Date: 3/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

People are debating if the biggest problem is people or guns. Both guns and people are a problem. I believe that the biggest problem is people. When you really think about it people are the ones who pull the trigger not the guns. Reasons why people are the problem and not the guns is because it doesn’t matter what people use to kill other people with because they’ll still kill people other people with or without a weapon. Another reason is guns are just an inanimate object that has no evil nor good in it. Thirdly, guns don’t kill people by themselves. People say say that guns are made to be used as killing machines. But is that really the case when people are the ones who choose to use it?

For starters, it doesn’t matter what people use to kill other people with because they’ll still kill other people. Debate.org says “The Australians Government banned guns in 1996 and they saw a significant decline in gun murders. However the also saw an increase in knife murders.” They also said “This suggest that murder rates is not dependent on any kind of availability to weapons.” And “People murder with or without guns, so it must not be the guns.” Therefore I believe that people kill people, not what they use to kill. That basically saying that when your writing something with a pen and you make a mistake it's the pens fault. No, but people blame guns because it’s a lot easier to blame than the gun and not the person responsible.

Secondly, guns are just an inanimate object it has no evil nor good in it. When you really think about in order for something to kill another thing it must have the want to do so. Guns simply don’t have the need/want to do so. Debate.org says “A firearm is nothing more than a tool. They also say “A wrench can be used for an intended purpose, or it can be used as a deadly weapon. Now let’s say you kill someone with the wrench. You will be charged with the same crime as you would if you used a firearm.” You still would get charged the same as a person that killed someone with a firearm because even if though you used a different weapon you still killed a somebody.

Thirdly, guns don't kill people by themselves. Most mass shootings have some reasoning or explanation behind it. For example Debate.org said The student responsible for the Florida school shooting has been expelled from the school and had a mental disorder. That was his reason. Not excuse but reason. Debate.org says “Guns require someone to pull the trigger, they don’t normally go off on their own, so it is not right to blame for these deadly massacres.” When people use a gun the have a reason to use one. A gun just doesn’t  have a mind of its own to just shoot when they please. It a person that chooses to do it.

In conclusion guns and people are both a problem but people are the biggest problem. It doesn’t matter what a weapon a person chooses to kill they still killed someone. Guns are just an inanimate object that has no evil nor good in it. A person on the other hand isn’t an inanimate object that has no evil nor good in it. Guns don't kill people by themselves. People say that guns are made to be used as killing machines. But how can that possibly be the case?

 

 

Date:03/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

The blame is on people and not on guns, school shootings didn’t happen because of guns it happened because of people. CNN news state,”A 17 year old male students shot two other students at Great Mills High School in Maryland on Tuesday morning before school resource officer engaged him and stopped the threat.” This shows that school shootings keep happening. This quote shows that it’s people’s fault that school shootings are happening. Mental illness can be a problem to school shootings, and drugs. The last reason is suicide which sometimes is turned to oneself and can also turn against others. School shootings are happening because sometimes some people can’t think what’s the right thing to do and what’s not and that causes a problem.School shootings have increased the death rate of students in the U.S.

NIMH states, “Reports suggest that that up to 60% of perpetrators of mass shootings in the United States since 1970 displayed symptoms including acute paranoia, delusions, and depression before commuting their crime.” There are many people who have mental illness and that causes them not to think the right way.This quote demonstrates that there are some people who can’t think right for themselves. School shootings maybe happening because of mental illness, drugs,and suicide which can be turned to other people. These reasons are the answer to why school shootings are happening.

          Mental illness can be a huge problem and a reason that school shootings are happening. A professional scientists claimed,” To say that mental health instability is the only factor responsible for what happened yesterday in Parkland Florida is an excessive oversimplification.”So, mental illness is a huge problem of school shootings. The second evidence is,” Largely this could be a concerning because mental health problems have pretty much been skyrocketing in our nation across the past few decades.” There are lots of people who have mental illness in our country and we need to help those people.The last evidence that supports that mental illness is one of the issues of school shooting  is,”But mental health problems are on the rise in this country.” School shootings are happening because of mental illness and that makes issues increase in our country. 
 

           Drugs is also a big problem of school shootings. Officers found out that many of the school shooters are have drugs. Selwyn Duke said,”As information about a “perpetrator emerges, a relative confides to a newspaper that the troubled youth who committed the mass murder was on a psychiatric medications- you know, those powerful, little understood, mind altering drugs with fearsome side effects including suicidal ideation and even homicidal ideation.” Most teens and people are starting to interact with drugs and that will not be a good choice for them. The second evidence is, “ A disturbing number of perpetrators of school shootings and similar mass murders in our modern era were either on-or just coming off of- psychiatric meditations.” The last evidence is,” Psychiatrists generally will tell you that these people were mentally ill and they weren’t treated in time or didn’t get enough help to prevent the tragedy.” Many of the school shootings have happened by teens or people who interact with drugs.This tells us that people with drugs cause school shootings and drugs make them do things that they are not right to do.

      Suicide is also another reason that school shootings are happening and it’s something that happens really often. Katherine S. van Wormer stated,” A school "peer counselor" reported to a sheriff’s deputy at his school that Cruz had possibly ingested gasoline in a suicide attempt, cut himself, and wanted to buy a gun.” After an incident that happened in Colombia investigators said that that the girls who shooted the students killed themselves,”At Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, two teens went on a shooting spree on April 20, 1999, killing 13 people and wounding more than 20 others before turning their guns on themselves and committing suicide.” Also another evidence is that people put pictures of gun on social media and they say the want the gun to go after the good people. So this is something that people do and that’s an effect of school shootings. Suicide is one of the biggest reasons that school shootings are happening.

The blame is on people and not on guns, school shootings didn’t happen because of guns it happened because of people. CNN news state,”A 17 year old male student shot two other students at Great Mills High School in Maryland on Tuesday morning before school resource officer engaged him and stopped the threat.” School shootings are happening because of mental illness, drugs, and suicides.School shootings are happening because sometimes some people can’t think what’s the right thing to do and what’s not and that causes a problem.School shootings have increased the death rate of students in the U.S.NIMH states, “Reports suggest that that up to 60% of perpetrators of mass shootings in the United States since 1970 displayed symptoms including acute paranoia, delusions, and depression before commuting their crime.” Mental illness can be a reason that people can’t think right and being in depression. Also, drugs can make people not to think right and do the wrong things. To prevent school shootings we must make people understand that school shootings increase the death rate of students and also doesn’t make a good impact in our country.

Date:03/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Date:3/21/2018

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Which is most responsible for killing, guns or people?? I believe that people are the one killing not the gun. Guns are fired by people guns don’t just fire them selves if they did they will be the ones to blame and not the people. Guns are made, created ,constructed by people if people would have never have come up with gun they will never ever been any deaths made by guns but sadly we need guns we fight in war with guns. Also if people keep buying guns bad stuff will keep on happening like deaths also people that are like messed up they will go crazy with guns which will cause deaths. But it could be the guns fault because if the guns don’t activate the bullets to shoot they will be not deaths with guns.

It could be the Guns fault because if the guns don’t activate the bullets to shoot they will not be deaths with guns according to www.currentaffairs.org “You can’t have a gun shooting without guns”. So if there is no guns there could be no gun shooting anywhere. If there is no bullets in the guns well it will not kill. If the guns did not work it will also not kill. That is why is the guns fault for the deaths by guns and not the people fault for all those deaths.

People are one killing not the guns, guns are fired by people guns don’t just fire themselves if they did they will be the ones to blame and not the people. According to www.currentaffairs.org “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people”. If no one had guns there will be no shooting at least if the citizens don’t have guns it will mean no guns shootings.If people were actually trained on what to use guns for and how to use them it could make stuff much more better.

Guns are made, created ,constructed by people if people would have never have come up with gun they will never ever been any deaths made by guns, but sadly we need guns we need guns for war and other stuff like hunting. If guns were never thought of we there will of been a lot of stuff changes all over the world. According to www.currentaffairs.org “if guns did not exist then no deaths by guns”.

Also if people keep buying guns bad stuff will keep on happening like deaths also people are like messed up they go crazy with guns which will lead to deaths. Like drunk people if you take all the drugs or beer there will be less deaths made by drunk people because people will still buy illegal drugs, beer or alcohol. More healthy people will mean less gun shootings. According to www.currentaffairs.org “more cheaper hospital more healthy people equals less shootings”.

Which is most responsible for killing, guns or people?? I believe that people are the one killing not the gun. Guns are fired by people guns don’t just fire them selves if they did they will be the ones to blame and not the people. Guns are made, created ,constructed by people if people would have never have come up with gun they will never ever been any deaths made by guns but sadly we need guns we fight in war with guns. Also if people keep buying guns bad stuff will keep on happening like deaths also people that are like messed up they will go crazy with guns which will cause deaths. But it could be the guns fault because if the guns don’t activate the bullets to shoot they will be not deaths with guns. That is why is the people fault and not the guns fault.

Date: 3/22/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Start typing here…. I think the most responsible for killing would be the person because the person is the one who makes the decision to shoot up a school or do a robbery. The gun is just there for you to shoot it's your decision to do this type of stuff. “ someone with murderous intent can kill many more people.” guns don't kill people people kill their own people with those guns. We should stop permitting a circumstance for having a gun.

Some people will not want to kill other people but some other people won't care, they will kill anybody you just don't know when it's gonna happen. We can make this all stop by having better gun laws. Gun stores could only sell guns if you have an ID or if your 21 years and older. We can stop this by not giving people assault rifles and other type of dangerous weapon that can kill people. Some people do make mistakes shooting up a school or anything that can cause other peoples death. 

We can make this all stop by having better gun laws. Our government should make this all stop. I believe we can stop these kind of tragedies and have a safe and wonderful life. We tend to believe that what happens depends on people choose. “ guns don't kill people people kill people.” the big picture here is that we should stop what these people have been doing and actually do something good with their lives.

Gun stores could only sell guns if you have an ID or if your 21 years or older. I think we should have this law because i think it can change our society and our nation. Also maybe it can help prevent less shootings because not everyone has an ID or is 21 years old. This can also prevent less shootings by having gun owners having to have a permit.  “Bazookas don't kill people people kill people.” if we have this kind of rule added to our society i garante shootings will happen less and we will be safer. 

We can stop this by not giving people assault rifles and other dangerous weapons that can kill people. It's not only gun stores where people get  the fire weapon it can also be their parents, mostly their dad. Their can be working as a police officer and they can handgun at their house and having their children take it away from them without them noticing. For example my dad is a border patrol agent he has a gun at out house but i make the right decision to just leave where it is. “ it's the person behind the gun that pulls the trigger.”  i think this can help out our country by having no assault rifles anywhere only in our navy or military.

“Guns do not prevent the killings the people do.”with these rules i provided i think together we can stop these massive shootings and have a better and safer life. “ we can't always stop these shootings i know that but i believe we can stop preventing these shootings.”  what i'm trying to say is that we should have stricter laws on gun control. We can stop this now if not it can get worse in the future and we should be able to find ways how to stop this madness. 

Date: 3/22/18

History Period: 2

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

The saying goes, “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” However, I don’t believe that statement holds true. According to Christina Emba in “We all know what guns are really for” she states, “The National Rifle Association and its allies have used this sort of erroneous logic to distract the public for decades.” We know that guns, in some way, have affected many Americans’ lives. That saying is not effective with its logic. Good people with guns aren’t always able to protect others from the bad people with guns. The saying makes it seem as if a good person with a gun is the ONLY way to stop a bad person with one. A good guy with a gun is still a guy with a gun. Adjectives don’t matter in this position. They possess a weapon in their hands regardless of whether their intentions are good or not. However, as some people are sure to counter, they actually believe the saying is logical enough to even overuse it in some of their own arguments, which brings us to the next point.

The saying is supported by NRA allies such as Emily Rupertus in, “A Good Guy with a Gun.” She says, “...when the wolf is at the door, the good guys with guns know that we are our first line of defense.” They claim that they use guns to defend themselves, families, and their communities. The Founding Fathers gave them the right to use these tools to stop the individuals who have bad intentions. The NRA even claims gun rights are “granted by God to all Americans.” This mindset is what causes NRA apologists keep defending Wayne LaPierre’s proclamation.

Good guys with guns are not necessarily always capable of defending themselves or others. For example, a security guard at the Parkland shooting, albeit known as a “good guy,” stood outside the school while there was an active shooter inside. This just goes to show the fallacies lying within LaPierre’s declaration. These problems are not simple. The solutions to these problems are never simple either. According to Chris Cillizza for CNN, “There was a good guy with a gun just outside the school when the bad guy with a gun started murdering people. The good guy with the gun wasn't the solution. He didn't stop it.” Now this is a prime rebuttal of LaPierre’s statement. As they say, actions speak louder than words.

The remark made by the NRA executive VP holds some significant misconceptions. Studies from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) shows how carrying a gun to “protect others” can actually turn a good guy into an bad guy, whether it’s intentional or unintentional. John Donohue, a law professor from Stanford, contributes that the presence of a firearm “actually stimulates more provocative action and ends up getting people killed.” For instance, the case of George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin from 6 years ago. A report from the NBER says that Zimmerman most likely wouldn’t have bothered Martin if Zimmerman didn’t have a gun. That report claims how the gun encouraged Zimmerman to engage into a hostile confrontation. This demonstrates how the “good guys with guns” statement is pretty much full of lies. 

Another reason why the saying should be debunked is that people who own a gun, regardless of their intentions, are still people who are armed with a perilous weapon. Good guys with guns can be as dangerous as a bad guy is. For example, Mark Kelly shares an anecdote for The Washington Post about how good guys with guns can be just as deadly. He tells the events of how a gunman was shooting people in a parking lot and a good person with a gun actually came to help the civilians from the bad guy. But lo and behold, there was another good guy with a gun. But he almost shot the other good person. Even if you are a good person, like, let’s say a police officer or a school security guard, it doesn’t mean that you’ll always aim your bullets right in a stressful situation. Most of these good guys are probably untrained to carry a weapon, which would obviously make us feel safer, right? As reported by German Lopez for vox.com, he says, “The question is whether these incidents of successful defense would outweigh the new incidents of gun violence that would crop up due to the addition of more firearms.” This quote indicates how arming good guys with more weapons can potentially raise up instances of gun violence.

As NRA executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre confidently claims, “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” As I’ve stated before, I do not believe that his claim holds true.  According to Christina Emba for The Washington Post, “The National Rifle Association and its allies have used this sort of erroneous logic to distract the public for decades.” Good people who have guns aren’t always adept at guarding themselves or others around them. His remark also holds some fallacies which can be disproved by just looking at statistics. Gun ownership, regardless of whether your intentions for having one are good or bad, can be proved lethal either way. However, as gun supporters would most likely argue, they would say that if they’re given the opportunity to protect themselves, they would. As said by Emily Rupertus for nrablog.com, “...when the wolf is at the door, the good guys with guns know that we are our first line of defense.” They claim that the good people should be able to use the tools they’re given to defend their families and communities. They’re under a pretense that LaPierre’s statement gets truer every passing day. I still don’t believe in that saying. If situations like Parkland or the Zimmerman case don’t change people’s minds then that’s on them.

Date:3/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Guns and people are the problem for deaths because they aren’t being used wisely and are being given to people who aren’t mentally stable.  First purchase of guns has a deep history of violent death, secondly, the average gun owner is not trained to hand a life or death situation, lastly, The Second Amendment isn’t an unlimited use to carry a firearm everywhere.  Some may argue that guns and people aren’t the problem, but how easy it is to get a hold of a gun. Guns and people are the problem for the killing because they either aren’t prepared to handle a situation, the purchase of a gun has a history with violent deaths, and the second amendment isn’t an unlimited use to carry a firearm. 

People say that guns and people aren’t the problem but the way that people are allowed to get guns. There are multiple reasons as to why getting guns is the problem including that some states don’t require fingerprints, a permit, and that you don’t need to wait to get your firearm. According to Roanoke Firearms owner John Markell,” In Virginia, you can buy a semi-automatic gun “in 15 minutes”.” This shouldn’t be used as an excuse because if people aren’t thinking straight they should get help and not let it affect them to the point where they want others to suffer.

Firstly, The purchase of a gun has a deep history with violent deaths. According to American Journal of Public Health, “A study published in the American Journal of Public Health found that "legal purchase of a handgun appears to be associated with a long-lasting increased risk of violent death".” This quote shows that the purchase of a gun has been followed by a history of violent attacks. This followed by how the average gun owner isn’t trained to handle a life or death situation.

Secondly, most owners of a gun aren’t trained to handle a life or death situation, which harms others safety. According to Should More Guns Laws Be Enacted?,“The average gun owner, no matter how responsible, is not trained in law enforcement or on how to handle life-threatening situations, so in most cases, if a threat occurs, increasing the number of guns only creates a more volatile and dangerous situation.” This piece of evidence shows that most people who have the possession of a firearm aren’t responsible to handle a situation, where someone could get hurt. Another important reason is that The Second Amendment isn’t an unlimited use to carry a firearm everywhere.

  Lastly, The Second Amendment isn’t an unlimited use to carry a firearm everywhere According to  Should More Guns Laws Be Enacted?,“ From Blackstone through the 19th-century cases, commentators and courts routinely explained that the right was not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose… nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms." This quote shows that people are mishandling the use of The Second Amendment, which is not the right thing to do. Guns and people are the problem for deaths because they aren’t being used properly, but to hurt others.

In conclusion,  Guns and people are the problem for deaths because they aren’t being used wisely and are being given to people who aren’t mentally stable. According to American Journal of Public Health, “A study published in the American Journal of Public Health found that "legal purchase of a handgun appears to be associated with a long-lasting increased risk of violent death".” First of all purchase of guns has a deep history of violent deaths, secondly, the average gun owner is not trained to hand a life or death situation, lastly, The Second Amendment isn’t an unlimited use to carry a firearm everywhere. These mass shootings keep occurring because people aren’t trying to get stricter gun laws, which could have prevented these shootings in the first place. That guns and people aren’t the problem but the way that people are allowed to get guns. According to Roanoke Firearms owner John Markell,” In Virginia, you can buy a semi-automatic gun “in 15 minutes”.” Mass shootings need to be stopped because they are taking the lives of innocent people for the actions of a person who isn’t thinking clearly.

Date: 3/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

 “Gun control: the regulation of selling, owning, and use of guns” is the definition of gun control in the merriam webster Dictionary. Notice the word regulation, nowhere in that definition it say ban. “We’re only 11 weeks into 2018, and there have already been 17 school shootings where someone was hurt or killed. That averages out to 1.5 shootings a week” states CNN. And that’s not including shooting outside of schools. With gun control we aren’t taking away any rights, school shootings wouldn’t happen at such a rate, and less people would die from gun violence. Sure they can be used for self or others protection but if it lands in the wrong person’s hands it could end badly. Making it harder for people to purchase these guns can make it less likely to go to the wrong person.

   

    There are people that own guns and don’t shoot up schools and houses, they only have it for self and others protection in state of an emergency. Guns aren’t always used for bad. But when someone that has the mentality to kill others gets a hold of a gun it could result in a tragedy. And even if we had gun control it wouldn’t prevent a shooting, it would make it less likely to happen. Still thats a lot less than before.

    Firstly, with gun control we aren’t taking away any rights. Gun control regulates the sells,uses and owning of guns, not completely taking them away. The second amendment states “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”. The right will still be there, guns will still be there it just will be harder to purchase. Enforcing the gun control laws would reduce gun deaths. In 1999 through 2013 there were 464,033 total gun deaths and about 200 americans go to the emergency room with wounds from gunshots explains ProCon.org.

     Secondly, when we enforce the gun laws school shootings wouldn’t happen at  such a fast rate as it is now. The gun laws can possibly almost prevent shootings. In 1996 Australia had a school shooting, shortly after they made some gun laws and there hasn't been any since.  Without gun laws it's capable for the wrong people to get guns and harm others. Not just school shootings will decrease when enforcing gun laws, but accidental shootings and house shootings etc.

  

    Thirdly, less people would die from gun violence. Like i said in the second paragraph the total number of mass shootings in between 1999 and 2013 were 464,003, that’s way more then there should be. And 200 go to the emergency room every day with gunshot wounds (ProCon.org). With gun control these numbers wouldn’t get so high. Without these gun laws the Florida shooting was able to happen. Gun control can help reduce the amount of deaths each year due to gun violence.

   

    In conclusion gun control could end many problems/death. If gun control was enforced peoples right aren’t taken away, school shootings would happen in a high rate, and less people would die. Sure they can be used for self defence in state of an emergency but they are still used to kill.

Date: 03-21-18

History Period:  1

Class Points: 60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

          I believe that people are the ones responsible for killing, not guns. Clearly, guns are the ones being used by people, and people are the ones who fire the gun. So guns aren’t dangerous unless it’s being used. First of all, in every article it says that guns aren’t the ones responsible for death, in fact it will always be the one shooting the gun. My first reason to why people are responsible for killing is because people are the ones buying the gun, guns are not bought themselves unless people actually pay for it. Second of all, people are the ones who make the guns. My third and last reason is because people are the ones who decide on killing not the guns, guns don’t change your thinking. Some people may think that guns are the ones responsible for killing because some people have mental problems and they can’t do anything except shoot, no one can prevent that from happening though. People may think that and this is why.

           In my opinion, I don’t really think many people think guns are responsible for death, but if they do, maybe it’s because people think guns are dangerous and they make people wanna shoot it. According to an article “Guns are responsible for the death or injury of over 7,000 children in America each year”, means that guns are responsible for death. According to the same article it says, “In June alone, a 6-year-old accidentally shot and killed a 4-year-old in South Carolina, a father accidentally shot and killed his 9-year-old daughter in Indiana and an 8-year-old Mississippi boy was accidentally shot in the chest. His grandparents drove him to the hospital, but he died 45 minutes later. Sadly, the list of child gun deaths goes on”. Guns are deadly and they kill many children throughout the whole world and or year. Although not everyone believes that guns are responsible for everything.

           My first reason to why guns aren’t responsible for death is because people are the ones shooting it first, the gun can’t shoot itself. According to this other article, I believe about 3 ducks were shot with arrows in Texas. Who knows what that person was going through in his/her mind when they shot, but the arrow didn’t shoot itself, the person holding the weapon shot, not the weapon itself. The reason why I believe this is because, no mass shootings would occur unless someone shoots. When someone shoots, the gun isn’t responsible for that death. The only thing bad about guns is that there are stores for them, so people can literally buy dozens or more and the cashier won’t even ask why, at least that’s what I know. Last month, in Parkland Florida, There was a shooting. It killed at least 17 people, says the article “Last month, it happened again: A shooter walked into an American school and opened fire. The shooting, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killed at least 17 people”. It says that the shooter just walked in and fired away, so this is definitely the person fault, the gun can’t fire alone.

          My second reason to why people are responsible for death is because people make guns and they decide on selling them for, who knows how much money. I still don’t know exactly why guns were invented, but maybe for some reason someone wanted to get back at this person with something strong enough to kill someone, but in this article it says guns were first invented in China? “It all started in China, where gunpowder was first created. In the ninth century, alchemists blended charcoal, saltpeter and sulfur into a powder called huo yao, which was used to treat skin infections [source: Kit Meng]. Armies quickly learned the powder could be used in bombs”, so I’m guessing armies didn’t want it just to cure other people, they wanted to kill. Whoever made arguments against each other, wanted to do more than just argue, so they thought outside the box and quickly knew that the gunpowder wasn’t just to cure someone, it was also to kill. But the thing I don’t get is that, China made some powder to cure more people, not to kill. This is only my second reason though, to conclude with that here’s why I think guns aren’t responsible for killing.

