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    The language is the most important means of communication. It is necessary to be able to communicate not only in your own language but also in a foreign language. That is why people learn languages. The most important language of all is our mother tongue. We learn it from very young and it stay with us until we die. When we want to learn a new language‚ we must know our own very well. There are many different people and everyone learns a foreign language in his own way. For some people to learn

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    The 22nd Amendment: Unchallenged Following the death Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ which occurred during his fourth elected term as president‚ the United States Congress passed the twenty-second amendment‚ which put into writing a previously unwritten tradition of the presidency. This tradition‚ set in place by George Washington in 1797 and further cemented by Thomas Jefferson‚ had remained in place for 144 years before it was finally broken. While a few previous presidents had tried to run for a

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    The Second Amendment to the Constitution relates to the right to bear arms. Even so‚ many believe that without guns‚ there would be a huge reduction in homicides. Proponents of legalization of guns believe that people themselves are the problem. Guns should remain legal because it gives individuals the ability to protect themselves‚ their homes‚ and their families. Twice in the past two years‚ the gun control issue has reached the nation’s highest court. In July 2010 the Supreme Court ruled that

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    In my own opinion‚ I am glad that Heller won I strongly think he should have won. I support the Second Amendment very adamantly. I believe that D.C did not have the right to tell Heller he could not have a permit‚ it goes against the constitution to tell a person that the rights that our Fore-Fathers gave us no longer applies to our lives and that they have to give up their right to bear arms. A person should be allowed to have the right to keep and bear arms to be able to protect and support

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    The Second Coming – Notes The Gyre The gyre‚ a circular or conical shape‚ appears frequently in Yeats’ poems and was developed as part of a philosophical system outlined in his book‚ A Vision‚ as a model to articulates his belief that history was structures in terms of ages. He chose the image of the gyre to symbolize his philosophical belief that all things could be described in terms of cycles and patterns. The soul (or civilization‚ the age and so on) would move from the smallest point of the

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    Americans defenseless. The Founding Fathers decided that this shouldn’t happen‚ and included an amendment in the Bill of Rights‚ that would prevent this from ever happening again. The Second amendment focuses on Americans rights to own firearms. Thus‚ causing a major enduring impact on the citizens of the United States of America. Overall this amendment is about self defense. Although‚ the second amendment has many different meanings. It also applies to hunting‚ target practice‚ and other forms

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    The dark side of the Second Amendment: More deadly than safe. Each year there are around 30‚000 gun related deaths in the US. The US civilians are at a large. A large amount of people have been murdered and this has to change. The 2nd amendment was originally used for self defense against government oppression‚ but now self defense is one of the least used uses of a gun. On top of that‚ anyone could walk into a gun show without identification and buy a gun. The second amendment may have kept the US

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    Olivia Watts 3AB Current Event #4 Pleading the Second Amendment to back up your gun rights is actually not a completely valid argument. Some people believe the Second Amendment not only allows them to own guns‚ but that the government cannot restrain those rights. This thought process on our rights in untrue not only in this circumstance but in all of our rights. The government can restrict our rights‚ and they do. The fact is‚ there are already limits on firearms by the government. For example:

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    The Second Amendment: Assault Weapons Unlike many other countries in the world‚ America allows its citizens to own and carry firearms. The right to do so is protected by the Second Amendment of the US constitution written by the founding fathers of America. If a citizen feels the need to go out and purchase an AR-15‚ they are welcome to do so‚ just as long as they meet the requirements such as age‚ no criminal record‚ and proof of legal US citizenship. Where do the boundaries lie though? Are

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    The second amendment states that all citizens have the right to bear arms‚ the first draft of this amendment‚ from James Madison‚ Federalist Papers No. 46. James Madison states that; “ A regular army‚ fully equal to the resources of the country‚ be formed; and let it be entirely at the devotion of the federal government; still it would not be going too far to say‚ that the State governments‚ with the people on their side‚ would be able to repel the danger.” .He also states ‚ “Besides the advantage

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