Remington's Faulty Triggers Fault

Remember, you have to pull the trigger every time you want to fire it. It’s not the gun’s fault that the shooter can pull the trigger fast, it’s the person’s ability to pull the trigger fast. That is like blaming your car for getting pulled over for speeding. It’s your ability and choice to drive fast, it’s not the fault of your car or the officer who pulled you over. AR-15’s were built for the AVERAGE American, not the occasional American with a mental disability.

On October 1st, gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd of concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the aftermath of the shooting, nearly 60 people were dead and over 450 were wounded. According to witnesses, Paddock fired for ten to fifteen minutes. How was he able to cause that much damage, one of the deadliest shootings in American history, in so short a time? In addition to having over 20 guns in his possession, Paddock also used a device called a “bump stock” to fire at least 12 of his guns faster. The aftermath of the shooting has led to a wave of new proposed legislation relating to these “bump stocks.”

In the article “ shooting our way out of a gun epidemic” (2017), Renee Graham claims that gun violence in America has reached another level. Graham supports her claim by making various references the the many mass shootings, comments made by our president and previous president. Renee explains that legislators should now regret voting to expand the right to carry concealed weapons. Graham goes on to say that after this vote by the house of representatives, the worst mass shooting in modern history in Las vegas and soon after a churchgoer in texas took place. The author’s purpose is to argue that america has become very trigger happy due to the stress of the right to carry an concealed weapon. She also mentions that congress has done nothing

I strongly disagree with Mauer’s idea that firearms in U.S. homes are a significant reason that we have such a considerable amount of violence in our country. Most gun owners are responsible individuals that use these firearms for sport; such as competitive and recreational target shooting, usually at shooting ranges and reserve these weapons as a last resort for self-defense, only to be discharged toward a person of whom is directly threatening their lives. According to The Basics of Pistol Shooting, "Gun accidents are caused by ignorance and/or carelessness. " There are three fundamental gun safety rules: 1) Always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction.

In the article “Our Blind Spot about Guns”, columnist Nicholas Kristof contends that if weapons somehow managed to be directed in a similar way that autos are, a huge number of lives could be spared every year. Kristof infers that similarly as it took numerous endeavors at setting controls for autos and their drivers during the most recent century, it might set aside the opportunity to persuade legislators to ingrain confinements and necessities for weapons and their proprietors. Kristof bolsters his contentions by citing a solid source, life story Michael Waldman, who expresses that adding a few security components to vehicles, expanding the drinking age, and bringing down as far as possible has essentially diminished casualty rates caused

Clemons shares a story about a young boy who got access to an old gun he supposedly thought was not loaded. He threatened to shoot his grandmother and he did. “He had supposed it was not loaded. And he was right -- it wasn’t. So there wasn’t any harm done.” Clemens sarcasm was trying to convey that carelessness doesn't always lead to danger. The way he made it seem one would expect that the child was going to shoot but didn't because it's complicated to actually shoot a gun. "...you don’t have to have a rest, you don’t have to have any sights on the gun, you don’t have to take aim, even. No, you just pick out a relative and bang away, and you are sure to get him." Get it? Because in reality it's not that simple to just shoot. The authorities

In her article, Lepore establishes her credibility by presenting her personal experience with guns and the negative effects they can have. Her credibility is strengthened even more because of her stature as a professor at Harvard. She inputs more sources in her article, such as her firing range experience and her interviews with gun experts and executives from the N.R.A. The sources Lepore selects to back up her article and lead people to thinking what she is stating about gun companies and the way they weaken the amendment are true without aggressively attacking them. Throughout her article, Lepore mentions many past events where guns are put into the hands of the wrong people. Through these events, she argues that not everyone should own a gun by once again providing historical and personal evidence. The stories the author chose to use in her article also grab much attention from her audience since the people in the stories are kids or are similar to the readers themselves-parents and citizens trying to better themselves and raise a family.

In August of 2013, 13 year old “Joey”, whose name was kept concealed because of the policies of the YCJA, shot and killed his father with a 30/30 Winchester rifle on a remote reserve in northern Alberta. Joey claimed to have given his father three seconds to leave, or else he was going to pull the trigger and kill him. Joey then shot his father in the leg. This proved to be futile, as his father was still alive, who was rolling around, blood-soaked and became very angry. Joey fired another shot. This time, it would hit his father in the abdomen, finally killing his father. At first glance, this seemed to be the case of a psychotic son with the intent of killing his father just because. However, this doesn’t seem to be the case, as Joey claimed that it was in self-defense.

