Silver bullet

Should the government be able to restrict the American people’s access to assault weapons and limit magazine sizes? This question has divided the nation. The Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 banned large capacity magazines and assault weapons. Then in 2004 the ban was lifted and never renewed. Now Americans are wondering if it should be renewed after many mass shootings like in Newtown, Connecticut. According to the FBI, more people in America are murdered every year by weapons such as knives,…

While Alan engages in a fierce sword fight with one of the pirates, David worriedly prepared himself for a battle of bullets. David thinks, “As for hope, I had none; but only a darkness of despair and a sort of anger against all the world that made me long to sell my life as dear as I was able… as I turned back to my place, I saw him pass his sword through the mate’s body”…

and his men are gone then,” Axel declared. “Don’t get your hopes up. His base might be obliterated, but Volkov is known for escaping and returning. He is a part of a top secret elite criminal organization, ECO,” Makari replied. “Let’s return this silver whirlybird to the U.S. government and get back to The Mill,” Axel said. Axel and Makari flew all the way to Quantico, Virginia and returned the UH-60. Afterwards, they both got flown back to L.A. in there boss’ private jet, so they didn’t have to…

long time, they finally received guns, but they didn’t have any ammo. Seeing this, Abigail rounded up all the steel and silver in her house. She and her kids then melted it all down and shaped them into bullets to give the the army. Seeing the braver that Abigail had, the army was inspired and stole guns and gunpowder from a British base.(Pavao) Abigail saw that the army needed bullets and without hesitation made ammo for the troops. Without her, they might have never stole some of the resources…

Running through the woods, trying to find the creature that just ran off after kidnapping a young girl’s older brother, Dean and Sam hurried along hoping it wasn’t too late. “What if we don’t find it?” a nervous Sam asked his older brother while following closely behind. “We will, Sammy. Trust me,” so sure as to what he said that he was almost believing it, Dean replied to show some form of courage to his younger brother. While spending some much needed time with family, continuing to follow the…

1914 at the age of 20 he was sent to the frontline where he took photographs of life in the trenches with a lightweight camera. During the violence of the Hungarian Revolution in 1919 most of the photographs were destroyed. Kertesz was wounded by a bullet in 1915 and suffered temporary paralysis in his right arm. Kertesz did not heal soon enough to return to combat. He returned to exchange, and that is where he met his future wife Erzebet Salomon who also worked at the exchange. After returning…

The bright sun reared its ugly head and my forehead immediately began to perspire. My hand gripped Katie’s and we ran. I tried to focus on my mother. Honestly I did, but it was Katie’s scream which got me. I turned my head slowly as we ran past. I saw a glimpse of what would be our new life. It was Mr. Jenkins, or what looked like Mr. Jenkins. He was splayed out on top of his wife. His eyes slowly turned in my direction. They were completely grey. Heavily dilated pupils, cold, barren and…

in-depth mystery. A man who is believed to be George Fenton Lee was found dead in one of the tavern rooms. He had a sword impaled straight through his heart, but there were many other clues. A cup of wine, a cup of alcohol that tasted funny, and a silver earring perched on the bed stand, and Abby noticed Lee’s estranged wife was nowhere to be found. Abby obtained a strange packet of letter and an account book hidden in Lee’s saddle bag. The next day British soldier were snooping all over the…

Jim Jarmusch’s intriguing film “Only Lovers Left Alive” depicts the lives of two hundred centuries old lovers. In the Film, Adam and Eve have lived apart for some time, however that all changed when Eve felt that Adam was unhappy. As a result, she decided to take a flight from Tangier to Detroit. Upon her arrival, Adam and Eve courtly greeted each other. In addition, before Adam and Eve’s reunion Adam had been living in the ruins of Detroit creating his favorite art, music. During his stay…

Looking through the lens of retrospect hasn’t truly helped me decide the question: If I could go back and change the decision I made last August, would I? The choice I made to skip a line to save about an hour of our time was risky, careless, and poorly planned, but technically it was a success. If only no one had questioned us in our attempt, then this would barely be an inside joke, much less an essay. After our first experience at Magic Mountain, my siblings and I had the bug. The thrilling,…