One of the news story I had was the story of USA having the largest gun owner in their country. I read the news and I felt shocked because I haven’t heard that kind of news before. And I had to put a cut through my other sister to AXA to discuss about it. and she told me, oh she was shocked that I was just saying about that. I said yes because I saw it as a dangerous equipment that shouldn’t believe to the hands of just anyone that really don’t know much about it because what we’re talking about can take a person’s life. So she said, oh that is actually legalizing in USA. In USA. I was like really so So I can open a shop and actually say I wanted to be a gun store. She said, yes you can. That is actually legalized. And I was like, really? Because, and she told me that they had a good reason why they actually legalized the gun. That it was because it helped them during the World War. the World War II that helped them to fight the war. The whole Fort… It was not only the soldiers that fought the war then. The citizens came out and they had guns and the whole Fort of the war and make the war a victorious one for them. So they overcome. So I felt, wow, that’s a good perspective. Looking at their perspective, it’s a very good one because it make it not just woman business to make the country a safe one. It makes security very good. But what about the husbands of others that are not harmful? Like, for instance, someone that does not know the way to a particular place and came to a particular house to ask, please, I don’t know the way to this. And you felt the person was trespassing. Are you out to kill the person? Why? It is a bad omen. So I feel that, yes, legalizing it is good, looking at their perspective, But looking at the other way round, it is not actually a good opinion. So that was why we had a very long discussion about it. She was trying to prove to me that they actually have their points. But I was trying to let her know that’s not a good point because it’s the…
Band 6+: Describe a time when you had a long discussion about a news story. You should say: what the news story was about who you discussed this news story with what people's opinions were and explain why you had such a long discussion about this news story.
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One of the news stories I had was about the USA having the largest gun ownership in their country. I read the news and felt shocked because I hadn't heard that kind of news before. I had to cut through my other sister to discuss it. She told me she was shocked that I was bringing it up. I said yes because I saw it as dangerous equipment that shouldn't be in the hands of just anyone who doesn't know much about it, because what we're talking about can take a person's life. She said, oh, that is actually legal in the USA. I was like, really? So I can open a shop and actually say I wanted to be a gun store? She said, yes, you can. That is actually legalized. I was like, really? She told me that they had a good reason for legalizing guns, that it helped them during World War II to fight the war. It was not only the soldiers that fought the war then; the citizens came out with guns, and the whole effort of the war made it a victorious one for them. So I felt, wow, that's a good perspective. Looking at their perspective, it's a very good one because it makes it not just a woman’s business to make the country a safe one. It enhances security. But what about the husbands of others that are not harmful? For instance, someone who does not know the way to a particular place and comes to a house to ask, please, I don't know the way to this. If you feel the person is trespassing, are you out to kill the person? Why? It is a bad omen. So I feel that, yes, legalizing it is good when looking at their perspective, but looking at the other side, it is not actually a good opinion. So that was why we had a very long discussion about it. She was trying to prove to me that they actually have their points, but I was trying to let her know that it's not a good point because it's the...
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