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    first time (McLaughlin para. 45). Remington developed one of the earliest machine guns: a rapid-fire naval gun (“Remington Arms Company, Inc.” para. 9). Remington also produced a popular double-barreled shotgun, a gun cane that looked like a walking stick, and a portable gun that could shoot a lifeline of up to 200 yards to the upper floors of burning buildings (“Remington Arms Company, Inc.” para. 9). There was a long period in which Remington created many different guns, such as the double barreled breech-loading shotgun, and guns with 5 separate barrels fired by a revolving firing pin (McLaughlin para. 45). In January of 1950 Remington announced its new Model 870 "Wingmaster" shotgun, which has become the largest selling pump action shotgun in the world (“Remington Arms Company History” para. 19). Plastic shotshells were introduced by Remington in the 60s (“Remington Arms Company History” para. 23). After a three year development program, Remington released the Model 1100 auto loading shotgun (“Remington Arms Company History” para. 26). In 1998 Remington added the Super Magnum to its line of 870 shotguns (“Remington Arms Company History” para. 49). In 1962 Remington introduced the model 700 bolt action rifle…

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    The effects of gun control I feel could be very dangerous. Taking away the right to bear arms could endanger defenseless families when an armed criminal breaks into their house. Taking firearms off of the legal market doesn’t mean that they still won’t be bought and sold illegally. An example of something that is illegal but widely bought and sold would be drugs. They are highly illegal but the demand for them is through the roof. So then, when the common law abiding citizen cannot buy a firearm…

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    John Moses Brown is the greatest gun designer compared to eliphalet remington. john browning has shown an interest in gun building when he built his brother a gun for his birthday. When John Moses Browning got his first real hand in designing and fabricating his first gun he was only 10, Browning made it out of an old barrel and some scrap wood laying around the shop. Browning used the gun to go hunting some prairie chickens that were roosting around his house. weather it was a overcharge or the…

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    The right to bear arms is a constitutional right, but what brand of firearms is all around best for the citizens of the United States of America to own and shoot? The brand Remington has been around for roughly 200 years and have specialized in the development of guns for the majority of their establishment and is considered America’s best gun brand by many, how do they do it? To every gun there are 3 key features and these are; safety, weight of the gun, and of course the reliability of the…

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    Domestic violence and firearms are normally a lethal combination that results in injury as well as killing the women, children along with the bystanders on a daily basis in the US. In a study carried out among the high-income countries, the US represented a miniature 32% of the female population and at the same time accounting for 84%of all the female homicides related to gun violence (Seabrook, 10). The gun is the weapon most commonly used in the cases of domestic homicides. Statistics…

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    The most often used loophole is known as the “gun show loophole”, which pertains to the private selling of firearms. Private selling of such weapons requires no registration, background checks or licensing. This brings upon the issue of convicted criminals or the mentally ill being able to purchase a firearm with no legal action. Loopholes are not the only issues with current firearm regulations. We are still operating off of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System that was…

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    11:00am MWF Europe As of 2006 Sweden was barely below Switzerland in guns per capita with 31.6 guns per 100 people, which equivalates to a little more than 3 million guns in the country. Even though Sweden is a very “gun secure” country where there are a lot of regulations and laws for the Swedish, guns are mostly used for hunting and just shooting at a range. There is almost no need for any sort of AR-15s or specialized conceal carry handguns. Hopefully, choosing this market…

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    On December 15, 1791, the first ten amendments contained in the Bill of Rights was passed. One of which was the second amendment and protects the right to bear arms. The amendment specifically 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". While this was pretty cut and dry for the time period in which it was passed. It has become a murky and grey topic as of present. As gun technology has…

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    Crash, a film about how people’s misperceptions shape their reality had me focus on the character Farhad, a Persian store owner. He experiences people racially profiling him and his behavior is effected from people’s misperceptions. Through Farhad’s story we can see the different stages of perception, attribution biases, and the effects of misperceiving. Perception is how an individual filters information, interprets it, and then creates a meaning for their views. How people perceive, and…

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    Some people have guns for hunting, some people have guns for recreational purposes and some people have guns for safety. Hillary Clinton talks a lot about guns and it has been said that if she is elected, then she will abolish the second amendment. Society benefits from firearms in the hands of responsible citizens and efforts to keep firearms away from these citizens do more harm than good. Hillary Clinton should not be elected President of the United States. Hillary Clinton is against guns…

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