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the federal government. This means that although the federal government cannot make laws outlawing firearms, the individual states can. 48 years later, in 1934, the National Firearms Act was created. It required registration and taxes on sawed off shotguns and automatic weapons. It often made you get a license to own a…

The Second Amendment, is a very controversial area under discussion in the media. Both advocates for and against gun ownership have been lobbying Congress to gain legislation in their favor for decades. Congress is at a standstill over gun issues and has voted down all proposals on gun control in the legislature. Although regulation is useless against criminals some harm can be avoided through tougher unified gun control, the American people have a Second Amendment right to bear arms,…

Violent forms of entertainment such as movies and video games allow us to experience a unique form of entertainment, satisfying our inner desire for violence, without any impact on the real world. Video games are a particularly special form of violent entertainment as they allow the user to cause whatever violence they desire and bask in the gore. Some have begun to speculate that the frequent consumption of such violence will eventually lead to increased aggression and violence, and blame video…

In life, there is something called an establishment. It is what makes people do activities a specific way or do a specific command for those deemed superior to them. Two authors who provided great examples of that lifestyle are Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., who displays this precisely with the limitations given to the characters in “Harrison Bergeron,” and Harlan Ellison’s Master Timekeeper from "'Repent, Harlequin!' Cried the Tick-Tock Man" who imposes order and leads people through the control he has…

Hickock and Perry Smith go to extremes to hide their robbery of the Clutter home. Rather than burglarizing the Clutter residence and fleeing, a petty crime at worst, Smith and Hickock searched the entire house for items to pilfer before firing “four shotgun blasts that … ended six human lives” in an effort to cover up their burglary from family, friends, and authorities by eliminating witnesses (Capote 5). This was a conscious choice made by Dick and Perry; it destroyed nearly any sense of…

they're worthless. In New York there was a student who texted his bully that he was going to "kill himself" and the bully ended up brushing if off and even encouraging him to do it. According to Fox News, the boy was told to take one of his precious shotguns and commit suicide. This, of course, is a tragic story but it truly shows the immense power behind words, even causing a young teen to end his own life. these cases often show even more so than actual cases of words doing…

5. What are the four key questions for educators to include in their fact-based assessment of school violence? 1) Have the students developed a plan and communicated it to others? o Often times, students have told their plans of committing violence to someone in advance. 2) Have students been bullied? o It has been found that more than 66% of attackers claimed to be bullied, threatened, attacked, or injured by others before the incident took place. 3) Have students engaged in behaviors that…

All it takes is a few seconds of mistrust to blow up a happy relationship. Mine, a product of Shotgun Films, the written creation of David Scullion, and direction by Simon Berry, has had many stops on the festival trail. Making the Official Selection list at DC Shorts 2016, LA Shorts Fest 2016, San Diego International Film Festival 2016, London Short Film Festival 2017, and the Cleveland International Film Festival 2017. The film has also been awarded with the Audience Choice Award at the…

The 2nd Amendment, the Right to Bear Arms, was made on December 15, 1791, granting Americans the right to legally own and carry a firearm. The amendment states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” People all around the United States have been expressing their opinion on all the issues regarding the 2nd Amendment. So ask yourself the question, would better gun control save our country?…

He carried a shotgun upside down over his shoulder on a braided leather lanyard and wore a nylon bandolier filled with shells for the gun. A veteran of old skirmishes, bearded, scarred across his cheek and the bone stoven and the one eye wandering.” (Page 237) Cormac…