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    granted on a may-issue basis, even though the state courts have established that issuing authorities must give CCW licenses on a shall-issue basis. In fact, Sec. 29-28a/b of the Connecticut Firearm Law Reference Guide 2012 states; “The local authority shall, not later than eight weeks after a sufficient application for a temporary state permit has been made, inform the applicant that such applicant’s request for a temporary state permit has been approved or denied.” The law further directs the local

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    any location. Yet, the criminals that have a firearm ,use them for wrong, the people who have them for safety and protection obtain a bad name.Concealed carry firearms should be allowed everywhere because if there is more guns, there is less crime , It is safer for people to protect themselves then to have other people or law enforcements protect them, and there is a lot more gun carrying people then police officers. My experience is my family own firearms, so we have to have background checks, and

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    to get new people to own guns, firearm related events are clearly the go to choice as the target audience comes to us. There is a proposed timeline of events to hopefully achieve our goal. By month 3-4 we want to have a clear and better idea of the target audience through outside sources such as polls and help with the NRA. We will also have a well organized website and social media outlets.By month 6, the goal is to have a well structured base, with email lists and staff to work on flyers and 499’s

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    that had been seen in Canada’s history. In Canada, the Firearms Act, and the Criminal Code are responsible for controlling firearms (Library of Congress – Canada 1). The Criminal Code is responsible for defining “the main categories of firearms, which include restricted, prohibited, and non-restricted firearms” (Library of Congress – Canada 1). The Firearms Act is responsible for regulating “the possession, transport, and storage of firearms” (Library of Congress – Canada 1). In Canada it is required

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    committed to a mental institution?” This question seems reasonable enough. Most people answer “No” and move on to the next question. Virtually everyone agrees that individuals suffering from serious mental illnesses should not be allowed to purchase firearms. Most gun buyers assume that federal and state authorities verify

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    can fire millions of rounds a minute. In this essay, I will be talking about the purposes of firearms, the principles behind firearms and bullets, and a 20th century case solved with a knowledge base of how bullets travel.

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    and immature people getting a hold guns. Mass shootings can occur anywhere at any place and time due to how effortless it is to obtain any sort of firearm. My stance towards limiting future mass shootings would be to have a stricter approach towards firearms even if we have to revamp the 2nd Amendment. We should tighten the freedom of having firearms because of the ease of obtaining guns is making our country more vulnerable to threats and it will lead to less frequent shootings. The problem is

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    of a controversy about whether or not a teacher should carry a firearm in the class. The reason why this has been brought to attention is that in Florida, there was a school shooting that killed 17 people and over a dozen injured 19-year-old Nikolas Jacob Cruz allegedly opened fire on February 14, 2018. Just in the first nine weeks of 2018, there has been 12 school shootings in the U.S. Two reasons why teachers shouldn’t carry firearms in school is that if or when a school shooting does occur, it

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    Unfortunately, there is no such thing as bullet proof or stab proof vest, however, the use of ballistic- resistant body armor as mentioned before can protect against numerous significant handguns, and, rifle ammunition, and stab- resistant body armor can protect against knives and other serious sharp objects. Equally important, body armors are categorized into levels; the levels begin with 1 which provides the least protection, in contrast, the highest level is level 4 which offers the most protection

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    Concealed Carry Did you know that the concealed carry of firearms has dropped the crime rates in every state across the United States in the states that enforce it. Concealed carry is a very controversial topic in the U.S.. Citizens are either on the pro side, or they are totally against it. Every state in the union either has a law or is in the process of making a law for the concealed carry of weapons. The concealed carry of firearms drastically lowers the crime rates and make the states that

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