           My final reason why I believe people are responsible for death is because people know when decide to kill someone, not guns. Guns aren’t living things, they can’t move. People know when it’s the right moment to fire, they are not dumb. Guns might be dangerous, but if we actually think about it, people made guns, so people are still responsible for death, they are the bigger problem than guns are. Guns hurt, a lot, but I think it depends on the bullets that the people put in. They shoot and kill with guns. Guns will be the problem if it were to be alive, in this case they aren’t and never will be, but people make guns, so that’s how big of a problem it is. Guns should be more helpful to the world, I think that’s why they were made, but actually they are not helpful, they lead to more crimes and murders, says this article, “The claim that gun ownership stops crime is common in the U.S., and that belief drives laws that make it easy to own and keep firearms. But about 30 careful studies show more guns are linked to more crimes: murders, rapes, and others. Far less research shows that guns help”. They lead to more crimes because people keep creating more and more. 

           That was my last reason to why I believe people are responsible for killing, or to why they are the bigger problem. My first reason to why people are the bigger problem is because people are the ones buying the gun, guns are not bought themselves unless people actually pay for it. Second of all, people are the ones who make the guns. My third and last reason is because people are the ones who decide on killing not the guns, guns don’t change your thinking. Some people might think guns are the ones responsible for killing because they are dangerous and stuff, and they make mass shootings, or because people don’t know why they were created so they just blame the gun. Supposedly, guns are responsible for the death of 7,000 children in America each year. After all, this was just my opinion, and everyone has their own side. 

Date:  03. 21. 18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Date:03/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

     Guns are responsible for killings, not people . According to Quora,’’Let’s be honest about this, guns, unlike any other weapon, are intoxicating to fire, they give a sense of power.’’ This supports that the killings are caused by guns not the people. First of all, guns are addicting to shoot, and guns are easy to acquire, finally,  guns are overproduced this means that many can purchase one. Others may argue that people are the reason for the killings not the guns. 

 

    Critics may argue that people are the cause of murders. A reason that they believe this is because the majority of the people using guns for these mass shootings are mentally ill or going through depression. The people are the ones with the guns in their hands, guns aren’t humans and get to decide if they want to pull the trigger. I disagree, guns can have an effect on the people.

     First of all, guns are addicting to shoot. According to The Guardian,’’A device that can extinguish a life with the flick of a finger places inordinate power in the hands of an individual. That power – whether exercised or simply imagined – can be addictive.’’ Medical daily also supports this statement by saying,’’When you fire a gun, your body releases hormones called endorphins, these hormones promote a calm, relaxing feeling, and although they are meant to help alleviate the stress and anxiety associated with firing such a powerful weapon.’’ This is evidence that supports that guns can be addicting to shoot.

     In addition, guns are easy to acquire. According to Business Insider,’’Student Nikolas Cruz shot up Stoneman Douglas High School with a AR-15 rifle that he had bought illegally.’’ Debate.ORG states,’’Guns are obviously too easy to get since they are often in the hands of those with long history of criminal conduct as well as severe mental illness.’’Quora says that,’’I walked into a Dick’s Sportings Goods that behind all the soccer, hockey, baseball, and basketball equipment and clothing he purchased a gun on sale.’’This shows how the people shooting the guns are not responsible, but instead the people selling guns improperly are. 

 

     Finally, guns are overproduced. According to Firearms Commerce in the United States,’’Over 9,358,661 guns were produced in 2015 alone.’’Off Task Sites states,’’ 600,000 guns were bought in the black market without permits.’’ This shows how guns are produced more than they are actually needed. By producing too many guns, it makes it easier for too many of the wrong people to own one. 

     Guns are the main cause of deaths. According to Business Insider,’’Illegally bought AR-15 killed 17 students in a school shooting.’’Guns can become and addiction, they are easy to acquire,  and lastly guns are overproduced making it easy for everyone to have one. Critics may argue that people are the cause for killings. A reason that they believe this is that the majority of the people using guns for these shootings are usually mentally ill or going through depression.They also argue that the people are the ones with the guns in their hands, guns can’t shoot themselves. Maybe if we limit the amount of people allowed to acquire guns by making them harder to buy then the amount of shootings would decrease.

Name: Vince Alihan

Date: 3-21-18

Class Points: Â 60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment: Â Argumentative Essay

Directions: Â Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay. Â It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018. Â Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

    Recent gun tragedies are causing debate over the right to bear arms. But, who is really doing the killing? The guns, or the people? I believe it is the people. The people kill, not guns. My reasons behind this is that, people who own guns are the ones who have the choice to not use it to kill people, or to do the opposite. Another reason why people are the ones killing and not the guns is because, someone who owns a gun and is mentally ill compared to someone who is not mentally ill and owns a gun most likely would not think and make a wise decision regarding the way he/she would use the gun and thus would be the person carrying out the killing. My last and strongest reason behind why people are the ones carrying out the killings is because, guns cannot fire on their own and need a gunman to carry out its job. Some may think otherwise that people do kill other people, but guns just makes that easier. People also have their own reasons to believe why that is, so let me explain to you what those reasons may be.

    People do kill other people and guns just makes it easier. Why do people believe that? Because it is true, guns make killing easier. People believe that because of reasons like these: Killings only occur because of an effective weapon. For example, in China, just a couple hours before Sandy Hook, a man walked in a school and started stabbing children, 22 of them. All 22 of those children survived, because of an ineffective weapon. Even with guns or not, killings will still occur. According to NY Times, when the Australian Government took away guns in 1996, gun murders declined, but murders with other weapons such as knives were increasing. Also. the Huffington Post states, “saying that guns don’t kill people is the same thing as saying F16s and nuclear missiles don’t kill people, but they do.” But, saying people don’t kill people is also wrong, let me explain to you why.

    When people purchase weapons, they have two choices: Using it properly, or use it to hurt people. When the gun owner chooses the second option and uses his/her weapon to hurt people, who conducted the killing? The gun or the gunman? You decide for yourselves on who’s fault it was. When gun owners are given options with their guns they are most likely the ones to make their own decisions, without anyone making the decision for them, is it still the gun’s fault? For example, a hammer is a tool, meant for building things, but it can also be used to beat someone to death. A gun is like that, except it can do more damage, with a gunman. According to Debate.org, “The person behind the gun that pulls the trigger is responsible.” Mental Illness may also have a part to play in gun violence.

    Many of the recent school shootings involved a gunman, with mental illness. According to publicintelligence.net, “79% of recent mass shootings involved mental illness.” What is my point here? My point is that gun owners with mental illnesses are more likely to carry out acts of violence because their minds are being affected. Blaming violence on guns would not be correct as gun owners, mentally ill or not, have the option to conduct acts of violence and hurt people using their guns. For example, the Parkland Shooter, Nicholas Cruz was suffering mental illness at the time and the added bullying contributed to him killing 17 people. His guns were not the cause of the tragedy. Even though people may believe guns are the main causes in killings, they must remember guns do not fire on their own.

    Guns are inanimate objects, just like knives and any other weapon. As inanimate objects they cannot move or fire on their own. According to Debate.org, “The bullet may kill you in the end, but the finger pulls the trigger.” The bullet wouldn’t even kill you if the finger didn’t pull the trigger. Guns may kill you but people are the ones responsible. Even if you take away guns, knives, and any other weapon, people will still kill each other because people aren’t fueled by guns, they are fueled by motives. People are the ones responsible for the killings and deaths that occurred because of guns. 

  Guns are not the ones responsible for deaths, and instead people are. This is because, gun owners have a choice on whether/whether not to do the right thing and when they don't do the right thing with guns, it is their fault and are responsible. People are also responsible because even those with mental illnesses have the decision making skills in order to prevent themselves from doing something very bad. My last reason to support this is that guns do not fire on their own and people are needed to pull the trigger. Despite these reasons, many people still believe that guns are the ones responsible for the killings and not people. They believe this because of reasons like these: Killings only occur because of an effective weapon, killings occur because weapons damage the body so much that they die, and if weapons go off because of a mishandle and someone gets hurt, the gun is the issue. The banning of guns would not solve the issue of gun violence, it would not only be unconstitutional, it would also be ineffective as many people would still find a way to kill people gun or no gun. A solution to this issue would be to restrict weapons or restrict the manufacturing and selling of specific guns but not to the point to which guns are completely gone so that guns would be balanced and the right to bear arms would still be protected.

Date: 3-21-18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

      People are most responsible for killing. Why? Well for one reason we are the ones doing the actions, we are the one who are holding a gun in our hands. Even if mentally ill, or not, or going through something horrible it’s not the other people’s fault for what that person or you might be going through. Only a dumb person would go to a nearby gun store and buy a gun to shoot people at a local school, park, or somewhere where they’re is a lot of people. The thing is: Why are you or that person doing it if your gonna get caught anyways? Three reasons why us, the people, are responsible for doing the killing is, first of all, only a person who has no brain of the consequences that might happen would purchase a gun and shoot at a school, park, etc. Second, mentally ill or not it’s still YOUR or that person’s fault. Third, would be the use of drugs and alcohol. I mean some of this school shootings happen because of drugs and alcohol right?. Of course a gun might have the cause the problem for this tragedies to happen and it might not be the person’s fault. Now think about it?.....But who did the killing? Who purchased the gun?...A person would do because for one thing I know is a gun is not a living thing and it doesn’t have legs or arms to buy itself and create a school shooting or massacre.

    Though most of the school shootings may have happen just because of a little thing called a gun. Yes, of course maybe the mentally ill or the people going through something difficult may not of have been their fault completely. After all who knows, maybe they weren’t thinking right or something inside them made them want to do it even though they didn’t want to. It’s not the first time a school shooting has happened before, we hear about and then we go to our  normal routines as if it were normal since we are already use to these school shootings that had happen for years.Though acting as if it were just a normal daily basis thing…..its actually abnormal. First of Guns killed people, not the person, second, it’s not our fault for purchasing a gun, after all we spoke for enforcing gun control laws, and what did Congress do….NOTHING. Third, we could easily ban guns if we wanted to but we don’t do it because some people are addicted to their guns which make them feel powerful. It’s not the person’s fault is the gun’s fault that this shootings happen. 

     Like I said in the first paragraph,only a person with no brain would purchased a gun at a local gun shop and began a shooting. Now think about? What does that person get out of shooting innocent people who have no fault? The only good he’ll ever get is just going to jail. I mean, first of all why would that person wanted to do it? What did they get out of it? It’s not fair for some crazy or unstable person to shoot people. That’s why we have facilities to cure and take care of the mentally ill. Guns dont have the fault that this shootings keep happening. We are responsible for our actions and for what we are doing, So we CANNOT blame our fault into a guns’ because it is not living. It’s not the one who created this shootings or the one who killed all those innocent people. According to David Kyle Johnson, “Bazookas don’t kill people; people kill people”. It’s not the gun’s problem for this tragedies. We ARE the problem.We killed people on purpose just because we want to get something off of our chest or something is bothering us. It not the gun’s fault after all. It’s our fault. 

    Now going to the mentally ill people. In some way the mentally ill do have a fault on this. Maybe not just them but if they were in a facility and getting the proper care it would be safe to say that the person who was taking care of that person who was mentally sick, it’s their fault as well. I mean it’s still quite. According to Rafaela Panos, 8 grader, second period, “Mental illness could be a problem to school shootings”, this shows us that mentally ill people is a risk to our schools and neighborhoods. Especially when there is a mental facility near where a school is. Much of this school and mass shootings happen because of a mentally ill person. Tell me….What kind of normal person who to a neighborhood, or local school and began to shoot at a bunch of strangers? For one thing I know….a normal person wouldn’t do it. It would be a dumb thing if a ‘normal’ person just goes and begins to shoot a bunch of people. According to Lois Beckett, “On the face of it, a mass shooting is the product of a disordered mental process…”, this proves to me and everyone that is reading this that most of this mass shootings happen because of just one person who is not in their right mind and just begins to shoot at a bunch or random strangers or at their local school, if they go to a school.

    Third and final reason is the use of drugs and alcohol that may have or might caused a school or mass shooting. Who in their right mind would smoke or drink weed and create a mass or school shooting. For one reason, we know a normal person who is in their right mind wouldn’t do it. They would be smart enough to know if they do do it it might cause them a lot of trouble and even go to jail for several years. In some ways drugs should always be banned or have more enforcement laws about them but right now i’m not going to get into topic about drugs and alcohol. Of course mentally ill people may be causing this mass shootings but there is another factor for creating those mass or school shootings and that is drugs and alcohol. According to this website, /www.cchrint.org/school-shooters/ , “At least 36 school shootings and/or school related acts of violence have been committed by those taking or withdrawing from psychiatric drugs resulting in 172 wounded and 80 killed”, now this  number might not really seem much of a big deal but it is a big number, 172 wounded while 80 killed might not really seem like a big number but it really is a big number that not only affects us but it affects our country. School and mass shootings are not just only created because of mentally ill people, or just because that person doesn’t have a brain to think with. School and mass shootings are as well provoke because of alcohol and drugs. 

         Now back to the question: Which is most responsible for killing, guns or people? Of course the most obvious answer would be people. Why? Well a gun, for one thing i know, it doesnt have life, it can’t shoot other people, it doesn't have legs or arms. So why put the blame on a weapon that doesn't even have life. The blame should be in us...Why? Because we create the actions, WE are the ones doing the actions, the movements, not a little metal weapon thing that we called a gun. Of course there are other factors such as a person with no brain would do it, or someone with a mental illness, we also need to know and accept that drugs and alcohol are the cause of these mass or school shootings. While these mainly put the blame on us we might as well that the guns are also dangerous so in some way guns also have a fault in them,  they killed people not us, second you or that person can just purchase that gun and shoot and Congress finds out about and what do they do, NOTHING exactly nothing about this gun issues. The guns creates tragedies and makes mass and school shootings happened but maybe Congress doesn’t want to get rid of the guns or enforce gun laws because they know some people are addicted to their guns and make them feel powerful. They know they could make a lot of money just by people purchasing guns. Of course we actually don't know who’s/which’s fault it is because in some part it might be the gun’s fault but in other it might be the person’s fault. So now who's or which fault is it? The guns’ fault or the person’s fault?

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

        Good people with guns can’t always stop bad people with guns. The article Here’s definitive proof that a good guy with a gun doesn’t always stop a bad guy with a gun states,”There was a good guy with a gun just outside the school when the bad guy with a gun started murdering people. The good guy with the gun wasn’t the solution. He didn’t stop it.” (paragraph 6).  During the Parkland, Florida shooting there was an armed deputy at the school. But he didn’t do anything. Wayne LaPierre said “To stop a bad guy with a gun, it takes a good guy with a gun.”, but is that really true? Good guys with guns can’t always stop bad people with guys because the good guy could get scared and hide outside, not every person that seems like a “good guy” can help, and it’s only possible to stop shootings if you are well trained, which most people aren’t. Some may argue that having a good guy with a gun can help take down the bad guy. Not all good guys can stop a shooting.

       A good guy with a gun could stop a school shooting if they are trained enough. The article I’m an Army veteran and gun owner. The ‘good guy with a gun’ theory is a myth states, “The physiological strength required to act quickly and effectively in mass shootings comes from the kind of monotonous training that over several years builds up muscle memory.” This quote explains how it takes years of training to have the strength to stop a mass shooting. In training, they teach you how to stop mass shootings, despite it being a lot of work. If you are well trained enough then it could be possible to actually stop a shooting. However, most people aren’t trained so stopping a shooting isn’t possible for most people with guns.

        The first reasons why good guys with guns can’t stop bad guys is because the good guy could get scared and hide outside. The article Here’s definitive proof that a good guy with a gun doesn’t always stop a bad guy with a gun states, “By the same token, not every good guy with a gun is going to stop a bad guy with a gun. Why did Peterson stay outside of the school when the shooting started? And why did he remain there even as the shooter was inside actively murdering people? Was it cowardice? Did he freeze? Was he waiting for backup? Was he told not to enter the building? Something else?” (paragraph 10). This quote explains how even when there was a good guy with a gun during the Parkland, Florida school shooting the good guy did nothing. This article also states, “He was outside when the first shots were fired. And he stayed there for four minutes as the shooter murdered 17 people.” (paragraph 2). This quote explains how the good guy with a gun stayed outside for 4 minutes while the shooter killed 17 people. The good guy could also just simply leave and do nothing about the shooting. We shouldn’t need to have trust that a good guy with a gun could stop a mass shooting. 

      The second reason why good guns with guns can’t stop bad guys with guns is because not all good guys can help. The article There was a ‘Good Guy With a Gun’ at the Parkland Shooting. He did nothing states, “Was Peterson not a “good guy” in the end? He was certainly not the right guy.” (paragraph 5). This quote explains how someone could seem like a good guy when in reality they aren’t the right person to stop a shooting. The article also states, “How would 20 percent of America’s teachers, surely card-carrying good people by any definition, respond to similar pressures of the unthinkable?” (paragraph 5). This quote explains how there is a lot of pressure going on during an event like that and some people don’t know how to respond. Some people can just not try. Not every person that seems like a good guy can actually be a good guy.

        The third reason why good guys with guns can’t stop bad guys with guns is because it takes a lot of training to stop a mass shooting. The article I’m an Army veteran and gun owner. The ‘good guy with a gun’ theory is a myth states, “Despite the damage that modern weaponry can inflict, there is a reason that soldiers and law enforcement officers receive thousands of hours of training in firearms and tactics.” (paragraph 5). This quote explains how in order to properly know how to use a gun, you need to go into thousands of hours of training which not everyone can do. This article also states, “This training is physical, mechanical and, most importantly, psychological, because in order to efficiently and effectively kill other human beings in high-stress situations, one must be conditioned to negotiate that stress.”(paragraph 5). This quotes explains how during this training, you are taught to use a gun correctly and under stressful situations. Also, if you don’t know how to use a gun properly then you most likely can’t stop a mass shooting. You can only stop a mass shooting if you have training.

        A good guy with a gun can’t stop a bad guy with a gun. The article Here’s definitive proof that a good guy with a gun doesn’t always stop a bad guy with a gun states,”There was a good guy with a gun just outside the school when the bad guy with a gun started murdering people. The good guy with the gun wasn’t the solution. He didn’t stop it.” (paragraph 6). There was a good guy during the Parkland, Florida school shooting and he didn’t do anything. A good guy with a gun can’t stop a bad guy with a gun because the good guy can hide outside and do nothing, not every good guy with a gun is capable of stopping a school shooting, and it takes a lot of training to have the strength to stop a mass shooting. Some people may say that it can be possible to stop a shooting if you get that training and have the strength. 

The article I’m an Army veteran and gun owner. The ‘good guy with a gun’ theory is a myth states, “The physiological strength required to act quickly and effectively in mass shootings comes from the kind of monotonous training that over several years builds up muscle memory.” If you are trained enough you could stop a shooting. If you have the physiological strength you could stop a shooting. However, most good guys don’t have that. If we have stricter gun control laws then shootings could be prevented all together. If we have more experienced people sent to protect other people when there is a mass shooting then less people would be killed.

        

Date:03/21/18

History Period:1  

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Title of Essay:  

Alejandra Garcia

English #3

03/20/18

Why gun control laws be enacted

   One of the biggest issues in the United States is gun control. For what reason does the government want to restrict law-abiding citizens from owning guns? This is why you ask yourself if more gun control laws be enacted. In my opinion gun control laws should be enacted because more gun control laws would reduce gun deaths, protect women from domestic abusers and stalkers and legally owned guns are frequently stolen and used by criminals. After all, our opinion doesn’t really matter to the government.

 Despite the strong claims for gun control laws, there are still people that support the counterargument, which is that gun control laws would not reduce gun violence. Gun control laws do not deter crime, gun ownership deters crime. According to a study from ProCon.org, “assault weapons bands did not significantly affect murder rates at the state level”. This study shows that gun control do NOT deter crime ! My rebuttal is that this is not right ! Enacting more gun control laws would make the US better and there would be less deaths ! Which is the important thing.

   The first reason why more gun control laws be enacted is that this will reduce gun deaths. They were approximately 464,033 total gun deaths between 1999 and 2013, 58.2% of total deaths caused by suicides and 37.7% of homicides. According to ProCon.org (pro section paragraph 2), “American children under the age 15 were nine times more likely to die of a gun accident than children in other advanced wealthy countries”. About 200 Americans go to emergency rooms every day with gunshot wounds. A study published in the American Journal of Public Health found that “legal purchase of a handgun appears to be associated with a long-lasting increased risk of violent death”. This means that gun deaths are increasing because of people like criminals, abusers, etc. own guns, and there’s not a lot of gun control laws.

The second reason why more gun control laws be enacted is because they will protect women from domestic abusers and stalkers. Five women are murdered with guns every day in the United States. A woman’s risk of being murdered increases 500% if a gun is present during a domestic dispute. Between 2001 and 2012 6,410 women were killed with a gun by an intimate partner from the soldiers in the United States. According to ProCon.org (pro section paragraph 4), “A 2003 study of 23 populous high-income countries found that 86% of women killed by firearms were in the United States. For example, the 2011 mass shooting at a Seal Beach, CA hair salon reportedly began because of the shooter’s custody battle with his ex-wife who has a hair stylist at the salon.  76% of women murdered and 85% of women who survive a murder attempt by an intimate partner were stalked in the year before the murder or murder attempt. This means that a lot of states do not force convicted domestic abusers from relinquishing guns they already own. 

 The third and final reason why more gun control laws be enacted is that legally owned guns are frequently stolen and used by criminals. Almost all guns used in criminal acts enter circulation via initial legal transaction. Between 2005 and 2010, 1.4 million guns where stalling from US homes doing property crimes (including burglary and car theft), age yearly average of 232,400. According to ProCon.org (pro section paragraph 6) “ with guns being a product that can be easily carried away in quickly sold at a relatively fraction of the initial cost, the presence of my guns can actually serve as a stimulus to burglary and theft”. Of the 29,618,300 violent crimes committed between 2007 and 2011, 0.79% of victims protect themselves with a threat of use or use of a firearm, the least-employed protective behavior. Therefore, stolen and illegal are at the root of violence across the country.

 In conclusion they are stronger reasons for thinking that making more gun control laws would reduce gun crimes because it would reduce gun deaths, gun control laws are needed to protect women from domestic abusers and stalkers and nowadays...legally owned guns are frequently stolen and used by criminals. The US has to take this case seriously and do something about gun control laws.

Date:03/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

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Which is most responsible for killing, guns or people?

People and sometimes guns  are the responsible for killing people, because gun are the easy way to kill, and people because they have mental problems or something that isn’t good for them. According to national rifle association,” guns are used  for self defence, because the police cannot protect anyone all the time, gun-control.procon.org”. This passage shows that guns are used for self defence, but they can use guns in many ways. And the united state have a big issue with guns because they do not know how to control weapons.

