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    Having guns on campus will only be a more convenient way for students to commit suicide‚ make it difficult to determine the first shooter in a school shooting if someone shoots back in self-defense‚ and students tend to react without thinking‚ this gives the students the chance to shoot someone because the wrong thing was said. Colleges are meant to be safe‚ adding guns on campuses could be a concern to many parents when sending their children off to college. Guns should not be allowed on universities

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    Guns On Campus Ever since school shootings on campuses many people have been skeptical about guns in the wrong hands of people. David Burnett writer of "Students Should Have the Right to Carry Guns on College Campuses."‚ agrees with the fact that students should be allowed to have guns on campus‚ for the use of self defense‚ for decreasing the crimes committed‚ and because colleges aren’t as safe as you think. Although Darby Dickerson writer of "Students Should Not Be Allowed to Carry Guns on

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    book to the point where it offends them on one level or another‚ this is where challenges or bans against a book arise. More times than not‚ a book is banned/ challenged due to religious or spiritual reasons. This is exactly the case of the only reported challenge on The Lord of the Rings‚ the 40th most commonly challenged classic book on the ALA Banned and Challenged Classics list‚ written by J.R.R. Tolkien. Although the reasoning behind reported challenges against The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit

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    William LaCross Mar 9‚ 2012 S.S. Persuasive essay I think there should not be a law that bans violent video game production. I think this because if we ban violent video games then most companies that manufacture the violent video games could go bankrupt. Also I don’t think that it’s the video games are making the younger generation commit all the crimes that they are committing. My first reason why I think we should not ban violent video games is because to many video

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    English curriculum‚ English students are exposed to inappropriate descriptions of sexual activities and intense brutality. These graphic narratives are encouraging improper conduct amongst both teenagers and elders. The novel 1984 by George Orwell should be banned from all schools because it is infecting the mind of the youth with verbose descriptions of sexual intercourse and gruesome illustrations of violence. The inclusion of sexual scenes and activities reinforces behavior that is taboo in society

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    What’s missing from the typical kindergartener’s backpack? A gun. The ultimate solution to gun violence is more guns‚ isn’t that obvious? We are in the need of guns everywhere‚ to the point where our nation needs armed guards in every school. They say that the more guns we have would not cause gun violence‚ in fact it does the complete opposite and solve gun violence. After the tragic school killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School‚ in Newtown‚ Connecticut‚ where 20 children and 6 adult staff members

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    profanity in any circumstances. On the other hand the U.S Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dispute that television and radio that show incident or accident profanity they should not be fined and banned by the FCC. In My opinion and perspective I have to disagree with the statement that said they should not be banned and fined when they show accident profanity which is U.S Court Appeals for the Second Circuit

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    Katelyn Anderson Dr. Taylor ENG 015 15 January 2013 Banning Public Smoking Smoking cigarettes should be banned in public areas because it endangers innocent bystanders‚ such as pregnant women‚ people with asthma‚ and adolescents‚ as well as smokers themselves. By prohibiting smoking in public places‚ we would concurrently be protecting innocent people from secondhand smoke‚ as well as any potential symptoms or diseases it could cause. As a result‚ we would see a significant decrease in the amount

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    Should Jumping Racing be banned? Introduction: Jump racing should be banned since the horses are being treated unfairly‚ example if injured during a great event they would be sent somewhere dark and eventually killed and used for meat process oo skin wear. Meanwhile jump racing is targeted to be a welcoming community gathering event to get everyone together and enjoy the entertainment of sport‚ as it makes 11 percent of the global competitions/events. Similarly it brings individuals to socialize

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    Picture sitting in school while people next to you possess guns. Though this may sound a bit farfetched‚ it can happen. Due to the second amendment of the Constitution‚ one has the right to bear arms. It is reasonable that people would want access to guns for the sport of hunting though. But allowing people to "carry" guns is reckless. Firearms should be outlawed because they have granted children access to kill easily‚ inflated the murder rate in the United States‚ were created to kill‚ and

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