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    Why Guns Are Bad

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    Guns do not only protect people when they are out in the public, but also in their homes. "In fact, because many Americans keep guns in their homes, burglars in the United States spend more time than burglars in other countries "casing" a house to ensure that nobody is home." (Lott). These burglars are casing, or examining a house before they rob it, because they are afraid that the household they want to rob has a gun inside it. In the United States, owning guns is more common, so that is something

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    How to Better Control the Person Behind the Gun “One man with a gun can control 100 men without one.” This quote was voiced by Vladimir Lenin that was a Russian communist revolutionary. The reference explains how people with a gun are in control and how if they aren’t responsible, they can take lives within minutes. Handgun killings can vary between taking out a concealed handgun and silently murdering someone, or openly walking into a school and killing everyone. Statistics from 2010 show that

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    History of Catapults: How Catapults Were Used in War The first documented use of a mechanical arrow, firing catapult was in 399 B.C. by Diodorus Siculus. They were popular in Europe in the middle ages. Catapults were essential during this time period because of war. The first catapults were built to increase the range of power of a crossbow. Manufacture and use of catapults increased popularity of fortified castle and city wall rose greatly. Many different objects were used to launch in the catapults

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    The reason for the increase on firearms is because people are scared to leave their homes without being assaulted or shot. Essentially, people advocate for safety and assurance of knowing that there are a sufficient amount of police officers, however, police officers are required to protect and service 1000 people. Therefore, there’s not enough officers to patrol the communities, specifically communities that have higher crime rates. For example, Oakland has a high crime rate, which makes it

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    Imagine sitting in a theater watching a movie with your friends and family, or sitting in a class learning about the history of America. Then out of nowhere someone begins to rapidly fire skin piercing bullets toward you and your loved ones. Although this may seem unbelievable, this is the tragedy that many people have to endure due to guns being sold legally to the public. Selling guns to the public has many downsides, for example, guns can easily fall into the hands of young children, there may

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    Five Ways To Improve Your Shooting Gun range. Going to the gun range can be a lot of help to improving your shot with any gun that you need to improve. I go to the gun range all the time with my family and every time I go I get better and better with my aim and learn a little more about my guns too. “Shooting ranges keep you restricted and make you focus on one target”(Wikipedia). Going to the gun range often will certainly make your shot tons better hands down. Dry firing. This helps you with trigger

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    Censorship, is when a piece of art is monitored because the content is not appropriate for society or people of all ages. I believe that censorship hurts the artist and their right to freely express themselves. The pieces of art above have been censored in some way, shape, or form, A piece of Alton DuLaney’s involves a revolver and a flag popping out of the end that says “ART!”. He had finished the piece months before it was supposed to be shown, but it was shown without the revolver when the UH

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    Guns Personal Statement

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    Personal Statement I have always been interested in guns. I have always liked to learn about how they work and of course I love to shoot them. My interest in guns started when I was really young. My dad has been a cop for as long as I have been alive. As a child I couldn’t wait for him to get home just so I could watch him put his gun in his safe. I would ask him questions about it almost every time I saw it. He would always explain how to use guns and how to be safe around guns When he would take

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    Author James Garbarino states “It is the access to guns that makes young males so dangerous, especially when they are troubled, angry or somehow crazy”. Imagine you are watching a film at the Cinema and suddenly a man enters and starts shooting you. Even though this seems inconvincible, this is possible in America as their citizens are allowed to own guns. They claim that they use guns for self-protection however, it is used to take others lives. It is terrible and shocking that they are allowed

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    Smoke Bomb In The Culling

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    Smoke bomb is a projectile in The Culling. It breaks on effect, making a large cloud of smoke and applying a temporary blindness to opponents. It is particularly powerful for fleeing and baiting enemies into traps. It can also be very effective when paired with blades and Brutus by blinding an opponent and backstabbing him. It is make with only a rock at a gas tank, and can be used to create the gas grenade. Smoke bomb will be auto dropped if player have Angry Octopus perk, even if he does not have

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