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Trigger Locks Violent Crimes
1,251 wordsWith the growing number of reports, on television, about violent crimes at school, it is no wonder that President Clinton is pushing for more gun control. Although the number of violent crimes committed in schools is far less than the number committed at home, the president feels that stricter gun laws need to be in effect. In the light of the recent shootings at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, there have been serious increases in the number of proposals to help regulate gun use. I...
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378 wordsArm Teachers to Stop School Shootings? How often do we open the newspaper or turn on the television and see there has been another school shooting? It seems as though it is happening more and more everyday. Violence in schools seems to be on the rise. And now we are faced with the possibility of weapons willingly going into our schools to "protect our children. " It is asked should we arm teachers to stop school shootings? I do not believe Arming teachers is a good idea. Teachers should not brin...
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Acts Of Violence Violent Acts
1,238 wordsTelevision was invented as a means of providing entertainment and began with shows such as "Leave It To Beaver" and "Lassie." Throughout the years, though, television, along with it's counterpart, the movie, has evolved into perhaps one of the most graphic displays of violence and is having a large effect on the children of our society. It is thought by many that television and movies are the leading factor in the violence and aggression that many children display in today's world. During the pa...
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Deadly Force Police Officers
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Nuclear Bombs Population Growth
635 words1) Discuss the factors that make Asia a rising importance in the world. 4) Highest literacy rate (99 % in Japan) 2) Electronics, bicycles, computers 3) Intensive farming/ nomadic herding 1) Chinese influence on art / architecture a. Controls knowledge-newspapers, TV, etc. a. China-not wanting to follow 1 child law b. knowledge of truth (anti-Communist) A) Population from the beginning of time a. Longer life spans (approx. 75 years in U. S. ) 2) Medical attention keeping people healthier 1) Count...
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People Who Commit Moral Panic
1,179 wordsGang violence only takes place in big, urbanized, poverty stricken, low class neighborhoods and does not have any effect on middle or upper class areas; or does it? The Mall of America shooting exemplifies how gang violence can erupt anywhere and that no part of society is immune to this problem. As the mall employee in the article states, you just cant be safe anywhere. Every time you turn around someone is being shot, or beat up, or killed. Why are events such as the mall shooting so common? W...
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Tear Gas National Guard
1,332 wordsThe Vietnam War marked an era of heartbreak and tragedies. On of the most significant of these is the crisis at Kent State University in Ohio. This was a direct result to President Richard Nixon's decision to send troops into Cambodia without interacting with congress. Protests were held before the crisis at hand and rallies followed. The Mayor of the city of Kent, Leroy Stratom, called in the National Guard, who, on May 4 th, killed four students. The question that remains unanswered is why the...
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Carry Guns Carry Laws
350 wordsAs president Bush unveiled a plan to tighten airline security, ranging from employing the National Guard at airports to placing more marshals on flights. Those are important steps, but they wont be enough, especially since no one knows where the terrorists will strike next. The only adequate response is to encourage more ordinary, responsible citizens to carry guns. Screening at airports, while important, will always be inadequate; terrorists will always figure some way to circumvent the control...
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Christian Science Monitor Low Self Esteem
1,783 wordsThe problem we are facing today with violence in the schools is a major concern with communities everywhere. Juvenile homicide is twice as common today as it was in the mid 1980 's. It isn't the brain that the kids are born with that has changed in half a generation; what has changed though is the easy access to guns and the glorification of revenge in real life and in entertainment. Crime in and around schools is threatening the well being of students, as well as the staff and surrounding commu...
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African Americans Promised Land
688 wordsMan child in the Promised Land by Claude Brown is one of the most realistic books written about life in Harlem. Although the book is not a memoir, the main hero of the book resembles the author itself in many ways, there are a lot of details that allow us to suggest that actually the book is about life of Claude Brown himself. The main idea conveyed throughout the book is that life in Harlem was so violent and harsh in its nature, that it was not possible at all to be a regular kid in that commu...
