Liz Stucke Core 202 Journal 5 Sarah Thompson‚ a retired physician and a strong advocate for gun rights‚ made many strong arguments that validated gun usage for the law-abiding citizen. Specifically‚ Thompson is a psychiatrist‚ and has written more about the psychological fear of guns and how much of it is irrational. In this essay‚ Thompson addressed many misconceptions about crime rate that were skewed by uncontrolled studies. The fact that the medical field skewed results of published studies
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of LGBT rights has always been an issue since the beginning of time. Since society sees members from the LGBT community as different and not normal‚ they are constantly discriminated against. America is supposed to be a country of freedom‚ but it seems as though whenever we discover something that we don’t like we figure out a way to try and make it disappear. However‚ I believe it is wrong to discriminate against the LGBT community. In the Constitution it states all men have equal rights‚ and I believe
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remote past of homosexual people is a vast and captivating road that has brought us to where we are today concerning the ethics: the system of determining right from wrong‚ of homosexual people including rights and freedoms concerning them. Ever since the beginning of Greek homosexuality until today within our cities in the western world‚ the rights of homosexuals have been questioned and analyzed every year in a most controversial and confound way that have resulted in the interest of governments
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anything. On one hand‚ unification of the states would make this land stronger as a nation and more organized‚ but with the proposed president in place‚ it seems as if we are leaning more towards our monarchical roots. Without a bill of rights‚ our individual rights are threatened‚ but they did say that the Constitution could be
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I’d like to begin by quoting Captain Paul Watson‚ “If you want to know where you would have stood on slavery before the Civil War‚ don’t look at where you stand on slavery today. Look at where you stand on animal rights.” Throughout my presentation I ask that you keep these questions in mind: Is slavery no longer slavery when its not happening to humans? Is abuse not abuse if it isn’t happening to your species? And‚ is murder not considered murder when its not happening to someone like you? If I
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are in their later fifties and older. In both generations there are people who are for gay marriage and there are people who are not. But for the people in the younger generations gay rights is something that just is and does not face them as
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Nowell Mrs. Lee Speech 18 October 2012 Gun Control The topic of gun control has been brought up time and time again this year. The people of the United States have varying opinions on this matter. Some believe they have heard enough and think the laws are fine; however‚ others think a change in the laws governing gun control need revising now! What arguments do each side have? First of all‚ what is gun control? One source identifies it as ‘efforts to regulate sales of guns’ (wordnetweb.princton
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Gun Rights/Gun Control I will be conducting my essay on gun control/gun rights. I honestly don’t think that hunters need springfield semi-automatic rifle or a semi-automatic rifle similar to an ak-47 with a 30 round clip! If you go on cabelas.com you will see that they are selling guns labelled as self and home defense‚ but they are semi-automatic shotguns! you could buy a semi-auto gun on the internet to ship to you for a low cost of 300 dollars. A student‚ mentally ill person or just flat out
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Gun rights and gun control have different meaning depending with where one lives and the influence they have on one’s life. The debate on gun control has been going on for ages now. There have been people advocating for gun control while others want the control tightened. The federal government has been working on amending current gun regulations to be able to control gun ownership. Owning a gun in the United States is a peculiar American tradition so the Obama government and those who will follow
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Persuasive Speech Ideas These penguins are persuading their friends to take a dip in the cool water... but you can persuade our class on any of the following ideas or come up with one of your own. Remember these are broad topics so make sure you narrow your area and choose your side so that you can properly defend your position. Also I NEVER censor speech topics HOWEVER keep in mind I want the ideas fresh‚ some topics are very OVER DONE - for example: "smoking is bad for you"
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