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    Is Violence Necessary?

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    RUDY YANEZ Professor Dozier English 001A/ 1149 21 March 2011 Is Violence Necessary? We have come to a point where everyone feels unsafe and unsecure because of the countless acts of violence that are happening in our society. There had been so many people in the past who died‚ who became victims‚ who were injured‚ and who suffered because of other people’s violent behaviors. When we open the television‚ we see people killing‚ murdering and abusing other individuals or group of people. We see

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    Violence in Music

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    Music Video’s and Their Effect on Teens In today’s culture people are influenced by more than just their friends and family. The problem being discussed is that music videos send a message that it is ok to live as a thug and hustler through the use of appeals by showing these thugs in music videos as living glamorous lives. People’s personalities are influenced by what they see and hear‚ whether it is through television‚ radio‚ or video games. The television is by far the most effective tool for

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    2017 Word Count: 474 Violence in the Entertainment Media Entertainment media are means of transmitting information or programs from one point to another. Some of these media include television shows‚ films‚ video games‚ and music. Unfortunately‚ some of these programs portrayed in these media have moved from entertainment to portraying violence‚ so many people‚ especially the young ones tend to mimic what they see in films. There is no doubt then that the prevalence of violence in America society is

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    Gun Control Essay

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    Few issues incite Americans more than the issue of rising crime and violence. This problem can easily be linked to the availability of guns. “The debate over whether guns are a hallowed tradition and a right guaranteed by the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution or whether they are a fearful danger contributing to crime and violence." ("gun control") Due to the outbreak of violence in our society‚ some people feel that repealing the Second Amendment would solve the problem. These people feel

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    Violence In Schools

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    Violence in Schools (outline) Thesis: Children spend the better part of their formative years in school to learn‚ only to instead experience and discover violence in the form of their fellow classmates‚ from things such as verbal abuse to dangerous situations involving bullies and weapons. Violence in schools is a serious problem not only in Canada but all around the world and together policies are being implemented to hopefully change societies in an effective way. Summary: For one to determine

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    Title: Violence in Games leads violence in children Nowadays most children regularly play games on a computer or their television. These games have become more violent over the past few years. In fact‚ many parents worry about this and the effect these games are having on their children. Some are concerned that playing violent games might encourage them to co me aggressive in real life. For example A new study from Canada’s Brock University has found that playing violent video games for significant

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    Gun Control in America

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    Guns are used all around the world‚ but fast and steady increase in crime and the fight for the right to own a hand gun introduced legislation for gun control‚ to try to reduce the crime in the United States. Guns are in their own nature dangerous weapons. The automatic assault weapon is one of these potentially dangerous weapons‚ which is used for military purposes only. This is no weapon that can be beneficially used. Leaving the sale of this firearm a potential threat; because they allow many

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    Gun Control Laws

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    Abstract This paper will show that gun control laws in the United States have had no significant effects on reducing crime. Although the anti-gun lobby supposes that passing more stringent laws will reduce the level of crime it will be shown that this just places additional hardships on the law abiding citizens of the United States. The work of various studies and reports from the United States government and private foundations will be the mainstay supporting concepts of this paper.

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    Gun Control Laws

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    Guns are extremely powerful weapons. They can cause destruction‚ harm or even death. They can be used to defend and protect or threaten and kill. Any way you look at it‚ guns are powerful tools not only physically but socially. As college students it is important to stay abreast of the current events and issues circulating our country today‚ one of which is the controversial issue of gun control. It is extremely important to pay attention to where gun control laws are headed. The directions they

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    In the Bloomberg Businessweek article ’Guns Don’t Kill People‚ Gun Culture Does’‚ author Charles Kenny‚ a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development‚ posted his opinion on the gun control debate. Kenny states "Even today‚ the strongest relationship to homicide rates around the world involves overall levels of economic development‚ inequality‚ and social cohesion rather than gun prevalence." However‚ the author continues with a contradiction of that statement‚ writing "Yet‚ if you restrict

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