And that it does not mean that all this problems are created  by  guns when in reality are  person who doesn’t know how to control themselves, even if they use guns as self defence does not means that they are save. According to Gun Control Procon, “gun control laws and lower gun ownership does not prevent suicides(pg. 2)”.This information shows that they can't start prevent it suicides in all the cities because they are busy or because they can't be in all the places at the same time. 

For starters, strict gun control laws do not work in mexico and will not work in the U.S.  CNN news say that ,”mexico has some of the strictest gun control laws in the world and yet, in 2012 Mexico had 11,309 gun murders (9.97 gun homicides per 100,000 people) compared to the United States that had 9,147 gun homicides(2.97 per 100,000 people). This means that every country have different rules and different homicides and each states is responsible for their own country. And all  this problem  isn’t created   just  by, guns it is by the people who is using a weapon.

 

A second reason is that gun do not kill be themselves because guns are just a simple object that is dangerous the problem is the person who have a gun and does not know how to control it and it would be unseemly to see a person with a gun on the streets . For example Procon.org says,” it would not feel safe if faculty, students, and visitors carried concealed weapons on campus”. This is not the easy way to carried a gun on a public place.

A third reason is that more gun control is unnecessary because relatively few people are killed by guns and by people that killed themselves. According to the CDC’s “Americans were 21.5 times more likely to die of heart disease, 18.7 times more likely die of malignant tumors and 2.4 times more likely to  die of diabetes or 2.3 times of die of alzheimer’s  than die from a firearm. The flu and related pneumonia; traffic accidents, homicides, or suicides”. This shows that is unnecessary more gun control laws because people die more by decidese and accidents but is less with an firearm this means that we don't need more gun control.

In conclusion  guns and  people are both the problem but people is the worst because they are the ones that make all this problem of killing people and making bad ideas with  guns. Guns are just a simple object that does not are alife. This is just an example why guns and people that have different ideas, are dangerous for us. There is more information in different websites about mass shootings and that guns and person aren’t a good team.

Date:3/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Many people are debating if the guns are responsible for the killings or we humans.People are most responsible for the killings, Cencio Farre, a Engineer at Big Tech Companies stated, “ Of course, people are responsible.” The people are most responsible for all the killings because humans sell guns to each other and they aren’t changing any gun laws. The people are most responsible for the killing because gun laws aren’t getting stricter. Also some people sell guns to anyone instead of putting a rule that you have to be a certain age to purchase a gun. People are most responsible of the killing because people who are selling guns don’t make sure that the person is healthy and doesn’t have any mental issues, they just sell the gun because they just wanna make money.Guns are most responsible for the death of many people not humans. Guns aren’t responsible for the death of many people, we humans are responsible.

Guns are responsible for the death of many humans, Melissa Healy claimed, “With firearm claiming an average 93 lives per day in the United States.”The first reason guns are responsible for the killing is because they are designed to kill. The second reason guns are responsible for the killings is because the guns are supposed to protect humans from danger, but when the gun is used it’s usually used to kill someone or something. The third reason guns are responsible for killings is because they are being made to basically kill someone or something.Guns are responsible for the death of many people,there is no one else to blame for the killings except guns.

People are responsible for the killings because many people of the mass shootings had a mental illness and we humans aren’t making any changes to gun laws.First of all we humans are responsible for the killings because we are not trying to fix anything for example, after all these mass shootings we are not fighting for stricter gun laws or trying to make changes.Also we are responsible because we just keep selling these assault rifles to anyone. Another reason we’re responsible for the killings because people who sell guns just want to earn money and they’re not making sure if the person they’re selling the gun to has any mental issues.Laura Kiesel stated, “Serious mental illness has been found present in mass shootings.” There is no one else to blame for these killings except us, we are the only ones who will stop these mass shootings and gun violence.

We humans are responsible for many of these killings because we are not fighting to make stricter laws on guns. First of all humans are responsible for the killings because gun advocates don’t actually care about these mass shootings and if they did they would’ve made stricter laws. Second, some people in the world are promoting guns, therefore many people are buying them and most likely not using them safely. Third, reason we’re responsible because the president isn’t making any changes.Laura Kiesel asserts, “President Trump said Paddock was sick, instead of just saying this he could have made gun laws stricter.” In order for killings to stop we need to fight for stricter gun laws.

Humans are responsible for killings because they are not using the guns to protect themselves from danger they’re using it to kill people. Making the laws tougher would make it harder for people to buys guns therefore the number of mass shootings should decrease.The second reason we’re responsible for the killings because America refuses to admit that we have a serious gun problem. Additionally instead of  making changes or make a law to stop selling guns we just sit there and wait for another mass shooting, then claim to make gun laws more strict but end up not doing it. German Lopez stated, “America as a whole refuses to even admit it has a serious problem with guns and gun violence.” Instead of waiting for another mass shooting to make gun laws stricter we need to make them stricter now.

People are most responsible for the killing, Cencio Farre, a Engineer at Big Tech Companies stated, “Of course, people are responsible.”The people are most responsible for all the killings because humans sell guns to each other and they aren’t changing any gun laws. The people are most responsible for the killing because gun laws aren’t getting stricter. Also some people sell guns to anyone instead of putting a rule that you have to be a certain age to purchase a gun. People are most responsible of the killing because people who are selling guns don’t make sure that the person is healthy and doesn’t have any mental issues, they just sell the gun.Guns are responsible for the death of many humans, Melissa Healy claimed, “With firearm claiming an average 93 lives per day in the United States.”The first reason guns are responsible for the killing is because they are designed to kill. The second reason guns are responsible for the killings is because the guns are supposed to protect humans from danger, but when the gun is used it’s usually used to kill someone or something. The third reason guns are responsible for killings is because they are made and it’s not even being used safely. A solution for both sides is stop deciding who is responsible for the killings and just make the world a better place with no gun violence and stop mass shootings.

Date: 3/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Gun control is a heated topic that is debated by two sides: one side saying that gun control will save lives, and the other insisting that gun control is a violation of rights. However, limiting the availability of guns has never violated basic rights. Gun advocates argue that enacting more gun control laws violates the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” which gun advocates see as the unlimited right to own guns. They also argue that guns are used for self-defense. However, guns are almost never used for self-defense. Additionally, with gun control, we wouldn’t be violating any rights, but we would be saving lives. Finally, the Second Amendment isn’t an unlimited right to own guns.

 People who oppose gun control argue that any kind of gun control violates the Second Amendment and the right to protect their home. According to Lawrence Hunter, Chairman of Revolution PAC, stated, “The Founders understood that the right to own and bear laws is as fundamental, and as essential to maintaining liberty as are the rights of free speech, a free press, freedom of religion and the other protections against government encroachments on liberty delineated in the Bill of Rights.” Also, according to Justice Antonin Scalia, “The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.” 

However, guns are rarely used for self-defense. Statistics show that out of the 29,618,300 violent crimes that were committed between 2007 and 2011, 0.79% (235,700) of victims protected themselves with threats of using a firearm or the use of a firearm. In 2010, there were 230 cases where a citizen had to use a gun to kill a felon, compared to 8,725 gun homicides. This shows that there were almost no self-defense cases involving guns compared to the vast majority of gun homicides.

Gun control can also save lives. School shootings have taken over the country. When we hear about another school shooting, we can’t be surprised, because school shootings have become a normal thing nowadays, and that is because how easily anyone with a clean background can get a gun. However, if stronger gun control laws are enacted, mass shootings and deaths caused by guns can decrease significantly. According to www.fortune.com, a man named Martin Bryant shot 35 people dead and injured 18 other people at a tourist spot in Port Arthur, Australia. After the shooting, elected officials in Australia’s six states banned semi-automatic and other military-style weapons across the country. There hasn’t been a mass shooting in 22 years since the weapon ban.

Finally, the Second Amendment isn’t an unlimited right to own guns. According to Justice Antonin Scalia, “Like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited. From Blackstone through the 19th-century cases, commentators and courts routinely explained that the right was not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose… nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms.” Additionally, former Justice John Paul Stevens wrote, “the Framer’s single-minded focus in crafting the constitutional guarantee ‘to keep and bear arms’ was on military use of firearms, which they viewed in the context of service in state militias,” hence the inclusion of the phrase “well regulated militia” which means that the Second Amendment was intended to protect the rights of militias to own guns, and not individuals.

Gun control is not a violation of rights. Gun control is defined as the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians. It means that there are ways for civilians to own guns, it will just be harder to obtain guns. Gun control doesn’t violate rights because guns (which civilians’ main purpose of owning is defending their homes)  are rarely used for self-defense, they can save lives, and finally the Second Amendment (the right to bear arms) is not an unlimited right to own guns.

Date:3/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

People are the biggest problem in causing shootings not guns. Two months ago the most deadliest school massacre in the world occurred in Parkland, Florida. After this school shooting there has been many controversies over gun control. Some people believe guns should stay legalized, and some people disagree of having weapons. Guns have been used for mass tragic school shootings that have killed innocent people. People have many ideas about gun control.          

According to,“http://www.debate.org/opinions/is-gun-control-bad-yes-or-good-no” states, “If you take guns away then there will be no sense of safty to many families and won’t be happy at home.” Guns are the biggest problem not people. Guns have caused many school shootings and the people are innocent. Why are so many people wanting to ban guns. Guns are good for having safety. Guns shouldn’t be banned because people feel very safe with having them. The age of owning a firearm should not change. Guns are very harmful and dangerous and can be owned by a 18 year old.

Firstly, In order to end school shootings we must regulate better gun laws. I believe if there are better gun laws people in the future won't have to worry about going to school and fear of a shooting. According to, “https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/does-customer-have-be-certain-age-buy-firearms-or-ammunition-licensee” states, “Under the Gun Control Act (GCA), shotguns and rifles, and ammunition for shotguns or rifles may be sold only to individuals 18 years of age or older.” The laws for buying a weapon of war is regullated above 18 which is way to young and should be raised to a higher age. I also believe that people are the main cause of school shootings and not guns. 

Secondly, Guns do not cause any violence. The person that uses the weapon causes the violence not the gun. According to,“https://www.nij.gov/topics/crime/gun-violence/pages/welcome.aspx” states, “According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 467,321 persons were victims of a crime committed with a firearm in 2011.” People shouldn't get confused on how gun violence is committed. A gun cannot walk up and shoot people, the only way this happens is if a person picks up the gun and shoots people. Guns are not guilty for causing tragic shootings.  Why do people use guns for safety if they are hardly used for those purposes?

Lastly, Guns are hardly ever used for safety. According to, “Pro Con.Org” states, “ Of the 29,618,300 violent crimes committed between 2007 and 2011, 0.79% of victims (235,700) protected themselves with a threat of use or use of a firearm.” There is hardly any point of having a firearm used for safety nowadays because you can call the police if some threat is occurring and they will be very fast and responsive. The use of guns for safety oftenly turns out to make you more of a threat than protecting yourself. Guns are very harmful and dangerous and can be owned buy a 18 year old.

In conclusion, Guns are very harmful and dangerous and can be sold to a 18 year old. According to, “http://thefederalist.com”, states, “Currently, under federal law, an 18-year-old can legally purchase a rifle or shotgun, but a purchaser must be 21 years old for a handgun.” It makes no sense why you could by a weapon of war can that be bought at age 18 and you can buy a handgun at age 21. Although, according to, “Pro Con.Org” states, “A Dec. 10, 2014 Pew survey found that 57% of people believe that owning a gun protects them from being victimized.” People feel that there is a good reason of owning weapons for self protection. People believe that there will not be a need to ba weapons. Even though weapons are the cause of violent school shootings people they believe that the weapon is responsible for the violence which is obviously not true.

Date: 3/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

I believe guns and people are responsible for the deaths. According to theatlantic.com, “Firearms killed 32,251 people in the United States in 2011.” Guns are leading to many violent deaths, people being able to have guns knowing what bad they can do, also how there can be many different situations with having a gun. I think guns and people are responsible for what is happening through our society. People having guns can lead to serious or even people who are smart about their choices can still make these bad decisions.

People can choose the easy way out of things and use guns to get out of things, but these things they might be doing can hurt them in there future. Even some of those people will still make the decisions they shouldn’t be making. According to psychologytoday.com, “ Guns don’t kill people; people kill people.” Guns are responsible for the killings because they were designed for shooting. They also are meant for protection, but people aren’t using it for that. People will argue about the different use of these guns being sold to people who don’t use their minds.

First, these guns being sold are causing violent deaths all over, which it not helping what’s going around our world. According to npr.org, “It was the deadliest school shooting since a gunman took 26 lives at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newton, Conn. On Wednesday, a shooter killed at least 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.” According to washingtonpost.com, “the majority of Americans believe that mental illness, and the failure of the mental-health system to identify those at risk of dangerous behavior, is an important cause of gun violence.” This is will bring more people into thinking on how gun control laws need to change.

Second, people who are purchasing these weapons have to know the consequences of owning these guns. Guns can really be harming our society as well as our communities we are living in. According to cato.org, “In politicizing mass murders, gun control advocates, such as President Obama, insist that more laws against firearms can enhance public safety.” Although there needs to be deep background checks when purchasing a firearm. This will eventually help out the community of the people owning these firearms.

Last, there can be different situations that can happen with the having the possession of a firearm. Some people will sometimes have a gun illegally and that's how some of these deaths are by illegally having a firearm, which can get you into serious trouble. According to cga.ct.gov, “ Possession without license: first offense: up to two years in prison or jail, a fine of up to $500, or both.” This can really hurt your future later on and I believe people wouldn’t want that.

I believe guns and people are responsible for the deaths. According to theatlantic.com, “Firearms killed 32,251 people in the United States in 2011.” Guns are leading to many violent deaths, people being able to have guns knowing what bad they can do, also how there can be many different situations with having a gun. I think guns and people are responsible for what is happening through our society. People having guns can lead to serious or even people who are smart about their choices can still make these bad decisions.Guns are responsible for the killings because they were designed for shooting. They also are meant for protection, but people aren’t using it for that. People will argue about the different use of these guns being sold to people who don’t use their minds. This problem can be solved by our congress making a change to our gun control laws.

Date: 3/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

    
   The quote “ The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun” has been said by people who believe that there should be armed adults at schools to be able to stop intruders. My opinion in this quote is that I do not believe that by just giving guns to teachers and security guards at schools, would stop any intruder that decides to step foot in campus and cause harm. In an article written by Chris Cillizza a CNN Editor, he said “ There was a good guy outside the school when the bad guy with a gun started murdering people. The good guy with the gun wasn’t the solution. He didn’t stop it.” Not always is the good guy with a gun going to stop the bad guy with a gun. We have to have different solutions to stop the bad guy when there isn't a good guy.

   
   While others think that guns are not the only way to stop such events, there's people who agree with this quote. “ Security is only available with properly trained, armed good guys,” said in an article written by Erika Johnsen. Safety is a main priority in schools at whatever times. There should always be someone who is armed or ready for any danger that happens. The only way to defend yourself from someone that has a gun is by having a gun. Which might be true in some kind of ways ,but of course it is not the only thing you can use for defense.

  
    As I have said before, there is different types of ways for defending yourself and others from an intruder with a gun. We already have a way in which we protect ourselves when there is something happening. Lockdowns are something we practice at schools for when someone enters the campus without permission and comes to cause harm. We have always been taught to hide under the desks or step away from windows and close the door locked. Even though that is what we should do, we have to have another plan when the intruder tries to get in the classroom or is already in. Teachers and students should be taught different types of ways of keeping someone unwanted out of the classroom. 

   
   This quote needs to be stopped and make people understand that guns aren’t the solution because guns aren't the only self defending weapon there is. Not always is someone going to be carrying a gun and even though we should give guns to people that would not help that much. When there has been shootings there has been at least one person with a gun ,but they weren’t able to stop the bad guy. “ Mass shootings stopped by armed civilians in the past 33 years: 0,” this was said by Dave Wilson in his article “10 Pro-Gun Myths, Shot Down.”  He explained why a gun isn’t always going to stop the bad guy and types of causes that lead to shootings. 

   
   A big problem is that we never know  who is the one that can cause harm when they own a gun. Yes, there can always be signs of violent or aggressive behavior but you never know when that person is going to act out. There is also people that mean no harm and own guns but later on use those guns for self-defense or as said by David Wilson  “ owning a gun has been linked to higher risks of homicide, suicide, and accidental death by a gun.” Many people as around 310 million own a gun we don’t know when one of them just decides to shoot up a place. We need to enforce the gun laws we have. Apparently it is too much work to make changes so we just wait until even more shootings happen until they start realizing and decide to make a change instead of doing it since the beginning. 

  
 I believe we should not just give weapons to adults and that we should actually start making changes. There is not going to be a good guy with a gun to stop the bad guy with a gun all the time. We should know to defend ourselves without guns and try to enforce better laws to keep guns from the wrong hands. Yes, there should be at least one armed person in the campus but we shouldn’t just start handing away guns to all of the adults. “There was a good guy outside the school when the bad guy with a gun started murdering people. The good guy

with the gun wasn’t the solution. He didn’t stop it,” said Chris Cillizza. The good guy isn’t always going to stop the bad guy. Guns are not the solution.  

Date: 3/21/18

History Period: 2 

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

                      Is Gun Control Violating Our Rights?

Mass shootings keep occurring, but it seems nothing is being done about it and we keep allowing for it to happen again and again. Americans claim the Second Amendment rights is to protect ourselves, but is it really protecting us because it seems to be causing more harm rather than self-defense. In my essay, I will be writing and stating the reasons along with facts from credible sources about how tragedies keep occuring because of the guns.

Gun control would greatly reduce mass shootings from occurring. According to the article,”Mass shootings: How U.S gun culture compares with the rest of the world.” U.S is the country with the highest gun ownership out of all the other countries in statistics. Clearly, other countries don’t have as many mass shootings because they have stricter gun laws unlike the U.S. Americans under 21 are not allowed to purchase a gun from a licensed dealer or an unlicensed dealer. Unlicensed dealers can be friends or family of the underage buyer, which makes it easy for anyone purchase these things without a proper background check. I personally believe It will keep us safe, rather than violate our rights. 

Another important point is how the lives of these innocent children matter way more than Second Amendment rights. Americans say how we should have the right to protect ourselves which is true, but these weapons seem to be used to go on a murder rampage rather than self-defense. According to source, “In the U.S., guns have more value than children,” it states, “It is unfortunate but clear in this country that guns mean more to people than children.” Put yourself in these families’ position whom children have had their life cut short and the pain and misery their parents must feel. By having stricter gun control there wouldn’t be as many mass shootings and we wouldn’t have continue to suffer with this situation over and over again. 

It seems as if the situation is getting worse and worse; nothing is being done to stop or resolve the issue with gun control. According to article, “Why Americans don’t do anything about mass shootings,” it states, “When we care, we solve problems.” The Sandy Hook mass school shooting took place December 14, 2012. Six years later and still today these disturbing tragedies still occur with nothing being solved. Why are we still allowing this to happen; today’s society is almost making it acceptable, which is wrong in so many ways.

People may disagree about having stricter gun control laws because they claim that these criminals will find illegal ways to purchase and get ahold of guns. Of course criminals will find illegal ways to purchase guns, but this would highly decrease the amount of mass shootings that keep occurring. For example according to the article, “Violent Crime and Guns,” - Do countries with stricter gun laws really have less crime or fewer homicides?” It claims “ Not only does it have more guns than any other nation on the planet, but it also has far more gun deaths than any other developed nation — six times the homicide rate of neighboring Canada, more than seven times as many as Sweden, and 16 times as many as Germany .” referring to the U.S. Having stricter gun control laws will definitely make it more difficult for criminals’ to get ahold of a gun, which decreases mass shootings.

In conclusion, the government isn’t doing anything to prevent mass shootings, but send their condolences and prayers. Gun control would drastically reduce mass shooting rates along with making it more difficult for criminals to get ahold of a gun. I personally root for gun control for the safety of us and the innocent children who had big dreams and futures, for it all being cut short. Enough is enough. 

Date: 03/21/2018

History Period: 3

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

   What factor is the responsible for shootings: Mental health or Guns?

        The responsibles for killing are the people, not the guns; people are who control the guns and make all those tragedies. According to Saeed Ahmed, CNN Senior Editor, “There has been, on average, 1 school shooting every week this year.” We're only 11 weeks into 2018, and there have already been 17 school shootings where someone was hurt or killed. That averages out to 1.5 shootings a week. “It cannot be denied that something dangerous and unhealthy is happening in our country,” Mr. Sessions told a group of sheriffs in Washington. There is a clear relationship between mental illness and mass public shootings. 

        A Nov. 26, 2013 study found that, between 1980 and 2009, "assault weapons bans did not significantly affect murder rates at the state level" and "states with restrictions on the carrying of concealed weapons had higher gun-related murders." While gun ownership doubled in the twentieth century, the murder rate decreased. John R. Lott, author of More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws, stated, "States with the largest increases in gun ownership also have the largest drops in violent crimes... The effect on 'shall-issue' laws on these crimes has been dramatic. When states passed these laws, the number of multiple-victim shootings declined by 84 percent. Deaths from these shootings plummeted on average by 90 percent and injuries by 82 percent." 

      In this year there has been approximately one shooting a week. At least one person being shot (not including shooter). They were for “accidental” discharge of a firearm or simply because they already had it planned. On March 13 at Seaside, California; a teacher discherged a gun in a public safety class at Seaside High School, injuring a student. That is just and example of several mass shootings in our country in the last months and some of them had a lot of victims. Gun control laws do not deter crime; gun ownership deters crime.

     The year 2018 has just begun when the mass shootings started. On this 11 weeks of this year there have already been 17 school shootings where at least someone was hurt or killed. One of the most know recent shooting was in Parkland, Florida at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018; there was lots of victims, seventeen, to be precise. Among them were a football coach, an athletic director and young, eager and forward-looking students. Also there were sixteen persons with injuries. The shooter responsible of this tragedy was Nikolas Cruz, 19 years old. This mass shooting is one of the world’s deadliest school massacres. 

        At the broadest level, some researches has shown that individuals with major mental disorders (those that substantially interfere with life activities) are more likely to commit violent acts, especially if they abuse drugs. When we focus more narrowly on mass public shootings,an extreme and, fortunately, rare form of violence; we see a relatively high rate of mental illness. According to CNN Senior Editor Research, “At least 59% of the 185 public mass shootings that took place in the United States from 1900 through 2017 were carried out by people who had either been diagnosed with a mental disorder or demonstrated signs of serious mental illness prior to the attack.” That means that the responsible of shootings, violent acts, etc. are the people, NOT Guns. 

        It’s possible for mass public shootings to be both a gun problem and a mental health problem. According to CNN Senior Editor, "There has been, on average, 1 school shooting every week this year". Some researches has shown that individuals with major mental disorders are more likely to commit violent acts. "Mr. Cruz, the responsible of the Parkland shooting, had suffered for depression and was getting counseling at one point", said Amy Barnhorst.Assault weapons bans did not significantly affect murder rates at the state level. The government, instead of passing a gun control law, should intern in a clinic the people who have a mental health background, treat them and make sure that they will not do any act of violence.

Date: 03/21/18.

