Proposed Ban on “Assault Weapons” For my recent controversial legal topic I have selected the failed proposed ban on “assault weapons” that appeared before congress this past spring. This proposed legislation was one that worried me greatly because being a responsible gun owner myself I was worried that by putting another ban upon the ownership of “assault weapons” or semi-automatic rifles such as AR-15’s or Ak-47’s would restrict my current rights as well as not even addressing the real issue
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To prevent gasoline prices from having devastating effects on the economy it has been proposed that all gasoline prices in the United States be fixed at the average price for the last two years. For simplicity it will be assumed that this price is $2.50 per gallon. When equilibrium prices are under $2.50 per gallon the excess payments will be kept in a government fund. When retail prices exceed $2.50 per gallon money from this fund will be distributed to pay the difference. Do you think that this
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Income inequality: Causes and Trends The distribution of wealth is extremely unequal in America and the whole world. This paper documents the growing inequality‚ and examines three reasons for its increase. The income growth for top earners is faster than income growth for the poor. This accelerated income growth for top earners would increase the income gap between top earners and the poor. In addition‚ income inequality between the poor and top earners in the US is becoming greater than in other
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legislation has sparked many issues with the American people that abide by the laws in the way they use and buy their guns. Americans and representatives that are pro-gun are against the legislation to ban semi-automatic weapons. Within the past month senate Democrats have removed the plan to ban assault weapons from the pending gun- control legislation. This is to focus more on the politically acceptable use of universal background checks. These universal background checks would be enforced to
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program. This program enables low income families to buy houses. The government body can use their influence to help get this law passed‚ which will affect the housing market by allowing more families to be able to afford to purchase a home and the increase in housing purchases will stimulate the housing market. This could result in a higher rate for the housing market. This may also increase the jobs of building houses‚ which in return would place more disposable income into employee’s pockets‚ which
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Analysts expect gas prices to decrease or remain mostly flat not only in 2014‚ but for years to come. Nonetheless‚ drivers in some states will see higher prices at the pump‚ starting January 1. Gas prices may not have seemed all that cheap in 2013. But in fact‚ prices for the year as a whole were less expensive than they have been. According toAAA’s year-end report‚ American drivers paid $3.49 per gallon of regular‚ on average for 2013. That’s the cheapest per-gallon average since 2010; the national
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is * Sulfur mustard is a type of chemical warfare agent. These kinds of agents are called vesicants or blistering agents‚ because they cause blistering of the skin and mucous membranes on contact. * Sulfur mustard is also known as “mustard gas or mustard agent‚” or by the military designations H‚ HD‚ and HT. * Sulfur mustard sometimes smells like garlic‚ onions‚ or mustard and sometimes has no odor. It can be a vapor (the gaseous form of a liquid)‚ an oily-textured liquid‚ or a solid
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nursing assistants in the Voluntary Aid Detachments‚ VAD. Women in the VAD had only basic first aid training and were not paid‚ so they tended to come from wealthy families. Women worked beside the husbands for the first time in history The Right to Serve procession made the government change their minds about women working as this was the only way to keep up production‚ whilst The Sexual Qualification Act actually allowed women to work in the same jobs as men. In 1919 Oxford allowed women to study
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Bernard Malamud’s The Natural follows Roy Hobbs’ baseball career. Roy’s talents give him great success in the game‚ but they are consistently overshadowed by his failures. He tries hard‚ but still cannot accomplish many of his goals. Famed author Joyce Carol Oates says that art should arouse emotions and expand sympathies. The novel makes the reader remember their past‚ and the times when they too were unable to succeed. The reader constantly empathizes with Roy‚ since failure is a part of life‚
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ORO CITY GAS ABSORPTION COLUMN - MASS TRANSFER EXPERIMENT B ChE 35 Chemical Engineering Laboratory II Acabo‚ Dean Cris Aguirre‚ Ian Carlo Belarmino‚ Arniel Catan‚ Charles John Engr. Marco Theodore E. Escaňo ChE 35 Instructor October 2012 OBJECTIVE: To calculate rate of absorption of carbon dioxide into water from analysis of liquid solutions flowing down the absorption column. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND: Absorption refers to the transfer of a gaseous component from the gas phase to a
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