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    The Issue Of Gun Control

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    Gun Control The controversy surrounding the need for more gun control in the United States is a hot topic. Do we need more gun control? What about the 2nd Amendment? What about crime, protection, the mentally ill? There is a great amount of gun violence in this country and every time something happens, the argument starts up again. Maybe it is time to do more. Adam Gopnik wrote about this subject in his essay “Shootings”. His view is that there needs to be better gun control laws. Gopnik started

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    There are many different types of firearms including rifles, pistols, and shotguns and people use them for many different purposes. “Guns have been used to implement both the highest and basest goals of humanity - to put food on the table, to provide personal protection, to enforce or defy the law, to defend or acquire territory” (Supica). An example of this is using firearms for America to obtain their freedom from Britain. The advancements in firearms drastically changed warfare, hunting, and

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    and injured over a dozen others with a semiautomatic rifle. This incident was one of the pushing forces for the 1995 Firearms Act. With the current laws in Canada, there are many things someone must do to acquire a gun. First, the gun owner must be at least eighteen. Then, the owner must figure out what class of weapon the gun is. A non-restricted weapon includes rifles and shotguns. Restricted weapons include handguns and semiautomatic rifles or shotguns. Someone wanting a restricted firearm must

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    October 1, 2017 When he opened fire during a show he had killed 59 people and injured 527 people. In the hours after the retired accountant committed the shooting, authorities rolled out frightening new details, including the discovery of scopes on rifles at the resort and explosives at his home.A team of six officers spoke with security at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, where Paddock was staying, and searched the hotel floor-by-floor Sunday night before they found Paddock's room, Clark County

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    is often preformed. The Farmers Cooperative Association of Snyder, OK is interested in purchasing an automatic truck probe as well as building an additional receiving pit and leg to attach to the existing wheat tanks. So, a feasibility study was preformed to determine if either option would be a practical investment. The first step for this process was to get a couple of quotes for an automatic truck probe. After some research on different brands the manager contacted J.A. King Precision

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    M1 Garand Rifle Essay

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    fascinating World War II semi-automatic rifle. In the sub-sections below I will describe the developement history of the gun, the service history, and info on different versions. I wanted to add diagrams of the M1 rifle but the pictures are copyrighted and I was not able to download but the diagrams could be found at <a href="http://www.chestnutridge.com/gchart.asp">http://www.chestnutridge.com/gchart.aspDevelopment HistoryThe origins of the United States Rifle, Caliber .30, M1 begin around

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    Mass Shootings

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    leaving 58 people dead and 851 injured in the process. It is defined as the deadliest shooting in modern US history, and involved dozens of weapons which were all purchased legally in the state, many of which were also modified to become semi-automatic rifles. If this one incident doesn’t sound bad enough, there are many other types of mass shootings like these that are reported by the media and often involve weapons which fall into what’s defined as an assault weapon. Because mass shootings like

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    incident, Pulse was hosting “Latin night,” that draws the attention of primarily Hispanic crowds. The night of the incident, about 370 people were in the club. Omar Maleen had arrived in a van, armed with a SIG Sauer MCX semi-automatic rifle and a 9mm Glock 17 semi-automatic. An officer who was working “extra duty” as the security guard was shot down later on after approaching Maleen and tried to engage him. Maleen had walked in and started shooting patrons. Two additional officers at the crime scene

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    INVESTMENT PARAMETERS FOR 5- PLY DOUBLE FACER PLANT Automatic Corrugated Board Making Plant- Analysis of its Viability in Current Economic Conditions The best benefit of 5 ply plant is, you can deliver the boxes in dry condition much faster than the single facer plant. If you have the kraft paper you can produce the boxes within one hour. The finish of the boxes is better than the single facer box. Even with lower grammage paper you can produce better boxes. The compression strength of 5 ply plant

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    event was caused by a mentally ill man named James Holmes. James was dressed in a full suit of armor, and a gas mask. James set off two tear gas grenades and shot into the audience with multiple guns including a 12 gauge shotgun and a semi automatic rifle. He pulled this off by first parking close to the exit door in theater 9 with the car that had all of the supplies in it. He then went into the theater and sat in the front row. After 20 minutes of the movie he went out through the exit door

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