GUN-FREE ZONES DO NOT MAKE US MORE SAFE Columbine High School‚ Littleton‚ Colorado‚ 1999; Trolley Square Mall‚ Salt Lake City‚ Utah‚ 2007; Virginia Tech University‚ Blacksburg‚ Virginia‚ 2007; Westroads Mall‚ Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ 2007; New Life Church‚ Colorado Springs‚ Colorado‚ 2007; Pearl High School‚ Pearl‚ Mississippi‚ 1997. All of these‚ except Colorado Springs were in areas designated as gun-free zones‚ places where state‚ federal‚ and/or private property laws and regulations forbid people
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Alyssa Gallardo April 24‚ 2013 English 102.005 Erin Woltkamp Protecting Our Students is Priceless I remember sitting in my second grade class on September 11th 2001‚ watching the news and not understanding what was going on. Our principal was walking in and out of each classroom making sure all of the students as well as teachers were remaining calm. While people often equate 9-11 with the downward spiral of the world‚ such disasters have been occurring long before this horrific
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agree that in order of having a firearm a person should have special training before getting one not only for their own safety but for the safety of others. What I think is that if it is necessary for a person with a permit of a firearm should carry a concealed gun. So far I really haven’t seen anything done by the government that keeps this from happening. All I see in the news is more and more people dying because of firearms but nothing important is being done about
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larger and it does more damage to the target. Rifles are also used for competition shooting. Rifle competitions test your accuracy applications of the fundamentals of shooting at longer ranges. Blanton 2 They are not the best choice for concealed carry. This is because they are typically too long to conceal properly. Rifles can be used for home defense‚ as well. They are not the best choice because their length makes them less maneuverable in confined spaces. Basically if you are looking for
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The shooting that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14 prompted extensive news coverage throughout the world‚ including wide attention in the British media. In the aftermath debate in the US about the need for increased gun control laws has been reignited‚ posing the question: will this be the moment that America makes a change in terms of its gun laws? Certainly there is a momentum to enact this change. President Obama has said that he will support a new bill to ban assault
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2010) 2. Guns in the wrong hands are dangerous‚ but in the right hands they are used for protection and deterrence. According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reports‚ Georgia ’s homicide rate dropped 21% after making it easier to get guns‚ whereas Wisconsin ’s rate went up 33% during the same time period after making it more
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Senior Project Reflective Essay “Intro to Child Care” Being a big sister I have always been introduced into the basics of how to take care a children. For my senior project I chose the self-development option where I took a class at WITC on “Intro to Child Care.” The class had a Pass/Fail grading system. I decided to take the class as my senior project to expand my prior knowledge on childcare. Also I took the class to determine if I want to pursue a career in childcare so I would know what colleges
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was nothing unusual about officers pressing their ears against the wall of the adjoining room because the officers were using nothing more than their normal powers of hearing‚ in a motel room that they rented. The court stated that a suspect who carries on a conversation in a motel room‚ aware that the walls are thin and neighbors are just a few feet away‚ has no constitutional grounds for complaint if a police officer in the next room is listening therefore Mary Wanna’s Fourth Amendment rights have
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The Second Amendment of The United States Constitution says‚ “A well-regulated militia‚ being necessary to the security of a Free State‚ the right for the People to keep and bear arms‚ shall not be infringed”. Many politicians want gun control to supposedly make the world safer. Even though some politicians may argue that gun control limits violence‚ gun control should be banned because guns in the hands of noble people give protection and drop crime rates. Gun control‚ as defined in the
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mandate the use of DNA evidence in each felony case. Conflicts Arising with Crime Laboratories Law enforcement has utilized the process of DNA testing to effectively fight crime‚ identify and apprehend criminals‚ and make the community safer (Wisconsin DOJ). In today’s world‚ the same tool that has been used by law enforcement in the United States has become overwhelmingly abused. Many crime laboratories have experienced an abundance of case loads which have resulted in unprocessed cases. These
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