Written by Linda Hasselstorm, “A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun” is a short story about how and why the author began carrying a gun with her. The audience is clearly directed toward women. She begins with a backstory about her vulnerability, and then proceeds into several examples of dangerous situations before she carried a pistol. The situations she describes makes the reader second guess their own safety, and shows how dangerous the world really was during that time period. The…
Gun ownership is very common in America and there can be numerous reasons involved with someone wanting to carry or own a concealed weapon. Both men and women have the ability to handle any weapon that they please, whether it is illegal or not. By carrying or having a gun in a home, accidental fatalities can occur. Most of the time, the owners of the guns are not well informed or experienced enough to use one. Therefore, people should not be permitted to own a gun because of the countless dangers…
English 120 26 March 2012 Why a Peaceful Woman Carries a Gun Linda M. Hasselstrom made a very convincing argument in her essay, A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun in the book Patterns for College Writing. Hasselstrom strongly believes women should carry pistols to defend themselves from being attacked or raped. She learned that any female can expect to be criminally assaulted, and women have a fifty-fifty chance of being raped, robbed or attacked. Hasselstrom’s essay had some…
“A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun” is an excerpt from Linda M. Hasselstrom’s essay Land Circle that details why and for what purpose she purchases a handgun and concealed carry permit. In the essay, Mrs. Hasselstrom recounts several instances where men disrespected and purposefully intimidated her in violent ways that truly scared her. Originally, Mrs. Hasselstrom took Kung Fu, but soon realized that if she was attacked by an average male, he could easily over power her just due to…
In “A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun” the author did not seem paranoid or a risk taker. She was trying to get peace of mind about her insecurity and safety. Several times during the story she told of instances where her safety was put to the test. She was camping with another woman and trying to rely on the rangers for protection from some nearby guys talking about messing with her, ending up having to just leave. Another time, she was on a bridge and had four men try to scare her…
Why One Peaceful Woman Carries a Pistol In the article “Why One Women Carries a Pistol” by Linda M. Hasselstrom, Hasselstrom is a woman on a mission. She strongly believes women should carry pistols to defend themselves from being attacked or raped. Hasselstrom learned that any female around the age of twelve can expect to be criminally assaulted, and women around the age of thirty have a fifty-fifty chance of being raped, robbed or attacked. The percentage in guns purchased…
Why Not To Carry A Gun Too often do we hear about people accidentally shooting their family members, and parents committing a family massacre. Even when people buy guns for the best of reasons, somewhere down the road, it goes terribly wrong. Guns cause nothing but harm, and should only be used by policemen. Guns being used by regular people have caused guns to fall into the wrong hands, be used against its owner, give a false sense of confidence, and be used against the wrong person, therefore…
What She Carried Dressed all in navy blue except for black boots, her hair always pulled back tightly in a small bun. She carries the constant criticism of being the only female on the force. She wears a vest, not for style but for safety. She carries a glock 45, extra bullets, a taser and confidence to carry out a call, a call that could very well lead to every bullet used. The fear and danger won't faze her though, she has a job and she said an oath to protect and serve. She also carries the…
person with a gun robbing people, or shooting people? Wouldn’t you want to stop them? I know I would like to stop them, A common ideal for a person, is to protect his/her self, and their family, but with guns being affiliated with crime ranging from muggings, all the way to murder. Guns are capable to kill with ease, for some people, they choose to carry guns protect themselves against the guns. Even though people may see the people carrying guns for self defense as another threat with a gun, most of…
English 1101, MW 9:30 A Peaceful Women Explains… 11/04/12 Purpose and Audience 1. In paragraph one, Hasselstrom clearly states that she is “peace-loving” and due to past events she carries a pistol to be safe. She also wants to give valuable reasons on why people should carry pistols. 2. Paragraph five serves to give an example of a person who got raped after calling for help on her CB radio. The author is trying to point out that the person got raped because she did not have a weapon for…