Banning Handgun Sales: Public Attitude toward “the right to bear arms” On April 16th‚ a young Virginia Tech student‚ named Seung Hui Cho‚ committed a massacre on campus. As a result‚ 32students were murdered and 25 were injured (Wikipedia). In Southern California‚ Gian Luigi Ferri bought a TEC-9‚ he shot and killed eight men and women while wounding five victims before fatally shooting himself in a stairwell. These gun-related crimes illustrate why the second amendment is such a highly debated
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Persuasive Essay Many movies‚ television shows‚ music songs‚ and video games are filled with violence: murder scenes‚ nonstop profanity‚ rape and torture scenarios. By placing scenes like these in the movies for the children and teenagers to see‚ the media is causing them to become more violent than it already is. What has our society come to these days? Everywhere we look‚ violence is present; in the streets‚ back alleys‚ schools‚ and even at home. Even if one might be a pacifist‚ violence will
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October 2‚ 2006 a gunman by the name of Charles Carl Roberts IV took hostage five girls‚ at an Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania‚ and eventually shot and killed them before committing suicide (“5th Girl” 1-2). The following year‚ on April 16‚ 2007‚ Seung-Hui Cho‚ a college student‚ shot and killed 32 people at Virginia tech before taking his own life (Leftwich 1). The rampages did not end there‚ on February 14‚ 2008‚ a gunman shot multiple people on the campus
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Concealed Weapons and Campus Safety Prepared For: Professor --- WRT202.101 York College of PA Prepared By: TygaStyle‚ Student WRT202.101 York College of PA 2 August 2012 Introduction On April 16‚ 2007‚ Seung Hui Cho shot and killed 32 people and wounded 17 others on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University‚ Blacksburg‚ VA in two separate attacks about two hours apart (Mass Shootings at Virginia Tech‚ 2007; Worth‚ 2008). Those shots were heard around the
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Gun control laws should be revised. By definition‚ provided by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ gun control is the regulation of the selling‚ owning‚ and use of guns. There has been many cases where guns have been in the wrong hands. These situations have occurred in schools (high school‚ grade school and even college)‚ movie theaters‚ churches‚ and even U.S military bases. Is it the right to bear arms or is it the right to free murder? Nowadays‚ many people can go out and purchase a gun with their
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By Amanda Schaffer|Posted Friday‚ April 27‚ 2007‚ at 4:10 PM Master Chief in the video game Halo On The Daily Show on Thursday‚ April 26‚ Jon Stewart made short work of the suggestion that the Virginia Tech shooter‚ Cho Seung-Hui‚ might have been influenced by violent video games. (Cho may or may not have played the popular first-person-shooter gameCounter-Strike in high school.) A potential video-game connection has also been dangled after past killings‚ to the irritation of bloggers. The reports
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perpetrators and 21 injured. Also 20 first graders massacred at Sandy Hook Elementary School and 1 teacher. furthermore on April 16‚ 2007‚ on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg‚ Virginia‚ United States. Seung-Hui
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Gun Control vs. Gun Rights Gun controls vs. gun rights have been an issue for many years. With every death used by guns‚ the debate gets hotter and hotter. Gun control believers want you to believe that if all guns were outlawed then there would be no crime. Gun rights believers want you to understand that it is your constitutional right to own a gun. Unlawful or irresponsible people contribute to the debate between gun control vs. gun rights. The Second Amendment of the Constitution states
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Thesis: American government should pass on laws to improve the background check system‚ fill the gun show loophole‚ and proceed more enforcement to gun dealers because they are main contributors to gun violence in the country. Concession: Although a lot of deaths in America related to firearms‚ many people believe that the government should not be harder on gun control. People argue that it is unreasonable and unnecessary to put effort on regulating gun shows because criminals rarely buy guns there
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EFFECTS OF IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR: PAST & PRESENT Sean M. Raftery W.R.A 150 Dr. Nancy Bunge December 11‚ 2009 Sean Raftery Professor Nancy Bunge W.R.A. 150 11 December 2009 April 16‚ 2007‚ Seung-Hui Cho went on a shooting rampage killing thirty-two college students at Virginia Tech. University before killing himself. This horrifying massacre can be associated with a poor impulsive behavior. Many devastating incidents throughout the years can be associated
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