Due to customs, safety, and morals the topic of which firearm should be used for hunting has been discussed between hunters for many decades. Some of the main arguments have to do with being humane, not randomly shooting, and accidents. If the hunter wounds an animal, they can put the animal out of its misery more quickly. Hunters using a semi-automatic won't “spray and pray” - firing blindly without making an effort to aim correctly and hit their target. Manually operated firearms have been…
We have always been people who revered their country. It is our home, where freedom is of highest value. For 240 years the men of the United States of America have boasted their inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness. Hundreds of thousands of people dreamt of their new lives in America, and even died trying to achieve the ultimate state of freedom. However, no amount of religious freedom or freedom of speech, or peaceful protests will provide a tranquil mind. The darkest secret of the…
America has an irresponsible gun culture. The illustrator establishes ethos to Americans by portraying an American classic in cinema from a native point of view. His choice of drawing Ralphie Parker from the film A Christmas Story holding an assault rifle is a form of pathos rhetoric. Since most Americans have seen the film, which is a house hold name, they can see the irony in the image of a young Raphie holding such a dangerous weapon. Illustrator Adam Zyglis uses kairos to Americans because…
down to three seemingly random words: Hearts, thoughts, and prayers. These words do not bring back the dead, nor do they prevent the psychological and physical damage done to the victims that survived. Meanwhile organizations such as the National Rifle Association (NRA), and the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence…
use the assault rifle AR-15. Therefore, people think the AR-15 is the problem on why there are so many shootings. The AR-15 Has been used in the past three mass shootings. (USA Today, Garrison) The AR-15 was chosen in multiple mass shootings, it has been used to break amendments and what people think of the weapon, and my argument on why it should not be banned. The AR-15 was created by Eugene Stoner, it is subsequent of the M-16. He built it to be a semi-automatic assault rifle to be used for…
out could cause both crime and tax would increase and new laws will be enforced. Noticing that assault rifles are not even required to use while hunting, the government already gives out shotguns and pistols. It’s not the gun, but the person who pulls the trigger, but some people want to give that irresponsible individual a weapon of mass destruction. The creation of an assault rifle caused the flow of war to change, think of what it could cause the U.S to turn into. It’s unpredictable…
Hunters’ are a particular group of people who would like having suppressors on their rifles as it’ll keep their hearing from deteriorating from the shooting and are the higher than normal statistic of losing their hearing all together, or having some hearing troubles for life. Another use for suppressors, would be for Self Defence of…
Strengths •Thompson/Center Arms, Inc., a premier designer and manufacturer of premium hunting rifles, black powder rifles, interchangeable firearms systems and accessories under the Thompson/Center brand. Smith & Wesson licenses shooter eye and ear protection, knives, apparel, and other accessory lines. •Smith & Wesson is the largest manufacturer of handguns in the United States and one of the most recognizable brands in the world. They manufacture and distribute a full line of firearms for…
shooters than hunters, “Estimates range from 20 million to more than 40 million annual participants” (National Shooting Sports Foundation). Of these shooters, 65 percent are shooting rifles, 64.7 are handguns, 48.1 are shotguns, and 18.5 percent are muzzleloaders. Notice that the most popular choice of weapon is a rifle. A rifle is defined as “A weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the…
and that these could not be shot in the rain. They also discovered that depending on how far the wick was burnt the gun may not fire right away leaving the soldiers unaware of if the gun would fire and when. (Supica) (Firearms history) The next rifle solved some of these problems it was called the wheellock. It took advantage of the fact that you could make a spark with metal and certain rocks and do away with the wick and replace it with a gear system to form a better trigger to get more…