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Do you think guns or people are the ones responsible for killing? “You can’t have a gun murder without guns,” said Nathan J. Robinson in an article by Current affairs. I agree with him, it is impossible to have a shooting without a gun. Of how many shootings have you heard of that a gun was not involved? First of all, even if people are the ones that fire the guns, why would they have them in the first place, this is why we need gun control laws. Don’t you think it is pointless for people to have guns if their children are going to end up committing a crime with them, or not even children, somebody that owns a gun could be over 18 but, in my opinion that is not old enough. It is not really about the age, anybody could use a gun at any age for something dangerous, they could be mentally ill, or just want to do it, it does not depend on the person. It is because they have  a gun. Some say it is the person’s fault because they were the ones who pulled the trigger. They say it was because they were mentally ill, they had problems, or they were not thinking right. Many people could not be thinking right and easily get a hold of a gun. 

Others say guns don’t kill people. “When you really think about it people are the ones who pull the trigger not the guns,” said Nia Lanehart in an article about gun control and people. She is saying that guns don’t pull the trigger by itself, that there is always a person behind it. Another reason is that it doesn’t matter if people have guns or not, they could still kill with any weapon they can get a hold on, “it doesn’t matter what people use to kill other people with because they’ll still kill other people,” states Nia Lanehart in the same article. She claims that it does not matter if people don’t have guns because they will still kill with whatever source they have. Lastly, guns are not created for either good or evil. They can be used in any way depending on the person in possession of the gun, according to Nia, “guns are just an inanimate object it has no good nor evil in it.” Many say, “guns don’t kill people, people kill people,” and whether to believe this or not, is your decision, but you have to hear both sides of the story.

First of all, why would mentally ill or young people that are not responsible have a gun? It does take two things to kill, but we cannot ban people or have control over the whole world and what they do, but we can control who has guns and who doesn’t. “This is especially so for guns, which—unlike fists and knives—enable one person to slaughter others with a brutal efficiency that the Founding Fathers couldn’t even begin to comprehend in 1791,”said Michael Shammas in an article. He says that even though people do pull the trigger, guns certainly help. People are partially responsible for the killing but guns are too, and if we can ban guns, why don't we? We are not going to ban people and maybe even with gun control the country will be killing free, but if we had stricter gun control there would not be so many. There have been over a dozen shootings and we are three months into the year, don't you think that if we improved our gun control laws there could be a possibility of decreasing the amount of shootings?

I do acknowledge that people are the ones to pull the trigger, but guns make this process very easy. “The issue involves how incredibly easy a modern weapon makes killing,” said Michael Shammas. He states that people are part of the killing but guns make it very easy. He explains how modern weapons nowadays make killing so much easier and faster. The efficiency and speed of modern guns could make a mass shooting happen in seconds, the guns fire bullets in seconds and could kill many people in less than we know. The issue is not whether guns can just kill people on their own without anybody behind it pulling the trigger, it is whether how easy and fast it makes it. Guns have become too developed and only authorities should have those dangerous weapons. The government should be able to regulate what type of guns people can own and make sure the person who owns it will not cause any damage. If people did not have those guns, there would be less damage. Imagine the damage the Las Vegas shooter would have caused if he had only had a knife.

America has a gun and violence problem and we won't admit it. Sure, there are many people with mental illness that do bad things and use guns to do it. That is the issue; guns. Research shows that people with mental illnesses are usually the victim not the one who causes violence. “The mentally ill should not bear the burden of being regarded as the ‘chief’ perpetrators of mass murder,” said Dylan Matthews, who keeps a database of shootings. He stated that only 22 percent of the killers had mental illnesses. He said that only 52 people out of 235 killers were mentally ill, he argues that it may affect and cause the killing, but that is only a small part of  all the killers. Also, if we had better gun control these mentally ill people would not be able to get a hold of  a gun and do this, or even not mentally ill people should have guns if they could commit killings. The point is that it is very easy to get a hold of a gun and it should not be like that.

People do play a role in the killing, but we are ignoring the fact that guns are the ones that make this possible. “People kill people, and guns make that killing easier,” said Michael Shammas in an article. It is very easy for anyone to get their hands on a gun. Guns make killing really easier and faster, their speed and efficiency make the process a lot easier. Many argue that mentally ill people are the ones responsible for all this killing, you must know that only 22 percent of the killers were mentally ill. Even if they are the ones responsible for this, why o they even have possession of guns? Others argue that guns don't kill people “if you really think about it people are the ones who pull the trigger not the guns,” said Nia Lanehart in an article. She states that it does not matter if guns are banned because people will still find another way to kill people. She also claims that guns are not created for good nor evil, they are inanimate objects. In my opinion, both guns and people are responsible for killing, but if we are able to control one of them why don't we? We have the ability to have stricter gun laws and regulate who owns one or not, we can keep our country safe. We cannot ban people, so guns are the issue because we can do something about it but we are not doing anything. 

Date: 3/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Establishing normalcy in the act of carrying concealed weapons in public is less likely to enhance public safety than to jeopardize it. This is evidenced by the death of Joseph Wilcox, who as he verged upon Jerad Miller with gun in hand, was shot in the back by Jerad’s wife, Amanda Miller. The question of what makes America safer, more guns or less guns, continues to be a subject of debate among citizens. In a book titled “More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws (1998)”, economist John Lott argued that lack of precise U.S. statistics renders the connection between right-to-carry laws and crime rates inconclusive. This source has been frequently used as defense material by those in support of gun ownership. Lott’s deduction has been subject to criticism by academics for uncertain analysis of data, such as “Shooting Down the More Guns, Less Crime Hypothesis (2003)” by Ian Ayres and John J. Donohue III. They state in the paper “...some of the most persistent findings- such as the association of shall-issue laws with increases in (or no effect on) robbery and with substantial increases in various types of property crime- are not consistent with any plausible theory of deterrence.” 

Despite the indefinite conclusion about the effect that RTC (right to carry) laws have on the country, the subject matter has evident flaws. One of which is that they encourage untrained citizens to endanger themselves in times of catastrophe. Take the case of Joseph Wilcox, for instance. Another problem is that they are often fueled on the concern of American identity and masculinity, and uses public safety as a pretext to hide these interests. Additionally, Stanford researchers have found that RTC laws, which allow anyone who matches simple criteria to obtain a concealed-carry license, cause an increase in violent crime. Wayne Lapierre, executive vice president and CEO of the NRA, has declared “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” This argument has been regularly put to test by the thirty years of mass shootings in which none have been stopped by a “good guy with a gun”. Although there are many cases which prove the danger in putting guns into the hands of inexperienced people, many pro-gun advocates refer to the following sources to support their position in the issue.

Research institutions such as the CDC (Centers for Diseases Control) have argued in favor of self-defense with the use of firearms in a 2013 report. The study, entitled “Priorities For Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm Related Violence” states “Self-defense can be an important crime-deterrent”, also observing that “some firearm violence results in death, but most does not.” Another thing they discovered is that suicide is the cause of most firearm deaths instead of homicide. According to the CDC, “Between the years 2000 and 2010, firearm-related suicides significantly outnumbered homicides for all age groups.” They have also claimed that situations in which an armed person has used a gun to attack a criminal result in less injury than the employment of other defense methods. All these lines of reasoning appear to be most concerned for public safety, however their validity is ruined by their disregard for recent evidence by the FBI which disproves their claim.

In the occurrence of an active shooting, the probability of an armed civilian putting a stop to it is low. This is evidenced in a recent report by the FBI which states that only three-percent of incidents ended by a confrontation between an armed civilian and a criminal. Four of these armed civilians were trained security guards, and one was an average citizen. The remainder of cases were ended by the shooter ceasing attack by suicide or fleeing, struggle between the shooter and law-enforcement, or the shooter being subdued by unarmed civilians. The FBI report states, “The study identified 21 (13.1%) of 160 incidents where unarmed citizens made the selfless and deeply personal choices to face the danger of an active shooter. In those instances, the citizens safely and successfully disrupted the shootings. In 11 of those 21 incidents, unarmed principals, teachers, other school staff and students confronted the shooters to end the threat. In 10 incidents, citizens, working or shopping when the shootings began, successfully restrained shooters until police could arrive. And in 6 other incidents, armed off-duty police officers, citizens, and security guards risked their lives to successfully end the threat.” This data proves that “a good guy with a gun” is, in fact, not the only thing stopping “a bad guy with a gun.” Nevertheless, what does owning a gun make a person, specifically a man in a country that is confined to such unjust conventions?

The “good guy with a gun” myth perpetuates the idea that owning and using a gun dignifies a man, for it is ingrained in our culture that what makes a man “a man” is violence. This toxic ideology is what promotes RTC laws, under the belief that the only way to fight gun violence is with more guns. Pro-gun advocates refuse to acknowledge that toxic masculinity is one of the driving forces of gun violence. Instead, they choose to hide it by asserting concern for public safety as their main motive for supporting pro-gun policies, as shown in a social media post by the official NRA which says “America: the original safe space. Created and protected by, what else? - good guys with guns!” Contrary to this statement, America is not safe, for violent crime rates are up due to the fact that almost any person can have a weapon on them at any time. 

According to research by Stanford law professor John Donohue, violent crime in states which have RTC laws have more violent crime than states without the law. The working paper states “Ten years after the adoption of RTC laws, violent crime is estimated to be 13-15 percent higher than it would have been without the RTC law.” This report follows research which reached inconclusive about the effects of RTC laws on violent crime rates. Additionally, the report notes that “There is not even the slightest hint in the data that RTC laws reduce overall violent crime”. This evidence shows that RTC laws do not make America any safer than it already was not. 

Laws which allow citizens to carry concealed weapons in public only put lives at risk. As expressed by the Daily News, “In the case of (Joseph) Wilcox, his intentions were pure. He wanted to stop a shooter, but in believing the fiction that a “good guy” with a gun can take the role of a police officer, he became yet another victim of America's gun culture. There is no certified “good guy with a gun” who will put a stop to active gun violence, for it has been shown on multiple occasions that other ways of stopping an active shooter are more effective. Overall, gun violence in the U.S. heavily stems from the issue of toxic masculinity which plagues our culture. Furthermore, research has debunked the claim that RTC laws reduce violent crime rates, proving that they actually increase them to a considerable degree. “The only thing stopping a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun” is a good slogan, however it has very little basis to administer effect on the issue at hand. Perhaps if people were to acknowledge the true issues behind gun violence, then adequate steps to regulate it may come into place.

Date: 3-22-2018

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

There has been much debate about whether it is guns or people that are responsible for killing. I believe that it is people that are responsible for killing. Firstly, guns are inanimate objects, so they can’t kill people. Also, people can kill other people with other weapons. Finally, people kill people because of mental health issues.

There are people on the other side of the debate that say that it is guns that kill people. According to debate.org, “It is due to the fact that guns are available in the first place that people are killed with a firearm. Simple logic, no firearms= no firearm related murders/deaths.” Indeed, firearms are used for killing, however the person would find another way to kill after the firearm is taken away.

Guns don’t kill people because they don’t do anything by themselves. According to debate.org, “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. Guns are inanimate objects. They can’t get up and walk around shooting people.” “If I put a gun on a table and tell it to kill someone it wont do it.” “Guns are inanimate objects that need humans in order to be useful.” This shows that guns don’t do anything by themselves.

If someone wants to kill, they might find a way to do it without a gun. According to oxplore.org, “But the chances are that not being able to get their hands on a gun wouldn’t stop them killing - it would just force them to find a different weapon. Because the fact is that most mass killers don’t kill because they happen to stumble across a gun - they kill for some other reason,” and, “For example, when British taxi driver Derrick Bird killed 12 people and injured 11 others in Cumbria in 2010, before turning his gun on himself.” Also, according to debate.org, “In Russia, a man named Alexander Pichushkin killed 49 people with a hammer and also by throwing them into a sewer, and would smash a bottle into their skull to make sure they didn't survive.” These examples show how people can kill without a gun.

It’s people who kill people because of mental health issues. According to oxplore.org, “Emotions can make us do some strange things and hate is one of the strongest emotions there is - it can certainly cloud our judgement. And if hatred and resentment build up over a long time, it can make people snap.” “Various psychotic illnesses, such as schizophrenia or severe bi-polar disorder, are often associated with mass killers. This is because they can result in people disconnecting from reality - experiencing delusions and hallucinations like hearing voices or seeing things that aren’t really there. Not everyone with these issues will become a mass killer, of course. But they provide the right kind of mental conditions for someone to underestimate the seriousness of their actions, or even to think that what they’re doing is a reasonable and right way to behave.” “If someone is feeling lonely, angry, or mentally confused enough that they think lashing out at people in a deadly way is their best option, taking their gun away probably isn’t going to stop them. In the last decade, the world has experienced mass killers who’ve used bombs, driven lorries into crowds, crashed planes into buildings, stabbed people and shot at people with a bow and arrow.” This shows that these mental conditions can cause someone do something violent and it wasn’t the gun that did it.

In conclusion, it’s not really the gun that is responsible for killing. This is because guns are inanimate objects, people who want to kill will find other ways to do it, and it is people killing because of mental illness. The guns shouldn’t be taken away, it’s the mental health problems that should be addressed.

Date: 3/21/18

History Period:  4

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

“Mass school shooting today at…” “There’s been yet another school shooting!” “The number of victims from this school shooting will leave you astounded..” More and more eye-catching titles on the recent school shootings have surfaced the ocean called the internet these past few days, heck even this past month. However, the real question is the media overdramatizing these gun-related tragedies or not? If you haven’t heard by now, recently there have been multiple, devastating school shootings. To which all have left some kind of mourning in their paths. Now, while it is the media’s job to inform its viewers about such horrid events in order to help the people become aware of the current dangers that society is facing. Is it truly the media’s job to exaggerate such events to the point that fear is spread instead of caution? The media has been known to overemphasize certain details on tragic events for views for a while now. Three ways that the media is overdramatizing gun-related tragedies is by exaggerating so much that it places fear into its’ viewers minds, they create new crime myths and rumors, and they call accidental fires in a school zone “school shootings.” However, keep in mind that there are many viewpoints to see this argument from.

The media was originally made to help spread news faster in order to get awareness of certain events and any ways or strategies to protect those who have yet to been affected, so in a way it is not overdramatizing the gun-related tragedies. The carnage that occured could never be exaggerated, the pain the massacre left behind could not have been overdramatized, and neither could the fear that the event caused as well as the fear the person or people who caused such an event to happen in the first place. Nonetheless, are these truly valid excuses to prove that the media is not overdramatizing gun-related tragedies?

The media has exaggerated stories so much that it’s even ingrained the fear of crime into its’ viewers brains. According to, “Civic Life and Duty,” it states that, “New stations and their reporters thrive on the fear of their viewers, because they want them to keep coming back for information.” This shows that, the media purposely exaggerated stories in order to strike fear into the hearts of their viewers to keep them coming back to continuously be updated on current situations. In an article written by Alice Courtauld named, “How the media controls our perceptions of crime,” it says that research evidence shows that there is a link between social media and the people’s fear of crime. Another quote from the same article by Courtauld that shows the media exaggerates the story to create fear into their viewers is, “Such media representations tend to create distorted perceptions of crime among the majority of the public, exaggerate its threat and unnecessarily increase the public’s fear of crime.” This just goes to prove even more that the media overdramatize stories of crimes to increase the fear of said crime and massacres into the watchers’ system.

As if exaggerated stories of tragic and true events weren’t enough, a result of these stories is new crime myths and rumors. In the book, “Fundamentals of Criminal Justice A Sociologists View Second Edition” by Steven E. Barkan and George J. Bryjak, it states that, “...In all these ways, media coverage exaggerates both the degree to which African Americans and Latinos commit crime and the degree to which whites are victims of crimes.” To elaborate, earlier on in the book examples were given in which the media and newspapers claimed that African Americans and Latinos were the ones who commit the crime in which whites were the victims of. However, studies prove to show that most crimes where whites were the victims were in fact committed by other whites. This shows that the media spreads not only myths and rumors but stereotypes as well. In the same book it said that the media aired out more of the violent crimes than any other type of crime. To be more specific, the authors stated that at least one-fourth of homicide crimes took up the media when in reality, homicides took up less than one percent of all crimes. This proves that, social media and the media in general set out a false facade for the true amount of gun-related and violent crimes that have been committed. Again, in the same book it states that, “If a particularly violent crimes or a spurt of crimes occur, the media give these events heavy attention, contributing to false perceptions that crime is becoming more frequent.” To elaborate, the media adds on to violent crimes, such as gun-related crimes, to make them seem like they occur more often than they do, spreading the false illusion that people need to be much more aware of violent crime rather than any other. Thus, causing problems of credibility when finding sources of information on such events.

Another way the media overdramatize gun-related events is by faking the actual number of school shootings that have occurred, and this is only counting this year alone. In the article, “No, There Haven’t Been 18 School Shootings This Year - Not Even Close,” it states that, “One of the "school shootings" on the list, for example, involved a Greyson College, Tex., student who accidentally discharged a weapon at the school's Criminal Justice Center during a class supervised by a police officer on how to use handguns.” This shows that, not all events counted as “school shootings” were actually school shootings. It also shows how the media and certain organizations and groups like to over exaggerate on what is really a mass school shooting. In the same article, it gave another example of yet another event that involved a gun firing on school grounds and were counted, yet they weren’t even school shootings. This example was of two suicides that took place on school campus, one of which wasn’t even by a student who went to the school nor was it one of the staff members that worked there either. Lastly, on this list of  “school shootings” was an accidental discharge by a third grader who had accidentally pulled the trigger on a holstered gun of a police officer, which was once again stated in the same article which was by Investor’s Business Daily. Most of the events on this list would not even be considered school shootings, but they were still put on said list anyways.

The media gains many views, that by far is true. But for these views does the media overdramatize the recent gun-related tragedies? According to the authors of, “Fundamentals of Criminal Justice A Sociological View Second Edition,” it states that, “A major problem is that the media tend to “overdramatize” crime…” Three ways the media overdramatize crime is by exaggerating so much that it places fear into its’ viewers minds, they create new crime myths and rumors, and they call accidental fires in a school zone “school shootings.” People would argue that the media is in fact not overdramatizing such events. Three ways the media is not exaggerating gun-related tragedies is that the carnage that occured could never be exaggerated, the pain the massacre left behind could not have been overdramatized, and neither could the fear that the event caused as well as the fear the person or people who caused such an event to happen in the first place. A way to solve both sides is to truthfully count when a school shooting is an actual school shooting, and not to add on to or repeatedly mention such a tragic event that had taken place, instead spread strategies and ways to prevent anymore gun-related massacres from happening again.

Date:3/21/18

History Period:2  

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Title of Essay:  Which is more responsible for killing, guns or people?

There’s been many shootings going around at school’s and there’s this question on, who’s more responsible for killing. Could it be the guns, or could it be people? Well in this case it could be the people, because there the ones with the gun in there hand, they’re the controllers. When I hear that there's been school shootings, I feel very unsafe, and bad for people who I don’t even know. Guns are the most deadliest weapons and so are we as human beans. People have more power with the guns, they are the ones who buy the guns, and they are the ones who are responsible for holding the guns. The answer to the question, “whos more responsible for killings, guns or people?” I strongly believe that people are responsible.

The first reason I could give on how people are more responsible is that they’re the ones who have more power of controlling it. According to an article written by,  Nathan J. Robinson, he quoted, “Yes, but those guns don’t kill by themselves.” This practically means that people are the powerful ones that control where the gun goes, and when to pull the trigger. People who have the gun have been trusted to own one, but some are just throwing that opportunity away. Using an analogue between a car brake and the persons foot, the driver is the one who’s responsible for holding that break. Of course things happen in someone's life, but there's no reason to shoot up a school with innocent children.

People may argue that they need guns to protect them, but that is not the best way to protect yourself. When you hear that guns are being used to shoot up school, do you think to yourself, “damn, why are people that naive to ruin children's lives?” or “why haven’t the government put gun violations in effect?”. Those questions are the same questions I ask myself whenever there is a shooting on the news. Having a gun in the house would make me feel safe if theirs is an intruder, but buying a gun to shoot up a festival, school, or even shops (grocery store, gas station, clubs) would not make me feel safe. Even though you lock it up in a “safe” area doesn’t mean that it's actually safe someone would know the combination. Guns are not the best to keep you safe.

We as humans are very responsible, because no one is fighting for stricter gun laws. Not fighting for stricter gun laws, makes people think it’s ok shooting up schools. But in reality it’s not ok, it’s a very hard tragedy that nobody’s gonna get out of there head. According to usatoday.com, “A man killed 35 people with a semi-automatic weapon in a popular tourist area of Port Arthur, in Tasmania.” Just imagine walking and there’s a shooting or even being near the shooter. People go through so much, hearing or watching it. Nobody will ever be the same. We as people need to fight and fight and fight for stricter gun laws.

Knowing that there’s has been so many mass shootings and no one's doing anything about just kills me. Knowing that no one cares about our lives also kills me. But the question is if Australia can end gun violence why can’t we end gun violence. Inferring to timeinc.net, “Within just weeks of that tragedy, elected officials in each of Australia’s six states and two mainland territories—pressed forward by police chiefs across the continent and by the then-newly elected prime minister—banned semi-automatic and other military-style weapons across the country.” This makes me think that our government doesn’t care for there states,countries, or cities at all.

In conclusion, people are very responsible for mass shootings. We need to fight for stricter gun laws. People need to stop with the mass shootings, and stop having guns to kill people.

Date: 03/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Who or what is more responsible for the tragedies happening all over our country, The gun that is triggered by a finger or the person struggling with mental issues? “Emotions can make us do strange things and hate is one of the strongest emotions there is - it can certainly cloud our judgment. And if hatred and resentment build up over a long time, it can make people snap,” stated oxplore.org in a recent article.

 To begin with, such calamity could easily be caused by the person’s hatred for something. In many cases, the shooter might have felt like an outcast or was simply battling with their own mental instability. Nikolas Cruz, Florida high school shooter, had been expelled from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school for “disciplinary reasons”. However, the majority of these tragedies could be the cause of untreated mental illnesses. There are many mental illnesses that could influence someone to hurt others such as, schizophrenia or severe bipolar depression. People with serious psychological problems end up acting out and harming others because they have not been given the proper care. Lastly, It could be that the shooter was influenced by violent films or video games that caused them to harm others. Therefore, they could have chosen to buy a gun or had previously owned one. Unfortunately, guns are made easily available to anyone one to own which may encourage someone to be violent. gives them more Nikolas Cruz had all three of these problems. He had hatred for the school, He had a severe mental illness, and also he owned a gun. I’m not saying all shooters need to have a severe mental illness or hatred, they could easily just be bad human beings that are doing things to harm innocent people. A person’s mindset might be harmed from previous events in their past lives and that’s why they’re doing such things, but I know for a fact that it’ll never be the guns responsibility for these actions that occur. 

To start off, I agree that not all people that own guns are necessarily bad people, but that doesn’t stop me from still agreeing that half the guns that have been sold were given to the wrong people. “High-quality telephone polls from Gallup and the Pew Research Center in 2017 found that 42% of people in the US live in households with guns.” That’s almost half of the American population that has a hold of a gun and in those ⅕ could be a danger to society. However, let’s say that America permanently removes guns. Everyone expects all these school shootings and bad things in America to stop happening because it’s the supposive ‘guns’ that are allowing everything to happen. Yet, it’s forgotten that knives and other weapons still exist and it doesn’t stop somebody from picking it up and starting a large massacre. 

