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    have guns unless the country is in a war. People worry about getting attacked by a criminal with a gun, but what if no one could not carry or buy any guns at all. At least you would not have to worry about getting shot. But to answer the question, since the US allows people to have guns, I think at least no machine guns should be allowed. Machine guns have too much strength for an individual to hold it at his own house and have a big risk. If there is only one criminal having a machine gun, but a

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    Deaths by guns and illegal, powerful firearms seems like it happens everyday. Now it seems like the government doesn’t even try to end these occurrences. Some believe machine weapons should be allowed. Other believe it should be banned. If this much attention is drawn to this topic, it’s only right to hear both points of views. These are the viewpoints of all Americans. First, automatic machine guns should be allowed because of security concerns. Most robberies involve a very aggressive

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    Machine-Guns In WW1

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    As most of us know, machine-guns inflicted appalling casualties during the First World War. Thousands of men, charging towards the enemy line, were mown down by the rapid fire of these devastating weapons. In theory machine-guns in WW1 could fire up to 600 small-calibre rounds per minute. In reality they were prone to overheating and would break down without some sort of cooling system in place. Water jackets were initially used, but the guns would still overheat quite quickly and large supplies

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    Weapons of war are useful in killing human lives and causing widespread destruction and terror. The machine gun is such a weapon that has allowed for the mass extinction of those on the receiving end of its power. The purpose of this essay is to examine the machine gun in a historic perspective in order to contextualize its practicality and importance in modern history. This examination will describe the development, the current impact and the future of this tool of war in order to reveal the importance

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    Machine Guns In Ww1

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    The paper that I Am going to be writing is going to be about the how machine guns were used in World War 1 and the history of this amazing but devastating weapon of mass destruction. Between the start of WW1 in July 28, 1914 and the end in November 11, 1918 the machine gun played a major role on the battlefield and was a major improvement from the single shot rifle that would be used in the earlier wars which was way slower because after your first shot it would take you at least 20 seconds which

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    Machine Gun Kelly

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    Machine Gun Kelly/H.C.L George Barnes (Machine Gun Kelly) was born on July 18th, 1895. He wasn’t very well known as a young criminal. He made most of his profits as an illegal bootlegger throughout his years and began to make a name for himself underground with his various minor arrests and run-ins with the law. It was in 1927 that he got arrested and put in jail for a couple of months for bootlegging. There he met some bank robbers began his road to infamy. It was in 1930 that George earned his

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    The Battle Of The War

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    battles of World War One, machine guns played crucial defensive roles due to their immense firepower, notably during the pivotal Battle of the Somme. One of the first countries to implement the power of the machine gun semi-effectively was Germany. Germany, knowing the immense firepower of such a weapon, increased the amount of machine guns used. In contrast, Britain almost completely denied the machine gun, using results from previous wars to deduce that the machine gun was ineffective. France, one

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    World War 2 American Weaponry I felt like my life was in the hands of my weapon when I entered the bloody battle of world war 2. That quote describes how many soldiers felt when they entered battle. World War 2 was the war that took lives from many young men. The weapons they used played a key role in their protection.The American weaponry of world war 2 in my opinion were more logical and advanced than the weapons of their enemies. The M1 Garand was the main infantry weapon of the ground

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    time of huge change for technologies and many innovations were made. The first of the three I will write about is the change of machine guns and how useful and significant they were in the first world war. On the one hand, machine guns could be said to be significant because of the extra fire power they provided on a battlefield. It has been estimated that a machine gun creates the equivalent to anywhere between 60 to 100 rifles, depending on the source, in from one weapon. This gave an army defending

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    the wound from Victim 2 imply the bullet can be easily fragmented. The Heckler and Koch MP7 sub machine gun with 4.6 x 30mm frangible SX ammunition coincides with this evidence, especially with the accompanying accessories; a HK MP7 Silencer and Brasscatcher, which further benefits the shooter by creating minimal disturbance and leaving negligible ballistic evidence behind. Weapon: The sub machine gun Heckler and Koch MP7 has convincing

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