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    Guns in Schools

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    Guns‚ schools and criminal minds. Due to a massive shootings events in the last years‚ we‚ the people have been wondering "Is it a good idea to have guns in our children’s school? I’ve always believe that schools are the safest places in the world‚ until December 14‚ 2012‚ when 20 years old Adan Lanza fatally shot twenty children and 6 adult staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown‚ Connecticut. Now‚ do you feel safe when leaving your child at school? and‚ would you agree in sending

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    political spectrum

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    People use the political spectrum to evaluate where they are politically‚ whether they are more liberal or conservative. The right‚ or conservative‚ side of the political spectrum consists of the republicans while the left‚ or liberal‚ side consists of the democrats. I tend to lean toward the left liberal side of the political spectrum‚ although sometimes I agree with conservative ideas as well. Although I agree with some of the conservative ideas‚ I am a center-left moderate social libertarian

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    gun control

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    101 Professor Hilsher November 20‚ 2013 Gun Control Issues 1. Will outlawing guns make the United States any safer? Many may think banning guns will help dissolve crimes throughout the country‚ but is that actually true? Laws will inevitably be broken. If you ban guns from citizens who obey the law‚ most will obey it even though they don’t agree on it. Those who already don’t follow the law are going to find a way to get guns and use them in the wrong way either way.

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    Guns In Schools

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    The argument for the use of guns in schools is at the forefront of school safety. Every since the Columbine High School massacre in Littleton‚ on April 20‚ 1999‚ educational leaders‚ parents‚ and law enforcement agree that guns should be banned from school. Possible factors that lead to adolescents to use guns at schools include bullying‚ depression‚ and mental illness. Educational leaders‚ parents‚ and law enforcement should pay more attention to adolescents and add more security to all schools

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    Power and Violence

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    On Power and Violence In this passage from “On Violence”‚ Hannah Arendt attempts to make a clear distinction between the concepts of power and violence. In her analysis‚ Violence is an instrumental character (Arendt‚ 46). It stands in need of justification for some future purpose and of implements to carry its resolution. Power‚ she distinguishes‚ is characterized by legitimacy (52). It stands in need of numbers and mass support. Even though power and violence can be found in conjunction with one

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    Gun Ownership

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    found that more than half of all legally purchased guns were stored unlocked and at least 16% were stored unlocked and even loaded. Other studies have also claimed that having a gun increases the risk of suicide and/or homicide inside the home during family arguments. Gun control can even raise the crime on citizens. Gun control may be able to regulate the wrong use of these weapons‚ but it also causes those responsible to not be able to have guns when needed to protect themselves. The truth of

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    Gun Control: Overview

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    Gun Control: Overview The issue of gun control has been debated for a long time‚ probably ever since they were invented. The gun is a small‚ rather easy to obtain‚ weapon that is lethal if used in the right (or wrong) way. This makes the gun an extremely dangerous factor in our lives. If used improperly‚ a gun could be lethal to not only the target‚ but the user as well. The availability of guns has sky rocketed in the past decade or so‚ and the immense population of guns in our society make it

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    Gun Rights

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    The topic for my multi genre research project is gun rights. More importantly‚ my question is; Are American citizens justified to own and use firearms? The answer to my question is yes‚ we are indeed justified to own and use firearms under the rights of the constitution. For you to know how to answer my question as un biased as possible you need to know what the second amendment states. “A well regulated militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right of the people to keep and

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    Gun Control

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    Gun control has been in the spotlight for the past few months ever since the theatre shooting in colorado‚ and the sandy hook elementary shooting in Connecticut. This article is about the impact the shootings have had on a nation as a whole. It is about the two opposing sides which are in support of new stricter gun laws or preserving our second amendment right to bear arms. There are first hand interviews with victims parents from the sandy hook shooting and also with leaders of the NRA which strongly

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    the whole barrel? If the bad apples are not removed‚ yes they can eventually spoil the entire barrel. Of course we are talking companies and people and not actual apples. However the analogy can hold true. If there are a few that have little or no morals in the company at any level they can eventually harm the entire structure. There are two ways to keep this from happening‚ institute change or remove the problem. Of the two changes can be the hardest. It has to be well mapped out‚ instituted

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