Persuasive Essay On Landmines

Assault weapons are the newest and the most popular type of firearm. When most people hear the term ‘assault weapon’, they think of an unnecessary weapon and their connections to mass shootings. That type of thinking is necessary when it comes to these types of weapons, and too many those disagree with people who think this way. There arguments are, “This is America,” and “It’s guaranteed in the second amendment,” but the issue is assault weapons have no place in American society outside the military and police use. The Second Amendment states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” This sentence written by our forefathers says nothing about which weapons are allowed in this country. So it is up to our government to decide which guns are legal and which guns are illegal. From a logical and educated perspective all assault weapons should be banned from public distribution and possession, and be restricted to use by our police and armed forces. This can easily be proven by why the 1994 gun ban was not successful, assault weapon capabilities in the hands of citizens, and solutions to assault weapon control.

Beah witnesses and is affected by innumerable physical injuries. Appalling acts of violence cause “blood to sprinkle like rain”(25), and children are forced to patrol “in special units killing and maiming civilians”(37). These injuries inflict “too much pain and shock to shed tears”(13). In Sierra Leone the army “attacked civilian villages”(122), causing “a lot of civilian casualties”(123). The conflict led to immense casualties and caused egregious permanent injuries. The Revolutionary United Front carve “RUF”(21) on the bodies of people they send as messengers, and remove all of their “fingers with the exception of the thumb”(21). These markings are permanent, and serve as a constant reminder of the war and the atrocities committed in it. Exposure to immense loss of life and suffering worsens mental health and leads to a loss of community. Physical injuries can be detrimental to the livelihoods of copious people, since they become unable to accomplish tasks that they could previously. In addition to direct physical harm, violence can also cause physical harm indirectly. In Sierra Leone, the civil war lead to widespread starvation and malnourishment. Beah and his companions became “so hungry that it hurt to drink water”(30). A lack of agricultural production, due to a shortage of farmers and a lack of commerce, due to a lack of public safety hindered the distribution of food. Starvation leads to

Most famously used in the incineration of 64 Japanese cities in the1940’s, napalm scorched more to death than in the atomic explosions in Nagasaki and Hiroshima (Bernard). Many still pose the question, why napalm instead of atomic weapons? During the destruction of the Japanese landscape, each atomic detonation had a price tag of $13.5 billion while each napalm destruction was only a slim $83,000 per metropolis (Norris). Most recently, during the siege of Aleppo, the Russian and Syrian governments alike, have been accused of using these incendiary bombs in the rebel occupied area. During this siege, when civilians “see barrels falling from the sky they hope they are explosives and not napalm”

The issues regarding the arms trade discussed in Sowing Weapons of War include the free market in arms, moral responsibility, policies for curbing the trade, and the banning of landmines. Regarding the free market in arms, the Unites States’ activity in the trade has increased dramatically since the Cold War and this increase has led to an increase in lives lost in third world countries due to violence. As a supplier of war weapons, the United States has a moral responsibility to ensure that they follow the process for a legitimate trade. The trade is legitimate if it promotes legitimate defense or follows the principle of sufficiency. However, even though there are instances where the trade can be justified, measures should be taken to curb the trade. Strict controls in the United States as well as internationally can curb the trade; as well as finding nonmilitary ways to protect jobs. Landmines claim the lives of civilians every week; measures need to be take internationally to reduce the number of landmines hidden across the world. In conclusion, weapons of war take the lives of several people everyday, but it does not have to remain this way as there are many steps that the country and the world can take to put an end to the illegitimate

  In Sub-Sahara Africa, during the last four decades thirty-five major armed conflicts have occurred, taking the lives of almost ten million people. There is a high correlation between the risk of conflict and a low ranking on the Human Development Index (HDI), due to the weak capacities and inability of these poor countries to guarantee the security of its citizens, rebellions and conflict have a high occurrence rate. United Nations has observed that conflicts

On a lone hill in the distance sat six American Airborne Rangers sitting back-to-back in a circle, giving them a 360° view of the war zone around them. A radio antenna stuck up between them. The radio served as the rangers’ backrest and their line of communication back to base. Each ranger held a button in his hand with a long wire extending out in front of him. At the end of the wire, sat a deadly device. A claymore mine. With just the push of a button, the mine would explode, destroying any enemy in its path.

