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    Jimie C Vallee English 1B 18 November 2013 A Standard Model for Gun Control Is gun control worth the potential cost of our freedoms and can or will it come to a complete forfeiture of our Second Amendment rights? The loss of our Second Amendment rights would be a total travesty of justice for there is no room for error especially in light of our worldly circumstance today. We have so very much to lose in our precedent as a world leader. This is a topic that is of direct interest to everyone

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    The Second Amendment America has given many rights and has offered protection to US citizens. Like the second amendment states‚ “The right of people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” However many riots and shootings have recently broke out in the last couple of years. So therefore the right to bear arms has been taken advantage of and as lead to many malicious events like The Columbine Shootings‚ Virginia Tech‚ Aurora Shooting‚ and New Town Shootings. In 1999‚ a failed bombing which

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    others had to walk separately‚ sit separately and also they could not play or live together. If they banned the rule‚ they had to be todesstrafe. So it was really hard to live for blackamoor. Fortunately‚ they are now all equity. However in the first and second paragraphs‚ the author tells us about the author was illegal to vote the president. Then in next segment‚ we can notice that every people are deserved to relish the rights guaranteed by the constitution by looking at the word ‘blessings

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    all people feel secure and safe in the United States‚ but something that helps people feel more secure is the fourth amendment‚ which prohibits search and seizure of a person or property without a warrant. The amendment preserves the privacy of the people because it makes sure that no one can just search you or your house‚ unless of course‚ there is a good reason. The fourth amendment also protects peoples’ personal property because‚ there must be a warrant before investigators can touch a person’s

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    Issues About the Fourth Amendment 1. Introduction The bill of rights is the name of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. James Madison wrote The 4th Amendment is about people having the right to have privacy and feel secure in their persons‚ houses and not having unreasonable searches and seizures‚ and one shall not be violated‚ and no warrants shall issue‚ but upon probable cause. In other words‚ the 4th amendment is about having privacy‚ no one is allowed to search you unless

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    rights‚ and nothing more; women‚ their rights‚ and nothing less.” (Susan B Anthony). Susan Brownell Anthony was a social reformer‚ abolitionist but most of all a women’s right activist who changed the course of history for all women in not only the United States but the entire world‚ being referred to as one of the strongest feminist in the world.Susan B was born on February 15 1820 in Adams‚ Massachusetts. Born into a Quaker family‚ Susan b was highly swayed by their values whereby quakers believed that

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    The Second Amendment promotes hunting. By giving people access to guns‚ they are able to use them for many things‚ one being killing innocent animals for entertainment. Although some people say they need food‚ going to the grocery store would cost less than a rifle. When hunting occurs‚ animal populations decrease. Similarly‚ a plethora of animal species have become extinct and endangered due to the overkilling of them for small parts of their body‚ like the ivory of elephant tusks. With less animals

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    Derika Elk AP English Language and Composition 2013 Summer Reading Assignment Part 1 (Susan B. Anthony) 1. Who is Susan B. Anthony? a nineteenth-century champion of the cause of woman’s suffrage. 2. What was the reason for her delivering this speech in 1873? Her reasoning for delivering her speech was for the right for women to vote. 3. What two words in the first paragraph reinforce Anthony’s argument in the speech? Two words that reinforced Anthony’s speech would be “indicted” and “lawful

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    “No Soldier shall‚ in time of peace be quartered in any house‚ without the consent of the Owner‚ nor in time of war‚ but in a manner to be prescribed by law.” The third amendment was proposed by Congress to the states in September 25‚ 1789. Shortly after that it was ratified in December 15‚ 1791.This amendment is one of the least controversial of the Bill rights and its rarely litigated. Throughout the colonial time‚ colonists were forced to let British soldiers sleep in their homes and eat their

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    On April 8‚ 1864‚ the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was officially passed. It was the first of the three reconstruction amendments after the American Civil war‚ and it marked the end of the slavery in American. African Americans has finally reached their goal- freedom. What is freedom? As defined by Garrison Frazier‚ a spokesman of African Americans‚ freedom is “placing us where we could reap the fruit of our own labor‚ and take care of ourselves.” And the way to accomplish

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