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John King's Argumentative Essay

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John King a sophomore in high school had been bullied since second grade. He woke up everyday in fear of what would happen in school. One day he decided he couldn’t take it anymore and he was going to end his life. After a few attempts, he grew angry with himself for not being able to end his life. He then decided that it was his classmate’s fault he felt the way he did about himself, and the solution was to kill them. His grandfather owned a gun and John was able to unlock the security box the gun was in. The very next day John took his grandfathers gun to school. That morning John went to his first class just like he did every other day. Then he went to P.E where most of the boys who had bullied him for years were. As soon as they saw him

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