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    Banning Gun is Not the Solution With the recent attack in Orlando, some people are rallying for the banning the sale of firearms particularly assault rifles. The public and the politicians believe that preventing the sale of firearms to suspected terrorists will curb the problem of mass shootings. Unfortunately, the public is missing the point as the underlying causes exist and that there are millions of weapons already in homes of Americans. In addition, criminals do not follow the law. Banning

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    Gun Safety

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    of the gun: the safety. The safety is a small lever or button that when on prevents the gun from firing. This feature helps to keep the gun from firing in unwanted directions that could potentially harm someone. When transporting a rifle, always make sure that the safety is on, and when shooting turn the safety off. Another important thing to pay attention to is your shooting range’s rules. Every range requires eye and ear protection because debris could hurt your eyes and the sound of a gun shooting

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    Persuasive Essay On Guns

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    My mom always told me that guns and shooting are dangerous all my life. I never shot a gun in my life until the twentieth of May in the year of 2017 at Golden Eagle Battlefield. It was not a real gun that could kill someone, but it was an airsoft gun. Airsoft guns are duplicates of actual guns, but instead of shooting bullets they fired tiny round pellets which are painful when you’re hit by one. These guns are used in competitive team games where shooting each other to win is the objective, and

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    isn’t afraid to stand for what they believe in. The survivors of the Stoneman Douglas massacre have sparked nationwide talks about gun violence with the ‘Enough’ movement. Instead of cowering down and submitting to fear, people our age have talked with lawmakers, marched on Washington, and called for change. But I’m not going to stand here and tell you to fight for gun reform. In fact, I’m not going to stand here and tell you what to do at all. I only urge you to do something. Everyone is passionate

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    Gun Control Gun Control

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    Gun control has been a prevalent issue in the United States since its early years, but has recently taken the spotlight as one of the most controversial, and debated topics in the country with the rise of alarming cases and accessible statistics. Because of our constitution, the right to bear arms has endured throughout the years with little revision. Republicans tend to argue strongly in favor of this amendment on the basis of constitutional right and the need for self-defense. (Waldman, 2017).

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    Essay On Guns On Campus

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    but it is unsafe to students who may struggle with mental health issues. College campuses are safer than the communities that surround them. The University of Louisiana system states “93% of the violence against students occurs off campus.” Allowing guns on campus would lead to an escalation in violence, can lead to an increased number of suicides by college students, and the possibility that a weapon can go off by accident. If college campuses legalize the right to obtain a concealed weapon there

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    Gun Safety In Schools

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    average of every week throughout the United States. However, by arming teachers and having guns used for protection in schools, these occurrences would be fewer. It is less likely to happen, if the attacker knows someone on the other side is ready to fire back.

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    Gun Violence Case Studies

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    heard coming from. One of the vehicles is a White Infinite G35 registered to a Jace Inman. I made contact with a Niki Duncan who was sitting in the passenger seat of the Infinite. Niki stated she was sitting in the vehicle while her friends shot guns. Corporal Kyle Masters and I approached the back of the barn where we continued hearing gunshots and announced ourselves. I observed a subject later identified as Jace

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    Gun-related crime has become a big problem in the U.S. In the past several years there have been several mass shootings where criminals target specific people typically in gun free zones. As a result of these shootings people, have called for all sorts of weapon bans going as far as wanting to completely ban guns in the U.S. These reactions to the mass shootings have been completely unconstitutional and threaten to take away the freedom that many Americans enjoy every day. Gun bans of any sort are

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    that one must be eighteen years old or older to purchase a rifle or shotgun, and twenty-one years old or older to purchase a handgun. The pro-gun

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