Please read and answer the question below. Quelling? ?Violence? ?in? ?Our? ?Country One? ?only? ?has? ?to? ?turn?...

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Quelling? ?Violence? ?in? ?Our? ?Country

One? ?only? ?has? ?to? ?turn? ?to? ?social? ?media? ?or? ?the??news? ?to? ?conclude? ?we? ?have? ?a? ?major? ?problem? ?in? ?ourcountry? ?with? ?human? ?violence.? ?? ?It? ?seems? ?like? ?every??day? ?we? ?read? ?in? ?the? ?paper? ?yet? ?another? ?teenager was??assaulted? ?or? ?even? ?shot? ?at? ?school? ?or? ?even? ?off??campus? ?(as? ?a? ?result? ?of? ?events? ?which? ?occur? ?oncampus).? ?? ?In? ?Ridgewood? ?NJ,? ?last? ?week,? ?a? ?teenager??had? ?his? ?skull? ?fractured? ?when? ?he? ?stood? ?up? ?to? ?afriend? ?who? ?was? ?being? ?bullied? ?for? ?some? ?weeks??before.? ?? ?I? ?hear? ?some? ?parents? ?blaming? ?the? ?internet.They? ?say? ?children? ?are? ?watching? ?videos? ?on? ?youtube??about? ?how? ?to? ?build? ?explosive? ?devices? ?or? ?build guns.??? ?But? ?folks? ?were? ?hurting? ?and? ?shooting? ?each? ?other??for? ?a? ?long? ?while? ?in? ?history? ?before? ?the internet??came? ?to? ?be? ?so? ?popular. Other? ?people? ?blame? ?guns??and? ?the? ?lack? ?of? ?stronger? ?gun? ?laws? ?in? ?America.? ???They? ?say? ?that? ?if? ?there were? ?more? ?laws? ?constraining??the? ?ability? ?to? ?buy? ?and? ?keep? ?guns,? ?there? ?would??not? ?be? ?so? ?much violence.? ?? ?It’s? ?likely? ?that? ?if??we? ?had? ?more? ?or? ?stronger? ?gun? ?laws,? ?the? ?criminals??who? ?hurt? ?or? ?shoot others? ?would? ?simply? ?be? ?breaking??more? ?laws? ?in? ?the? ?process? ?of? ?their? ?commission? ?of??violence? ?and that? ?would? ?not? ?reduce? ?the? ?numbers? ?of??gun? ?deaths. “Still? ?others? ?think? ?that? ?the? ?depiction??of? ?vivid? ?violence? ?in? ?movies? ?and? ?in? ?video? ?games??is? ?the? ?cause of? ?the? ?violence.? ?People? ?were? ?violent??long? ?before? ?video? ?games? ?and? ?movies? ?came? ?along.??People are? ?putting? ?the? ?blame? ?in? ?the? ?wrong? ?place.??The? ?reason? ?there? ?is? ?so? ?much? ?violence? ?today? ?isbecause? ?we? ?have? ?lost? ?our? ?moral? ?character.? ?If? ?there??had? ?been? ?a? ?copy? ?of? ?the? ?Ten? ?Commandments on? ?the??walls? ?of? ?the? ?classrooms? ?at? ?Columbine? ?High? ?in??Colorado,? ?those? ?boys? ?never? ?would? ?have killed? ?all??those? ?people.? ?If? ?there? ?had? ?been? ?required? ?prayer??every? ?day? ?from? ?kindergarten? ?on? ?up, violence? ?in??America? ?would? ?be? ?almost? ?non-existent. I? ?know? ?there??will? ?be? ?skeptics? ?who? ?will? ?say,? ?“But? ?Stalin? ?was??a? ?seminarian? ?and? ?Hitler? ?sang? ?in? ?the church? ?choir.”??These? ?claims? ?are? ?true,? ?but? ?Stalin? ?and? ?Hitler? ?are??exceptions? ?that? ?prove? ?the? ?rule. Slobodan? ?Milosovic??may? ?have? ?been? ?raised? ?in? ?a? ?religious? ?household? ?but??that? ?does? ?not? ?disprove my? ?135? ?point.? ?He? ?lost??faith? ?in? ?God? ?at? ?some? ?point,? ?as? ?did? ?Stalin? ?and??Hitler.? ?Had? ?they? ?kept? ?the? ?faith, they? ?would? ?not??have? ?become? ?so? ?evil. We? ?need? ?to? ?return? ?to? ?the??days? ?when? ?we? ?all? ?worshipped? ?the? ?same? ?God? ?on??Sunday.? ?Only? ?then? ?will we? ?return? ?to? ?the? ?days? ?of??peace? ?and? ?quiet? ?our? ?ancestors? ?used? ?to? ?know.??Science? ?will? ?prove? ?me right.? ?There? ?have? ?been??studies? ?that? ?have? ?shown? ?that? ?people? ?who? ?pray? ?live??longer? ?than? ?people who? ?don’t.? ?Moreover,? ?prayer? ?has??been? ?shown? ?to? ?help? ?the? ?sick? ?recover? ?more? ?quickly.Thus,? ?we? ?must? ?have? ?a? ?constitutional? ?amendment? ?to??require? ?prayer? ?in? ?our? ?public? ?and? ?private schools.??This? ?notion? ?is? ?supported? ?by? ?former? ?Vice-President??Sam? ?Snail? ?and? ?by? ?Senator? ?Leeroy Smart;? ?both? ?start??each? ?day? ?with? ?a? ?prayer? ?and? ?have? ?not? ?shot? ?anyone??in? ?all? ?their? ?days? ?on? ?Earth. Only? ?when? ?we? ?require??every? ?school? ?child? ?to? ?pray,? ?will? ?there? ?be? ?an??end? ?to? ?the? ?violence? ?that plagues? ?our? ?nation.” 1. ??What? ?is? ?the? ?main? ?conclusion? ?of? ?this? ?argument? 2.What? ?are? ?the? ?author’s’? ?premises? 3. Are? ?there? ?any??fallacies? ?in? ?the? ?author’s? ?(sub)arguments? 4. Are? ?there??any? ?irrelevancies? ?in? ?the? ?author’s? ?(sub)arguments? 5. Do??you? ?think? ?the? ?argument? ?about? ?having? ?more? ?gun? ?laws??is? ?persuasive? ?for? ?the? ?conclusion of? ?this? ?argument? 6.Are? ?all? ?of? ?the? ?author’s? ?(sub)arguments? ?supported? 7.Summarize? ?the? ?author’s? ?main? ?conclusion? ?argument? ?in??two? ?sentences. 8. Write? ?three? ?sentences? ?about? ?the??soundness? ?of? ?the? ?conclusion.

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1 the main conclusion of the arguement is that being religiously inclined is a way to become non violent only if people are praying to the lord each day and have faith in god then they will not ever be violent also this is the only way of ending or reducing violence as concluded in the last few lines 2 the author has based his conclusion on the scientific research resullts that said that people who pray live longer and prayer heals or recovers the sick along with this he took examples of hitler stalin and slobodan milosovic amd explained that faith in god is neccessary along with praying 3 the fallacies in the authors sub arguments are that internet guns and violent games are not responsible for violence also he has made his own assumptions about    See Answer
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