The Guns of August Essay

The Live Execution of WDBJ Journalists On Wednesday August 26th, 2015, Vester Flanagan a disgruntled and unstable ex-employee of WDBJ, had taken the lives of two journalists in a shooting rampage during a live broadcast. Flanagan who went by Bryce Williams opened fire on Wednesday morning at reporter Alison Parker and her cameraman Adam Ward while they were interviewing Vicki Gardener, who is the head of the Smith Mountain Lake Chamber of Commerce. Sadly both Parker and Ward died shortly after the

building block of how our country came to be. If a single amendment is questioned, the entire validity of the Constitution is questioned. The mains topics I will be discussing in this paper are: how gun control laws are put into place, common sense as a driving force behind the Second Amendment and how guns are obtained. I will summarize all of these topics under women being able more efficiently protect themselves by being able to carry a

it is August of 1789 when and James Madison has just finished and sent to the 12 states for quick approval. Our 10 amendments were born, in particular, the second one, the right to bear arms. It's now 2017 and we are trying to take away that amendment, and it’s wrong. As Americans it is our right to have guns, it's in our culture, and to take it away is to take a cave from a bear. This is because restrictions on gun ownership should be kept to a minimum because guns protect us, we need guns for self-defense

communication errors and poor visibility, the ANZAC’s landed 1.6 kilometers North of their intended destination. In the darkness, the assault formations became mixed, as the men were surrounded by steep, high, cliff faces and incessant Ottoman Turkish machine-gun fire, instead of a flat land assault. The Anzac’s arrived with approximately 30,638 men, while after their initial landing, the men had suffered 2300 casualties and had covered only 900 meters. The original Landing procedures saw the foremost attack

once there, they buy lunch at a general store, and Lily sees a picture of the same Virgin Mary on a jar of honey. She asks the store owner where it came from and he gives her directions to the Boatwright house. They then meet the makers of the honey: August, May and June Boatwright, who are all black. Lily makes up a wild story about being recently orphaned. The sisters welcome Rosaleen and Lily into their home. They are then introduced to beekeeping and the Boatwright’s way of life. Lily learns more

The Sons of August By: Nicholas Klein During the time period leading up to ww1, Germany was trying to become the ultimate power in Europe. Germany was seeking an alliance with England, but England was more focused on an alliance with France. With the death of King Edward the VII of England, royals from all of Europe come to attend his funeral. Included in the group was the new king of England, King George the V. Next to him is William the II of Germany. He is related to the British royal family

police officers were real attached to politics. During this era the police officers only had the gun and nightstick protect themselves

One of the biggest impacts on civilization started in Augsburg, Germany around fifteen hundred and twenty. When a men named August Kotter developed barrel rifling. Armorers to black smiths spared the knowledge as each civilization adapted the technology modifying, and adapting it as it spread. For generation this technology changedas the knowledge continued to disseminate through the decades. (1989)(1997)(NA-ARMY) Although riffling was around since the fifteenth century, it was not common place

Due to the events in Ferguson Missouri that happened on August 9th 2014, a new controversy has swept the nation. The question seems to be, should American police officers be required to wear body cameras? A petition was started on the website “We the People” to instate a new law, called the "Mike Brown Law", that requires all police officers to wear body cameras. The petition has acquired over 150,000 signatures and a good deal of news coverage. If this law were to be put into fruition, it will

Keeping Schools Safe “The new gun law will only cause havoc,” said Emily. "Instead of benefiting the students, the mere concept is already causing them to stress,” Megan said in agreement. “There are plenty of other safe ways to lower crime rates on college campuses,” said Taylor. “It is impossible to know who is trustworthy with a weapon,” said Emily. “Legalizing concealed carry will easily higher the odds of fatal disputes,” said Megan. Firearms should not be allowed on campus. The majority