Secondly, The gun does not have the fault in any of this. Yes, gun control could heavily make an impact, but it won’t make a difference on how many murders happen. The gun isn’t telling the shooter to do anything, the shooter is being drawn by the gun and therefore these things happen. Debate.org says “A firearm is nothing more than a tool, A wrench can be used for an intended purpose, or it can be used as a deadly weapon. Now let’s say you kill someone with the wrench. You will be charged with the same crime as you would if you used a firearm.” It’s the same consequences as killing someone with a gun. The gun nor the wrench have any fault in this, It’s simply the person. 

Thirdly, people are not using guns for the right purpose. “The point is that even though guns are for killing, they are not intended for killing innocent people.  This is the important distinction liberals refuse to make.  Just like cars are for transportation and bats are for sports, guns are for defense and military offense.  There are proper uses and improper uses.” stated SiftingReality.com. So why are guns being sold left and right to normal civilians? Guns should be left to the Military, Police, and Government forces. As I stated in paragraph two, I do agree that not all people have bad intentions when it comes to guns, but the little population that does have bad intentions really affects us greatly. 

The biggest problem is we sometimes never know who could be planning to do such a thing. It could be anybody in a school or somebody who has hate for something. Like I stated in paragraph one, Nikolas Cruz had hate for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School because he had been previously expelled and everyone made jokes about him. He was not mentally okay and his first thought was, “Shoot up the school.” It is unexplainably amazing to me how easily he got the gun, arrived at the school, and started shooting. Three easy steps, and there went 17 lives. These mental illnesses that were not treated affected Nikolas, and if he were to have gotten more attention medically, maybe none of this would have happened. 

In Conclusion, people have all the fault when it comes to these types of things. We can’t stop it unless there are stricter laws or there’s more medical attention on people who need it the most. They need to make gun control happen and not keep it in the darks anymore.

Date: 3-21-18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six-paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in to the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Title of Essay: Which is more responsible for killing, guns or people?

 There has been a big debate going on for the past few years about whether guns or people are more responsible for killing. Even though both people and guns have their part in killing, I believe that the biggest problem is guns. If there were no guns, there wouldn’t be any shootings. One reason why guns are the biggest problem is that guns make it easier for people to kill than other weapons. Another reason is guns were designed to kill people, which is why they are a big problem. The last reason is that gun control laws greatly reduce death rates.

 Some people believe that people kill people, not guns. David Kyle Johnson Ph.D. states, “The ultimate cause is found in some decision that a person made; the event, activity, or object that most directly did the harming was only a proximate cause.”  A lot of times when someone shoots a gun, it happens by accident. For example, a parent might keep a gun in their house and they don’t secure it properly. When this happens, a child might get a hold of it and they might accidentally shoot someone or themselves. That child did not make the decision to shoot someone. They did not mean to or want to harm anyone. This shows that guns are more responsible for killing people.

 For starters, guns make it easier for people to kill than other weapons. According to The Economist, “This is true, but in practice, people are nowhere near as likely to get killed with a knife. In America, of those 14,022 homicides in 2011, 11,101 were committed with firearms.” This explains that almost 80% of the people who got killed in 2011 were shot by a gun. It is easiest to kill people with a gun, which is why over 11,000 people were killed that way in 2011. The author also states, “People kill people, and guns make that killing easier.” This means that weapons other than guns, such as a knife, usually wound the victim, but guns more often than not, kill the victim. It’s easier to shoot someone and kill them than it is to kill them with a knife, fist, or any other weapon that isn’t a gun.

 Secondly, guns kill people because that is what they were designed to do. Christine Emba, author of “We all know what guns are really for,” states, “After all, what are guns for? Guns are for killing. This is their purpose; this is what they are meant for and designed to do.” Guns were made to kill people, and that’s what they do. We can stop the deaths of many people by having more gun control laws. According to LA Times, “Gun accidents happen because we live in close proximity to machines designed to kill; they eventually will do what they were made to do, though perhaps not at a time our choosing.” This quote shows how guns just take us a step closer towards death. Guns will kill at the most unexpected times because they were made to do that.

Lastly, guns kill people because by having gun control laws, death rates are reduced. For instance, the article, “Should More Gun Control Laws Be Enacted?” states, “Between 1999 and 2013… guns were the leading cause of death by homicide (66.6% of all homicides) and by suicide (52.2% of all suicides).” This passage shows that more than half of all homicides and suicides were caused by guns. If there was more control on these guns, then some of those people might still be alive. According to a March 10, 2016 Lancet study, “Implementing federal universal background checks could reduce firearm deaths by a projected 56.9%; background checks for ammunition purchases could reduce deaths by a projected 80.7%; and gun identification requirements could reduce deaths by a projected 82.5%.” This explains that controlling who can purchase a gun and ammunition by performing background checks on the buyer can prevent many deaths caused by a gun.

 In conclusion, there are more reasons why guns are more responsible for killing than people are. First of all, guns make it easier and more efficient to kill. Second of all, guns kill people because that is what they were made for. Finally, having gun control laws lessens death rates. The only way we can stop people from getting killed by guns is to have more gun laws to protect people from guns.

Date: 3/21/2018

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Which is most responsible for killing, guns or people? Many will say guns or others will say the people, but for me, I’m with the people that say that people are responsible for killing innocent people. I have never heard of a gun that shoots itself or that it has legs, arms, and hands so it can run to places and starts shooting everyone. People that have mental illnesses or that do horrible decisions are responsible for their actions and should be punished. 

With that said, I have three important reasons why people should know that other people doing this horrible decisions are responsible for killing. Starting with, people are taking advantage with the laws that are supposedly confusing because people are making the Second Amendment protect individuals instead of militias. The second reason is that guns don’t shoot themselves only someone that has possession of it can by pulling the trigger and the bullets will come out, people should stop blaming objects that are used by a human. The third reason why people are most responsible for killing other people is that the same people that are buying guns and doing these horrible events are getting away with background checks. 

The first reason is that people are taking advantage with the laws that are supposedly confusing because people are making the Second Amendment protect individuals instead of militias. According to Former Justice, John Paul Stevens, “ the Framer’s single-minded focus in crafting the constitutional guarantee to keep and bear arms was on military use of firearms, which they viewed in the context of service in state militias…” This passage shows that the Second Amendment was made to protect groups of people, trying to help others, with guns and not an individual that is trying to kill others and not trying to help others, with a gun. Furthermore, people have been misunderstanding the Second Amendment or they are doing it on purpose which is unacceptable and needs to stop. According to Michael Waldman, JD, President of the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law, “ ...the US Supreme Court declined to rule in favor of the individual right four times between 1876 and 1939; and all law articles on the Second Amendment from 1888 to 1959 stated that an individual right was not guaranteed.”  This shows that US Supreme Court had problems with the idea of the Second Amendment protecting individuals carry guns and they still declined the offer of changing the law so it could protect individuals. 

Second, guns don’t shoot themselves only someone that has possession of it can by pulling the trigger and the bullets will come out, people should stop blaming objects that are used by a human.According to the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, “ the right of the general public to carry a concealed firearm in public is not, and never has been, protected by the Second Amendment, thus upholding a law requiring a permitting process and and good cause for concealed carry licenses in California.” This means that the Second Amendment doesn't protect people carrying guns which makes the person the one that is responsible for what it did, not the gun the person was using. According to District of Columbia et al. v. Heller US Supreme Court majority opinion, Justice Antonin Scalia, LLB, “ ...commentators and courts routinely explained that the right was not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose… nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions...” This quote explains that the US Supreme Court is directing it’s attention to the person using the gun, so in both of these quotes, they talk about the person not the gun. 

 

The third and final reason is that  the same people that are buying guns and doing these horrible events are getting away with background checks. According to Don Macalady, member of Hunters against Gun Violence, “ As a hunter and someone who has owned guns since I was a young boy, I believe that common sense gun legislation makes us all safer. Background checks prevent criminals and other dangerous people from getting guns.” This quote means that even a person that has been surrounded by guns their whole life still wants gun sellers giving background checks to the person they are selling to. According to the Quinnipiac Poll, “ ...97% of American voters and 97% of gun owners support universal background checks. 67% support a nationwide ban on assault weapons, and 83% support mandatory waiting periods for gun purchases. As much as 40% of all gun sales are undocumented private party gun sales that do not require a background check (aka the "gun show loophole"). 56% of all adults surveyed approve of assault weapon bans and 53% of all adults surveyed approve of high-capacity magazine bans. 89% of adults with a gun in the home approve of laws to prevent the purchase of guns by the mentally ill, and 82% approve of banning gun sales to people on no-fly lists.” This poll analyses that even a background check won’t be enough to protect the person that doesn’t need a gun to not have one and could do some horrible damage with it but atleast the person selling the gun knows who the person is and maybe, one out many background checks the gun seller will find some feedback that could help it not give a gun to someone that shouldn’t. 

The enacting of more gun control laws should decrease the number of innocent people getting killed but that is actually not correct. According to a study found between 1980 and 2009, “ … states with restrictions on the carrying of concealed weapons had higher gun-related murders.” This study shows that gun control laws being enacted increased the number of innocent people getting killed and also that the laws didn’t work. My rebuttal is that this might be true but it has been 9-38 years that these studies have happened and many time has passed and many laws have changed since then, the world that we now live is not the same as what it was 9-38 years ago.

Date: 03/21/2018

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

     If you were to ask people if they are the problem of mass shootings they would probably disagree they would blame gun control laws and how the government doesn’t enforce them, well they are partially  correct, but most of the credit goes to people. For example, just yesterday on March 20th, 2018 a 17-year old male Austin Wyatt Rollins shot two innocent victims one 16-year old female which is still in critical condition in the hospital and shot a 14-year old male which is was hurt. It was up to the shooter to make that decision of hurting two innocent people, and the gun just helped him out in that situation, but he could have done it with any weapon and instead of paying for his crime he was killed. These types of choices people make not the guns, the guns can’t walk over to a school and start killing, guns are be held by people who don’t know what they are doing. On the other way around guns may be the problem because in gun stores people can just go buy them if they don’t have any criminal record above the age of 18, no matter what may be going on in people’s head or what kind of intend they have with guns. Also, guns are the problem because laws protect the right of people having guns as long as they haven’t went to jail or haven’t done illegal things. People are the problem because the people own the guns, took, or stole whatever the situation might be they have it, guns can’t threat people by themselves because the guns can’t shoot by themselves they need someone to use them. People make the choice to pull the trigger not the guns it’s kind of like the guns are following orders and being controlled over because guns aren’t alive they are an inanimate object. A gun can’t be mentally ill or criminals, no matter where you live, where you try to hide, or where you run to violence will always be there with guns or not.  

     The other way around guns are the problems because the have no law protecting it from people with health problems if people wouldn’t get there hands on guns the we wouldn’t have a mass shooting problem across the country. According to https://gun-control.procon.org/ “The United States has 88.8 guns per 100 people, or about 270,000,000 guns, which is the highest total and per capita number in the world. 22% of Americans own one or more guns (35% of men and 12% of women).” The reason we should have stricter gun control laws is this that the majority of the U.S citizens own a gun only under aged U.S citzens have guns and for what, so more people can get killed each week, like that school shooting in Maryland which was a 17 year old which was not in age to receive a gun legally out of all the Americans out there with guns one of them was Mr. Rollins’ parents who bought a gun and what ended up happening there child had his hands on the gun which lead to two injured students. Gun control laws should be updated because according to Saul Cornell and Nathan DeDino, "A Well Regulated Right: The Early American Origins of Gun Control," ir.lawnet.fordham.edu, 2004 “Gun control laws are just as old or older than the Second Amendment (ratified in 1791). Some examples of gun control throughout colonial America included criminalizing the transfer of guns to Catholics, slaves, indentured servants, and Native Americans; regulating the storage of gun powder in homes; banning loaded guns in Boston houses; and mandating participation in formal gathering of troops and door-to-door surveys about guns owned.”

Also gun control laws would make an enormous amount of a decline of death rates because gun stores would be stricter on their requirements toward giving out guns. Also guns are being stolen by crazy people and that will help minimize that from happening. It’s guns as well, but most of the credit should go to people who are using them incorrectly.

     It’s one’s choice to kill one another not the guns, for example Pascal Molenberghs of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, “recruited 48 subjects and asked them to submit to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which could scan their brains while they watched three different scenarios on video loops.In one, a soldier would be killing an enemy soldier; in the next, the soldier would be killing a civilian; and in the last, used as a control, the soldier would shoot a weapon but hit no one. In all cases, the subjects saw the scene from the shooter’s point of view. At the end of each loop, they were asked “Who did you shoot?” and were required to press one of three buttons on a keypad indicating soldier, civilian or no one—a way of making certain they knew what they’d done. After the scans, they were also asked to rate on a 1 to 7 scale how guilty they felt in each scenario. There was also more coupling between the OFC and the TPJ—with the OFC effectively saying I feel guilty and the TPJ effectively answering You should. Significantly, the degree of OFC activation also correlated well with how bad the subjects reported they felt on their 1 to 7 scale, with greater activity in the brains of people who reported feeling greater guilt.” This means that people in these types of situations how they would react and the ones who said you shoot shoot those are the people you should watch out for when it comes to mass shootings, because if they did it virtually what is stopping them from doing it in real life it’s all in each one of our heads and it’s up to us whether we do it or not.

     Guns don’t have feeling to say I can’t shoot them, the ones behind this are the people who are holding the weapon. Gun control shouldn’t be blamed fully because the guns are not in control of what they are doing if guns are to be purchased by qualify participants it’s up to them whether it is for them to protect themselves for for them to use against other people who have not done anything wrong. Whether the mass shooting were, in Orlando, Maryland, Florida, Parkland, etc… According to https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.5555/appi.books.9781615371099 “mass shootings by people with serious mental illness represent less than 1% of all yearly gun-related homicides. In contrast, deaths by suicide using firearms account for the majority of yearly gun-related deaths.” This explains that people that have serious mental issues aren’t fully responsible also some people may just decide to do it because of pleasure of hurting some innocent people.

     No matter where you go violence will follow right behind you because even if it’s not with guns it could be with any other material used as a weapon.According to http://www.shelterforhelpinemergency.org/cycle-of-violence/ “ Tension Phase  Stress builds and communication breaks down.  The abuser often verbally abuses their partners and “minor” incidents of violence may occur, Acute or Crisis  the tension has built up and finally erupts into violence.  This is an explosive and unpredictable period, usually lasting between 24 and 72 hours, which may result in serious injuries or death.  The incident is a result of the emotional state of the abuser or an external event rather than something the victim has done when they hit this page they are capable of doing pretty much everything they will use every tool they possibly can to do an aggressive move which could lead to a disaster.

 Again, if you were to ask people if they are the problem of mass shootings they would probably disagree they would blame gun control laws and how the government doesn’t enforce them, well they are partially  correct, but most of the credit goes to people. These types of choices people make not the guns, the guns can’t walk over to a school and start killing, guns are be held by people who don’t know what they are doing. On the other way around guns may be the problem because in gun stores people can just go buy them if they don’t have any criminal record above the age of 18, no matter what may be going on in people’s head or what kind of intend they have with guns. Also, guns are the problem because laws protect the right of people having guns as long as they haven’t went to jail or haven’t done illegal things. People are the problem because the people own the guns, took, or stole whatever the situation might be they have it, guns can’t threat people by themselves because the guns can’t shoot by themselves they need someone to use them. People make the choice to pull the trigger not the guns it’s kind of like the guns are following orders and being controlled over because guns aren’t alive they are an inanimate object. 

   

    

Date:3/21-22/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Date: 3-21-18

History Period: 4 

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

The gun debate has been going on for a few decades now and one of the questions that has really struck people in this debate is whether the issue is the guns, or the people. Well, when you step back and look at the whole picture, it’s the guns. Gun deaths are the 12th highest cause of any type of death in the United States, the use of guns is also the number 1 method in suicides and homicides, and the 16th highest cause of unintentional deaths (statistics from: Gun Control, Pro Con.org). Guns lead to more suicides, more homicides, and murders on massive scales. Some claim that it is the people that are the problem because it is them who pulls the trigger, but this argument isn’t valid for the reasons to soon follow.

People are not the issue as they are claimed to be. Claims have been made that its is the person who pulls the trigger, so it is all on them and their emotions, and that is that. They believe that one of the results of gun violence is one's hatred towards certain groups of people such as people of other races, religions, and members of the LGBTQ community. They also think that it is the person who shot the gun’s fault because it is them who was behind the trigger. However, guns are not always intentionally shot. Another argument is that people with mental illness can often lose their grip on reality and need help that is often hard to get, causing their emotions to get out of their control, influencing violence. According to Oxplore.org’s Guns Don’t Kill People-People Kill People, “If someone is feeling lonely, angry, or mentally confused enough that they think lashing out at people in a deadly way is their best option, taking their gun away probably isn’t going to stop them.” But it will stop them. While many shootings were results of people in unstable mental states releasing frustration, they would have not been able to slaughter the victims without the aid of firearms. If someone wants to kill or harm somebody in anyway, the easiest and most ‘reliable’ way to do so, unfortunately and in reality, is to shoot them. This is why guns are the problem.

Guns, not people, lead to more suicides (intentional and accidental). As stated in Guns and Suicide, a report from Harvard Public Health, “the method by which one attempts suicide has a great deal to do with whether one lives or dies [...] They [guns] are both lethal and accessible. About one in three American households contains a gun.” This shows that guns are a leading method used in committing suicide and many victims end up committing suicide because they are offered an easy-access and lethal option to end their lives. Harvard concluded that, “A study of 33 people (mostly young men) who attempted suicide with a firearm and lived found that all used firearms obtained in their homes (Peterson 1985). When asked why a firearm was used, the answer given most often was, ‘Availability.’”.
A visual graph also created by Harvard showed that suicide by use of firearm had a rate of effectiveness of 82.5%, the highest effective rate of all methods. It is not the people killing, it is the guns.

When a homicide is committed the most common reason the victim(s) died was death by firearm. Why? Because nearly everybody in the United States can gain access to a gun when they want to kill or harm someone and the chances of the victim surviving become smaller with such a fatal weapon. According to Guns and Crime, “A bullet has high lethality (is highly lethal) if its projectile does great damage to the flesh of a living body.” This shows that guns are extremely dangerous and can cause serious damage. An article about gun homicides by Vox says, “The prevalence of guns can cause petty arguments and conflicts to escalate into deadly encounters.” the article then explains that when someone gets in an argument with someone in a location with a gun, in the anger and frustration of the moment, it is likely for them to get violent and bring a gun into the situation, leading to fatal results. And I state again, It is the guns killing, not the people.

Guns also lead to mass shootings. If guns were not there to do the killing, then mass shootings would not occur because the same people who you blame for killing, would not have the power or weapons they need to slaughter so many people. According to Mother Jones statistics, Nearly 100 mass and spree shootings had occurred between 1982 to 2018. More Mother Jones statistics showed that in over 70 of the nearly 100 cases, the weapons used were determined to have been obtained legally. These statistics show that it has become to easy to obtain guns and how many times that they have been used by people to kill people. 

In conclusion, guns are the reason behind the firearm deaths that we now see occur to often in our society today. As stated in Gun Control, from Pro Con.org, “Between 1999-2015 [...] according to US data from the Centers for Disease Control WISQARS database, deaths involving firearms were [the] #12 cause of death with 533,879 deaths (1.3% of all deaths).” Guns are the thing that kills people in homicides, suicides, and mass murders, not the people. The way that the issue of gun deaths can be solved whether one believes the ‘killer’ is the person or the gun, is stricter gun control laws.

Date:03/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

     Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. The killer is the one making the decision to take someones life, not the gun. A gun is a dangerous object that us humans created, we should be able to control ourselves from making tragedies such as the mass shootings that have been occurring during the last decade. Guns don’t control us. Most of the mass killings in America involve a gun, guns are an easy object to obtain, legal or illegal. People can obtain them without much problems. But is the gun  killing people or, is it the killer who is killing people? Many people say its the gun killing people, yes, the gun is the object that is making that occur, but isn’t the person that is committing such tragedy the one who has control? A gun does not force someone into killing another human being, guns are usually used for some other reasons such as emotions, mental illness or even manliness. Guns are not the reason why there is such tragedies occurring more frequently in the past decade, but why are people saying that guns are the reason if people have the decision on who to use it, where, and how.

     In the other hand many people believe that guns are the reason why there is many mass shootings. They believe that guns are the reason because more guns equals more deaths. With more guns produced in the country, more people are going to be able to obtain a gun. Another reason why people might believe this is because the actual gun is the one making the action. Lastly, another reason is because in the past mass shootings many of the killers have been diagnosed as mentally ill, people might believe in this reason because they believe that the mentally ill might have no idea of what they are doing. Even with all these reasons why many people disagree with people being responsible for killing instead of guns, I still agree. There’s various reasons why people are responsible, not the guns.

     Emotions is a very strong instinctive that us humans have. We have numerous emotions, and some of the strongest emotions we have are hatred, anger, sadness, jealousy etc. Emotions like the those can develop to a point where it is out of hand and we can’t control it. Many people make tragedies to let their anger or hatred out by making another human being suffer. That is unacceptable. According to the article, What Causes Someone to Act on Violent Impulses and Commit … , “Most can control their actions to the extent that relatively few of these interactions end in violence.” This evidence from the text explains how us as human beings have the option of deciding what to do, either kill or stop and do for good, and how there is people that are able to control themselves into making a violent acts. Many kill just because their partner might have moved on and chose to leave that relationship behind. Others kill maybe for revenge. These are all forms on how emotions can lead people into committing such tragedies.

     Mental illness. Mental health issues, is another of the reasons why people are the ones killing people not guns. Mental issues can lead a person into acting up and harming others because they might believe that no one cares about them, no one understands them, or they just might really be mentally ill. According to the Actually, there is a clear link between mass shootings and mental illness article “at least 59% of the 185 public mass shootings that took place in the United States from 1900 through 2017 were carried out by people who had either been diagnosed with a mental disorder or demonstrated signs of serious mental illness prior to the attack.” This text is proving how many of the mass shootings are committed by mentally ill people. Many mentally ill people also don’t receive the care they need because of the high cost, that can also be a reason why many choose to act violent.

     In conclusion, many people believe that people are the responsible ones for mass shootings, others believe its guns. There’s many reasons why people believe in each beliefs. People think that guns are responsible for tragedies because the gun is what is actually killing numerous of people in a short period of time. But people are the reason why things like mass shootings occur, people have the power to stop themselves or do it, which is horrible how us humans can commit terrible things like murder, homicides etc. People should be able to rethink and think how murdering will help them at all with any problems they are going through, they might not even be passing through harsh times. They might just do it because they want. People are the ones responsible for tragedies like mass shootings.

