14 year old sister's anti-gun control paper

[MrSmitty]

Great job...good for her!!!!!!!!

 

[miguel's sister]

Enjoyed the read, well done young Miss!

 

[hueycrew]

Great essay! Her thoughts followed a clear path, brought in relevant facts, and the conclusion was sound.

 

[flagtag]

She gets an A+ and a star from me! Great Job!

 

[Zombieman34]

Great job! supprised the teacher did not make her redo it for being on the "wrong side" of lebrial teachings

 

[ikky68]

great report. definite A+ paper.

 

[Taylorz71]

Very good indeed. Thanks for the post.

 

[bianjd]

Wow great facts I am a newer member here and I learned somethings. Just imagine how these statics would change if the gov. used some of that money to promote anti-gun to educate America. the possibilites

 

[rugertoter]

I hope she does become a lawyer, Lord knows their ranks are overly populated with the Liberal gun-hating left.

 

[RH822-A]

good read, nice job young lady.

 

[repeter1977]

Great read. That is the one thing that has been proven over and over, is that gun control does not work. I am glad to see that she was very articulate with facts from multiple sources. Good luck to her on becoming a lawyer. I am sure that there might be a couple lawyers on here that would be willing to talk to her and help her out. Always a thought, I know that I have mentored a couple people into becoming Soldiers, and I am proud of each of them, and was glad to be a positive influence in their life.

 

[Goober135]

To start, great paper! I wish my younger sister felt the same way!

65 lives are saved for every 1 life lost. 35,000 lives are killed because of gun related situations. But an astounding 2.5 million people used guns to protect themselves, their family, and their livelihoods.

I am actually very interested in this statistic. Any idea how she came about that?

 

[g00n24]

To start, great paper! I wish my younger sister felt the same way!



I am actually very interested in this statistic. Any idea how she came about that?

Im guessing it was in one of the sources used, they probably got to it by looking at how many guns take lives in crime and how many times guns are used to "save lives" (much higher number) and making a ratio from the two numbers.

 

[Bill of Rights]

To start, great paper! I wish my younger sister felt the same way!



I am actually very interested in this statistic. Any idea how she came about that?

That was the result of a study by criminologist Gary Kleck (sorry, don't remember more about it, i.e. year, etc.) that included all defensive gun uses (DGUs) from actually having to shoot someone all the way down to someone merely showing that they had the gun on them. Lots of times, it never left the holster. (I personally would recommend against that theory, as it seems to re-imagine the gun as if it was a cross against a vampire. If you're going to show it, draw it. If you don't have to shoot, great, but if your plan is just to reveal it, thinking the mere sight of metal will run off a BG, I hope your insurance is paid up. It's the lucky person who ends a crime that way, and to paraphrase Grossman, luck, like hope, is not a strategy.

Blessings,
Bill

 

[Kitty]

Great Job!

 

[wizard_of_ahs]

Bravo Zulu

 

[tmfinney]

Sounds like your sister has a good head on her shoulders and it was an excellent read. Tell her good job and to keep up the great work!!!

 

[HICKMAN]

very well done!

 

[maxmayhem]

Good for her ...very well written and good transitions. i will refer to this when i do my speech on firearm safety at school

 

[LionWeight]

Good job. Someone to be proud of. Give her a thank you please.