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Guns Control Essay

Guns are mechanisms used for safety and violence in our world today. If our world were surrounded by violence, no one would feel safe in their own shoes. Banning all guns would be unrealistic, but enforcing stricter laws would help keep the majority of guns from being fired. Guns kill kids and adults, all ages and sizes. To prevent people from committing suicide or homicide, the government should make sure to check if that the purchaser is stable. Although, firearms are used all around the world for various jobs, too many guns put our world in danger.

I personally think kids exposed to an environment filled with guns are also exposed to danger. Currently, 33% of family households own a gun, and 40% of the households do not lock up the gun. Any one of the kids in that household may get their hands on the gun and can accidentally fire it at another person. Nationally, guns kill twice as many people than cancer. In fact, the rate of firearm deaths among kids is 12 times higher than the 25 other industrialized countries combined! Guns killed a surprising amount of 560 people under the age of 18 in just 2011. Also, a gun killed approximately 119 children from the ages 12 to 13. These statistics prove to people that having guns in your home or neighborhood have a chance of injuring or killing a kid or an adult.

Secondly, only some people can handle having a gun, but others cannot. Slowly, more and more unhealthy people are buying guns. I don’t mean sick like cancer; I mean your mind being not able to handle such things as a gun. If a person with a short temper had a gun stored and one day they were in disagreement with someone, they could get the gun and shoot that person. A person with mental illness may not harm others, but about 19,000 tried to harm themselves in 2010. A solution for people harming themselves is, a physicality known for monitoring their health. Even though, the government cannot force every one of them to retreat to those places, those people can choose too. Putting a gun in the wrong hands could lead to death or injury, so keeping them away from certain people should be encouraged.

You may be asking, how is the government helping gun control? Well, they have helped by finding a couple of ways to stop gun trafficking and incorrect gun sales. The president of the USA, Barack Obama, declared that all of the legal gun sales will have to include background checks. Notably, the government also enforced that the United States gun sellers, will need video cameras in their stores to tape every weapon sale. In agreement of that law, after a few months, the owners will need to show the government their tapes of the gun sales. Those owners would also have to check the security in their stores with the police to make sure that the security plan is acceptable. Above all, the law says that gun stores may not be within 500 feet from a school or park. That law is especially good, because kids are this world’s future. Ultimately, the government has made more safety changes that will help the United States become a safer place.

Finally, guns are dangerous and are not meant for harming others or even yourself. In the news, you hear about massacre shootings and how so many people were hurt and killed. No one wants a massacre happening in his or her town, and having some random person shooting people they know. The government should tighten more of the laws for guns, so that kids and adults will feel safer in their communities. To think, making the rules stricter will force the crime rate to plummet down. Guns are violent and can be triggered by accident and can injure or kill someone. Overall, gun control is the right way to go in this world!

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Freak the Mighty Project

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By: Chloe Kufeld Period: C2 Yesterday…

I loathed making ice cream,I enjoyed eating ice cream.I needed a Kindle Fire,I didn’t need a forest fire.I win at schoolwork,But I don’t succeed at homework.

Today…

I loathe doing chores,I enjoy having chores done.I’m demanding A**+** grades,I’m not demanding F**-** days.I succeed in volleyball,I don’t succeed in basketball.

Tomorrow…

I will loathe lockers,I will enjoy middle school.I will demand good teachers,I won’t demand mean teachers.I will succeed in acting,But I will not succeed at dancing.

= = = = = Missoula = By: Chloe Kufeld

An imagery poem is, a use of figurative language to represent objects, actions or ideas.

I am a golden, playful puppy A raspberry colored nose Soft as a pillow of feathers A tail as fast as lighting Thud, Thud against the red, smelly couch Muddy paws as dark as coffee A yellow house of fur Sound the alarm as the mailman comes

Red Wheelbarrow By: Chloe Kufeld

So much depends On the wheelbarrow Red and rusty Glistened with rain Carries the pain One wheel on the barrow Leaned against the wall Something to lean on An extra helping hand What should I do without the wheelbarrow?

Pushed

A Burlesque Poem

By: Chloe Kufeld

I am falling they keep calling

Haven’t they heard that I am no bird

And wont take your word

And I just keep on falling.

I need a new start

And might work at the Mart

I’ll roll all the carts

And then make tart

But I just keep on falling.

All I see is black

All around me is black

Walls of infinity

It is all her fault

I hate her

She pushed me.

Labrador Retriever

By: Chloe Kufeld

Acrostic Poem

L abradors come in yellow, brown, and black

A ll brighter then a star

B ang, a tail stronger than pain

R etrieves any thrown ball

A nd follows every order

D umb? Not at all, the smartest of them all

O blivious to your madness

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A Poem of Missoula

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