Many people in the United States have different opinions when it comes to gun control. Some of them like the idea of being able to carry a weapon on your person as long as you have been licensed to do so. Others feel that this is a bad decision and that no one except law enforcement and military should carry guns. My personal opinion on the matter is that if the person has legally obtained a concealed hand gun license through their state then they have the right to carry a weapon. When you sit back
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mental health system as the main setback. She supports her argument by providing tragic examples from mass shootings that took place in the past. One example was the 2011 shooting that took place in Tucson‚ Arizona where the shopping mall shooter‚ Jared Loughner was so obviously disturbed that he stated “If I stay long enough to make the yearbook‚ I will be voted the Most Likely to Commit Murder.” She also explains the most recent shooting that happened at Sandy Hook Elementary. The shooter‚ Adam Lanza
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some more digging online and found that according to public data found online‚ many criminal offenders had not had background checks re-checked or they were completely missed‚ such as Jared Lee Loughner‚ a mentally ill patient‚ who in January 2011‚ shot 7 people‚ including U.S Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Loughner was a mentally ill man‚ and therefore should not have been able to buy a gun‚ but his background check got PASSED and he ended buying a gun when he shouldn’t have. Shocked to see why
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sometimes is influenced by the media or society that they viewed on television or movies for example‚ Virginia Tech murders the killer sent a package to the media containing self-interviews. Mass killers utilize an array of weapons for instance‚ Jared Loughner used automatic weapons in Janurary 2011‚ Jack Gilbert Graham used dynamite on flight 629 in November 1955‚ Lizzie Borden and Anton Probust used an axe in April 1866‚ these are just a few of many weapons that are used in mass killings. Turvey
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January 8‚ 2011 is the day that Congresswoman Gabriele Giffords life took a traumatic turn. It was on that day the she was hosting her first “Congress on Your Corner” gathering in the Safeway parking lot in Casa Adobes‚ Arizona. Giffords Gunman Jared Loughner opened fire during the event striking Giffords in the head. During the attack on Giffords‚ six people were killed‚ and thirteen additional people were injured. Among those killed were federal District Court Judge John Roll‚ and nine year old
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courts manage criminal‚ contractual‚ tort‚ or family related cases. An illustration of a government (lawful offense) case is‚ which was accounted for by the political daily‚"the elected criminal body of evidence against Tucson shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner" (Cohen‚ 2011). For the situation Lee supposedly shot and slaughtered six individuals‚ including a government judge and a nine year-old young lady‚ and injured 14 others. Accordingly‚ his destiny will be controlled by the government court in
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and domestic criminals‚ and some people cannot handle guns responsibly. An example of current background checks is they are not always enforced properly was the recent attempted assassination of Assembly woman Gabriella Giffords. The shooter‚ Jared Loughner‚ was initially turned away from purchasing
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Gun Violence in The United States INTRODUCTION Since 1982‚ at least sixty-two mass shootings have occurred‚ thirty-two of them since 2006. (Aronsen). Jared Loughner was sentenced to life in prison after shooting nineteen people in January of 2011. Last July‚ fifty-eight people were shot and twelve killed while watching the new Batman movie in a theater in Colorado. In December‚ twenty-six people were murdered‚ including twenty first-graders‚ in a Connecticut elementary school (Follman). The issue
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On an unseasonably cold March morning in 1993‚ high school sophomore Edward Gillom exited his first period classroom and made his way through the crowded hallways of Harlem High School. After engaging in a heated argument‚ allegedly over a girl‚ with Ronricas “Pony” Gibson and Ricoh Lee‚ Gillom pulled out a .38-caliber gun and opened fire. Gillom’s shots fatally wounded Gibson and left Lee with a non-fatal gunshot wound to the neck (Washington Ceasefire‚ 2011 pg 1). The shooting in Harlem‚ Georgia
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Jason Lim Cordero Language Arts September 20‚ 2011 Media at its Finest “Whoever controls the media controls the mind.” Technology in all its forms; television‚ radio‚ cell phones‚ music‚ and art‚ all play a part in our everyday lives. What’s more‚ is that the media we see is not always accurate because we do not necessarily see the whole story. Media nowadays consists of what the news wants the public to see instead of the whole story. Mass media has even become so influential in the 21st century
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