Second Amendment should be carefully considered against modern day situations and circumstances surrounding gun violence. Whether you believe the Second Amendment gives unequivocal rights to individuals to bear arms or that it only pertains to states militia and firearms should be tightly regulated by the government‚ reasonable measures should be taken to minimize the harm caused by guns. With both sides of the argument pointing to the Second Amendment as a tool to further their causes‚ a closer examination
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The film “The Patriot” is about a father named Benjamin Martin who quit fighting in order to raise his family but is forced to fight when his son Gabriel Martin returns to the army after being injured. Benjamin leads a militia into battle against the British army who were considered as the most powerful army in the world at the time. At the beginning of the movie‚ the mood starts off in a happy way because it’s a sunny day and the kids were excited because the post rider came. Benjamin Martin visits
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to the bar‚ and moved to Jonesborough‚ in the Western District of North Carolina. This area became the Southwest Territory‚ the precursor to the state of Tennessee. During the American Revolutionary War‚ Jackson‚ at age thirteen‚ joined a local militia as a courier. His eldest brother‚ Hugh‚ died from heat exhaustion during the Battle of Stono Ferry‚ on June 20‚ 1779. Jackson and his brother Robert were captured by the British and held as prisoners; they nearly starved to death in captivity. When
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states “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a Free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed” (Government Printing Office‚ 1996‚ p. 1193). This amendment is often referred to as “The right to bear arms.” Many people believe citizens should not have easy access to firearms. These people believe‚ easy access to firearms will result in more violent crime. The right to bear arms‚ has even been argued to pertain to militias only and not to the average
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Gun Control Is Needed Regulation of guns is a necessary action that needs to be taken in order to save lives. A good definition of gun control is needed to understand the sides and issues. Gun control is an effort to stop the rise in violent crime by strengthening laws on the ownership of firearms. Persons in the group against gun control believe that gun control is wrong‚ and that it is a violation of constitutional rights. Those in favor of gun control believe that gun control is good
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The colonist and the Indians faced each other with many prejudices‚ many times leading to war. Most of their problems were due to the misunderstanding of cultural differences between the two people. Each side struggled with trust amongst one another making it easier to not to work with each other. The problems between the colonist and the Indians are exemplified in two different stories‚ “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary” written by Mary Rowlandson and the film The Last
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Dr. Aaron Mason and Mr. Kirk Rogers from the Northwestern Oklahoma State Universities social science program were the key speakers during the 2014 Constitutional Day Program. An overview of gun control and the second amendment in the United States of America was presented. The program was presented by Dr. Aaron Mason and Mr. Kirk Rogers‚ both part of the social science education program at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Dr. Mason is part of the political science program and played the
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In the book Darfur and the Crime of Genocide by John Hagan and Wenona Rymond-Richmond‚ the authors discuss the atrocities in Darfur from a criminological viewpoint. The book is split up into 8 chapters‚ all discussing very important topics and issues. The prologue to the book introduces the problems in Darfur by use of a testimony from former Secretary of State Colin Powell before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee calling the massacre in Darfur genocide. From this point on‚ the book discusses
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Dutch colonization resulted in a destructive genocidal impact on the San people. Thousands of San died in the hands of Dutch settlers‚ one of the main groups of settlers being the Trek Boers. During the immense agricultural growth in the Dutch Cape Colony in the late 1700s‚ a surplus in crops caused many settlers to turn to stock farming. These farmers searched for broad grazing grounds for their livestock and ventured further into San territory. The San people were not content. They viewed the Trek
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a result Benjamin wants revenge‚ enlisting himself to fight for independence of the thirteen colonies. He then has to leave his children with their aunt Charlotte. Benjamin then becomes a general and leads his own colonial militia‚ with Gabriel by his side. This Small Militia is formed by locals that want to help fight against the British as well as for personal revenge. Gabriel is then killed in battle by Tavington making Benjamin very depressed‚ to the point of him not wanting to fight any more
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