Shotgun Essays

  • The Bayou Short Story

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    into the army but he didn’t want to leave his dad nothing so Hill Billy decided to make some money by selling coon skins. For this he would need his blue tick coon hound, Camo to trap the raccoons in the trees, and his dad 's old 12 gauge sawed off shotgun. Hill Billy told his father the plan of getting money by selling coon skins, but didn’t really say for what. Hank told Hill Billy not to go out to look for coons today because there was rain expected in the next 5 hours(5:00). Hill Billy thought “That

  • Personal Narrative: Hunting With My Dad

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    would leave home and come back two or three days later with a deer or two. I asked him if he would take me with him, but he would always tell me that I had to be a little bit older. Finally when I was 8 my dad asked me if I wanted to go first season shotgun hunting with him, and of course after waiting for many years, I quickly answered with a loud yes. That Friday I got out of school early around noon to go to the camp and get things ready. My dad picked me up and we left for a small town called Highlandville

  • Should Guns Be Banned Essay

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    The most recent school shooting has everyone questioning whether guns should be banned or whether we should keep guns in the United States. Most gun owners have guns for protection and to protect their family and themselves. It's weird that only this shooting that happened in florida is being taken seriously but no one took the other school shootings as serious as this one. No one took into consideration that there has been many other shootings and just because only a few kids died so therefor it

  • Persuasive Essay: The Banning Of Assault Weapons

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    Good afternoon. I am here to help fight for the cause to save your lives. Imagine this; you are taking a test in one of your classes. Then you hear a gunshot and the entire school goes into lockdown. Your friend, or sibling gets shot, while in the hallway, but for your own safety, you can’t leave your hiding spot. When the criminal is finally arrested, there a dozens of people who have been killed, injured, or fatally injured. All because of one man with a gun. Do you really want your life to be

  • Shotgun Wedding Analysis

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    Legally Blonde and “Shotgun Wedding” are very different stories; though both discuss women who change themselves for men. Carrie changes herself from a fat loser girl who loves cheesesteaks, to a successful beautiful skinny stereotype. As soon as Carrie becomes like this, she finds her fiancé Brian. Elle changes herself by pushing to become smarter so she can get into Harvard. Elle does this to win back her (ex)boyfriend Warner. Though both women change themselves to get the “men of their dreams”

  • The Pros And Cons Of Winchester Gas Shotgun

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    A&K 1892 WINCHESTER GAS SHOTGUN Are you an Airsoft enthusiast who wants to step up your game? Well, this is the gun for you! The A&K 1892 Winchester Gas Shotgun will not only blow away your mind, it’ll also blow away your opponents! The A&K 1892 packs a powerful blow; the gun is heavily built and made up of ABS steel which makes it durable simply because it has been engineered for long-lasting optimization; though the black part is metal, the gun weighs just less than 3 kilos and can easily be carried

  • The Idea Of Trust In Shotgun Wedding By Mark Hammer

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    “Life is always going to be chaotic. But what I know for sure is that I want to go through it all with you.'' Many iconic lines from the movie Shotgun Wedding directed by Jason Moore and written by Mark Hammer hint at the idea of trust. In the movie bride and groom Tom, and Darcy is getting married at a destination wedding in the Philippines. Hours before the wedding begins a group of gunned men take their families hostage and it is up to them to save them. Throughout the film, everyone in the story

  • Love Vs Shotgun Marriage Research Paper

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    For those shotgun marriages which are born for love, we should give encouragement. However, those situations are in minority after all. Most experts don't support this action, because they think it is the most dangerous marriage. Why do they say like that? In my view

  • A Brief Summary Of Jordan Harper's She Rides Shotgun

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    From the first sentence in Jordan Harper's thrilling fiction debut, She Rides Shotgun, you find yourself a willing captive, held fast by his audaciously gritty narrative which centers on the corrupted coming of age of young Polly McClusky, an innocent, thrust into the seamy side of life where criminal elements heartily dwell. The day, estranged dad and convict, Nate McClusky reappeared in eleven year old daughter Polly's life, it was effectively forever changed. Fresh out of jail, Nate didn't bring

  • Classification Essay On Home Defense

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    firearm best suits their needs. The three main categories of firearms are shotguns, rifles and handguns, any of these can be used for home defense, therefore the homeowner will need to determine which will serve best in their situation. The first option is the shotgun. “The shotgun has always been a favorite gun for home defense. A shotgun shoots multiple pellets which are housed in

