Many people in the United States have different opinions when it comes to gun control. Some of them like the idea of being able to carry a weapon on your person as long as you have been licensed to do so. Others feel that this is a bad decision and that no one except law enforcement and military should carry guns. My personal opinion on the matter is that if the person has legally obtained a concealed hand gun license through their state then they have the right to carry a weapon. When you sit back
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Julianna Lopez English AB2 March 19‚ 2014 Guns Guns protect us when others cannot. Guns give people a sense of calmness when protecting themselves and their families. Guns do many things in the United States‚ like stopping criminal acts‚ giving people a sense of protection‚ and establishes every American with gun rights. It is also known as The Second Amendment. The proposition in our society should be for guns in American and not to be banned. As soon as a person is born into this world they
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Making Hate Speech Illegal What would happen if we were to make hate speech illegal? Hate speech can be defined as “verbal‚ written‚ and symbolic acts that convey a grossly negative view of particular persons or groups based on their gender‚ ethnicity‚ race‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ or disability.” ("Glossary." Glossary. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2012. .) Would making hate speech illegal disable it’s force or would it affirm its power? In the article‚ Performing Gender Identity Young Men’s
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Piela Comp 101 29 November 2010 Illegal Gun Purchases in the United States For years‚ people in the United States of America have been allowed to own firearms. This was a right given to them by the constitution‚ and if the person met all the requirements for a gun. But‚ within the last couple of years people who are not legally allowed to own a gun in the United States have found different ways in which to obtain one. Some ways in which people are able get guns appears to be perfectly legal‚ but
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Is it fair for the U.S government to take guns for reasons irrelevant to their claim? With frequently occurring mass homicides becoming a problem in the U.S‚ the government believes it is fair to take away the right to bear arms and have heavy restrictions on these arms because they believe it is the guns that are killing these people; not the murderer. While supporters of these restrictions say that it will instantly reduce deaths‚ opponents of this topic will fairly argue that it breaks the 2nd
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Andrew Greenberg Dr. Sternheimer SOCI-150 24 February 2011 Critical Analysis: Illegal Immigration in the United States I. Introduction and Background Illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States is a social problem that has caused a great deal of debate. There are several pros and cons to having illegal immigrants in the U.S.‚ and many people have very strong opinions on the topic. From traditional news organizations to members of special interest groups‚ there have been a great
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the pros and cons of making alcohol illegal today? Making alcohol illegal today has various pros and cons. The pros include reduction or prevention of alcohol addiction in the society today. If alcohol is illegal then people will not abuse alcohol and hence there will not be cases of addiction. Making alcohol addiction will improve the health of people in the society. This is through the reduction of damage of kidneys and livers of those who abuse alco0hol. Making alcohol illegal would reduce the rate
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Illegal Immigration is a Crime each year the Border Patrol apprehends hundreds of thousands of aliens who flagrantly violate our nation’s laws by unlawfully crossing U.S. borders. Such illegal entry is a misdemeanor‚ and‚ if repeated after being deported‚ becomes punishable as a felony. Today there is significant number (that is up to 11.3 million) of immigrants who are labeled as “illegal aliens’ in the united states. The terms illegal and undocumented immigrants are used independently based upon
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Topic: Wanted: No Guns! You have a noise in the middle of the night. Quickly you reach under the bed. The weapon is in your hand ready to fire. You shoot the intruder before he or she can hurt you. In this situation the “bad guy” was wounded. Sometime however‚ innocent people get hurt or killed by guns. One of the Articles of the Bill of rights states that citizens of the United States have the “right to bear arms.” However with so many innocent people suffering and dying from accidental
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drastically increase with millions of gun related deaths annually‚ yet given the right training‚ skills‚ and a sound minded person a gun is often one of the greatest assets to have for protection. In the U.S. Constitution the right to bare arms is a liberty given to those citizens who qualified to do so under their first amendment rights. Many people are torn about the right to bare arms and some lobby more increasingly by the days to have more laws to further restrict gun laws. On the other side of the
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