals want stricter gun control laws while the gun raising NRA members want their rights protected. These two groups have polar opposite views on solving gun violence. Liberals want to remove guns in total while the NRA wants to arm more rightful Americans for defense. Both groups have some good ideas, but the general public needs to understand that the answer isn’t less guns. Being an avid trap shooter and hunter myself, I…

M-16, AR 15, Bush master. All examples of weapons under heavy debate whether they should be sold to the public or not. All three rifles are capable of fully automatic fire but do not have that option when sold in the private sector due to gun control laws. But they all are equipped with semi automatic firing which allows you to fire the gun at the rate at which your finger can pull the trigger. This small difference seems irrelevant when you think about it due to…

Prior to the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in October of 2014, one officer requested a Taser to better diffuse the conditions. No officer near the scene had another non-lethal way to deal with the situation at hand (Give Cops). This is exact testament contributes greatly to the need for gun control laws–even in law enforcement. There are those who support gun control laws in the United States and there are those who oppose gun control laws. Gun control laws should not violate a…

led to the end of the war by causing mass destruction and millions of casualties. B. The development of the advanced technological M1 Garand rifle in World War II (helped the infantry soldiers in WWII) essentially help led to the end of the war. The M1 Garand rifle was a highly-acclaimed rifle for the United States in World War II. As the standard infantry rifle of the Second World War, the Garand saw combat throughout theaters in Europe with the United States Army and especially in the Pacific…

World War I started the twentieth century off with a bang. The war began when Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip was a nineteen year-old who was a member of the Serbian terrorist group called The Black Hand. The terrorist group requested that if the country had a large population of Serbian peoples that they need to be freed. With the death of the Archduke, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Austria-Hungary also had a promise from Germany that if…

The Swiss Way- Gun Control Theodore Roosevelt once said, “We should encourage rifle practice among school boys, and indeed, among all classes. The first step in the direction of preparation to avert war if possible, and to be fit for war, if it should come, is to teach men to shoot.” One of the biggest debates in the United States at the moment is whether or not there should be a tighter control on guns. If one were to look at the statistics around the world, the country that seems to have one…

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…