Guns In America Essay
Yesterday, I found an article about firearms in the United States. It was written by Owen Gleiberman, on www.BBC.com. The article references a documentary, but when I began to read the text, it sounded less like a film review, and more like an editorial. In the first paragraph, Mr. Gleiberman points out how long the gun debate has gone on, but states there is a different view on the entire issue. The entire thing is a study on the United States relationship with firearms. It mentions that there are more gun shops in America, than McDonald’s and Starbucks combined. Most of the article focuses on the issues with how guns are bought, and shows examples of why new gun control laws might be necessary. The end of the article briefly mentioned the belief that gun-rights
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The article was written by Douglas Mackay, and I found it in the MSU scholarly database. The article is specifically talking about skill selective immigration policies (SSIPs). The article mentions three specific things: “Is Skill a Legitimate Reason for Inclusion?”, “International Justice and SSIPs”, and “SSIPs and the Real World”. Mr. Mackay states that it is wrong to only accept immigrants because of their race or gender, and asks whether only accepting skilled people is wrong also. He points out that when immigrants come to a country, there has to be some way to decide who stays and who goes. He states that choosing someone based off their abilities is more legitimate than choosing someone of a specific race. Skill, he says affects society, while race does not. The second issue he talks about is how only accepting people with high abilities can hurt the countries they come from. Those countries need doctors, and people with a higher education. When it comes to how SSIPs affect the world; Mr. Mackay states that there is nothing wrong with the policy, but it does not help out other countries that don’t have the same resources we
The article was written by Douglas Mackay, and I found it in the MSU scholarly database. The article is specifically talking about skill selective immigration policies (SSIPs). The article mentions three specific things: “Is Skill a Legitimate Reason for Inclusion?”, “International Justice and SSIPs”, and “SSIPs and the Real World”. Mr. Mackay states that it is wrong to only accept immigrants because of their race or gender, and asks whether only accepting skilled people is wrong also. He points out that when immigrants come to a country, there has to be some way to decide who stays and who goes. He states that choosing someone based off their abilities is more legitimate than choosing someone of a specific race. Skill, he says affects society, while race does not. The second issue he talks about is how only accepting people with high abilities can hurt the countries they come from. Those countries need doctors, and people with a higher education. When it comes to how SSIPs affect the world; Mr. Mackay states that there is nothing wrong with the policy, but it does not help out other countries that don’t have the same resources we