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    has been 286 mass shootings in 2017 alone. Some more things to be put to thought is the school shootings and better ways to prevent them. Another key thing to remember is gun control and how it can be fixed. Firstly is the statistics on gun violence in America to show what negative impact it has. According to BBC News there 372 mass in American in 2015. To consider it a mass shooting it has to be a single shooting killing or injuring at least 4 people. Of those mass shootings 475 were killed and

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    or it could be a mix of both. It all depends on the day, time, weather, and most importantly of all, deer. Sometimes a person tag out within minutes of the beginning of opening day. Other times a person will see three deer all of which are out of shooting range. Hunting the deer starts with the preparation phase. this phase begins two ways. If a person don't posses the proper equipment said person should purchase it from a local sporting goods store or Walmart. The equipment required and price of

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    tactics to influence the community in a specific direction, depending on what opinions they are trying to press on the people. Gun control is a hot topic in today’s television, with reported “shootings” and “gun accidents” showing up daily in the news and on TV news channels. Conservatives on FOX News drive the constitutional “right to bear arms,” while the liberal ideologists on CNN News press gun control and the prohibition of gun ownership. These two bias media sources uncover similarities and

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    victims of a crime committed with a firearm in 2011. Americans nowadays are faced with constant terror in the streets, teen-age gang members are constantly shooting other gang members for “turf” to sell drugs or show their power to rival gangs, children are more than likely to be caught in the crossfire of gang related shootings or drive-by shootings. We can’t ignore these crimes and the damage it has done to our society in a whole. However, the effort by some individuals to eliminate the legal ownership

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    injected into our society. Whether it be a terrorist attack or a school shooting, it’s practically impossible for anyone to see these incidents occur. Due to these situations, the media and corporations have our society almost paranoid. In Michael Moore’s documentary, Bowling for Columbine, we can see that our society isn’t one that is usually violent or dark, but it’s the fear the drives the American history of Gun issues and shootings. Michael Moore uses a variety of different types of rhetoric in his

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    interrupts the regular news. You hear that there has been a school shooting at the school your kids attend, and you automatically start frantically calling your kids to see if they’re ok. What if we could avoid this feeling of no hope and eliminate the fears some students have of going to school? Would you take action? Gun control has been a very controversial topic over the past few years due to the increase of police violence and school shootings. This increase of violence should be a clear indicator that

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    The Blood Drive is a satirical story addressing the dangers of laissez faire gun laws and treating children as having the same capacities as adults. When you give a child a gun you’re saying you recognize them as having the same capacity for reasoning as adults. When you remove the responsibility from adults you allow them to regress to childish behavior. Blood Drive shows that a society that lacks discipline and order is doomed to chaos and tragedy. In this world where guns are commonplace it’s

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    Although competition is something that can drive one to the top of a mountain, sometimes there can be an enormous negative consequence that no one can handle. Middletown High School, where Brendan Lawlor and Gary Searle both attend, holds an extremely high competitive atmosphere. In particular, this school puts the most drive into their football players and wrestlers. “Everyone around here knows the football players. Either they see them at the games or they read about them in the newspaper” (78)

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    control. I believe we need change because we are living in a society that is flooded with guns and produce an immense deal of pain and loss because of them. The reality is that we have seen a plethora of mass murders. There have been multiple school shootings, including the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. CNN discloses,”Twenty students, ages 6 and 7, and six adults were killed at the school.” The massacre was a terrible slaughter on both the children and teachers. It was indeed a repugnant slaughter

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    Elliot Rodger a 22 year old man who lived in Isla Vista and attended the University of California in the year of 2014, he posted youtube videos and statuses on facebook. He was always thinking about his appearance, many believe he could have been a narcissist. Rodgers would often be disgruntled about how attractive women were with “ugly and poor” men, or how the hot girls always chose the “losers” and not him. In his earlier age he was diagnosed with having Asperger's Syndrome, but he was still a

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