The ways and reasons land mines are used has changed dramatically since WW1. What was once considered to be cutting edge defensive technology has turned into an offensive tactical device and extremist’s tool to wreak havoc on an enemy or marginalized population. Connecting the history of landmines to the conflicts we have discussed in this class will take several steps. The first part of this paper will discuss the history of landmines, how they are detonated, and the different types of landmines. The next section looks at the ways landmines are used defensively in war time, and as an offensive weapon in past wars and by current day extremists. The third section examines examples of the devastation that

Cluster bombs were first used in the American conflict in Vietnam and Laos in the sixties. They became popular because they are one of the cheapest air delivered weapons available, costing about $60 per bomblet. They can be used against a variety of targets covering significant areas, rather than, for

On June 2010 Bart Weetjens shared with his audience how he trains rats to sniff out land mines. Land mines still exists in 70 developing countries today. Land mines do tremendous harm to the people of these countries because they are denied access to their homes. It could also so cause serious bodily harm as well as psychological duress, and even worse, death. No one knows exactly hominy land mines still exists in the world, but what we do know is that they are killing innocent civilians. Weediness passion for rodent’s and his native sub-Sahara African people led him on a journey to teach rats how to sniff out land mines. The same passion is also put toward sniffing out Tuberculosis.

Iraq is still using bogus bomb detectors at the checkpoints, which were determined as fake by the government six years ago.

Ever since British geologists first discovered diamonds in Sierra Leone 's jungles in the 1930 's, diamonds have been a key factor in the bloody conflict that has ravaged this small West African country. In his novel, Blood Diamonds, Greg Campbell captures the heart wrenching story of one man 's encounter with the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), a rebel group in Sierra Leone, infamous for their brutal tactics of mass rape, torture, looting, and excruciations. But their signature and most documented form of persecution -- amputation:

a) The year before she died, the Princess actively campaigned to end the creation and distribution of land mines. (Diana Princess of Wales: Charities and patronage. 2009). The International Campaign to Ban Landmines won the Nobel Peace Prize only a few months after her death.

Massoud Hassani needs to clear the universe of landmines. He says that ten individuals are murdered or damaged via landmines day by day. Regular citizens, military faculty, and helpful laborers are casualties in more than sixty nations around the globe. Hassani's answer is the Mine Kafon Drone, an airborne framework intended to identify and explode landmines securely.

When a war ends, not all of the supplies and munitions leave the former combat area. Throughout the developing world, unexploded munitions pose a serious danger for both civilians and the military personal assigned to remove the old munitions. Every year, thousands of innocent people are killed by hidden explosives. A Belgian nonprofit called APOPO, has developed a solution that not only is effective but also minimizes the risk to human lives. APOPO trains African giant pouched rats, who have an extraordinary sense of smell, to sniff out explosives and dig them up. Since the rats are light enough not to set off the explosives, they make short work of their assigned search area (Meet the Giant Rats That Are Sniffing out Landmines, 2015). The

Since the discovery of gunpowder by the Chinese, the world as we know it has made more efficient and powerful weapons. Throughout the history of warfare from the medieval times to present day, explosives have been used as an Offensive and Defensive weapon. When a castle or army was under siege the attacking army would surround the objective and cut off all supply lines and try to starve the enemy into submission. With the invention of gunpowder it made the siege obsolete. This was empowered by the cannon and other forms of field artillery, which allowed the objective to be overthrown quickly. Military grade explosives are used for benign reasons also. Within the past few years an emphasis has been placed upon demining war torn