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Declaration Of Independence Freedom And Equality
1,170 wordsEquality in America. Equality is something Americans strive to provide and maintain. It has become an integral and necessary part of our mosaic culture. Even now, its to the point that when people think of America, they naturally think of freedom and equality. People of many different races, disabilities and creeds have come to the United States seeking the impartiality upon which this country was founded. The institutions of this country have relied upon it, just as it was the created by the ev...
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2,427 wordsComing Up of Age in Harlem Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown is one of the most realistic books written about life in Harlem. Although the book is not a memoir, the main hero of the book resembles the author itself in many ways, there are a lot of details that allow us to suggest that actually the book is about life of Claude Brown himself. The main idea conveyed throughout the book is that life in Harlem was so violent and harsh in its nature, that it was not possible at all to be a...
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Metal Detectors Eric Harris
839 wordsOn April 20, 1999, two high school students by the names of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold carefully and maliciously planned a massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. They killed fifteen people, one being a teacher, and left twenty-three in need of hospitalization before finally turning their guns on themselves. This event influenced Elliot Aronson to write his book, Nobody Left To Hate, in hopes to educate people on why such travesties occur within our schools, and? most import...
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Zero Tolerance School Violence
1,418 wordsSchool Violence Shoots Up, Students Are Shot School Violence Shoots Up, Students Are Shot Down: What To Do Corey Rasch English 1301 Mrs. Mansfield 20 November, 2000 School Violence Shoots Up, Students are Shot Down: What To Do After shootings at Jonesboro, Ark, Paducah, Ky, Springfield, Ore, Pearl, Miss, and Littleton, Co, serious questions arise such as has school violence risen, and, if so, what can we do to fix it. The truth is, school violence is on a rise, and it can be attributed to factor...
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George W Bush Columbine High School
679 wordsDo you ever worry when you wake up in morning that you might not live to see the next day? That giving someone the wrong look or cutting someone off on our dangerous roadways would take you to your grave. The problem that would cause this worry is guns. The focus of this paper is to inform you about gun control, how much it is needed and that it guns need to be much more difficult to obtain. A fact in the United States is that of the two hundred and seventy million people there are two hundred m...
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Gun Control Laws Stricter Gun Control
1,003 wordsGun control is an issue that plagues out nation. It is a test of the very liberalism our great nation was founded on. Throughout time, many people have fought to have tougher gun laws, while groups like the NRA fight to have more lenient laws. This essay will discuss arguments for both those in favor of gun control and those who oppose. It will then discuss the current laws in effect now to control gun issues. Finally, the author will share his opinion on the subject. Proponents of stricter gun ...
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Majority Of The People Gun Owner
835 wordsTina Gun Control Jamie Scott Tina Sexy English Comp I December 10, 1999 Law Making and Enforcement There are new laws and regulations being made all the time in the United States these days. Politicians think that by making these new laws it will fix their current problems. This is the case right now with the problems they are having with gun control. These new laws do help and prevent a lot of crimes and accidents from happening. This is mainly because of the fear punishment will bring by getti...
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Gun Control Laws Stricter Gun Control
2,308 wordsIs Gun Control Necessary? As a result of the many school shootings that have taken place in the last few years, there has been a huge push for stricter gun control laws. Many people don? t feel safe in today? s society. The government has been listening to the people and has already passed some laws. There are some people who are opposed to starter gun control laws. Many gun enthusiasts don? t believe that gun control laws realy work because only the law abiding citizens would follow them and th...
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Drugs And Alcohol Friends And Family
1,022 wordsAlways Running, by Luis T. Rodriguez, is a book based on a certain chapter of the author s life story. Rodriguez s life was centered in the fact that he was involved in gang life during his teen years. Like the title of his book, he was constantly running, whether it be a crime scene or the police. La Vida Loca, a Spanish phrase meaning, the crazy life, is the term used in the novel to depict the gang warfare that Rodriguez went through as he was growing up. A crazy life is a vague and general t...
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Drive By Shootings Future
608 wordsDrive-by Shootings at Walden Pond In Walden, Henry David Thoreau said, I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, then I came to die, discover that I had not live. Perhaps the last part of that statement is the most difficult aspect of our lives. A plethora of philosophers and everyday people alike have maintained that you should live your life as if it were your last day. Few, h...
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