Date: 03/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

  “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people” 

Which is most responsible for killing, guns or people? This is a question that’s popular in the media today and of course i thought about it but it don’t need a lot of time to think about it because it’s just obvious people kill people guns don’t pull the trigger guns don’t have the mentality and the anger people do though. People get mad and put themselves in situations where they get so angered to the point they pull that trigger. People are the ones with mental disabilities that drive them to such heinous criminal acts.If something drives someone to the point where they kill someone then what stopping them gun control ban or not.Thirdly guns are so easy to access so a gun can fall into anyone's hands stable or not. Some might say that it is the gun and that we need to ban these “killing machines” like an AR-15 from the people. The problem is for sure the people not the gun.

    Guns are killing machines there designed to kill, assault weapons are designed to kill on a mass quantity.464,033 total gun deaths between 1999 and 2013 this many deaths show that guns are not helping us.

In the second amendment which people keep quoting says that"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”.Which says that a regulated “militia” the right to bear arms therefore regular people should not be able to keep these “killing machines” on them.Guns are rarely used in self-defense out of 29,000,000 people .79% of people used or threatened the use of a gun. Which this just shows that guns are not helping us there just hurting us. 

Guns are inanimate objects therefore there not the ones making the decision to pull the trigger. Some people have mental issues that can push them to do dramatic things like shootings .For example the parkland shooting in florida the shooter was checked into a mental institute in 2016 but was cleared even though he was unstable mentally. He being mentally unstable he ended up  mass shooting stoneman douglas high school in 2018. Depression can push someone to the edge to the point where they end up causing such a tragedy.Anger issues also is a form of mental problem that can lead people to be very harmful. According to Rafaela Panos “60% of perpetrators of mass shootings in the United States since 1970 displayed symptoms including acute paranoia, delusions and depression before committing there crime”. This shows that mental instability holds a big part and it shouldn’t be overlooked but this just proves that guns aren’t the problem the people are.

    If people have the intent to kill they’ll kill assault rifle or not so there’s no point. According to Nia Lanehart. “The Australians Government banned guns in 1996 and they saw a significant decline in gun murders. However the also saw an increase in knife murders.” They also said “This suggest that murder rates is not dependent on any kind of availability to weapons.” And “People murder with or without guns, so it must not be the guns.” This means that guns are not the problem because people will kill with or without a gun. So say that a gun ban goes implace for assault rifles then assault rifle deaths will go down dramatically but handgun kills will rise dramatically too. Therefor no point at all deaths probably will stay same or maybe even rise.

    

It’s so easy to obtain an illegal gun that it can fall into the wrong hands almost every time. Mexico has some of the strictest gun laws in the world but still they have over 14,000,000 illegal guns.this means that people will get illegal guns either way banned or not so it’s very simple to obtain. 50,000 gun were confiscated from a perpetrator in chicago so with all these illegal guns on the streets of america what’s the point of banning legal guns when almost 97% of crimes are committed with illegally obtained weapons. Juvenile facilities 86% of the the juveniles had some sort of firearm. This means that it is easy enough for someone underage to get a gun it’s easy enough to gun even when they have the strictest gun laws in the world so i wonder how easy it is for the wrong person to get a gun.

Which is most responsible for killing, guns or people? People of course people are the ones at the end of the day pulling the trigger not the gun. Some people have mental issues that can push them to do dramatic things like shootings.If people have the intent to kill they’ll kill assault rifle or not so there’s no point. It’s so easy to obtain an illegal gun that it can fall into the wrong hands almost every time.Guns are killing machines there designed to kill, assault weapons are designed to kill on a mass quantity. People kill people not guns in this article i said gun 25 times but i said people 28 times people are the cause guns are as evil as the person holding them.

    

Date: 3/21/18

History Period:  3

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Title of Essay:  Which Is Most Responsible For Killing, Guns Or People?

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     I believe that people are the reason people are getting killed. The reason I believe its people is because it all depends in on their actions. According to Debate.org, “People should stop blaming guns for their own failure. Instead of blaming materialism for our failure, we need to address the core problem which is bad parenting of children.” The first reason people are responsible for killing is because it’s you who decides in making that decision. The second reason people are responsible for killing is in reality guns and other weapons are just tools that are used to harm people. The third reason people are responsible for killing is having problems, and having mental problems etc. but it still won’t stop you from having consequences because you chose to do it. People are the reason people die because it’s them who decide to do it, not the weapon they are using because guns, knives, and other harmful weapons don’t have feelings. Other people may agree in weapons being the cause of people’s deaths because it’s what they’re using to kill that person. According to Debate.org, “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people, but when a person has a gun they can kill easier and kill more people.” After all in my opinion it’s all on that person's choice.

     

     As we were saying, other people agree on weapons being the cause of people's deaths because it’s the weapon that they use to kill many people and don't see that it's them making the choice on killing them . The first reason people agree on it being weapons is because it's the tool they’re using to kill that person and it’s what caused the death. The second reason people agree on it being weapons is it’s what caused that person to die not that person firing that arm. The third reason people agree on it being weapons fault for that person's death is because a lot of people state that guns kill more people than a human being would do without a weapon. Continuing, people may continue thinking its weapons but what people don't see is its them in general making that decision.  

     Starting off, my first reason on people being responsible for killing is because its you, yourself who decides in making the decision in killing that person. People may not agree on it being them making the choice of it because there doing it for revenge or because that person once did something to them but that doesn’t make them not be the cause of the death. According to Debate.org, “Its more of a human problem than a gun problem because it all comes down to the person using the gun. After all we dont blame cars for being the reason a person is killed, we blame the driver, and same goes to the shooter.” Going forward, people get killed by the choices they make not by the different types of weapons they use. 

     The second reason on people being responsible for killing is in reality guns and other weapons are just tools that are used to harm people and is what's used to kill the person but the one making the choice on killing that human is the one behind that weapon. According to Debate.org, “Guns are inanimate objects. They don’t have brains that tell their bodies to go and kill someone or emotions that cause someone to kill their spouse in the heat of the moment. They are tools. Spoons don’t give people diabetes.” Continuing, weapons are just objects also known as tools that are used to kill or harm a human being.

     Lastly, the third reason on people being responsible for killing is they may have problems at home or anywhere, and have mental problems / traumatized etc. but it still won’t stop you from having consequences because you chose to do. According to Debate.org, “All people have brains in the head. Generally why people die from guns are because the murder is mental. They are not thinking straight. People themselves grab the gun and kill the person. It wasn’t the guns fault.” Continuing, many reasons can be the reason why people do this it can be someone getting bullied, fighting, mental problems, and this can go on and on.

     In conclusion, people should see why it’s actually people killing people not guns killing people. According to Debate.org, “They just use guns, because it's easier for the murder to use. So if we do ban guns, people are going to find a different concept of murdering people. So this is why materials don’t kill people, it is the person itself.”  Going forward, other people may say that it’s guns because it’s what's used to kill that person. According to Debate.org, “ If someone wanted to murder a large amount of people, it would be much more efficient to use a gun than it would be to use a knife.”  The first reason is you making the choice on hurting that person. The second reason is guns and other weapons are just tools. The third reason is they may have problems or mental health. After all, people are the main reason that people get killed. 

Date: March 21. 2018

History Period:  Period 4

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

    The debate between whether guns or people actually kill has been a long-time discussed topic. Guns and people have had a long relationship, and there is a huge debate whether to keep or end the relationship to eliminate the tragedy, horror, and death that guns cause. Some people tend to blame guns, due to how easy it is to contain one.  In reality, it is most likely people who end up doing the killing.  Though guns are the main weapon used in the whole shooting epidemic, people have a lot more influence on the trigger.  As the National Rifle Association declared, “Guns don't kill people; People kill people”, which reveals that people are the main influence on the guns that cause mass shootings. There are several reasons towards guns not being the true problem,  which include the following:  Guns don’t have a mind of their own, most gunmen have mental illnesses, and the possible substitution of guns if they are banned. 

    When you think of guns, wouldn’t you imagine murder, bloodshed, and shootings?    Most people believe the guns are the problem to shooting.  They believe gun control will once and for all cease the existence of any massacre there could be.  Guns having very easy access, how deadly they are, and how unrestricted guns are one of the main issues guns contain. A recent study viewed by the Harvard Injury Control Research Center shows that the frequency of mass shootings is increasing over time throughout the United States.  This is supposedly due to the easier accessibility to guns.

    Firstly, guns are not the ones who end up murdering or hurting over 100 people per day, as they are inanimate objects. People who fire at the trigger are the main cause.  The person is to blame for the shots.  According to N.Y. Daily News, it state, “If we can all put our weapons down, and start from a place of agreement on the person who’s shooting, we might actually see the kind of transformation on the number of deaths each year.”  This reveals the the holder of the gun is the person who does the killing, and that, overall, the guns aren’t the one doing the work.

    Secondly, gunmen tend to have one common trait of school : They all have clues in their personalities that lead up to the tragic day beforehand.  Most school shooters tend to show signs of mental illness and shown traits of being an outcast and different compared to the rest of the public. As Princeton sociologists Katherine Newman stated,  “School shooters are looking to gain the affection and attention of their peers. They never explode spontaneously, they usually let out hints many months in advance.”  Thes reveals that most people who grab the gun tend to have secretive plans and psychological disorders that can be spotted beforehand.

    Thirdly, it is unsure whether the banning of guns will decrease the number of deaths.  Guns aren’t the only weapon that could cause major harm.  Guns are used most often only due to their easier use and mobility.  However,  if guns are banned, most likely, another murderous, and possibly even more disastrous weapon would take its place, such as bombs are a new type of dangerous weapon.  As stated in the text of Oxplore.org, “But the chances are that not being able to get their hands on a gun wouldn’t stop them killing - it would just force them to find a different weapon.”  This reveals that guns control wouldn’t affect the amount of school massacres by as much as most would think.  They’d most likely end up killing with another weapon of sorts. 

    In conclusion, guns are not the main problem towards the rise of shootings; It’s as well the people’s faults.  According to a survey by Mother Jones found that at least 38 of the 61 mass shooters in the past three decades "displayed signs of mental health problems prior to the killings."  This shows how people are the main cause of shootings due to mental health.  Overall, people are the main killers due to mental illness, the possibility of a substitution to guns, and how guns don’t decide when to shoot.  Finally, people and guns have a huge relationship which causes huge sparks on debate whether who’s to blame.  Guns, though, should not be the main blame, but rather people.

    

Date: 03/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

    Recent tragedies have sparked controversy about who is most responsible, guns or people? “Essentially guns do not make up the minds of those holding them,” says Rachel Bullock, a writer for the Pearl Post. Behind every mass shooting, there is a person holding the gun. Whenever these mass killers had possession of the gun, it was their choice to use it to cause trouble. There is many reasons for why people are responsible for the killing. These reasons include; hatred, which could make someone snap, thus leading them to commit such crimes; mental illness also plays a major role in why the person is responsible for the killing; lastly, a killer doesn’t need a gun to kill people. Some people claim that guns are responsible for these mass shootings, however, I disagree. This is my argument for why people are responsible for mass shootings, not guns.

    Others may argue that guns are responsible for these killings. “You can’t have a gun murder without guns,” said Ana Gutierrez in support of her claim. People claim that mentally ill people should not have access to guns in the first place. Also, they claim that guns make it more effective. Lastly, if there were stricter gun control laws there would be less casualties involving guns. Although these are good reasons for why guns are responsible for these killings, I disagree for the following reasons.

    For starters, hatred can cause someone to snap, thus leading them to commit these mass shootings. Emotions can lead people to do many things, hatred can certainly cloud someone’s judgment. These emotions can build up inside a person and eventually that person will snap. Hate has played a big part in many of these shootings, one of them being the Orlando Nightclub shooting. Omar Mateen, the shooter, was a homophobic so when he saw two men kissing outside the club it made him very angry therefore leading to the tragedy we all know today. Also, according to an article by Oxplore, “when British taxi driver Derrick Bird killed 12 people and injured 11 others in Cumbria in 2010, before turning his gun on himself. He’s suspected of acting out of hatred for his former employer, the Sellafield nuclear power plant, as he was fired from his job after being accused of stealing.” This goes to show that hatred can play a major role in mass shootings.

    

    A second reason for why people are responsible for these killings is mental illness. Mental illness has a big influence on why these shootings occured. Some of these mental illnesses include; schizophrenia or severe bipolar disorder. These are often associated with mass killers. I’m not saying that everyone with these illnesses will become a mass killer, just that these mental conditions could prevent someone from thinking rationally therefore committing mass murder. According to research by Los Angeles Times, “ at least 59% of the 185 public mass shootings that took place in the United States from 1900 through 2017 were carried out by people who had either been diagnosed with a mental disorder or demonstrated signs of serious mental illness prior to the attack.” This evidence shows that mental illness does play a role in these killings.

    Lastly, a killer, if determined, does not need a gun to kill people. If someone is really set on the idea of lashing out in anger and killing others, taking their guns away isn’t gonna prevent that from happening. For example an incident that happened on March 1st, 2014 involving a man that killed 31 people with a knife. Guns in this situation wouldn’t be the issue, and the person would be responsible. There has been other occurrences that didn’t require a gun for mass murder such as the Green River Killer in which the man suffocated his victims. This goes to show that if there was no guns in situations like these the killer would be to blame.

    In conclusion, people are responsible for killing, not guns. “Guns don’t whisper commands to shooters and guns don’t dictate their victims, should there be any. Guns don’t kill people. People kill people,” says 

Rachel Bullock, a writer for the Pearl Post. I agree, it is the person’s decision whether or not to use it for bad. Some disagree, believing that guns are responsible for killing these are their reasons;  guns make it more effective; mentally ill people should not have access to guns in the first place;  if there were stricter gun control laws there would be less casualties involving guns. Although people can take most of the blame so can guns. When it comes down to it, both sides are responsible because a mass shooting cannot occur without someone behind the gun.

    

Date: 3/21/18

History Period:  1

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Title of Essay:   Guns or the People?

Yesterday, 17-year old student Austin Wyatt Rollins shot two students at the Great Mills High School in Maryland. The two students ended up injured and the only fatality in the tragedy was the shooter himself. It’s frightening to see that schools are being threatened so often, but these types of tragedies tend to bring up many questions. One question going around the media is “What is more responsible for killing, guns or people?” The answer here seems clear to me that it is clearly not the guns, but obviously the people’s thinking. Surprisingly, some people may not have cracked the code and still think that the guns are the problem, but I have a few reasons to back up my claim. First, guns are not the only weapons. If guns are the problem, won’t other weapons have the same effect on people, too? Second, we have a whole police force and military armed with guns. Do they want to commit mass genocide? Finally, a gun wouldn’t work without a mind. The gun won’t tell you to shoot someone; you yourself have to make it shoot someone. Now, there are obviously people that think otherwise, saying that the weapon will make you think differently, and for good reasons as well.

Holding a gun makes you think differently depending on who you are. Becky Striepe says “just the presence of a firearm an make one act aggressive, as it is in our human nature to act cautious around something dangerous.” What if this firearm wasn’t just in sight, but actually in your hands? Very recently, Sacramento policemen shot Stephon Clark in his own backyard because of a misunderstanding. Many other murders have been committed by police because of a misunderstanding. Take into consideration of the scenario that these police DIDN’T have a gun. Nobody would be dead, right? The police would’ve found out that the victim wasn’t actually holding a weapon and the police wouldn’t be able to fire at them. Lastly, a common saying is that “The trigger pulls the finger.” Many think, that due to the gun affect, that when people hold a gun their instincts tell them to pull the trigger. This may be the case, but I have many reasons to argue against it. 

First, if a gun affects how a person thinks, wouldn’t a knife do so too? People wouldn’t just grab their kitchen knife and think that they should kill somebody! Obviously this isn’t the case. https://oxplore.org states that “not being able to get their hands on a gun wouldn’t stop them killing - it would just force them to find a different weapon.” If one cannot acquire a gun, they will acquire the next best thing. Owning a gun won’t change the way you think any more than holding any other weapon, or item at that, which pushes me to my next reason.

 Arguably, owning a gun changes the way one thinks, but we have a whole police force armed with guns, do they want to kill everybody? The simple answer is no, otherwise the world would be in shambles. According to https://www.sokanu.com/, “police officers swear an oath to protect and serve the citizens they represent.” They don’t want to kill the citizens, of course. I don’t think even the most corrupt government would arm a large group of people with firearms just for them to kill everyone. Besides, pushing onto my next and final reason, even if they are very innocent people, would the very gun they’re holding make the person want to shoot it?

 Finally, my answer is no. Of course not! It may be a metaphor or an analogy, but many people believe that the very touch of a gun would make someone want to shoot it, or in their words, “The trigger pulls itself.” This is clearly not true in itself. You obviously need to think about pulling the trigger before you do it. This may not be for every case, because one may discharge their gun prematurely in self defense, however most people still need to think about it before they shoot. As Nathan J. Robinson says, “If people want to kill each other, they will, and if they don’t, they won’t, and whether they have access to guns or not isn’t the issue.” 

 “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people,” as the National Rifle Association slogan goes. The gun isn’t the only weapon here, and it isn’t different from any other weapon, otherwise, everyone armed with the gun (which was 42% of America in 2017) would want to go on a slaughter. Besides, you need to think about it killing everyone first, right? Sadly, some people think otherwise, such as Becky Striepe saying that even the sight of firearms make people aggressive, let alone in their arms. Many mishaps happen to police due to this. Maybe the firearm does make you want to shoot. I can’t say anything, because I’ve never actually held a gun. In conclusion, I don’t think there’s a definitive answer for whether guns kill people or if people kill people. I’d like to agree with what Martie Sirois says: “Here’s the reality: People with guns kill people.”

Date:3/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Title of Essay:  Is gun control really a violation of our rights?

Gun control should not be seen as a violation of any amendment or bill or in that matter any rights. “Our Founding Fathers did not see the light of day when the semi-automatic weapon was created, otherwise the 2nd amendment would have been adjusted accordingly.” someone stated in debate.org, in which i completely agree on. And in our case it wasn’t until 2008 that the supreme court clearly backed the individual's right to keep a weapon at HOME for SELF-DEFENSE,there shouldn't  be any reason as to be taken to the streets or schools to take the lives of many innocent people. There shouldn’t even be any reason to take a semi-automatic weapon to a school. Many people may say that gun control doesn’t work but there are countries where murder and suicide rates have plummet. Our guns have changed so our laws have to change also. Right? Gun control does not violate the 2nd amendment like many say. Many people may say that gun control is a violation of the 2nd amendment or that it violates our rights. But does it really? There are so many reasons why people will say there are to go against gun control, but there are so much more reasons as to why we should.

Gun control is a violation of the 2nd amendment.” That is the #1 sentence i see in all the articles and editorials that go against gun control. Many people say gun control is violating our rights by not following the 2nd amendment however lets keep in mind that the 2nd amendment was constituted on December 15, 1791 that is more than 225 years. But we still go by it because we want to feel safe from criminals while kids in schools are being killed by mentally ill that were able to get a gun. Others might say gun control doesn’t work i mean look at chicago, yes now look at australia. Another reasons people blame the large number of deaths is mental illness because ,hey we want to keep our guns. So how do we keep our guns our guns, by blaming all deaths caused by guns on the people who pulled the trigger. Now we should stop blaming people or trying to cease gun control because in reality we know what we need to stop all these gun shootings.

Gun control can work if we stopped neglecting it. For example look at australia, japan, the UK, or even germany. They are proof that gun control can work; the number of scotland's homicides went from 25 (1995-1996) to 2 (2013-2014). “Before they can even lay hands on a shotgun for hunting and sport shooting, prospective owners must attend classes and pass written and practical exams. They must then undergo psychological assessments to determine they are fit to own a firearm. Police background checks are exhaustive and even extend to the gun owners’ relatives,” that is the precaution taken in japan, which happens to be the country with lowest homicides out of 12 and the us being the #1. And in australia there has been no mass shootings in 20 years, but the us has had 18 school shootings out of the 43 days of 2018. That is why we are in need to follow theses countries steps and be the next country to lower its homicide rate.

Since our guns have changed shouldn't our laws be too? In 2013 after a recent shooting the states united to prevent gun violence made a 30 second commercial of a guy walking in with a musket and trying to shoot a person but missing  and having to reload giving the people time to get to safety. This commercial had a big impact because of the meaning behind the gun; it showed us that our guns have changed and evolved from a slow musket to a faster and easier to reload semi-automatic gun. It showed us that in reality we wouldn't have the time to get to safety before they shoot again. Many people say that gun control would go against the second amendment but in reality the second amendment is what has given mentally ill “the right to bear arms”. originally given to us for protection, not for killing other people, which is really beginning to seem like what we are trying to protect ourselves from. Another person said from debate.org as she explained why we should change our laws on guns.

Gun control DOES NOT violate the 2nd amendment. How do i know?” Since nobody who buys into the concept of society actually believes that, it’s clear that everybody believes in some level of gun control, including conservative courts that have allowed assault weapons bans, background checks, and other limits on gun ownership to stand for years”, stated david edward burke in huffpost.what he meant by saying this is that the 2nd amendment has its passing points and many people have passed it. Another reason why is the second amendment states,“the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” meaning if someone wanted to carry around a gun or even a bomb they could because the 2nd amendment states that it shall not be infringed. And the founding fathers when building this amendment i doubt they thought of a semi automatic gun but more of a musket, which by the way are capable of firing once then needed to be ;loaded again while our guns from today can shot up to 30 until needed to reload with a semi automatic gun. Also the second amendment gives children to also own a gun, since they are citizens they have a right and if you tell them not to you are “violating their rights”. To summarize this whole paragraph the second amendment wasn't given thought about in the future or of the capable threats following the law.

We should not see gun control as a violation of rights but a privilege to be able to protect ourselves from the guns that could potentially kill us or any other person close to us,”If you combine the populations of Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark and Australia, you'll get a population roughly the size of the United States. We had 30,000 gun deaths last year, they had 112. The difference between them and us is not that Americans are more violent by nature. It is because they have strict gun control laws,”.Gun control will work if only we gave it a try and would stop neglecting the fact that it would potentially protect us more than the 2nd amendment. And that by revising our laws and changing then to better protect us from the guns we would not have such high rates in homicides or suicide. Gun control goes against our rights that is the main reason why most people go against gun control, “The 2nd Amendment is not about hunting, it's not about sport, and it's not even about self defense from crime. It's a last stand against tyranny.” they say that it is a violation to the 2nd amendment, violating our rights. Or they blame the people who pulled the trigger saying they are the fault to why there is such a high rate in murder and suicide. Many people also say gun control wouldn't work making chicago an example. Well my example is australia, germany, the UK, and japan that happen to have gun control and a low rate in homicide and suicide. Maybe we need a law that balances both our problems by  not violating our rights to bear arm but increasing the process to get a gun.

Date: 3/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Title of Essay:                              There should be more gun laws 

  There are many disagreements about the controversial issues of gun control laws. People believe that there should be more gun control laws.

Gun control would prevent citizens from protecting themselves from foreign invaders. Also there was a mass shooting at the Appalachian School of Law in Virginia was stopped by armed students. According to the article there was other mass shooting one of them was in 1997 in a high school in Pearl and one in 1998 in a middle school dance in Edinboro also there was one in 2007 at  a church in Colorado Springs there was another shooting in 2008 at bar in Winnemucca, NV. This shows how there is a lot of shooting around the world and shows how bad the situation is around the world. 

