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Federal Emergency Relief Labor Relations Act
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965 words"I say all guns are good guns. There are no bad guns. I say the whole nation should be an armed nation. Period. This rather bold statement was made by Joseph Foss, former Governor, and current President of the NRA, or National Rifle Association (Lacayo 16). I could not disagree more. The NRA is a special interest group known by many. As a lobbyist organization, the NRA has a current main objective of protecting American citizens' rights, to possess and operate a firearm, form being violated by g...
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410 wordsThe National Rifle Association and the Institute for Legislative Action The National Rifle Association created the Institute for Legislative Action in 1975 as a means to lobby. Their mission statement entails preserving and protecting the Second Amendment, which guarantees the ability of law-abiding citizens to own and use firearms for legal and acceptable purposes. The Institute is not directly associated with any specific ammunition or gun makers. It receives financial support from member dues...
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1,938 wordsGun Control, a term that refers to the management of firearms in an effort to reduce the criminal use of these weapons. (MICROSOFT (R) ENCARTA 1995) In the early 1990 s there were more than 200 million privately owned guns in the United States, which makes it plain to see why there are arguments for and against even the smallest amount of gun control. The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, guarantees "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed. "...
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Al Gore Supreme Court
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1,679 wordsFreedom vs. Control Gun Control Is tougher gun control needed to keep people safe from gun violence? April 7, 2000 The right to bear arms has been a part of this country's constitution since its conception in 1776. Guns we originally a commodity that almost every household had. Firearms were used for hunting and protection. As the modern era came upon us, there became a lesser need to own a firearm because of a controlled police force and a surplus in food. The surplus in food and modern law enf...
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2,436 wordsGun Control Columbine tragedy and countless others have added momentum to proposed gun control measures pending before Congress. Policy makers and legislators have made this issue a top priority, and are currently debating over controversial gun control policies and initiatives. The controversy over gun control revolves around two interrelated questions of government authority: does the government have the right to impose regulations; and, assuming the existence of such a right, should the gover...
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1,078 wordsSince the Columbine High School murders shocked the nation, the parents of the slain teens have reacted by writing books, filing lawsuits or doing endless media interviews. Darrell Scott, father of two victims, has founded a ministry and spoken before government officials, police departments, spiritual leaders, celebrities, and many young people. In his speech to the House of Representatives on May 27, 1999, he strongly urged the lawmakers to recognize the real reason for the Columbine tragedy. ...
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Industrial Recovery Act National Industrial Recovery
845 wordsDuring the 1930 s, America witnessed a breakdown of the Democratic and free enterprise system as the US fell into the worst depression in history. The economic depression that beset the United States and other countries was unique in its severity and its consequences. At the depth of the depression, in 1933, one American worker in every four was out of a job. The great industrial slump continued throughout the 1930 s, shaking the foundations of Western capitalism. These new policies aimed to sol...
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3,033 wordsGun Control Final Draft Gun control is not one issue, but many. To some people gun control is a crime issue; to others it is a rights issue. Gun control is a safety issue, an education issue, a racial issue, and a political issue, among others. Within each of these issues there are those who want more gun control legislation and those who want less. On both sides of this issue opinions range from moderate to extreme. Guns are not for everyone. Certain individuals cannot handle a firearm safely, ...
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3,755 wordsGun Control, a term that refers to the management of firearms in an effort to reduce the criminal use of these weapons. (MICROSOFT (R) ENCARTA 1995) In the early 1990 s there were more than 200 million privately owned guns in the United States, which makes it plain to see why there are arguments for and against even the smallest amount of gun control. The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, guarantees the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed. In...
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1,174 wordsPresent Day Gun Control In the wake of the deadly rampage at Columbine High School, Americans are demanding major change. They want school shootings to end. They are tired of hearing about the thousands of gun deaths each year. The demand for action, reflected in the polls for years, is finally being heard in Washington. (? Hot Buttons? ) President Bill Clinton addressed the need for more gun control policies in his State of the Union Address at the beginning of the year. He proposed many ideas ...
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936 wordsRegulation of guns is a necessary action that needs to be taken in order to save lives. A good definition of gun control is needed to understand the sides and issues. Gun control is an effort to soothe rise in violent crime by strengthening laws on the ownership of firearms. Persons in the group against gun control believe that gun control is wrong, and that it is a violation of constitutional rights. Those in favor of gun control believe that gun control is good, that the Second Amendment does ...
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2,764 wordsGun Control: Overview The issue of gun control has been debated for a long time, probably ever since they were invented. The gun is a small, rather easy to obtain, weapon that is lethal if used in the right (or wrong) way. This makes the gun an extremely dangerous factor in our lives. If used improperly, a gun could be lethal to not only the target, but the user as well. The availability of guns has sky rocketed in the past decade or so, and the immense population of guns in our society make it ...
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970 wordsThe problem with guns is fairly obvious: they decrease the difficulty of killing or injuring a person. In Jeffrey A. Roth's Firearms and Violence (NIJ Research in Brief, February 1994), he points out the obvious dangers. About 60 percent of all murder victims in the United States in 1989 (about 12, 000 people) were killed with firearms. Firearm attacks injured another 70, 000 victims, some of whom were left permanently disabled. In 1985, the cost of shootings was an estimated $ 14 billion nation...
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