of obesity among men and 40.4 percent among women in 2013-2014. Most Americans feel embarrassed to even walk next to an obese person or even go near them without feeling claustrophobic. Obese people are an embarrassment to society and are making America look like an unhealthy place to live. Not only are adults suffering from obesity‚ children as young as eight years old are too. Children who are obese are at higher risk for having chronic health conditions and/or diseases that impact their physical
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Over the past decade‚ the rise in gun violence has become a major problem and topic of Gun Control has been a major subject of debates in the political world with great support on both sides. I am writing this as person who believes that the citizens of this country have the right to own a firearm‚ but I feel that there should be some control over the ownership and selling of these deadly devices. When the topic of gun control is brought into a discussion the first thing people think is that the
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Nathan Clodfelter Mrs. Gallos English 3 Honors 29 March 2018 Should Bump Stocks be Banned? A bump stock is a device that is attached to a semi-automatic weapon and enables this weapon to mimic the fire of a machine gun. It does this by allowing the shooter to hold the butt of the gun in their shoulder and push the gun towards them‚ this makes the gun fire and the recoil “bumps” the gun back into a firing position.(New York Times) The use of bump stocks allows many school shooters and mass shooters
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Gun Free Campus Equals a Defenseless Campus. Campuses grow more vulnerable every day as the nation continues on its downward spiral. Since 2010‚ the country has witnessed over a hundred shootings committed on school campuses. Shootings on school grounds‚ whether it is an elementary or post graduate school is far from a new concept. During the 1990s’ Congress implemented multiple Gun Free School Zone Acts for federally funded schools to help create safer school zones by preventing any gun related
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25 June 2013 Restricting Gun Control Did you know that in the United States almost 100‚000 people are shot or killed with a gun in one year? Ten thousand‚ five hundred and twenty-seven people die a year in handgun related incidents in the United States. This number‚ by far‚ outweighs the number of gun related deaths in countries such as Sweden‚ Great Britain‚ and Japan‚ which number thirteen‚ twenty-two‚ and eighty-seven‚ respectively. What is the reason for such drastic differences in numbers
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I would like to start this essay by stating that I am against the motion‚ and that I see no reason what so ever why fox hunting should be banned in this country. <br> <br>Fox hunting is a very controversial subject‚ and for many years people have campaigned against it. Fox hunting is classed as a blood sport‚ which involves hounds chasing a fox‚ in order to kill it. There are also people following the fox on horses. Many of these people carry guns‚ in case the fox manages to escape with injuries
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Morning Ladies and Gentlemen‚ I am here to talk about gun control in America. It is one of the most controversial and intractable issues in America. It is a topic of discussion that is very much still in debate today. I strongly believe that guns are an absolute menace to America. Today‚ I will tell you why better gun control laws must be enforced immediately and prove that America would be a much better‚ safer place to live in with stricter gun restrictions and rules. Americans are faced with an
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on whether schools should provide for single sex instruction. People argued with different facts/opinions to see what was right and what was wrong. Yet‚ they still have no answer for this topic. Some schools provide for single sex education‚ but why don’t all schools provide it too? There are many different answers for that question that still remains. All these facts depend on different peoples’ opinions. That’s why there are positive and negative aspects on why schools should provide for single
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Menendez‚ Landrieu‚ and Hagen together introduced the Alert Drivers Act‚ which would say that states pass laws banning texting while driving. Though more and more states are passing texting bans‚ it remains the case that fewer than half the states have banned the practice as of today (U.S. Congress). AAA foundation for Traffic Safety reports that 67 percent of drivers admitted to talking on their cell phone while driving behind the wheel‚ and 21 percent of drivers indicated they have read or sent a text
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By the beginning of the twenty- first century in America every second social media‚ television‚ and magazine articles display young women promoting swim suit advertisements‚ alluring lingerie‚ and even their bare bodies on screen. Most recently popular recording artist Rihanna was eulogized by many people for wearing her sparkly sheer fishnet dress that displayed her breast and nipples. Rihanna is not the only one displaying her body to America and receiving positive feedback. In addition‚ well known
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