The Second Amendment of the U.S. constitution protect individual gun ownership. Gun ownership is an american tradition older than the country itself and is protected by the Second Amendment more gun control laws. According to the article “ The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that are for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense with the home.”This shows how they should only have gun at home for self-defense not from kill people at school.

Gun control laws are racist. The kkk began as a gun control organization. Also white people walking down Mainstreet with an AK-47 are known as defenders. According to the article in the late 1960s, gun control laws were enacted in reaction to the militant, gun-carrying Black Panthers. Also in which slaves killed 55 to 65 people in the most fatal slave uprising in the United States in 1831 a law was passed that prohibited free black people to keep or carry any firelock of any kind, any military weapon, or any powder or lead and laws allowing free black people to process firearms were repealed. This shows how black people were treated as slave and how many were killed by weapon also.

More gun control laws would reduce gun deaths. According to the article there were 464,033 total gun deaths between 1999 and 2013: 270,237 suicides (58.2%of the deaths) 174773 (37.7%) and 9,983 unintentional deaths (2.2%).Also “American children under age 15 were nine times more likely to die of a gun accident than children in other advanced wealthy counties about 200 americans go to emergency rooms every day with gunshot wounds. This show how guns are bad for the economy and also bad because teens under age 15 are getting shot and they are dying from the gunshots. 

 I want more gun control laws in the U.S and will probably stop the mass shootings around the world. According to the article David Lampo, Publications Director of the Cato Institute, “there is no correlation between waiting periods and murder or robbery rates.” 

On the subject of school shootings, can someone please explain to me why there was a sheriff, a deputy, and a school security guard sitting outside the school during the first five to seven minutes, for crying out loud they are trained for these situations and they were sitting outside not even setting foot inside as seventeen students who didn’t even get a shot at life were murdered. Also if we’re going to have windows on the doors in the classrooms can they at least have bullet proof glass. After Columbine and Sandy Hook I would have assumed we were smarter than that but I suppose not. I go to a school that not only has about three large windows in every class but also has a tall window right next to the door that can be easily shot through and an intruder could enter the class. It is literally big enough for a six foot tall man to step through without even having to crouch down. Honestly, how stupid can we get people? It should have been one school shooting and we should have fixed it, however our school administrators don’t seem to grasp the concept of the fact that now we are in danger, all students are in danger at the moment. Why? Because we can’t learn from the past, obviously.

Also relating to school shootings, for my school for example, we have ONE security guard. He has no weapon to defend us. How is he going to defend classes full of 20-30 students from a mentally unstable person with a weapon made for war? Simple answer, he can’t. The best hope that you have if someone is entering your class is to go up as a whole, crowd him, you may lose one or two, but you can easily get the gun away from him as a whole. It is a simple factor of weather or not you are willing to go down fighting or you want to go curl up in the corner and wait for him to come kill you. Personally, I would want to be able to say I tried than to give up. It’s a simple matter of how bad you, as an individual, want to survive. Yes, I know that elementary students can’t get a gun away from an adult even with 20 or 30 of them, but in high school and middle school I can guarantee that if the whole class can come together you can save a lot more lives.

To the people that say that the mentally disturbed person firing the weapon is the one to blame, I have but one question for you… Who do you think you are? You are a part of the society that produced this wretch, you are a part of a society that gives guns to people without extensive psychiatric tests. You have no right to say that, you produced this human who in turn produced mass destruction. No, I’m not condemning what he did, it was a horrible thing to do but you have no right to bash him like that. Have you ever read the Columbine manifesto? If you haven’t I highly recommend it, while extremely vulgar it actually makes sense. They realized that the society didn’t care about them, that the society was essentially only invested in the younger population to prepare them for the workforce and nothing else. To quote Eric Harris’ journal, “It’s society’s way of turning all the young people into good little robots and factory workers that’s why we sit in desks in rows and follow bell schedules, to get prepared for the real world cause ‘that’s what it’s like’.”

To people blaming guns, the only thing I have to say is… What is your iq level? Are you seriously blaming an inanimate object? A person, usually a very sick person has to pick up the gun and have the mindset that they are going to wreak havoc upon their society. The only thing to blame is the society we live in, the society that makes weapons meant to kill millions of people available to insane people. 

This all is evidence for why we need severe psychiatric tests for anyone who wants to purchase a firearm. This is all evidence that the society we live in doesn’t care about anything except power and keeping their place in office. This is evidence that America needs a change, we need to protect our children, we need to protect the future. In conclusion, we need to change the course of the future, if the adults won’t do it we will.

Date: 3/21/18

History Period: 3

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

There has been a debate whether guns or people are responsible for the killing.  In my opinion, many people believe that guns are responsible for the killing, but humans are the ones responsible. According to Huffington Post, “People do kill people.” It’s the person’s action who will cause something not a gun. People are responsible for the killing because any object needs a human’s actions to kill someone. The person is the one going to buy or get the guns, which can lead to a problem. Nobody can actually stop a person from doing a horrible thing, it’s their choice. However, guns are the objects that are most responsible for killing. People can either be responsible or blame it on others.

By the way, guns after all are most involucrated in the killing. According to S.E. Smith, “Guns account for a small fraction of methods used to attempt suicide, but they are the most successful.” The quote shows that guns are the most efficient way in a suicide. Guns are most responsible for the killing because hey are used for mass shootings. Some people believe it’s the best method for suicide. Guns can be allowed to get by almost anyone. Guns should maybe just be banned to solve everything but it just doesn’t work like that. 

In order for any type of killing to happen, it needs human’s actions because who else is able to do that. If the killing is done with a gun, a human is the only one who can pull the trigger. A person could use almost any object to kill someone, not just a gun. Their needs to be some kind of human interaction to make such a horrible thing to happen. According to the Huffington Post, “The fact that, like guns, all of those tools require some sort of human action to function isn’t an argument against restrictions on their use.” This suggests that any tool can kill someone with a human action. It isn’t just about the guns it is more about the people.

Secondly, a person is the one who buys or is available to get any type of tool. You can get tools  almost anywhere without any type of restriction. Guns are able to get at gun shops or some people get them for others. Some teens, under age 18, are able to get guns, but isn’t that against the law. According to USA Today, “And among these youth, 15% know how to get their hands on both the gun and bullets.” This shows that even though it is illegal some kids decide to know how to use a gun. This suggests that everyone may know how to use any type of tool to kill.

Lastly, it is the person’s choice to kill someone or commit suicide. Nobody can actually stop another person from doing this since it is their own thought. People can actually prevent something like this from happening, but it can either lead to something good or bad. Some people may have committed a crime like this before and may just keep doing it. According to the Huffington Post, “People kill people, and guns make that killing easier.” This quote shows that a person is the one who decides whether he or she will kill someone or commit suicide with what. Each person makes their own choice of what they are going to do.

In conclusion, people are responsible for all the killing. According to the Huffington Post, “Guns are tools that make killing more efficient.” We know that for some people guns are just a prop to make the killing more easier, but people are the most responsible. Humans are responsible for the killing because a gun requires humans’ actions to work, are able to get guns, and it is their own choice. Nevertheless, guns are the most responsible for the killing. According to Debate.org, “Guns are a deadly force and need to be regulated and controlled.” Guns are the most responsible because they are used in mass shootings, best method for suicide, and are able to easily get. Furthermore, each side is responsible and has contributed  towards the killings.

   

Date: 3/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Date:03/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

When it comes to shootings there’s no doubt the problem is guns. If you think about it a person with no weapon can’t cause any physical harm but if they’re carrying a gun the action of ending someone’s life is 100 times easier.According to The Washington Post, “ The truth is this: There would have been no tragic shooting Wednesday in Parkland, Fla. ,if a trouble young man had not gotten his hands on a military-style assault rifle and as much ammunition as he wanted.”  This is an example of how people can’t kill others without the help of a weapon, if no weapon is held in their hands no physical harm can be done. The fact that a person can’t cause harm without a weapon,the reality that  not all mass shootings take place with a mentally ill person but certainly all take action with a gun, the certainty that the action takes place when pulling the trigger are all examples of weapons being the main problem.Yes, people will argue that the person is a problem when speaking of shootings and yes they are right, people do take a big part in mass shootings but guns do as well. Guns may not always be the reason of shootings but certainly take a huge part in them.

Most people believe that people are the main problem instead of the guns; in some ways they are right. According to university News “republicans are right, guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” This explains how a gun doesn’t have a mind of  its own and it’s the person who has the power of deciding either to pull the trigger or hold themselves back from making such a dumb decision. If people with a mental illness weren’t able to get a hold of such a deadly weapon then shootings wouldn’t be as regular as they are. Guns and people take a huge part in mass shootings or just shootings in general.

Most people claim that weapons aren’t the main problem when it comes to shootings. One simple example that they are is the fact that people can’t cause any physical harm without a weapon. People can have the mentality of killing or planning a shooting but if there’s no weapon in their possession then nothing can take action. Because of weapons being so easily accessible any person with a mental illness or without it can get a hold of a gun which makes it easier for their eagerness of killing people such an easy effort. For this reason we should take action on making guns illegal or at least create a process for when people are trying to buy a gun.

If you think about it yes you can say that almost all mass shootings take place with a mentally ill person but something that u can’t say is that not all mas shootings take place with a gun because there’s no shooting that takes place without a gun, why, because that's the easiest and more efficient way to kill people. Mass shootings don’t necessarily have to take place with a mentally ill person ,yes if the person doesn’t have a mental illness then they wouldn’t be shooting just because they have personal problems, but still they don't’ necessarily have to be mentally ill, but mass shootings always take action with a gun ,why,  because that’s the easiest way of killing people. There’s no massacre that takes place without a gun, his is why guns are the main problem.

The fact that the action is on the gun and the trigger is the  main problem, yes of course someone needs to pull the trigger because a gun can’t shoot itself, but if there’s no trigger to pull than what can cause you harm? A mentally ill person can’t do anything without having a weapon on them, they can’t do anything to you unless a trigger is being pulled. For this reason i believe guns are the main problem rather than people.

In conclusion weapons are the bigger problem when it comes to such massacres because people are incapable of killing so many people without a gun, not all mass shootings take place with a mentally ill person but they all certainly do take action with a gun, and last but certainly not least the action is all in the gun. Yes it is true that people have to do a lot with mass shootings because of mental issues such as depression or personal problems. Weapons and people take a huge part in massacres.  

Date: 03/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

      I believe people should be responsible for killing people. Once there is a mass shooting, people react in different ways. Some might say we should make more stricter gun control laws. Others say instead of reinforcing new laws, we should take care of the people actually doing it. If we reinforce new laws these problems won’t be affected. For example, if the laws were changed to make it more difficult for people to get a hold of them, what about the people who already have them, what if they know someone who already have one?. Secondly, if guns were more difficult to get a hold of, it will not stop these tragedies. There will still be violence because of the way people think and act. Lastly, guns are weapons that can be used for good or bad. It is the people who decide to do bad things with it. For example staff reporters claim, “They have the power to kill but not the ability. Someone has to pick them up and be willing to harm or kill a human being for that to occur.” These are only a few reasons why people should be blamed for killing people, not guns.

      Staff reporters quote, “We can’t fix what we won’t admit to any more than guns get up and shoot people. Murder is born in the heart, not the trigger.” This quote gives us an example that people who own a gun can decide whether or not to kill someone. People might say guns are the key to make someone feel powerful. If there is  someone who is not mentally stable and have or own a gun, it will make them feel power and make them believe they can do whatever they want. I believe this isn’t the case, anyone who has a weapon (it can range from a knife to a car) can feel power. It makes them feel strong and safe in a way. If you mix this with some other problem like mental illness, this will cause tragedies. Gun control laws will not help in any shape or form from stopping this problem, it is what the peoples thoughts are and their actions.

      First of all, people who already own a gun can’t exactly be stopped. It's the person's decision to stop, so you cannot blame the guns on these accidents. “After the Las Vegas shooting that left 58 dead and hundreds wounded ,Bevin said gun control would not have stopped it.” This shows how tons of people can be harmed from one person with one weapon. It was the person's decision to make these problems and the gun was just there for him to use. He could have done this same tragedy but using different weapons. It was his choice to use the gun.

   Another reason is, if there were laws that would help prevent people from getting guns more easily, it would make no difference in stopping these accidents from happening. People can easily use different weapons than just guns. If you were to make these laws, might as well ban knives and forks as well. For example, “Recently, a 25-year-old woman drove her car into a crowd of people, killing four and injuring 48. Are you going to hold the automobile manufacturer responsible for this accident?” This shows not only how people are responsible for killing but also that she has injured people and even murdered without the use of a gun. Banning or making stricter laws for guns will not stop violence in the world. 

     

       My final reason is, people have a decision to kill and to not kill. These guns will not tell them to do so. Its what the person believes what should be done, these guns aren’t magical and kill people themselves. Yes, I will admit that guns can be used to kill people, but they aren’t the ones pulling the triggers. “Guns don’t make people violent. They don’t have magical powers. Owning one doesn’t turn you into a different person. A gun is a tool. I know people suffer greatly and lose their lives at the hands of guns. Violent people are violent, and if they don’t have access to guns, they’ll find another tool to hurt people with.” This shows how guns aren’t the real problem, its the people. 

      I believe that the people are responsible for killing not the guns. Three reasons to show why is, people who already own a gun cannot be stopped. There is no possible way to claim all of these guns to stop these tragedies, Secondly, guns aren’t always the weapons used in these accidents. If there were new gun controlling laws, there will still be violence but used with different weapons. Finally, guns aren’t the ones telling the people to pull the trigger. It's what the person thinks what should be done. All of these are reasons why gun controlling won’t do anything to stop violence in the world. “We can’t fix what we won’t admit to any more than guns get up and shoot people. Murder is born in the heart, not the trigger.” This shows how guns aren’t the ones killing, its people.

Date: March 21, 2018

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Start typing here….GUNS are not responsible for killing, it’s the people who arm themselves with those guns. October 21, 2012, 20 year old Adam Lanza killed 27 students and staff at Sandy Hook Elementary including the shooter himself for a reason (motive) he took to his own grave.This school shooting along with other tragic events such as Washington Navy Yard, 13 dead-2013; San Bernardino, 16 dead-2015; Orlando nightclub, 50 dead- 2016; Las Vegas, 59 dead- 2017, and recently; the Stoneman Douglas High School, 17 dead- 1 month, 7 days ago, caused gun control debate throughout the country. The reasons for my claim are most of these shootings mentioned were caused by people with really, serious problems. Two, the perpetrators who weren’t mentally ill were bullied or had a troubled past. Three, obviously the guns needed to be manned by a human being in order to cause chaos. But, Democrats might say there are too many semi-automatic rifles and that there should be a complete gun control. There point being that there shouldn’t be blaming guns, but blaming people.

         One student might say, “Oh there are still there those stupid semi-automatic rifles.” Well that is kind of true. Due to the there being thousands upon thousands of firearms throughout the country. But never mind the fact that if there is any ammunition there couldn’t be a shooting. If there isn’t any person to shoot the gun there couldn’t be a shooting. But it’ll take more than just the person to start the shooting.

Of course there is mental illness. This is one of the most common

and dangerous problems that could cause shootings. The perpetrator of the Parkland,

Nikolas Cruz shooting was connected with mental illness. A 2016 research study says 

that 4 percent of violence is the cause of mental illness. According to a New York

Times article, “In an analysis of 235 mass shootings, around just 22 percent of the 

Perpetrators had mental illness. But there is two other problems to cause mass or 

school shootings.

Another cause of mass shootings are bullying. The “big B” word, 

well just the word bullying. There are many types of bullying such as cyberbullying 

or social bullying. Bullying could isolate either a boy or a girl to either to commit 

suicide or like the case in the Sparks Middle School shooting, which a victim of 

bullying killed 2 others including himself, shoot people. But bullying isn’t always the case since there are lack of respect or opportunity throughout the world.

Speaking of lack of respect there is also discrimination, whether it’s either racism, homophobia or transphobia. While it is kind of bullying I decided it should be separate reason. There are two examples of shootings because of discrimination. These shootings are the Charleston and Orlando nightclub shootings. Not because of being discrimination, but both perpetrators discriminating or hating the beliefs of their targets. In other words this is basically an instance of hate crime.

Again, guns aren’t the cause of shootings but the people are. There are many examples of shooters that are caused by mental illness. Bullying also being a reason for mass shootings. Along with discrimination or hate towards other groups.

These are the reasons why I believe that shootings are caused by people not the guns they hold.

Date:3-21-18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.  

                                                    Is it right to own a gun

   Guns set of laws and policies that use of firearms by civilians.A lot of countries have a restrictive firearm guiding policy.Guns had been stolen from owners and had been causing a lot of innocent deaths.Jurisdiction that regulate access to firearms typically restrict access to only certain categories of firearms and then to restrict the categories of persons who will be granted a firearm license.In the united states gun control has federal level or local level.

   A lot of countries allow civilians to purchase firearms to certain restrictions.In 28 counties find out a major distinction between different national regimes of firearm.The united states and Yemen were distinct countries surveyed in viewing firearm ownership as a basic right of civilization and having more permissive regimes of civilian gun ownership.The legislation governing possession of firearms is corresponding more restrictive.

  The international and regional level attended to focus on the cross border illegal trade in small arms.Particular concern of civilian held firearms.18 types of guns control laws on every major type of violent crime or violence in 170 U.S. countries.More guns control laws would reduce gun deaths.American children under age 15 were nine times more likely to die of a gun accident than children in other advanced wealthy countries.

  A handgun appears to be associated with a long lasting increased risk of violent death.More gun control laws are needed to protect women from domestic abusers and stalkers.A women risk of being murdered with guns during a domestic.There has been women who survived a murder attempt by an intimate partner.Guns are rarely used in self defense.29,618,300 violent crimes committed crimes between 2007 and 2011.

  Legally owned guns are frequently stolen and used by criminals.Proponents of more gun control laws state that the Second Amendment was intended for militias that gun violence would reduce that gun restrictions have always existed and that a majority of Americans, including gun owners, support new gun restrictions.A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

  Opponents say that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to own guns that guns are needed for self defense from threats ranging from local criminals to foreign invaders and that gun ownership deters crime rather than cause more crime.The U.S. General Accounting office estimated that 100% of deaths per year in child under  years old.

Date:3/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay 

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

I don’t believe that gun control is a violation of our rights. According to ProCon.org, 1999 to 2013 there have been 464,033 gun deaths and 270,237 were suicides, by making it harder for people to get guns, this number can be easily dropped. The first reason I believe that we should have better gun control is because it would help reduce the amount of murders and suicides, students may also feel more safe while at school. Another reason I have is because if they make it harder for people to get guns then that can help protect women from domestic abusers and stalkers. My third and final reason for believing we should have better gun control laws, is because guns are hardly ever used in selfdefence. Some people may believe that gun control is a violation to our rights because it is our second amendment. This concludes my introduction on gun control and everybody’s point of view on it.

Some people may believe that we shouldn’t have better gun control because, “Gun control laws are a violation of peoples second amendment”, says ProCon.org. Some people believe that background checks are a violation of privacy. According to ProCon.org, “Gun control laws such as background checks and microstamping are an invasion of privacy.” People also believe that, “Gun control is unnecessary because relatively few people get killed by guns.” According to the CDC’s “Leading Causes of Death Reports,” between 1999 and 2013 Americans were more likely to die of heart disease than by murder with a gun. This concludes the no side to better and stricter gun control laws.

I believe that we should have better gun control laws because it may help reduce the amount of gun deaths and suicides. According to ProCon.org from 1999 to 2013 there was about 464,033 gun deaths and 270,237 suicides. Also, by making people take background checks we may have less mentally ill people with guns. ProCon.org says, “Firearms were the 12th leading cause of all deaths, representing 1.3% of total deaths topping liver disease, hypertension, and Parkinson’s.” This shows that guns are one of the leading causes of deaths in the U.S.

Another reason I believe that we should have better gun control laws is because it would help to protect women from domestic abusers. According to ProCon.org, “Five women are murdered with guns every day in the United States. A women’s risks of being murdered decreases 500% if a gun is present during a domestic dispute.” Another quote from Debate.org says this, “57% of mass shootings involved domestic violence.” This shows that if we can reduce domestic violence we can reduce the amount of mass shootings. “For example,the 2011 mass shootings at a Seal Beach, CA hair salon reportedly began because of the shooter’s custody battle with his ex-wife who was a hair stylist at the salon,”Says ProCon.org. Also, 76% of women murdered and 85% of women who survived a murder attempt by an intimate partner were stalked in the year before the murder or murder attempt. This concludes my second reason for believing that we should have better gun control laws.

Most of the time that a shooting occurs, it hardly is ever for self defence. According to PDN.com, “ Out of 2,259 only 637 were in self defence.” They also say that out of 44 shootings that involved police killing somebody none were in self defence. Not all gunfights were considered gun fights though, they were considered shootings because it ended in the deaths of civilians. This concludes the third and last reason I have for talking about gun violence and why we should make better gun control laws.

Gun control has been in debate for years, but instead of getting rid of the guns, why not just make it harder for people to gain access to guns.The first reason I have is because by creating better gun control laws we can reduce the amount of deaths and suicides caused by guns, and we can help students feel more safe and comfortable in their own learning environment. The other reason I have is because it can help us to reduce domestic abuse and stalking. My third and final reason is because most of the times somebody dies because of a gun is not by self defence. Some people on the other hand might not believe we should have a better gun control system because it is a violation of our second amendment.According to ProCon.org, “Gun control laws such as background checks and microstamping are an invasion of privacy.” People believe that very few deaths are even caused by guns because they believe it is the person behind the trigger. Some people also believe that Americans are more likely to die by heart disease than by a gun. I believe that instead of completely getting rid of guns we can just make it harder for mentally ill people to acquire them.

Date:3/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

There is a debate going around saying which is more responsible for the killing guns or people. I believe that people are responsible for killing and not guns. The people that were the shooters in the mass shootings might have a lot of anger and take it out by shooting up places. First of all, people are responsible for the mass shootings because if they had a gun they wouldn’t just go shoot up something because they had it. Second of all, guns are an inanimate object so they can’t pull the trigger themselves. Third of all, most of the shooters were in anger and they took it out on the people they killed therefor it wasn’t the gun responsible for the killing. People say that guns are used for killing but the people are the ones that choose to do it.

People believe that guns are responsible for the killing and not people.

Date: 3/21/2018

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

  Congress-  Gun Control Acts are  not the way we should go. Forbidding guns to civilians is unconstitutional, and violating the second amendment. ( the right to keep and bear arms)- according to On The Issues  political article.) Since 1787, second amendment  was ratified and approved by the states. Forbidding guns will actually worsen the situation in most areas that already have violence. Gun Control acts are not expected to work and are regularly use as propaganda to gain attention to their political party. This general information isn't supported my majority of people, and excluded when politics give speeches/conferences about the topic. One counterclaim that stuck out the most was from the article “An Open Letter to Congress’’which describes the call of banning the usage of firearms because, it is negatively affecting children's lives. With this in mind many people would start to wonder what's the solution to this problem. 

