with CNN, “The National Rifle Association made clear Sunday it will not budge on its opposition to any new gun laws, despite heated criticism of the organization's response to the Connecticut school massacre” (Levs). In fact, the CEO of the NRA, Wayne LePierre, said that the stricter gun laws “won’t work” (Levs). LePierre is incorrect in saying that stricter gun regulations won’t work because Jill Koyama, an Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona, referenced a case study and reported that
Sandy Hook Elementary School where Adam Lanza fired one bullet roughly every two seconds. It was, however, not the only case that brings gun control as a topic of debate. Many other shootings and massacre have brought people to vote for a stricter gun law. Even though that’s the case, there are also Americans who support the right-to-carry as what the National Rifle Association (NRA) have non-stop campaigned about. The reason to why I choose this particular topic as my essay is because I find that
A study from the Journal of Quantitative Criminology found that, “ U.S. civilians use guns to defend themselves and others from crime at least 989,883 times per year” ( just-facts). Gun control in America has been a popular and controversial topic since the founding of the nation. In recent years the topic of it has made a resurgence in popularity with the majority of citizens and the two main political parties, split over its effectiveness. This has caused Americans to publish studies and lobby
would help even the playing field, and the outcome could be different” (Some Teachers 1). Also, the National Rifle Association suggests that willing teachers should be allowed to take a paid course on how to
along with other diverse writers and historians and her work in the profession not only helped to pave a path towards gender studies in history but also altered “the way the profession treated women.” FOONOTE. Her involvement in the profession represented an enthusiasm for New history’s introduction to inclusionary scholarship and helped to pave the way for many women’s studies historians after
In an interview with the National Journal in October 2010, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell infamously said “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president”. Now, six years into President Obama’s presidency, while they did not achieve their goal of making him a one term president, they have successfully become the least productive Congress in modern American history. This comment by Senator McConnell is demonstrative of the tone of Republican
group entered the assembly carrying their weapons, an incident that gained national attention. The police arrested Seale and five other Party members. Another incident occurred a few months after the protest, a Panther Police shoot-out erupted, leaving one police officer dead and Huey Newton wounded. Newton’s detainment of the police on murder charges became a rallying point for the Black Panther Party, which resulted in national visibility and status (Harris, 2001). As the Black Panther Party became