D. Weapons Are Not A Thing Of The Future

"First, there's the shooting." On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School and took 26 lives, most of them belonging to children. Sadly, too many situations similar to this have occurred prior to and since. In January 2013, Stephen King published an extended essay called Guns exploring the issue of gun violence in the United States.

Holden gets very mad when he saw the graffiti on the side of his sister's school. He just don't want young children to see what he was seeing. He felt like painting over the writing. Holden has many roles in this book. He is also trying to keep children from making the same mistakes that he made in the past. He really wants to help them but he doesn't realize that he isn't. Children have to learn what they did wrong so that they know not to do it again. John Claud wrote an article called, Just a Routine School Shooting. Thomas Soloman Jr. was an average 15 year-old boy, who faced the same problems as other teenagers. He attended church and didn't care much about the Gothic life. He attended Heritage High School in Conyers, Georgia. No one died but only six students were injured. Thomas had access to a high0caliber weapon but he chose to use a .22 rifle to shoot up the school. On Thursday morning, Thomas, whom most people called T.J., just got over a break-up with his girlfriend, Stacy Singleton. She spotted T.J. entering the school with his father's .22 rifle. Students that attended the high school thought that the first few shots were firecrackers. He began firing into the school's indoor commons. He wasn't aiming and was holding it down towards the floor. Ryan Rosa, a junior was injured in his leg. The shooting ended quickly. The rifle T.J. used can only hold a dozen rounds without reloading. When he was

In today's society there is the question ‘Should there be more gun laws?’. The advancements in military weaponry is nothing short of astounding. With these advancements though, come the ramifications of their inventions. More and more, the nation is seeing these weapons in actions. People are fearful and demand more laws, but that is not the answer to this dilemma. More gun laws would not resolve this problem for numerous reasons; more gun laws would lead to more violence, the United States alwardy have an excessive amount on gun laws, and the nation looks at the object not the person. The United States have to address these issues before a change will happen.

On an unseasonably cold March morning in 1993, high school sophomore Edward Gillom exited his first period classroom and made his way through the crowded hallways of Harlem High School. After engaging in a heated argument, allegedly over a girl, with Ronricas “Pony” Gibson and Ricoh Lee, Gillom pulled out a .38-caliber gun and opened fire. Gillom’s shots fatally wounded Gibson and left Lee with a non-fatal gunshot wound to the neck (Washington Ceasefire, 2011 pg 1). The shooting in Harlem, Georgia sparked national attention as one of the first high school shootings and added to the alarmingly high rates of gun violence by adolescents during the 1990s. According to the Virginia Youth Violence Project, forty-two homicides took place in

Cullen adopts an informative tone in order to focus young adults’ attention to the ruthlessness of the Columbine shooting.

Killing three students. The student that brought the gun to school wrapped it up in a blanket and told people it was part of a project. The gun was a ruger mk 11.22 caliber pistol. The boy fired eight rounds in a fast succession at the youth group. Five kids were wounded. When he was all done with the prayer group he surrendered his weapon to the principal. After that he looked at everyone said sorry and that he had no clue why he just did that. Carneal was the child's name that had brought the gun but with no intention on actually killing anyone. Carneal had been bullied and suffered from depression, anxiety and severe paranoia. When the took him in to get charged he was also diagnosed with schizotypal personality

“In nineteen minutes, you can stop the world, or you can just jump off it. In nineteen minutes, you can revenge” (Picoult). Those words are of the opening lines of Jodi Picoult’s best seller, Nineteen Minutes. Although this novel is heart wrenching, and cuts into the ‘grays’ of school shootings, it is anything but original. Lead character, Peter Houghton, is an almost perfect profile replication of 1999’s Columbine shooters, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris. A simple personaltiy analysis will reveal that both Peter and Columbine Shooters suffer from parental neglect, the violent virtual world, ruthless peers, as well as easy access to weapons.

