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    In light of the mass shooting in Umpqua, Oregon earlier this month, President Obama 's sobering remarks made a crucial point about the nature of Gun Violence in the United States. He remarked, "Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversation in the aftermath of it ... We have become numb to this." As of this day, the United States has a little over one mass shooting every day. It occurs so frequently that people go

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    experienced loss from a shooting until you have actually experienced it. As I think of the boy I mentored and all the victim’s families that were affected, I wonder if stricter gun laws would have stopped the shooting that day? Or would the gunman still have been able to commit such an unspeakable act? We often see too much gun related violence in today’s news. Throughout the years we have seen a large increase of shootings in the United States. According to the Huffington Post, from January 2013 to

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    Running Head: ASSIGNMENT 2: ADJUSTMENT CASE STUDY1 Assignment 2: Adjustment Case Study Stephen Damron Psychology of Adjustment June 2, 2016 1st Article In the article “Pain, But No Regrets: A Father Remembers His Adopted Son” the story has been very much proof of all beauty along with sadness inherent within human situation ("Pain, But No Regrets,” 2015). Mr Jones has been most honest person here; he surely has been realist. He followed child. Child

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    “a well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed” and was written over 200 years ago. It is one of the most equally used tool when debating the topic of gun control by both sides of the argument. It is outdated in today’s world, written in a time where the concept of a firearm was one which involved reloading between every discharge, and the intended use was by the states to protect themselves. However

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    About Mass Shootings and Gun Control: Crime and killings have fallen as gun ownership has increased”, was written in a manner to target a specific audience by using a current hot topic amongst politicians in the United States on gun control. By discussing recent mass shooting, the author is able to appeal to his audience with Ethos appeal allowing him to maintain the attention of the audience, which, otherwise would be overlooked by people outside his target audience. Gun control has been a hot topic

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    which provides the right to bear arms: this means that everyone has the right to protect their selves, families, and land. However, I stand completely against the new state law (which moves into effect in Aug. of 2016) that is allowing license-carrying gun holders to carry their weapons to and from classes in universities. With this ruling moving closer into effect, many faculty members and college students are now realizing the dangers that this will bring forth. This bill was passed to help protect

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    Guns have become a serious issue in today’s society. There have been incalculable incidents that involved a gun causing physical harm to a person. This can occur when guns are not properly stored in a safe location. House Bill 75 has been proposed to help solve this problem. With this bill set in place, if a minor has the ability to access a firearm unauthorized, the person responsible for that firearm will receive criminal penalties. As a matter of a fact, there have been cases reported about

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    Gun Control "Gun Control." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2016. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 30 Apr. 2016. In this website, it discusses the debatable topic of gun control. In the article titled Gun Control, it states that the “The United States is the leader in per-capita gun deaths among industrial nations.” The main point of this article was to get the point across about the controversy that this has brought into the United States, not only does it quote influential

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    twice. Id. The injuries were fatal and Ms. Paz de Noboa died shortly thereafter. Id. Erik Ayala had purchased the murder weapon, a 9-milimeter pistol, from 99 Pawn & Guns on January 9, 2009 (ER 3, Memo in Opp, Ex. D, Depo of David Kartchner, 45:13 to 47:18; ER 42-46, Exhibit 1 attached to Kartchner Affidavit). The 99 Pawn & Guns employee that sold Erik Ayala was David Kartchner (Memo in Opp, Ex. D, Depo of David Kartchner, 45:13 to 47:18; ER 41-46. Memo in Opp, Ex. G. BATF Form 4473). When Mr

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    massachutes Case ID 577 U.S - (2006) Summary of the Case " The case involves gun ownership rights in relation to gun ownership and use in the state of Massechutes. Private gun ownership and self defence has been a bone of of contention in legislative and judicial platforms in the US. Individual states have various legislation relating to gun ownership that are in effect in the respective states. The ownership and use of guns by individual have varied implication. A citizen 's right to feel safe

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