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    Gun violence has increasingly become the most important ethical issue in the continental United States. Guns are being abused or over used‚ more often than not for the use of protection. It is understandable that the 2nd Amendment allows every American to have the “right to bear arms.” However‚ people are using it to their advantage. Within the past five years‚ there have been many gun related crimes. The number of victims recorded are mainly children. Children and adolescents are being affected

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    Guns are a big controversial topic within today’s society; concerning the regulations‚ the second amendment‚ and the violence that trails behind them. Every day on the news you would hear about someone being shot‚ it does not matter what kind of shooting. A school shooting‚ police shooting‚ or just some random person’s death being plastered all over the news. In any of those scenarios‚ you would always hear about the person who did the shooting. However‚ you would hear more about the gun than you

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    inner urge to cause and inflict pain onto others. One way is via the usage of guns. The usage of guns in America is not an eerie or foreign concept to America. In fact gun violence can be depicted as a culture in America. More than 31 000 people per year in America die from gunshot wounds (Hopkins‚ 2012) However the usage of mass gun violence is not just

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    Gun Violence in Canada Oct 19‚ 2012-10-19 Gun violence in Canada is an issue which is evident within Canadian society‚ especially in the last year. The shooting in the Eaton’s Centre in Toronto recently was the largest mass shooting in its history. The reason behind the shooting was related to gang violence in the area‚ therefore there is a social issue that demands solution. Gun violence in Canada is generally on the low end of the overall crime rate‚ and in recent years the severity of crime

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    Rape In The United States

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    The statistics revolving it are out of this world. Reasonings why it happens and how it affects everyone involved are unbearable. The only thing left for all of us to do is get educated about it‚ and take a stand to help make a change. In the United States‚ a rape is reported at least one time every five minutes. That being said‚ it causes us to also be ranked 13th in the entire world as the country with the most rapes. Getting more in depth with that are the estimated numbers of rapes every year

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    main thing in common: violence. Whether one is shooting down Nazi soldiers on the beaches of Normandy or sawing apart Locust drones on the planet Sera with his or her lancer‚ one is engaging in extremely violent video-game action‚ and probably having a lot of fun doing so. With the rapid growth of intensely violent games‚ parents and politicians across the nation have begun to protest against violence in video games and have even gone as far as to say it is the cause of violence in America’s youth

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    [pic]Poverty in the United States From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search |[pic] |Parts of this article (those related to the 2010 poverty definition reform) are outdated. Please update this article to | | |reflect recent events or newly available information. Please see the talk page for more information. (November 2010) | [pic] [pic] Impoverished area near 125th Street in Harlem‚ New York‚ which was subsequently demolished for new commercial

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    Was there an event in your life that changed the way you act as an American. There have been many events that have shaped my American identity. The event that has really shaped my identity the most was the Sandy Hook school shooting. This event has made me be more mindful of my choices. It has changed the way I live my life and how people see me today in many ways. You never would have guessed the terrible catastrophe that occurred on December 14‚ 2012. One resident of Newtown‚ Connecticut suddenly

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    United States Citizenship

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    Citizenship in the United States has been a sought-after dream by many people in the World. It is the reason we are the “great melting pot”‚ and the reason for the many mass immigrations that have taken place to the United States. Over the course of two centuries‚ there has been much turmoil in United States politics about giving citizenship status to immigrants. Most of the latter reasoning for not wanting to grant citizenship has been blamed justly on the prejudice of American Society. The Supreme

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    All through America’s history‚ the United States has struggled with many issues. America has dealt with the issue of inequality for over a century. The United States has always been said to be a free country‚ however‚ many instances in our history exploit racial and gender inequality. Many people have faced inequality in America due to racism and different laws and policies that negatively affect certain populations. The issue of inequality in America really came to light during the time of slavery

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