In “Guns do kill people,” an article by Philip Caputo on the changes that need to be made to gun safety and gun laws, Caputo brings to light the problem that mass destruction firearms create in our world. Most do not understand the harm of semi-automatic handguns, but as someone who has had experience firsthand of the destruction they have, he shows the impact that is made by them. Based on his experience with semi-automatic weapons and his research of past violence in the United States, Caputo makes a compelling argument to justify outlawing mass destruction firearms.

Franken was also able to downplay the usefulness of a firearm by including a series of sarcastic tips for tragedy in a home. For example, “1. Keep the gun loaded… 2. Put the gun in an unlocked drawer... 3. Rest assured.”1 Where Franken’s article comes up short is the use of hypothetical numbers to exaggerate and intensify the deadliness of guns. His sarcasm adds diversity to his piece, but should be used sparingly. Franken’s conclusion causes his argument to lose its effectiveness, after building his case it just seems ridiculous and out of place.

As you and your family walk through the store, a man dressed all in black walks in and pulls out an assault rifle and starts firing. People fall to the ground, including your mother, killed by the raging bullets. You and your surviving family hide, hoping to not be seen by the gunman. By this time the Police have arrived, ending the carnage. You were lucky, although others were not. Reports later prove this man was mentally ill and was able to acquire weapons without questioning. How could this of happened to your family and countless other families? The answer is the lack of gun control.

It appears as though the repetitive and unfortunate tragedies of mass shootings have become incorporated into the everyday life of American culture. We are forced to live in a heightened degree of fear, skepticism, and hesitation concerning our public safety. This phenomenon could reasonably occur in response to the vast ineffectiveness of the country’s current gun laws. Time after time similar misfortunes arise, yet few major changes are implemented to prevent them from reoccurring in the future. We cannot let this trend continue any further. Though some claim that increased gun control is useless and infringes upon the Second Amendment, it limits civilians’ weapons grade, obstructs those deemed unfit to wield such lethal weapons, and insures a greater level of security, thus it should be executed.

The Atlantic asked its readers about their first memories with guns, and one reader responded with "We lived in southwestern Colorado my first six years of life (1949-1955). My father had a double-barrel shotgun, and a single-barrel one, a .22 rifle, and a “deer rifle.” We ate more venison than beef and almost as much pheasant as chicken.... I never knew where he kept those guns; I never touched one that he didn’t offer. We only saw them when he cleaned them or packed them to go hunting. He let my older sister and me shoot one of them to feel the kick and power and hear the loudness.... When he passed away in 1981, a year after my mother had passed away, we took inventory of their estate, but we never found those guns. Perhaps he sold them or gave them away or simply kept them hidden somewhere so that no one would be able to find them and shoot someone accidentally" (Green). The issue of gun control has been an increasing cynosure in society, growing in its controversy. The polar opposite sides seem to grow further different from one another, with one side supporting and the other opposing gun control laws/actions. Those who support it tend to believe there should either be no place for the firearms in society at all or that there should be very strict restrictions on who may obtain a given firearm. Those who oppose the laws believe there should either be little to no change in current restrictions or, as the National Rifle Association (NRA) advocates, there ought to be

Since those horrible days in 1966 and 2007 there have been at least 6 other major shootings at American College Campuses. Among those six, a custodian shot and killed 7 people while injuring 2 at the California State University on July 12, 1976. Also involved in a horrific shooting, Douglas Pennington was a parent of 2 students of Shepherd University. He killed 2 people before committing suicide. Some say this is reason enough to prohibit the use of guns all together, but there is still a voice that rings out heavily across the Nation- nearly 3 million voices, to be literal. That voice is the N.R.A. (Jost, 2007, 126)

In the use, purchase, and selling of guns, there are consequences for the actions of those who bypass the law. One major issue is in the contrast of people’s state of mind. For example, in the article about the two school shootings, the author includes the following statement from a child: “‘Just because I have access to a gun, that doesn't mean I'm going to go out and kill somebody,’ said Cummings, who took a safety course before receiving a state hunting license. ‘Anyone who does that, they've got to be messed up in the head.’” (Kids). The people, children or adults, who come to have access to a gun and do not use it solely for self-defense or the sport of hunting, will use it for violence and have the reputation for not being in the right