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    The Issue Of Gun Control

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    this not what Hitler did to the Jewish people, before launching his murderous campaign against them? Sure there would be some benefits to having gun control, I am not completely biased on the subject. But Newton said it best in his third law of motion which states, “for every action, there is an equal, and opposite reaction.” The government’s action would obviously be to take away our right to own or purchase firearms, and ammunition. The equal, and opposite reaction to this would not be beneficial

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    Gun control is an issue that many people faced with daily. People are buying guns as if they were toys. With several tragedies in recent years, investigators determined that these criminals had an easy access to buy several guns and ammunition. When tragedy happens, we need to realize that our society is not safe and a change need to occur. We need to revise the way the laws is set-up to purchase guns in person and online. “The widespread availability of firearms has made it easier for criminals

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    Sean Fain Mrs. Ford English 6 2/15/15 How Advancements in Technology is Evolving Weaponry Did you ever think that a computer code could be a weapon of mass destruction? Now, with the technology that exists throughout the world today, that idea doesn’t seem so impossible anymore. Ever since humans have been living on this world, they have been constantly advancing their knowledge and technology, especially weaponry. Ever since the development of the first weapons, people have been constantly trying

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    Gun control is a very controversial subject to talk about, some people are in favor of it while on the other hand there are people opposed to it. There are many pros and cons when talking about gun control. One pro being self-defense, because it gives the individual a sense of support and protection of their material goods and their life if being attacked. The security that this entails are the main beliefs that a bearer feels, the mismanagement of security and the criminal heyday has made the citizens

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    Gun violence has always been an aspect of American society; however, in recent years the epidemic that is gun violence has escalated considerably. Shootings have become increasingly commonplace, and mass shootings have frequently made the headlines. Sandy Hook was one of these shootings, and it ended with twenty children and seven adults dead. A few years later in Orlando there was another mass shooting that was even worse. Forty-nine innocent people were killed and an additional fifty-eight were

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    Currently gun control has been amidst one of the most thought of debates not only in recent times, but also in prior occasions. The mass shootings occurring more-often lately have fueled the altercation pertaining to one subject, gun control. Gun control may have many different meanings, or descriptions varying from person to person. One may think that gun control is banning guns all together, banning a certain category of weapons, or banning certain items like high capacity magazines, and flash

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    Could Banning Assault Weapons Decrease Crime? According to the Congressional Digest, in an article called Gun Violence Prevention, it states, “Firearms fatalities increased by 3.8 percent in 2005 to 30,694, by 0.7 percent in 2006 to 30,897, and by 1.1 percent in 2007 to 31,224” (Gun Violence Prevention 4). In today’s world, it is becoming a commonplace for us to flip on the news and hear about some tragic murder, mass shooting, etc. It has become extremely evident that we are sweeping these tragedies

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    According to Young and Ortmeier (2011), the forensic value of firearm and ballistics evidence is associated with the ability to link the firearm to the crime and the shooter. Markings and striations of the firearm on expended cartridge casings and projectile discovered at a crime are collected and compared to known bullets in a database of known firearm types and test-fired bullets. By checking these national databases, the firearm can be linked to several crimes or not connected to any crimes whatsoever

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    NAME HERE PED 172-01 Hitler’s Non-traditional Weapons Weapons are usually defined as something that is used to cause harm to either property or animals which of course humans are part of. People usually think weapons such as swords, spears, guns, etc. are the only devices or such to be defined as weapons. However, there are devices or concepts that at first glance are not weapons such as stirrups on horses that allows archers to stand up on horseback to fire at enemies. Most

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    Cartridge casings can be found a various types of crime scenes. These cartridge casings are then examined to answer questions such as, what was the caliber of the firearm (i.e. 9mm, .308 Winchester), composition of the ammunition (i.e. brass, steel), shape (i.e. rimless, rimmed), the position of the shooter, etc. Individual characteristics on cartridge casings that are useful in forensic investigations include firing pin impressions, breech face marks, ejector marks, and extractor marks. The various

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