under fire in terms certain terms.But in a simple manner people just want to get rid of the second amendment. “The safest home for children and teens is one without guns.”(America the Jesuit Review) What this quote shows is that people are now feeling safer if we get rid of the second amendment.The second amendment has been around since 1791. Almost three hundred years, since the amendment was ratified. But do to recent events some people have questioned if we should be given the right to bear arms
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United States. Gun control has been a big topic in the united states for years now. Taking away any right to bear arms is a huge breach in our second amendment constitution rights. If these constitutional rights keep being challenge, this country will no longer be the land of the free. These rights are ours as Americans. It is our decision of whether we support them or not. That decision cannot and should not be made for us. I am for carrying and gun ownership. The first gun law to be passed
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101 2/05/2013 Essay The Right to Bear Arms Having the right to carry a gun is an opinion. Some Americans feel the need to be able to practice their rights and carry guns either on them or in their house for safety. To some being able to own a gun is more of a hobby but for most it is for security. With all the bad events going on in this country, we as Americans should ask ourselves; are guns more harmful or are they more helpful? Since the beginning of time, humans have always had
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happen again and they will. However, there are ways to prevent it rather than having more guns on campus. “On June 1, 2015, Gov. Greg Abbott signed S.B. 11, also known as the "campus carry" law. S.B. 11 provides that license holders may carry a concealed handgun throughout university campuses, starting Aug. 1, 2016” (Campus Carry). People are still debating whether or not allowing campus carry was the right thing to do. In most cases, it wasn’t. Allowing students, professors, and administration to be given
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discovered America. People wanted to find a way to Asia, the people wanted to be famous and rich they looked to do spices, get silk, precious metals wanted gold and riches and also wanted new materials. The people wanted to discover new routes.9/10 americans died. Europeans exploration impacted many changes in the Americas from the late 1400s to 1776. They gave the Native Americans metal tools. Lots land disease, enforced laws which violated their culture and much more. Guns, alcohol and horses
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in real life too. At St. Ann’s High School, they play the game “Killer”, which includes water guns to kill their targets or they will be killed by other competitors. The perilous games shouldn’t be played by teens because they make the gamers go to drastic measures to win, changes behaviors, and motivates people to kill people. These violent games make the players want to win so bad that they will do whatever it takes to achieve that win. An example of this found in Shoot-Out was at the beginning
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Yet there was another gun killing in the United States. There has been a lot of shootings this year and yet some people are saying that the people that are on the terrorist watch list should be able to but guns. To me that is just asking for shooting like the one that happened in San Bernardino. The shooters killed twenty and injured fourteen. Most the people that they killed were mentally handicapped. I don’t see why anybody would want to hurt someone that is mentally handicapped cause they have
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schools could carry a concealed gun. School campuses should have police officers. In addition, all entrances should be secured and have metal detectors. I believe that certain teachers should carry a gun. 172 school districts in Texas allow staff and/or board members to carry firearms on school premises (Beatriz.1). And out of the 172 school’s districts there has been no school shootings. If the schools where the shootings has occurred, if the teachers would have had guns there would have
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or any school executive be allowed to carry a gun to school? Guns should be allowed in schools because if somebody is going to walk in the school sending gun threats to frightened students or start firing their weapon. Who is going to protect you through the long five or so minutes, or until he runs out of ammunition? Although some may argue that guns should not be allowed in schools because young adults in school are not mature enough to carry a gun, because of a short disposition, or trying to
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by all the killings they have witnessed. "What do I enjoy?" Awil asks. "I enjoy the gun." In short, this says that the kids are living in a world of terror and the only thing he
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