Finland is considering toughening gun legislation in light of this week’s Jokela school shooting. Nine people‚ including the gunman‚ were killed when Pekka-Eric Auvinen‚ 18‚ went on a shooting spree at his local school. Until now‚ Finland has actively resisted plans for all European Union member states to limit gun ownership to persons aged 18 and over. Currently‚ the law stipulates that Finns may apply for a gun permit at age 15. However‚ Anne Holmlund‚ Finnish interior minister‚ told reporters
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Abstract Some reasons why colleges should look at the laws that they put in place and try to change them. Students should have the right to conceal weapons on college campuses. The guns provide the protection that may be necessary in certain situations. Like the Virginia Tech Shooting‚ many people could have been saved if only one person had a gun. Having a gun gives a sense of safety to many people on the campus‚ especially for women with a greater risk of intruders and rapists. For these
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Healthy Food vs. Corruption in Food Industry In the documentary movie “Food Inc.” filmmaker Robert Kenner opens American’s eyes to the reality of all kind of food that they are eating during the last 50 years. Since the food industry has been changed from fast growing restaurants as the fast food incorporations like McDonald’s‚ …. After watching this movie we now understood why they have been called fast food; because not only they prepare fast but also their meats and veggies raise much faster
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Never did I think this day would come. Congress has passed a law that any American cannot be denied the right to vote‚ based on race‚ color or being a former slave. I remember only white men like myself were the only people who wore able to vote. Now seeing a African American man voting is very strange because I am not accustomed to that. My friend Franklin told that about 700‚000 African American men registered to vote and many have them are declaring themselves are republicans. Despite this new
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Dylan Norwood per.5 #25 2-7-11 Vending Machines Did you eat anything today? “No.” Well how did you do on the test‚ not too good right? I believe that children who are’nt hungry do better on tests and focus more in school. Studies show that when children eat breakfist they do better in school. That’s true‚ but kids tend to get hungry right after breakfist. I think vending machines would be a good idea to have in schools; having vending machines would allow kids not to starve which willl
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know you don’t want to take guns away completely but you want us to register our guns. Do you want a criminal to know what you have in your home? No way! You are telling us what guns we are allowed to own. Worry about the criminals and mentally ill! Do you think criminals are going to register their firearms? The law-abiding citizens‚ the people doing the right thing will and you’ll see more crime than before! Look at Washington DC and Chicago; both imposed strict gun laws and crime skyrocketed.
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Whether or not a parent should discipline their children using the method of spanking is an issue that always seems to be in debate and up for discussion in each and every family in all of society. Any form of spanking can be considered abuse or the only way we can reach a child in terms of making them understand something. There are several points that come up when arguing the issue of spanking. In this essay I am going to argue why it’s a good thing to discipline a child using the method of spanking
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Should schools be able to revoke your freedom of speech? No I do not believe so because of many reasons. One‚ it’s against the first amendment in the constitution. Second‚ the whole point of our founding fathers came over here to America was to have freedom. Third‚ this is a democracy. So‚ no school should not be able to take away our freedom of speech Our amendments were made for a guide line for our government and to give us rights. If a school that runs off of taxes paid from the people of
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Why Parents Should Take Their Teens to Warped Tour Should parents take teens to Warped Tour? I believe that parents should take their teens to Warped Tour. I understand that not all parents will not agree for many reasons. Deciding to take your teen to warped tour is a very hard decision to make. You have endless amount of questions with no answers‚ Will it be dangerous‚ Will there be drunk people‚ What will my friends think‚ ect. The only way to find out all the answers to your questions
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order to prevent more accidents like these‚ we should teach our youth about gun safety to give them the knowledge of what to around it and discourage misuse. Although some parents think their children shouldn’t be around guns in general‚ teaching gun safety early could save their lives and others. Young children around America often get into many accidents because of their lack of knowledge. In a USA Today article‚ they assert “If they [kid] find it [guns]‚ they’ll play with it”(A.7). Most kids that
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