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Gun Control In America
1,392 wordsOn March 24, 1998, firing from the woods overlooking their school, 13 -year-old Andrew Golden and 11 -year-old Mitchell Johnson shot and killed four middle school students and a teacher and injured ten other students in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The two boys had a semiautomatic M- 1 carbine with a large ammunition magazine, two other rifles, seven handguns and more than 500 rounds of ammunition which they took from the home of one of the boys grandfather, who had a large arsenal of weapons left unsec...
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Gun Control Laws Death Toll
1,059 words... t or a teacher getting shot inside the school property has probably been reduced, which is positive. But the fact remains that outside of the school property the risk of being a victimized is growing every year. In order for these types of events not to occur legislators and other professionals are emphasizing precautionary actions of the gun owners and most of the time a ban on guns isnt mentioned. Why I should be denied the same right my father and grandfather had? (Skelton). Because times...
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Nova Scotia Prohibition Movement
1,548 wordsCanadian Temperance groups began to rally for prohibition during the 1840 's and 1850 's. It was not until after World War I began in 1914, that the temperance groups's upper for prohibition grew. A need for grain for the armed forces was viewed as a major catalyst for Canada's Prohibition Law. Although Canada's Prohibition Era only lasted two years from 1917 to 1919, it created the stage for many historic successes and failures in Canada. This paper looks at the emergence, successes, and failur...
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Supreme Court Ruled Full Faith And Credit
1,049 wordsSame Sex Marriage, Acceptance in the United States Marriage is much more than merely a commitment to love one another. Marriage entitles financial responsibility, as well as authorized financial benefits. It is the institution that provides automatic legal protection for the spouse, including medical visitation, inheritance of a deceased spouse's property, as well as pension and other rights. Society has become accustom to what they believe is normal by their traditions and religious beliefs. Ma...
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And Driving Scarlet Letter
589 words"People need to be aware that what happened to me can happen to you. I had never thought about impaired driving as an issue in my youth, it wasn't a debate. Now I know. Life really is about choices. " This quote was from Tom Boyle who killed Brian Colgan in a drunk driving accident in 1995. Tom Boyle states that life is about choices. This brings up the issue with Massachusetts wanting to place a "scarlet letter" (mark of shame) on the licenses of convicted drunk drivers. Placing the "scarlet le...
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Defense Of Marriage Act Civil Unions
1,974 wordsIntroduction Within our society and the western hemisphere, it is believed that only a man and a woman should be allowed to participate in the sacred ritual of marriage. These beliefs are instilled through the socialization of society and family. Our society illustrates marriage through the media. Our family illustrates marriage by first hand experience. In a traditional family, we perceive a man and a woman as our parents. Traditionally, people marry with the expectation that reproduction will ...
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Gin Act Of 1751 Act Of 1751 People
702 wordsIn 1688, gin had became really popular drink in England. Some people were against the excessive selling of gin, but others liked gin. So the English government decided to open the distilling trade to all English people who paid taxes and over the next sixty years the government regulated the sale of gin with irregular taxation policy. Finally they come up with the Gin Act of 1751, which seemed to work for the people who didn't like the production of gin. For many people, gin just made life worse...
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Legal Drinking Age Years Of Age
657 wordsMike Bilyeu In the United States, the legal drinking age for all 50 States and the District of Columbia is 21 years of age. The drinking age is 21 because the powers that control our government decided that when one becomes 21, one is magically transformed into a responsible person capable of handling the burden that comes with the right to consume alcohol. The drinking age is too high in this country. Why enact laws to prohibit an act that will be ignored by many of our peers? The opposition ma...
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Athletic Trainer Occupational Therapy
387 wordsSpecific Licensing Requirements The paper presents the list of health care professionals who must be licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Health-Related Boards Description, Regulation, Examinations, Changes Chiropractic The "Pennsylvania Chiropractic Law Examination" is no longer required. The applicants must complete a "Pennsylvania Chiropractic Legal Review" page. Parts I - IV of the National Board Examinations are still required. Dentistry For examinations the applic...
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Bertolucci Chooses Borges Plot Story
790 wordsThere are a number of differences between Bernardo Bertolucci's movie The Spider Stratagem and the story on which it is based, Jorge Louis Borges The Theme of The Traitor and The Hero; however, overall Bertolucci does a pretty accurate portrayal of the essence, at least, of Borges story. Besides changing the setting of the plot, there is also much more information relayed in the movie. This is very much due to that the story is simply a suggestive piece, while the movie had to fill in all of the...
