In the past years, guns become the most used weapon around the world. Many kind
of different weapons were produced and distributed in the public when the world war happened.
The people in the early days invent guns not for self-defence but it is used for fighting their
opponents. In today’s television people have seen guns related to movies, examples of which are
Die Hard, James Bond, and Wanted. In these films the protagonist was excellent in combat that
he can fight the enemy all by himself or save the world only using a handgun. But does having a
gun make a person moral or immoral? Do Guns change the attitude of the holder or the holder
change attitude based on the gun?
The Invention of Guns
Have you heard about the story of David and Goliath? The story starts with a
shepherd boy at a farm during that time their country, Bethlehem a few miles south of Jerusalem,
was on war. It all started when the Philistine soldiers got to their territory, and that no men in
their country wanted to fight the best warrior of Philistine named Goliath. They also didn’t have
any soldiers or a countryman that is strong enough to fight with Goliath. The people of
Bethlehem looks like they got no chance of winning, but David, the youngest son of Jesse, got an
idea in fighting Goliath because he taught that if he fight hand-in-hand with Goliath he had no
chance of winning, so he use a slingshot. He uses distance to have an advantage at fighting
Goliath, since he is short and fast. David did this technique one of its advantage is having
distance (War Inventions, 2012).
It is the same with the Romans they uses ballista, catapult, and long bows. Ballista
is a long range weapon with the capability to throw big obj...
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Guns in the Eyes of Society: Guns in American’s Society
Jon Kenneth L. Añoso
I.
Introduction
Invention of Guns
The Discovery of gunpowder
II. Guns in American’s Society
Effects of guns in the society
Open Carry society
III.
Impact of guns in the society
Impact of guns in the society: Power
Impact of guns in the society: Self-Defence
Impact of guns in the society: Gun control
IV. Guns in society: Is it Good or Bad?
The ballista was like a much larger version of the crossbow used by besiegers. It got it’s power from being fired with sinew ropes and had two arms. Although the ballista was a great weapon it was hard to construct, therefore the Romans developed a new version called the Mangonel. It, like the Ballista also got it's power from sinew ropes but unlike the ballista which used two arms, the Mangonel only used one arm. To make the Mangonel easier to transport the Romans added wheels. It was very light and could hurl objects such as rocks and even burning projectiles.
... Gilgamesh and the king from the relief both emulate brute strength and prowess in battle. For Gilgamesh, prowess was demonstrated when he combated beings like the demon Huwawa and the Bull of Heaven, while the cuneiform writing of the Assyrian Winged Protective Deity displays his reign over many people.
David was the youngest of seven brothers and was in charge of tending to his father’s sheep while his father and three of his brothers went to war. The Israelites were at a standstill with the Philistines, but were too scared to fight because the Philistine army had a huge giant, named Goliath. David was a scrawny, young boy, but he told Saul that he wished to kill Goliath. He had never killed another human before, but his strength was in his faith that God would protect him. Even though he was offered armor and a sword, he took only what he was used to: a staff, a sling, and five smooth stones. In the end, David hit Goliath with a rock and then cut his head off with Goliath’s own sword. The rest of the Philistine army ran away in fear, leaving the Israelites
Lengthening the sling proved valuable, increasing velocity and range considerably. However, a point was reached at which the sling length could be said to be optimized, and lengthening it further only created unpredictable release angles.
U.S congress woman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head. This happened in Arizona, a state where guns are allowed in open carry meaning everyone has option to carry a gun as long as it is not concealed. When this congress woman was shot, the shooter became enraged. After shooting 3 more people his gun got jammed, this is when a civilian jumped him and stopped his irrational behavior. This brings up many different opinions on whether guns should be allowed or taken away. John Luik author of the article “The Increased Availability of Guns Reduces Crime” and Sabina Thaler the author of the article “The Claim of Increased Gun Availability Reduces Crime is Unfounded” are two examples of people having different opinions on such a debatable topic. Both authors talk about guns taking people’s lives, Thalers article focuses on guns taking innocent people’s lives, and Luiks article focuses on guns being innocent people’s protection.
does not save by sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord's and he will give
Hurling an object towards one’s enemy may seem as old as time itself. People have hurled fists at each other, thrown spears, and launched giant rocks into enemy territory. The use of catapults, and other objects that hurl projectiles, also seem as old as human civilization itself. The effectiveness of the catapult in flinging objects over a great distance and causing destruction is due to a few basic physics principals that govern force, energy, motion, speed and mass to name a few. The design of the catapult denotes a change in modern warfare to the engineer behind weapons being just as important as the actual soldiers and people who use them.
I might not know what is going to happen to me later on in life at a certain moment, whether it’s bad or not, but I can protect myself so much better if I have a gun. It increases the chances of getting out alive in some burglar situation is higher than normal when I have a gun. There are a lot of robberies around our city and they are always carrying guns with them. It makes me feel safer when I know I have a gun right next to me. I can make myself a lot more dangerous to a
... capable of killing in small numbers. Now, however, they are able to destroy whole buildings. Politicians can and do use the power of the gun to force others to do what they want. Guns have become such an effective killing machine that they can kill anyone anywhere at anytime and, to fulfill any political cause.
The final battle a Greek hero must conquer is appeasing the Gods and returning home alive and victorious. Different from a modern hero who has to appease no one and becomes a sort of god him or herself, the Greek hero has many more consequences if he or she does not succeed. This distinction shows how the Greeks felt obliged to honor their gods in order to live a trouble free life and how modern people see their heroes as gods instead of humans.
Through the centuries guns have had many different purposes such as, for hunting, sporting events, and personal protection. Governments all around the world have used guns for military use and law enforcement. Today, more than one million youth participate in shooting events and affiliations with programs such as, 4-H club, the Boy ...
It is widely believed that without guns, humans would not be able to kill their fellow man.
One of the first steps to changing our gun culture is to take gun violence out of the media. Kids are exposed to violence in television, video games and movies everyday. Dr Norman B Anderson of the American Psychological Association says there was a link between Adam Lanza’s (the gunman of the Sandy Hook shooting) violent video game obsession and his killing spree that cost far too many innocent lives. A study done at Brock University showed children and teens who played violent video games over a long period of time showed increased development of aggressive behaviors. This goes without saying that there must be a decrease of violence in the media. The kids watching violence on television are the future of society. They cannot all be aggressive, violent people who believe that shooting civilians is okay or stealing cars is something to take lightly. We must change this by
The system and technique of supplying an arrow with kinetic energy through the tension of limbs has been improved with the crossbow. The big catapults took up once again the principle of throwing stones. It all changed with the invention of the gunpowder. Cannons, guns and handheld weapons assumed the role of bow and arrow. Now, the warlike intention behind the long-distance effect went even more into the foreground.