Shooting an Elephant

guns are hunting and your basic competitive shooting sports that test your accuracy and speed. Many people would say that shooting a gun is not a sport but shooting a gun is just as hard as any other sport. Shooting a gun can take hand eye coordination, accuracy, and concentration. This type of sport can help children and even adults learn the correct way to shoot a firearm, the correct way to handle a firearm, and the correct place to keep a firearm. Shooting sports are a great way to get the…

after this speech you are not one of those people. So how bout we get to how guns can be used for entertainment. Guns have many uses of entertainment but when I think of it only a few pop into my mind. These are rifles shotguns and pistols. Rifle shooting…

take their own lives.1 This was the school shooting that changed everything. It opened people's eyes to possibilities of murder-suicides happening in schools. It didn’t just affect their little town or even the state of Colorado, it prompted national debate and made everyone think twice about simply taking their daily trip to pick up their kids from school. No one knew how to react in the moment or who else they could put the blame on. The school shooting at Columbine caused a greater control on…

People Kill People The day was almost over and students were puzzled because the fire alarm started going off. Some students headed out as if it were a drill, but their excitement to get out of class was suddenly interrupted by a burst of gunfire. It soon became clear there was a killer in their school and their lives were in danger. As they ran, defenseless, they witnessed a boy armed with a deadly weapon kill 17 of his classmates that day. America was founded on various principals. Many…

The book Newtown by Matthew Lysiak tells the story of the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary. What happened on the day of December 14, 2012, in which so many lives were lost? The morning of December 14, 2012 started out like any other day. Families said goodbye then headed off to work or school. The only difference on that day was that another person left their house, with killing on the mind. Adam Lanza, age 20, left his house that morning equipped with a shotgun and 70 rounds, a rifle…

jeopardized. Most of these incidents involve mass shootings, where many innocent lives of both students and teachers have been lost. On February 14th, 2018, the United States witnessed yet another one of these tragedies when a high school in Florida suffered the loss of 17 students and staff. As a student attending a high school with a population of over 1400 students and staff, my safety feels threatened more and more each time I hear of a school shooting on the news. At this point the…

Local High School Receives a Shooting Treat In an interview with Diane Sawyer, it was discussed that nearly one school shooting happens in America a week (ABC News). This is a commons issue we see today. The thought of school shooting is an issue that is frightening to any student and one that is never expected to become reality. Sylvania Southview High School experienced a shooting threat; leaving many parents worries and many students nervous. Before the start of school on Monday January 16,…

people get shaky and unorganized while others use pressure to fuel their performance. Competitive shooting has been my passion for years and my match at the 2016 Junior Olympic Rifle Competition in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is my most memorable experience. My shooting career depended on my performance at this match, and I never expected to do as well as I did. Shooting may appear easy, but in reality shooting goes far beyond anyone’s idea of difficulty. The Olympic Training Center is a modern…

nightclub act's variety show format, with various acts on display from physical comedy to childish banters. Later they created a one-off pilot for a sitcom ‘The Weekenders’ in 1992. And then in 1993 they created ‘The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer’ and Shooting Stars, a comedy panel show that ran for five series. In 1999 they appeared in another sketch comedy show called, ‘Bang Bang, Its Reeves and Mortimer’. In 2003 in British Comedy, Mortimer and Reeves were the ones who were listed as one of…

Since, the founding of the United States violence has become a major problem. American society has become subject to various crimes. Some of these crimes include: the Columbine High School Massacre, the Trayvon Martin Shooting, and the Charleston Church Shooting. Although, violence rates in America are steadily decreasing violence is still a major problem in America. First of all, American gun crimes have continued to claim innocent lives. For example, on April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and…