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Domestic Partnership Laws Legalizing Same Sex Marriage
2,493 wordsLegality of Same-Sex Marriages The proposed legalization of same-sex marriage is one of the most significant issues in contemporary American family law. Presently, it is one of the most vigorously advocated reforms discussed in law reviews, one of the most explosive political questions facing lawmakers, and one of the most provocative issues emerging before American courts. If same-sex marriage is legalized, it could be one of the most revolutionary policy decisions in the history of American fa...
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Logging Companies Major Factor
913 wordssubject = Environmental Issues title = Bears Beware papers = Please put your paper here. In our world today many animals and plants are loosing their fight against human intervention in their once well-balanced ecosystem. We are all aware of the extinction of the dinosaurs and the dodo birds, however most people do not realize that annually thousands of species of our flora and fauna are now becoming extinct. This on going trend is increasingly threatening our bio diversity and global ecology. T...
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State Game Departments Bow And Arrow Hunting
758 wordsAmong small arms, the RIFLE and shotgun are both long-barreled weapons used for long-range shooting; the PISTOL has a shorter barrel and is accurate only at relatively short ranges. The REVOLVER, usually a pistol, has a revolving cylinder that allows repeat firing. The precise origin of firearms is unknown, although they were certainly in use by the early 14 th century and were fairly common in Europe by mid-century. These early guns were little more than large-caliber tubes of wrought iron or c...
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Dog Licenses Doctors Bill People
469 wordsI think the selling of all those dogs licensees is great it? s a great sign of people who have decided to take on a new member to their family. I think all the licenses sold will increase I just hope all the people that are getting dogs are doing for Love and not fighting. The license program also paid for a one time deal was people could get there dogs Fixed for free or semi free throw the sale of Dog licenses But like every thing else it fell throw. The state said they have a new law witch rec...
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Gun Violence Gun Owners
602 wordsI believe that it is time for laws that govern guns to be tightened and a compromise to be made between gun banning and complete gun freedom. First I strongly believe that the gun owners must be responsible for their guns, no matter who gets a hold of them or how. A gun is a deadly weapon and if you own one and it is used in a crime, you should bear some responsibility. People need to be responsible for their dogs, and although some dogs are dangerous, they are much less dangerous than a gun. If...
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Fake Id Jail Time
1,031 wordsHow do fake IDs assist in illegal activity in underage minors? We think that with the use of fake IDs, minors are able to obtain things they would not be able to get without a fake id, thus increasing the use of alcohol (going to bars), and underage smoking. It also increases other things that minors would not be able to do, such as get into over 18 clubs, R rated movies, buy spray paint and weaponry such as box cutters. The problems of the underage youth using fake IDs to buy substances, and do...
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Legalization Of Marijuana Hundreds Of Thousands
997 wordsLegalization of Marijuana Most Americans don t realize how extreme the war on Marijuana actually is. Since 1965 there have been over 9 million arrests for Marijuana law violations. Over 7 million of these arrests were for possession of personal amounts (High times 1). The average time served in prison for selling Marijuana is four years, compared with just one year for rape or manslaughter (Drug sense 1). Our country treats drug crime as more important than our God-given, constitutionally protec...
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National Park Service Theodore Roosevelt
1,232 wordsMoney Mongers Keep Them Away From Our Parks The presidency of Ronald Reagan might have only lasted two terms, but it appears that it will be a long time before its impact is no longer felt. Since the Reagan Era there is a political trend of shifting responsibility away from the government to so-called private interests. Adopting this position today is literally politically correct for a politician, whether or not the politician is a democrat or republican. This notion of private interests is a l...
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Record Companies Napster Users
1,260 wordsMusic blares from the speakers every morning as I sit down to type my homework. 320 songs from many different artists and genres of music are available in my library. Most of these are local artists, one hit wonders, and acts that I have discovered through Napster. Because I am not willing to dish out the $ 150 plus for a burner or spend the money buying every one of these CD s, the only time of day I have to listen to these songs is while using the computer for educational or recreational use. ...
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Heterosexual Couples Gay Couples
1,478 wordsMike M. Political Science 1 W 6 pm- 9 pm Legalization of Same Sex Marriages The argument over the legalization of same sex marriages is rapidly becoming one of the most vigorously advocated reform subjects in recent law review. Being gay and loving someone is not illegal, but uniting that couple in a legal marriage is rejected by most of society in this country. Each state has had to deal with legal issues concerning same sex marriages to some extent. Most supporters of the ban on gay marriages ...
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