Nerf Gun-Personal Narrative Analysis

There are many views about gun control especially about assault weapons. People are both for it and against it. The people who are for the ban believes the weapons can only be used for violence. They don’t want to recognize that people against the ban have several different reasons to own their guns. These reasons can vary; some people just want protection; others want to use their guns for sport. This pleasurable pastime will also provide a variety of food to supplement family grocery supplies and to help people save on food costs. Instead of making more gun control laws the ones we have should be enforced.

Growing up, I never fit the mold of being the average kid. While most kids were playing outside and playing sports I was going to yard sales, antique shops, and auctions buying everything from coffee tins to 1940s tin toys. I always see kids who rebel against their parents for the most random and stupid reasons such as not taking them somewhere or because the parents did something the kid didn’t like. I however really never argued with my parents on any matter except when I wanted to buy something. I would nag them to let me buy something, they would tell me no, then I would continue on with the rest of my day without bringing it up again. However, that all changed when I decided to buy a 1940 floor radio. I was previously instructed not to

One friday afternoon I had a friend Anna come over to my house to stay the night. Me and Anna and also my mom were all watching movies and eating pizza. Well my family is full of boy’s so we like to have nerf gun wars.

“We’ll take you to see doctor Bleeden (Pronounced BLEEDING. WTF?) on Tuesday. He’s closed Monday for the holiday.”

Everyone stood still for a moment as they waited for him to finish, but he just stood there and stared back at them.

Parents have a reason to be afraid. In this age, youngsters can casually hop online and quickly find an easy recipe on how to make their favorite deadly explosive, many schools now have metal detectors at the doors to prevent armed students from massacring their peers, drugs flow freely down suburban streets, and children have unprecedented access to. . . . .video games?

I am currently living in Seattle, the Emerald City. Even with many wonderful aspects around this city, there are few things that I hope will change in the future. One of the problem that I faced was the gun violence.

Juvenile gun violence is an ever-increasing problem in our country. With a wave of school shooting behind us it is time to get this under control. Many studies have been done on how to effectively diminish juvenile gun violence. It is clear that this must be handled on a state and local level with the federal government backing the states. Prevention and law enforcement is the key to successfully eradicate our nation of the ugly stain caused by youth gun violence.

Why is gun violence such a major issue in american and in what way could we help to stop it. It is important to consider that 12,000 people lose their lives in the U.S. each year due to gun homicides. Another thing is there has been 286 mass shootings in 2017 alone. Some more things to be put to thought is the school shootings and better ways to prevent them. Another key thing to remember is gun control and how it can be fixed.

Gun is violence is a very controversial political topic that has been discussed repeatedly over the last couple years. While there are many people that support loosening gun laws there are also just as many people who are 100% against the idea. David Burnett and Darby Dickerson happen to be 2 individuals who both have conflicting views on gun laws and what should and should not be allowed in the United States. In this particular case, the two differ specifically on how gun laws should be treated on college campuses. On one side, there is David Burnett, dean of Texas Tech University School of Law, who completely supports the idea of concealed carry on college campuses. On the other side David Burnett, the director of public relations for Students, who is completely against the idea. Both authors do a very good job at not only standing firm in their position but also providing the evidence to back up their position.

In the African American community, 83 percent of homicides are due to gun violence. In black communities gun violence is commonly misunderstood as gang affiliation, which is false. Studies show over 50 percent of gun crimes committed were not related to a felony, but were due to some disagreement. The gun epidemic in predominantly black communities aren’t just disagreements, but race wars, police brutality, gang related, and even no reason at all.

First, there is the story my mother told me when I was a teenager. Before then I never realized how dangerous and scary it can be for woman. Years ago, my mother had been the victim of gun violence. She was in high school when it happened. Around the time of the incident, there was a news report of a man, a rapist that had attacked a few women in the area. The news advised women to have someone accompany them if they were to be out walking. Although my mother had seen the report, she figured she would be safe walking around her own neighborhood. Later that week, she was walking home from school, walking along the same route that she took every day after school. She was alone. Her mind wandered, as it did most days when she walked home alone.

When I was a kid, I did not think about gun violence. In fact, I grew up in a household that accepted guns. My dad, uncle, and grandfather all owned guns, and I never really gave much thought about it. When I was younger my dad bought me a little BB gun and taught me how to use it. We used to go outside in our backyard which was all fenced off. He taught me all the safety precautions, and set up the paper targets for me to shoot. I always believed that was normal, everyone owned guns. I didn't realize the importance in which they played, in our society, for protection, until July 20, 2012. I watched the frightening and horrific incident that took place in a no gun-zone theater in Aurora, Colorado. It was that day at my house that the importance of guns became very clear to me. As I watched the intense news, I saw how all those victims were in danger, and how they appeared so helpless. They were trapped, and left with nothing to do but call 911, and wait for the police to show up. In the last five years, I have come to realization the importance that guns play, whether or not it is in a gun-free zone or not. They are a base of protection, because attackers will always find away to obtain them.

25...24...23...22… My heart beat like it was a frightened hamster. My friends, Ishir, Atley , Varun and Chanhee were playing at our school in the summer. We were on our last Nerf gun game before we would part ways into the mysteries of middle school. I chugged down a can of Fanta and grabbed my gun as my friends did the same. “Let's go Caleb” yelled Chanhee as he sprinted off with Atley. We had split up into our teams which meant that the game had started. I jogged after them and found them hiding in a corner trying to see where Ishir and Varun and were at. They turned around as soon as I stepped behind them, raising their guns. I raised my hands in surrender and they put their guns down.

As a child growing up, I've witnessed violence in my neighborhood and schools. I have known people who have died because of gun violence or people who made the wrong decisions and went to prison. I had witnessed a friend of mine shot and killed in June 2008. One day a group of friends and I were sitting on my step talking, and a guy rode towards us on a bike and said: “what’s up.” He continued to travel in the opposite direction of us towards the corner of my block until I heard a loud noise which startled me. At first, I taught it was a firecracker, before realizing that it was gunshots. After the loud noise, I walked towards the end of the block, and there was my friend lying dead on the floor in a pool of blood. At the age of nine, I was