          The main issue is people not guns. According to Rafaela Panos-  her claim is that guns don't take action to kill people it was the people themselves. firstly, of the reasons to support this claim is provided by Nia Lanehart article-  her claim is that guns don't shoot on themselves, the person has to pull the trigger with their belief and shoot the gun- meaning, the people, not the guns, in wanting to kill. Secondly,  Gun Control doesn't fully limit restrict guns.Those people that are crazy or  dangerous mentally disordered have other ways to get their hands on deadly firearms. Theirdly, many causes for shootings is that the shooter is trying to relieve or give away anger, depression, sadness, or exclusion in their violent actions. With this information many political leaders would try to reconsidere the option of gun control acts. 

        Forbidding guns to civilians is unconstitutional, and violating the second amendment. ( the right to keep and bear arms)- according to On The Issues  political article.) Since 1787, second amendment  was ratified and approved by the states. With this know exposed to people, they will start to wonder if the government has done something else that is unconstitutional.  

      Forbidding guns will actually worsen the situation in most areas that already have violence. These would include gang territories, public areas, neighborhoods, etc. Also if a person wants to get a gun they have one of 3 options getting it from the black market, buying it from outside of the country and taking in with you, or making their own. According to I’ve covered gun violence for years. The solutions aren’t a big mystery.- the United States owns 42% of firearms worldwide. With this in knowledge many people would start to wonder ,what type of people are in possession of those deadly weapons.  

      Gun Control acts are not expected to work and are regularly use as propaganda to gain attention to their political party. According to Mexican news stations, mexico has passed gun control acts from long ago , but gun control acts don't eliminate gun violence , with all the necessary actions. According to  Why Parkland could be a turning point for gun control- They see NRA(pro-gun organization) as a force of evil and dictatorship, and see guns as weapons of mass destruction. With this reveal to the public they would start thinking  gun control acts useless. 

      

        Gun control acts are useless and are manly use as propaganda. Firstly, Forbidding guns to civilians is unconstitutional secondly, Forbidding guns will only worsen the situation thirdly, Gun control acts are useless. Guns are not the problem its people. firstly, of the reasons to support this claim is provided by Nia Lanehart article-  her claim is that guns don't shoot on themselves, the person has to pull the trigger with their belief and shoot the gun- meaning, the people, not the guns, in wanting to kill. Secondly,  Gun Control doesn't fully limit restrict guns.Those people that are crazy or  dangerous mentally disordered have other ways to get their hands on deadly firearms. Theirdly, many causes for shootings is that the shooter is trying to relieve or give away anger, depression, sadness, or exclusion in their violent actions. In conclusion with all this reasons, and facts it furthermore it supports the claim that Gun control Acts violates laws, and are useless. 

   

      

Date:032118

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

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Start typing here….

The saying’ “the only thing that can stop a bad man with a gun is a good man with a gun” is a hoax. The police help swat in hostage situations by simply talking to the person not by bustin’ open the door and shooting everyone with a gun.Above all in my opinion no one has the right to kill anyone .https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/i-m-army-veteran-gun-owner-good-guy-gun-theory-ncna821976 says, “Our nation’s love of firearms, combined with our history of arrogance and hyper-masculinity, has produced a culture in which millions of (particularly younger) white men now believe they could, at any time, be the only 

thing standing between good and evil.” http://time.com/38796/6-hostage-negotiation-techniques-that-will-get-you-what-you-want/

Says there are five things you need to do, such as active listening:to let the criminal know you are listening,have empathy:understand how they feel,rapport:what you feel they feel it back,influence once they trust you suggest a course of action they should take,behavioral change:they most likely come out with their hands out.

Many people would say what if the suspect has killed an officer or civilian?Well in that case use brute force and try something like a taser instead of a lethal weapon because https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/17/15985442/minneapolis-police-shooting-justine-damond-video

Says, “The Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an unarmed 40-year-old woman in july has been charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.”This means officers begin to abuse power and kill at will.The same source says, “Officer Mohamed Noor turned himself in on Tuesday, the Guardian reported. The charges come more than eight months after Noor shot and killed Justine Damond just minutes after she called 911 to report a possible crime. If convicted, Noor could face potentially decades in prison.”The same source also says, “Damond, who worked as a yoga and meditation instructor, had called 911 to report a possible sexual assault outside her home. Officer Matthew Harrity, who was driving the squad car, indicated that he was startled by a loud noise as he approached Damond’s home. Damond then immediately approached the car from the driver’s side. Noor, who was sitting in the passenger’s seat, fired his weapon, hitting and killing Damond.

Date: 3/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Is it really a firearm is a problem or people really need help.
My family possess a firearm in the state of california, I have handled and use a firearm ,but I never have the need to want to cause harm with a weapon.
The reason why shooters are coming to age because they suffer from mental illness, firearms are not the only weapon that can cause massacres , and banning would not firearms would not change of massacres.
People say that if we ban firearms we would have no shootings at all.
This claim has some point’s to add.

In a article created by CNN states “The story of Australia, which had 13 mass shootings in the 18-year period from 1979 to 1996 but none in the succeeding 19 years,” means there was no mass shootings for 19 teen years.
Claims from CNN say that the ban of weapons reduce murder from 4.6 out of 100,000 to 1 out of 100,000 , The rate of robberies is less than the U.S , and ever since the ban there was no mass shooting since 1996.
The reason for the claim is supported with evidence with that guns banned it dropped.

The first reason there are mass shootings in the first place is that a guns are everywhere it’s really people with mental illness.

Date:3/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

   

     Schools, schools should be a safe learning place where children could learn but after all of these recent studies, where is our safe place now? The recent studies have shown how mental illness may have caused people to do those terrible acts. One thing for sure those people were carrying guns. Many have justified it’s the people others just said maybe it’s guns. Most school shooting weren’t from mentally ill people, most crimes were from students who were bullied and wanted revenge. Some country governors have stated that some causes were video games, but would someone really kill others just for playing a simple game console. Why would the government allow citizens the ability to legally, Students may had been bullied enough to cause a shooting, others may had a mental illness, and most don’t care of others peoples lives.

     Scholars districts had been using an anti-bullying program, but there are many students out there who are afraid that a student’s bully would be put in the program and be bullied even more. Even after school bullies have less supervising and can lead to more danger, causing students to realize what is their point on living or in other worse cases “School Shootings”. The depression on people can lead to serious or dangerous events. Maybe schools think bullies are gone, but in reality adults have to think like us and everything would be more clear. Most bullies are afraid that their bully would find out he was exposed.

     Either it was the gun or the person, few school shooting were caused by a mentally ill person. One question is for sure how did a mentally ill person manage to gain a gun. This leads to a new question, why would the government allow this type of people buy a gun, or how would a mentally ill person gain a gun buying licence. 

     There is a possibility that some shooters were dying or didn't care of themselves and others. Not only school shootings but outside shootings like the Las Vegas, many of them didn't value others lives. Why would the government not make security more secure since of all the recent

 shootings over the years. It's mostly common that shooters were either mentally ill or even depressed.

 

     The government should secure more our school and even outside of school. We all should be safe walking around school not worrying about a serial killer or a student who got to the point to shoot others. We all deserve a chance to live and be safe, we all need to take care of others and trust each other. Guns do shoot people and may cause death but a gun won't shoot itself it's the person carrying the gun.

Date:3-21-18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

     The consequences of gun control is that they can be used for a bad reason. Guns were supposed to be used as military weapons only but then people started using them for other reasons like hunting, fishing, and etc. These weapons are very dangerous because they can cause trouble. There are always stories on the news about gun control and the problems it causes. In some places guns are sold to younger people. There are also stories about school shootings. School shootings have been going on for many years. Some sources think that these gun problems are caused by mentally ill people but they're wrong because it can be caused by any type of person it’s not only there actions it also other people’s actions. 

      School shootings have been a big problem this year because there has been so many. There was one in Florida which 17 people died because of a teenage who made the wrong choice. Many schools around the world participated to get out of school for 17 minutes to honor the people who lost there life that day. There has been a list of about 1.5 shootings a week a school shooting involves at least one person dead.The first school shooting this year was on January 20th at Winston Salem/North Carolina.16 shootings have been the most recent this year.

     There are some sources that say gun stores actually give younger people guns a source said that to get a firearm gun you have to be 21 years old or older but to get a handgun you can be 18 years old or older. There are so many states that you don’t need a permit to have a gun like Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, and etc. It is unbelievable that in these places all ages can carry around a gun. It is not bad to carry a gun because you can use it in an emergence. But at the same time it can be very dangerous because anything can go wrong. Sources say that the reason of gun shootings are drug problems, depression, mental problems and more there are many ways for these consequences.

     Guns are a dangerous weapon that some people don’t know how to use them and  think it’s all fun in games. BB guns are almost as dangerous as a real gun even if it hits you it can give you a bruise but if you get hit  near your eye you will possibly lose an eye or even worse so there are many problems that can happen. Anything can be called a weapon and could kill you that’s the bad thing. There was a story about this 12 year old girl who was at fault because she bought a gun to school and was charged for releasing the gun and put some people in the hospital.

      Even though we hear all these stories on the news they are very sad but the sellers of these guns should not let people below 21 years old to buy a gun with a permit.This is unbelievable because this is one of the main causes of shootings because other’s let people buy guns who shouldn’t have a gun.Some of these places that let younger people buy a gun without a permit actually are the ones that get the school shootings and also shootings. 

  

      Guns should not belong in the hands of other people because accidents can happen these are not going to help someone with the problems they are having it will just make them worse. After all these years of gun violence we could have never done anything about it but if we were able to we would have tried to stop this but there is no end to it. This is why all these shootings should stop because they will expand more and grow.

Date: 03-21-18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

 I believe that gun control is not a violation of rights , is for our safety . Many people might think that gun control is just a waste of time . But our safety and lives are just a waste of time . For many reasons , such asIn conclusion , I believe that we should enact gun control laws , for the safer of all . It’s not fair for us children to be worrying about school shootings , massive shootings etc . There are many reasons such as , legally owned guns are frequently stolen and used by criminals , majority of adults including gun owners ,support common sense sense gun control such as background checks , bans on assault weapons , and bans on high-capacity magazines. Also more gun control leads to fewer suicides .

My first reason why I believe that gun control is not a violation of rights  is because 

. more gun control would reduce gun deaths . According to the text  there were 464,033 total gun deaths between 1999 and 2013: 270,237 suicides (58.2% of total deaths); 174,773 homicides (37.7%); and 9,983 unintentional deaths (2.2%). [4] Guns were the leading cause of death by homicide (66.6% of all homicides) and by suicide (52.2% of all suicides). Firearms were the 12th leading cause of all deaths. This passage shows that guns are the main reason of death . 

       My second reason why I believe gun control is not a violation of rights is because , laws are needed to protect women from domestic abusers and stalkers . According to the text Five women are murdered with guns every day in the United States.  A woman's risk of being murdered increases 500% if a gun is present during a domestic dispute.For example, the 2011 mass shooting at a Seal Beach, CA hair salon reportedly began because of the shooter's custody battle with his ex-wife who was a hair stylist at the salon.  31 states do not ban convicted misdemeanor stalkers from owning guns and 41 states do not force convicted domestic abusers from relinquishing guns they already own. This passage shows that women need more gun control for our safety .

My third reason why I believe gun control is  not a violation of rights is because , 

Armed civilians are unlikely to stop crimes and are likely to make dangerous situations , including mass shootings , more deadly . None of the 62 mass shootings between 1982 and 2012 was stopped by an armed civilian . According to the text “ cun rights activists regularly state that a 2002 mass shootings at the Appalachian school of law in virginia was stopped by armed students , but those students were current and former law enforcement officer  and the killer was out of bullets  

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(CounterArgument )  More gun control is unnecessary because few people are killed by guns . Americans were 21.5 times more likely to die of malignant tumors , and 2.4 times more likely to die of diabetes  or 2.3 times more likely to die of Alzheimer’s , than die from a firearm . I reject the counterargument because enacting gun control laws such as mandatory safety features would reduce the number of accidental gun deaths .

In conclusion , I believe that we should enact gun control laws , for the safer of all . It’s not fair for us children to be worrying about school shootings , massive shootings etc . There are many reasons such as ,  legally owned guns are frequently stolen and used by criminals , majority of adults including gun owners ,support common sense sense gun control such as background checks , bans on assault weapons , and bans on high-capacity magazines. Also more gun control leads to fewer suicides .

Date: March 21, 2018

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Are guns really the problem? Or is it the people that get possession of a gun? In my opinion, the real problem is the people that get control of any gun. People are the real problem in this type of situation because people nowadays have many levels of mental illness, gender, and or bullying from the past. In the following paragraphs i will explain why people are the real cause to all this killing going around.

First of all, people are the real reason to all these mass shootings because they have various levels of mental illness. The people responsible for these shootings usually aren’t mentally stable. According to the article by Politico Magazine it states, “ So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior,” Trump tweeted Thursday. This means that even our President talks about how mental illness affects the mass shootings because of how these people act at school and are diagnosed as well. 

Second of all, another issue why people are the problems also have to do with their gender. Many people think it’s the masculinity. According to the article, “Its gender. If we want to stop the problem of mass shootings, we need to fix the problem of toxic masculinity.” This means that at this point gender has even become a serious problem to people especially because they take it to an extreme level to not be comfortable enough with their body.

Lastly, people are the problems because of abuse from their past. Many people suffer from things that happened to them before and actually causes them to do all these tragedies. According to an article by ProPublica it states, “ 43.5 percent had been victims of bullying.” This quote states that this much percent of people who had started a mass shooting had a past of bullying and even though you might be playing around people, especially men, can take it very seriously and can lead to these horrible events.

Many people might think that guns are the serious problem not the people. CNN states, “And the fact is, we have a serious problem in America with gun violence.” Just showing that apparently guns are the problem isn’t really the answer. Guns do play a role in shootings but if you put thought into it, the real cause are the real cause to all these tragedies going around.

In conclusion, i believe that people who get possession of any guns are the real issue to all these tragedies going around because of mental illness, gender, and bullying that could’ve happened in the past. What are your opinions on this topic? Do you think guns are the real problem? Or can it be the people?

Date: 3/21/2018

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Recent events taking place in the U.S. has many people asking one question, ‘Are guns are a central part in a safe community’? While this might seem like an odd question, because after all how can weapon capable of discharging multiple rounds a second, provided a safe environment for many people? Well ever since the invention of the first firearms around 1364 they were used extensively all over the world in places like Europe and the Middle East, and ever since then they have become common place all over the modern world however guns today are nothing like matchlock guns used in the 1800s, todays guns are seen as weapons of war, with it having no place being owned by the average person, but what many people fail to acknowledge about guns is that they can and have been used to protect one’s property and family for centuries are on numerous occasions guns. This also brings up another seemingless controversial saying  “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun”. While I do believe there are some instances in which a gun is perhaps the only way to protect oneself from a attacker, I would disagree in saying that this is true 100% of the time with it depending on the situation.

Date:3/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

There has been many school shootings around the world. It has been all over the media and articles about communities wanting stricter Gun Laws. We are wanting to solve the problem with the tragedies of innocent people’s lives being taken away over school shootings. Plenty of questions have been said, regarding the issue of the reasons that lead to these problems, for example, Which is most responsible for killing, guns or people? People kill people not guns kill people.The reason why is because guns don’t shoot themselves, someone must have the power to point a weapon and pull the trigger. Yet guns, are also a problem because if we make it more difficult to get control on a weapon, then school shootings will decrease.

Although the people who believe that guns are the problem, mostly argue with, “

Date: 3/21/18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

Title of Essay:  Which is most responsible for killing, guns or people?

There have been many debates on whether guns or people are the problem. There have been numerous school shootings this year. In my opinion people are the problem. Guns don’t shoot themselves. People make the decision to shoot the guns. The mentally ill are the people that should be treated. The mentally ill should not be able to own guns because they could hurt themselves and others. Guns are inanimate objects just like a gadget. If you murder someone with a knife you will still get charged with murder. Many people would say that banning guns decrease crime. Guns are not the cause of the crime people are.

According to debate.org “England took away guns and the number of home invasions went up.” This shows that gun control could increase crime. Criminals could find illegal ways to obtain firearms. The mentally ill are the people who shouldn’t be able to obtain guns. Banning guns would increase crime. People need to change not guns.

Guns are not the problem. If people want guns they will get guns illegally. According to University news “If people want to shoot people, they will shoot people.” This statement means that people can find ways to obtain guns. Guns can be purchased illegally through numerous sources. Guns don’t fire at will. If a person wants to shoot a gun they can.

The mentally ill should be treated. If we don’t treat people then that will be there excuse when they are caught. According to House speaker Paul Ryan"As you know, mental health is often a big problem underlying these tragedies". This shows that mental health is a big problem in mass shootings. The mentally ill shouldn’t be able to get a gun. Mental health is an issue contributing to mass shootings.

Guns are inanimate objects. Guns do not have a will to shoot. According to psychology today “ guns are the ultimate cause of gun deaths” This statement shows that people are responsible for killing each other. Guns do not shoot themselves guns. Guns are just gadgets.

Guns are not the cause of the deaths, people are. Guns do not need to change but people need to change.The mentally ill should not be able to own guns. People need to stop blaming the problem on guns. Most people would say that guns should be banned altogether. In conclusion people need to change not guns.

Date:03.21.18

Class Points:  60 points (10 points a paragraph)

Assignment:  Argumentative Essay

Directions:  Use the six paragraph argumentative essay formula to type this essay.  It is due Thursday night by 10:00 p.m. on March 22, 2018.  Make sure to turn it in on the google docs history class and to copy and paste it into the padlet site too so everyone can read your work.

The debate on guns has been around for the longest time. One argument is that guns don’t kill people but that people kill people. While it is true people kill people, but according to the article “What Kills People?” People kill other people easier with guns. First, people are more inclined to kill people if they have a gun that can do that with ease, you can’t have gun murder without a gun, and guns make killing easier. But, people also believe that people kill other people because of mental illness and hatred. There are reasons why people do believe that it’s the people who kill other people.

 According to Oxplore.org, “Various psychotic illnesses, such as schizophrenia or severe bi-polar disorder, are often associated with mass killers.” There are many reasons why people are more dangerous of guns, their minds are behind the gun, people with mental illnesses are having access to guns, and hate can make us do actions we don’t wanna do. Those are some reasons why people are responsible for killing now, here are some for why guns are.

People who have a gun are more inclined to kill other people. According to Oxplore.org, many mass shootings have happened because of hatred for someone else. Omar Mateer killed 48 people and injured 52 more on June 12th 2016, and why?  Because he was confused on his sexuality and saw a gun and decided to kill people because they weren’t. Another example is Stephen Paddock who is responsible for the lives of 58 people because he just wanted to “make history”. Why the government still hasn’t done anything who knows. 

You can’t have a gun murder without a gun. Right? It’s common sense that if you weren’t legally able to obtain guns it would lead to less gun deaths. According to Elizabeth Chuck “more than 80% of guns used in mass shootings are legally obtained.”

Guns make killing easier and more efficient. According to The Huffington Post, “Guns are tools that make killing more efficient.” Guns make it easier to kill multiple people in a matter of seconds.  Unlike a knife, guns make it easier to kill multiple people at once. Making more Americans die from an unnecessary cause.

While it is true people kill people, but according to the article “What Kills People?” People kill other people easier with guns.First, people are more inclined to kill people if they have a gun that can do that with ease, you can’t have gun murder without a gun, and guns make killing easier. But, people also believe that people kill other people because of mental illness and hatred. people are more dangerous of guns, their minds are behind the gun, people with mental illnesses are having access to guns, and hate can make us do actions we don’t wanna do.

Guns make it easier to to kill so why don’t we make stricter laws to benefit both side of the argument. 

Date: 3/21/18

 

     I think the most dangerous one for killing civilians are the people that have the intention to harm other civilians. That's why guns are not the problem because some people feel like killing other citizens for fun or because of frustration. Also, a gun doesn't shoot other civilians by itself, a person has to load the gun and know what their targeting, then the last thing they need to do is to pull the trigger. That’s why there's a lot of school shootings and tragedies because people are not aware of their actions that might affects a lot of lives and families. Guns should be used by people they are mature enough to handle a firearm and that want to use it for good purposes and don't have a mental illness.Debate.ORG states,’’Guns are obviously too easy to get since they are often in the hands of those with long history of criminal conduct as well as severe mental illness.’ That's why people are the problem not guns because people used them for bad purposes.    

      

     

     Some people wouldn't even dare to kill or harm other people but some people won't care, they will kill anybody that’s is in front of their way or they make that person mad or they could just be shooting other people for fun that's why people are responsible not the guns because they're the ones making that decision. You would never know when it's going to happen to you or to people you know or care for. We can stop all of this by having more people standing up against the criminals. Gun stores could only sell guns if you have an ID or if your 21 years or older. We can stop all of this by just not giving people firearms and other type of dangerous weapon that can kill or hurt someone seriously. That's why people are the problem and not the firearms because all the school shooting and the massive murders or attacks are caused by people.  

 

      

     When people purchase some weapons, they have two choices they can either use it for good purposes or use it to hurt or kill people. When the gun owner chooses the killing people option and uses his or her weapon to hurt people, who makes the decisions; The gun or the gunman? You decide for yourselves on who’s fault it was but I think it’s easy to tell who's fault it is. When a gun owner is given an options with their guns they are most likely the ones to make the calls, without anyone making the decision for them, it is still the gun owners fault not the weapon they use? For example, a Kitchen knife is a tool, meant for cutting things, but it can also be a dangerous weapon that can be used to stab someone to death. A gun is almost like that, except that it can do more damage to the person than doing it with a kitchen knife. The person behind the weapon is responsible not the item they’re using.” According to washingtonpost.com, “the majority of Americans believe that mental illness, and the failure of the mental-health system to identify those at risk of dangerous behavior, is an important cause of gun violence.” That’s why Mental Illness may also have a big part in the gun violence.  

 

      

     Another reason why the the people are the ones responsible for the killing people is because they could be consuming drugs and alcohol that might affect the way they think and that might be a cause of a massive shooting because the shootings were caused by someone with mental health or by consuming large quantities of alcohol or even drugs. For example we know that a person with no mental health wouldn't do it or even think about doing it because they are smart enough to know what’s right and what’s wrong. Also they know the consequences they will get if they do such a horrendous thing like shootin up a school or even killing someone for no reason because that might cause them a lot of trouble like going to jail or even going to death row. 

 

       

        A guns is a weapons that is not alive just like other lethal weapons that can hurt or even kill someone. They are objects that need someone to move it and to pull the trigger so it can shoot at it’s target. The object that there using may kill someone but in the end the person that was responsible for the victim’s death. That’s why guns are not responsible for other people's death the shooter is the one responsible for his actions. Even if someone is able to make gun’s or lethal weapons illegal people will still kill each other because they are the ones to make that decision the weapon is just there to make it easier and much faster for them to do it that’s why people in the past millions of years invented weapons to hunt and to kill people out of protection for themselves. 

  

      In conclusion, guns are very dangerous and harmful and are being bought by some 18 year old’s in the United States. According to, “http://thefederalist.com”, states, “Currently, under federal law, an 18-year-old can legally purchase a rifle or shotgun, but a purchaser must be 21 years old for a handgun.” It doesn't make sense for a young adult to buy a weapon of war at age 18 years and have to be 21 to buy a handgun.People think it’s good to own a firearm even though that’s the cause of school shootings and some think that the guns are the one responsible for the mass murder attacks in our cities even if that statement is incorrect.