For a nation as advanced as the United States the death of thousands of people each year is an issue affecting and concerning every American. With this problem occurring almost every year, the question of whether or not gun licenses can guarantee the safety of citizens throughout the country has been raised. With the number of deaths created by firearms each year, the need for enforcing stricter gun-control laws has grown increasingly. In addition, with the amount of fear throughout the country, and concern for protection, many people are beginning to buy firearms through simple and easy ways. Throughout America there are numerous ways for citizens to find and purchase weapons, whether it is in a gun store or online, the possibilities are endless.

Guns as we know them to be are very powerful and dangerous weapons. They are instruments that can be used to inflict severe harm and can even lead to death. However, amidst this fact of

Countries all over the world are dealing with violence, but gun violence is a huge problem in America specifically. With shootings occurring all around the country, disaster strikes the fictional town of Opportunity, Alabama, when a high school dropout re-enrolls with a gun in hand. Tyler is the boy who brings a gun to school, but This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp tells the events of this school shooting through the eyes of Tyler’s ex-girlfriend, Tyler’s sister, her girlfriend, and her girlfriend’s twin brother. Though the event begins and ends within the course of two hours, this book teaches strong lessons about the understanding of privacy, how important preparedness is, and appreciating loved ones.

Spitzer in 2001. This books main focus is dealing with the shoot out that happened on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School located in Littleton, Colorado and the Second Amendment. The shoot out consist of two high school boys by the name of Eric Harris who was eighteen and Seventeen- year- old Dylan Klebold; who then turned the guns on their selves. Eric and Dylan bought four guns to school that killed twelve students within the first fifteen minutes, one teacher fatally wounded (bled to death in library waiting for help to come), and twenty- three others wounded. Neither Eric nor Dylan was old enough to purchase a weapon, so Dylan’s friend Robyn Anderson purchased two shotguns and a 9-mm Hi-Point carbine from Tanner Gun Show in nearby Denver for them. The fourth gun was purchased by twenty-two-year-old Mark Edward Manes; which was a TEC-DC9 semiautomatic pistol that was sold to them for 500 dollars. People on all sides of the national gun control debate have deplored the Columbine massacre. No one suggested that Harris and Klebold were exercising their Second- Amendment rights- quoted to bear

“The number of unintentional deaths caused by firearms has ranged between 1,225 and 2,000 per year since 1979. Many of the victims are young children. In 1995, the most recent year for which final statistics are available, 440 people age 19 and younger, including 181 that were under 15, were unintentionally killed with guns.” With technology evolving, we have many resources at our fingertips.Look at your phone no one else can use it since it has to be unlocked with your fingerprint.There are also ways of unlocking your phone with your own face.Now some of these options aren’t 100% guaranteed secure.Someone could copy your fingerprint or hold up a picture of your face.Will people do this yes, but if you encounter someone who is willing to go through all that trouble then you should call the authorities.The main point is advancing gun technology so it cannot fall in the wrong hands.That only the owner can fire the gun.”( Teret) Stolen guns contribute to the number of gun-related deaths. Experts estimate that about 500,000 guns are stolen each year. Surveys of adult and juvenile criminals indicate that thefts are a significant source of guns used in crime.” (Teret) If we make guns that work only with the owner authorizing the use of it we can prevent more deaths.

We have developed 1’s and 0’s that when processed correctly, create a piece of plastic that is capable of firing a small object at lethal speeds. Before we start the essay can I just note how awe inspiring that is. Over 220 years ago, the bill of rights was ratified, becoming part of our constitution. Since that time people have interpreted the text in the document in different ways. This certainly does include the second amendment. I believe that 3D printed guns are not a threat because they are expensive to print, possibly dangerous to fire, and inaccessible to the majority. However, there are no identity checks to download and print the gun.

The first time I shot a firearm, my uncle had taken me on a trip past the outskirts of town and before being able to question the reasoning for this location. He was briefing me on proper safety etiquette; and shortly thereafter, I was taking my first shots toward an old washing machine. I reflect on that feeling of pure happiness, intertwined with astonishment while emptying that initial magazine and seeing the holes I had created. I’ll never forget the feeling of power the firearm had forced upon me while simultaneously demanding respect and awareness for the weapon. Showing

starts school, which he begins at a later age than other boys because his mother