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The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution grants every American the right to bear arms. While this inherent civil right has good intentions, American society has ultimately corrupted what it means to carry a firearm by distorting its purpose. Our misuse of firearms has led to a society plagued by gun violence. The presence of gun violence in American society is neither an ambiguous nor new occurrence. Gun violence has resulted in approximately 297 people shot per day, resulting in the

Christopher Harper-Mercer was withdrawn and quiet as he grew up in southern California, spending most of his time indoors at his mother’s apartment and deflecting neighbors when they asked him how he was doing, or why he always wore the same outfit of combat boots and green Army pants. But there was one subject that got him to open up: guns. Mr. Harper-Mercer collected handguns and rifles, and he regularly went to a shooting range with his mother, said neighbors in Torrance, Calif., where the two

Bazelon's article does an amazing job of stating what colleges such as Virginia Tech could have done to prevent and protect other students from unstable, mentally ill students. It's no easy task to filter out the mentally ill that strive to stay stable and be productive members of society from those that pose a threat to themselves and others around them, but Bazelon brings up some very good examples of how the authorities could have dealt with Cho Seung-Hui before the tragedy took place. Key

have saved others from burning buildings or from crashes of airplanes or cars. One major hero in our society who had a significant impact was someone who saved twenty individual students’ lives during a large shooting. He was a professor at Virginia Tech at the time of when the shooting took place, and his name was Liviu Librescu. His courageous actions of sacrificing himself to save others have been one of the most heroic and selfless actions. Liviu Librescu hasn’t always been in America all

Guns have been a part of America since the beginning. Right off the bat, the Constitution gave us the right to bear arms in 1791. Until recent years, this amendment was left to our own interpretations and we were able to see it as we saw fit. District of Columbia V. Heller changed this. It allowed us to know that while we have a right for guns, it has limitations. The basis of this monumental court case was that we had a right to guns for self- defense. It also set the back ground for us to not be

Concealed Guns on Campus Concealed guns on campus is a major topic floating around right now. Many people believe that it would be beneficial to carry guns on campus. Some believe people should have the right to protect themselves if there is a potential attack. It is a right to own a gun and to carry it, if you have the right qualifications. If you can carry a gun anywhere else it makes sense that you should be able to carry it on campus. A few years ago it was brought to attention about people

On April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho, a 23-year-old college student, shocked the nation when he perpetrated the deadliest shooting massacre in U.S. history. The violent rampage took place on the Virginia Tech University campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, where Cho was a senior majoring in English. Before turning the gun on himself and delivering a fatal gunshot to the head, Cho murdered more than 30 of his classmates and University faculty; numerous others were injured. In a strange twist, several days

Abstract Over the past decade school violence has been on the rise. School violence has always existed in some form or another, whether it is a fight out on the playground or a stabbing in the parking lot. However nothing got the nation 's attentions like on April 20, 1999, Columbine school shooting. Ever since that day the nation wants to know what to do to protect the kids in this country. Violence motivated by a bias against victims’ characteristics which include race, religion, ethnic background

The right to bear arms is a heated subject today. People on both sides of the debate are adamant in their beliefs about whether or not we have the right to own, carry, and use firearms. Those who believe firmly in the Second Amendment cannot be swayed by even the most persuasive argument that there is too much gun violence in this country. In much the same way, gun control activists are dismissive and even condescending towards those who put the Constitution and personal freedom before statistics

Angeles Times. It was interesting magazine for an editorial supporting gun rights to come out of. It is traditionally a more democratic magazine and them having an anti-Gun Control editorial was a surprise. The editorial is a little older using the Virginia Tech shootings as the most recent incident in the United States. Also, he addressed what European countries were saying about the incident, and how they felt about This article uses all three of the rhetorical devices but the strongest is logos, which