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America is known as the land of opportunity, freedom, fast food, and raging numbers of gun violence. According to Mass Shooting Tracker there has been about 367 shootings so far since the year started (Mass Shooting Tracker). This is outrageous considering that in other countries, gun shooting numbers don 't even reach a two-digit number. Far too many people have been victims of these unregulated weapons, claiming lives and ripping families apart. There is no safe place from these assault weapons

Nine students were killed at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. A man opened fire in a church, in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine people, including the pastor. Twenty-seven were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. Twelve were killed in the Washington Navy Yard. This is only a few examples from a very long list. The grim truth is that mass shootings are becoming the new normal. Every few months, another mass shooting occurs and the public goes through the same

Furthermore, American gun culture begins since the earliest days of the country which often referring to a key component of the American mythic tradition. However, in the America’s beginnings, it was ubiquitous in colonial and early federal life than popular impressions and mythology suggest. As a practical matter, most of the firearms in civilian hand were guns suited to farming use. Such as killing small game and nuisance animals. Moreover, early guns were expensive, cumbersome, difficult and even

Kevin Lane Professor Burger-Weiser First Year Writing 1 May 2015 Eliminating Assault Rifles Gun control is a frequently debated topic in the United States. It is often defined as any sort of law or regulation that restricts or forbids the use, the sale, or ownership of a firearm. People argue that because the constitution allows citizens the right to bear arms, that citizens should be allowed to carry weapons, however, this is often taken out of context. The Second Amendment says that citizens have

For years Americans have gone back and forth about the effect that guns have on our society. The murder rate keeps on climbing because guns are particularly the weapon of choice when it comes to violence. According to Senate Bill 11, anyone with a licensed gun can be allowed to bring it into classrooms, universities and dormitories across the country. The fact that Legislation passed a law that allows anyone with a handgun license to openly carry a gun on a school campus is baffling. School

I am a gun advocate. I own guns. I shoot guns. My dad is a hunter. We have over 35 guns and 5,000 rounds of ammunition in a gun safe, in my house. None of these guns are assault weapons. None can fire hundreds of rounds in a matter of minutes. None were designed solely to kill people. However, millions of assault weapons have been manufactured and sold in the past ten years. An unknown number are now in the hands of fanatics who will use them to kill people for effect. The massacres in Las Vegas

On April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and leaving 17 injured at Virginia Tech. On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza went on a shooting spree in Newtown, Connecticut, killing his mother before shooting 20 1st graders and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary. On June 12, 2016, in Orlando, Omar Mateen killed 49 people and injured 58 others. Most recently on October 1, 2017, 58 people were killed and another 489 injured when Stephen Paddock fired onto the crowd at the Route 91 Harvest music festival

In the United States mass shootings has been a problem for the last few years especially school shootings which occurs often in the country. Why in this country? Well statistics shows that the United States has 31% of all public mass shootings from 1966 to 2012. Although, the percentage has gone up for the last five years. There is a higher risk of dying at school than at any public places. The government and the president of the United States are not treating this problem right and it has become

America is described as the land of the free, people want to live here, are willing to leave everything they’ve ever known for a shot at the American dream. However there’s some problems in this country. Kneeling for the anthem is a disrespectful and undignified thing to do. People have risked their lives, some even have lost their lives, fighting for our freedom. The mass shootings in America is gruesome. Innocents have died because a couple of people want to pull a “silly stunt.¨ All people care

Las Vegas, Orlando, and a small little town in Washington state are all connected by one event. In every one of those cities a shooting, be it a school shooting, as in Washington state, or a mass shooting, like Las Vegas and Orlando, has occurred. Not only in those places, but elsewhere, as well, and every single one is a horrific tragedy. Many people have asked and searched for a way to end these disasters, and there is a solution, but it’s not gun control. Laws connected to guns are focused on