  • Personal Narrative: My Sniper Day

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    and no snipers allowed on light and heavy machine guns, and sawed off shotguns of regular shotguns or semiautomatic rifles. Whenever we shot the starter pistol. I had got my sawed off shotgun. The very first person I had seen had a shotgun. So I took the shot and the dude called hit.There were a few more shotgun people that i had come across few more shotguns. So I had took out all of the shotguns. So after all of the shotgun people were out there was a total of 20 machinegun people still left, and

  • Symbolism In Zombie March

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    “Zombie March” by Brynn Macnabb is a story where the zombies are not dead, but living creatures that march for what they desire. Zombies come visit Amber Riley after her husband died. They tell her that her husband committed suicide on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial as a protest, but, before that, they march to protest change. In “Zombie March,” MacNabb uses symbolism to illustrate the theme, not all change is good because not all people want change. Symbolism plays an important role in revealing

  • United States Vs. Miller Case Study

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    intriguing case to say the least. It started with two men trying to transport sawed off shotguns and ended with a little bit of blood and some prison time. This was a case best explain by Doctor Brian L Frye in his paper The Peculiar Story of United States vs. Miller. “On June 2, 1938, Miller and Layton were both indicted on one count of violating 26 U.S.C. § 1132(c) by transporting an untaxed short-barreled shotgun in interstate commerce. Both Miller and Layton pleaded guilty, but Ragon refused to accept

  • Smooth Bore Gun Compare And Contrast

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    resistance offered by the tissue or material once it has reached the target. Smooth bore guns, also known as shotguns, use different ammunition. The ammunition once shot doesn't suffer spinning, this is because the cartridges contains spherical bullets. Also, in the case of smooth bore gun ammunition, each cartridge contains multiple bullets commonly known as pellets. The calibres of shotgun ammunition vary from 4-36. These numbers do not correspond to the diameter of the cartridge or the diameter

  • Creative Writing: John Boat In The Everglades

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    There were big, Watery Droplets with strikes of lightning hitting the side of my John boat in the Everglades. Our 12 Gauge shotgun was locked and loaded getting ready for Big Mama. Meat hung from the trees, shotgun shells on the floor. We were in our raincoats trying to stay safe and dry from the rain and lighting. We see little gators swimming around ,but we came out here for the one, the only, Big Mama. She has killed 10+ people. She’s a crazy beast. She will shake your unstable, very rocky boat

  • Write An Essay On New Orleans

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    better place. The houses in New Orleans are not the same as houses in other places around the world. Different types of houses that line the streets of the city are creole cottages, shotgun single, double shotgun, townhouses, double gallery houses, center hall houses, raised-basement houses, bungalows, etc. The shotgun home has been in New Orleans since the 1830s. They were primarily built for lower income people. Although they lack the fancy

  • Stanley Tookie Williams Case

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    murder using a shotgun. When Williams was being arrested there was a twelve-gauge shotgun shell found at the crime scene while there was an investigation going on at the Brookhaven motel. This shell was then use against Mr. Williams in the murder trial against him stating that about 5 a.m. on March 11, 1979, he broke into the Brookhaven motel and killed Yen-Yi Yang and his wife who was Tsai-Shai C. Yang who were both immigrants coming from Taiwan. The accusation comes because of the shotgun found in Williams’s

  • New Gun Company Case Study

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    I personally have a Winchester rifle and also a shotgun from Winchester. In my opinion, Winchester has been more successful with their new series of shotguns than most of their other types of guns. The SXP series of shotguns offers multiple types of shotguns to fit your specific needs. At this time, they currently have 20 SXP series shotguns. They've got guns for people who need a home defense or tactical type gun, some that are specifically used

  • Supreme Court Case Essay: The Right To Bear Arms

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    12 gauge shotgun in their possession. With them being caught they were charged by a federal district court. Miller and Jack were accused of the violation of the National firearms act (NFA) which prohibits the possession of any such shotgun with a barrel less than 18 inches long otherwise known as sawed off. Furthermore about the National Firearms act, was established in 1934 . Its purpose? Was to be the first restriction on firearms but two specific types of firearms, any such shotgun with a barrel

  • 9/11 English Narrative

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    oxygen and they were really annoying and they bothered me too much. Liam: and what did you use to kill them? Kurtis: uhhh... I got the .22 and a shotgun but I mainly used the .22. Liam: what do you mean by mainly used the .22. Kurtis: well I also used the shotgun a bit. Liam: And how did you manage to get them? What caused you to use the .22 and that shotgun?