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    Gun Control Causes

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    Today, guns are a major cause of the high homicide rates in the United States. More criminals and convicts have access to guns by cheating the system.and finding loopholes. This is causing many to try and find a way to make the system stricter and require background checks. This paper will examined information gathered on the issue, how it's being addressed and the problems that the country as a whole faces by having States that don't allow background checks and by the gunshow loophole. Then it will

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    World War Two was a conflict between the Axis powers (Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allied powers (Great Britain, France, USSR, United States and China). The conflict was sparked when Hitler took over Poland during September of 1939. This invasion was the last straw for Hitler as the world had already warned him many times not to invade any more countries. As Germany waged war on Poland, days later, Britain, Canada and France had declared war on Germany. This was the official start of what is

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    gangsters to make many friends and find support easily while trying to elude authorities. Armed robbery and kidnapping were the specialty of those that participated in the Midwestern crime wave. These crimes are what made men and women like Machine Gun Kelly, John Dillinger, Bonnie Parker, and Clyde Barrow famous. They may all had their start in petty crime, such as stealing cars or bootlegging, but the outlaws who seemed to gain notoriety all graduated past these crimes quickly. According to one

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    M4 Rifle Research Paper

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    Loud weapon fire, noise, the amount of fire and bigger projectiles do not kill. Hitting what you’re aiming at stops the threat. But, just as important as accuracy is suppressive fire. Just like the iconic 1930’s era Thompson submachine gun the X-Products 50 round drum skeleton and hexagon shows a difference in carrying capacity between a box and a drum. Both single and double drum designs have the advantage of storing more ammunition. In the military I, could use a 50-round drum attached to my M4

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    eventually forcing them to retreat from England. Aviation was regarded more heavily in WW2. Previous double winged designs were now replaced by aluminum or steel mono-winged fighting machines. Single prop-based machine guns were taken over by numerous larger, 50 calibre artillery guns and missiles within the plane. Stronger radial and jet propelled engines made planes twice as fast as their WWI predecessors, allowing them to influence sea warfare as well. Instead of planes going head to head in aggravated

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    “Why was he able to buy a gun?” This is the scene of a mass shooting that has happened in any number of cities across America. This is where the country’s problem we are having with gun control, law makers should have acted not reacting to a

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    Introduction. Gun Politics in the U.S. are defined by two distinct groups: those who are for tighter if not outright ban on guns. And those who want to preserve every American’s rights to bear Arms under the second amendment. This of course led to disagreements when it came to the interpretation of laws and court cases related to firearms. Among other things related to the issue, like the effects gun control has on crime and the public safety (Rozsa, 2017). Debates regarding the access to firearms

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    The US Military had a great influence over the Second World War. Their Military is strong, but like every other military it all comes down to the discipline and hard working Soldiers that shape a military. The Average US soldier went through a brief but highly rigorous basic training session and then other forms of training thereafter. Every soldier was trained in a specific task to carry out and work together as one unit of being. An Army is a combination of multiple parts acting as one. As for

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    their bodies were examined that they were even shot when they were on floor according to Capone: The Man and the Era By Laurence Bergreen page 316. The guns used in the massacre was two Thompson submachine guns in which left two of the seven men faces beyond recognition as stated by Brent Ashcroft in St. Valentine's Day Massacre: Tale of two guns. This massacre shows the brutal killings of gangs during 1920’s and how gruesome and headstrong gangs leaders like Al Capone and Bugs Moran were to remain

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    You might ask yourself what effect did World War II have on me or how did it affect our country? One might perceive this event to be one of the most tragic events in the history of mankind; the technology, government, culture. World War II started in the year of 1939 due to a conflict which included the Nazi’s (German soilders) trying to invade Poland, however the Red Army(Russia) was not going to let them. As this was happening Germany’s dictator Adolf Hitler was becoming great influence to Germany

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