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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 “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.

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

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

Especially much of the recent events and public opinion on assault rifles. Many agencies eat this up, with one reporter who wrote this comment to what it was like to fire the AR-`5 his response, ‘it’s horrifying, dangerous and very very loud. The recoil bruised my shoulder. The brass shell casings disoriented me as they flew past my face. The smell of sulfur and destruction made me sick. The explosions -- loud like a bomb -- gave me temporary case of PTSD. For at least an hour after firing the gun just a few times, I was anxious and irritable.” Now relating this to the book, this was extremely a liberal approach. The fact is a comment like this to a person who is not exposed to firearms, that may only work a office job with little to no threat everyday for the rest of their lives may read this and react emotionally. However, this is very much not so, the extremes this journalist used was so strong that it was rather sickening how he threw out PTSD. A firearm of that caliber is nothing much, I have had the opportunity to shoot the military grade version of the AR-15 and nothing met his description other than loud, but all guns are loud. Children shoot this gun and are proficient at this firearm. A grown man, should not cower at a firearm in a controlled

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 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

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.

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.

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 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.

Another contrary statement that contradicts her statistics about the recent 500 accidental discharges by a firearm in a closed environment area comes from an online article, “Default - Stanford Children’s Health,” quotes that, “Most unintentional firearm-related discharges among children occur in or around the home; 50 percent at the home of the victim, and 40% at the home of a friend or relative.” Generally speaking, of these 500 discharges in a closed environment could very well have came from inexperienced and unwatched children, not from personnel who may or may not be trained to be adept with

“Hours earlier, he was a happy 4-year-old who loved Ironman and the Hulk and all the Avengers. Now, as Bryson Mees-Hernandez approached death in a Houston hospital room, his brain swelling through the bullet hole in his face, his mother assured the boy it was OK to die.” (Foley) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/10/14/ap-usa-today-gun-accidents-children/91906700/ Bryson Mees was spending the night at his grandparents last january. He found a 22. Caliber Derringer his grandmother kept under the bed when he accidently shot himself. My experience has made me realize the importance of gun safety and training.