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    Violent Video games are not the problem and you know it. Should violent video games be banned? Many say that say they shouldn’t‚ these people include Christopher J. Ferguson‚ PhD‚ of Texas A&M International University‚ Patrick Markey‚ PhD and Kierkegaard. They are professionals who know what they are talking about. Therefore their opinion is quite relevant to the issue. There actual opinion is that‚ if anything‚ violent video games reduce violence in the real world because they let out their

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    Cheryl Jackson ENG 101 Professor November 7‚ 2012 “Firearms Laws” The debate over people being allowed to carry guns has been going on for a long time. The real debate should be whether or not these laws are really reducing or increasing violent crimes in America today. According to the website‚ Gunowners.org‚ an individual can purchase any firearm from a federal‚ firearms licensee (FFL) in another state by going to his place of business(Gun). The right to keep and bear arms is addressed

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    teenager who drove while intoxicated and high‚ killing four people and injuring eleven the process. Ethan Couch should be tried as an adult with a reduced sentence because of the severity of the crime‚ it is in the best interest for him and society and also he could change. Ethan Couch should be tried with an adult sentence because of the extreme severity and pure calamity caused by his crime. Ethan‚ drunken‚ apparently just coming from a party at his own private home raced down the street where this

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    Kadesha Williams Comp 2 Sherry Covington 09 April 9‚ 2013 Homosexuality: Is It A Crime? “God created Adam and Eve‚ not Adam and Steve.” This is the response many give when asked a question regarding homosexuality. I do not understand what the big deal is about someone being “Homosexual.” There are many other things that people do that should be considered more seriously as crimes than homosexuality‚ such as racism and abortion. ‘Queers’‚ ‘Gays’‚ ‘Faggots’‚ and ‘Dikes‚’ these are terms

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    2011 Youth Curfews: Protection or Punishment Should teens have a night curfew? Over the past several years‚ in order to reduce juvenile crime and protect teenagers’ security‚ youth curfews are widely used in the United States. More than 300 towns have passed the local curfew laws which provide local police and authority the power to order young people under 18years old to stay at home during specific hours unless supervised by a responsible adult (Raymond‚ 2010). For example‚ in one of the towns

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    Violent Media and Violent Behavior Paula M. Méndez‚ Megan Roy Miosotis Nieves University of Phoenix BCOM/275 July 23‚ 2013 Javier Maury-Ortiz Pros and supporting evidence There have been studies to prove that violent movies‚ games‚ and television shows can influence violent behavior. Multiple cases have shown that individuals playing video games‚ especially violent ones‚ can lead to aggression. Children who tend to play these types of games lose control rather easily‚ they tend to kick the

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    Should Video Games be Banned? An ongoing argument where people think that video games should be banned. Should video games be banned? All of the arguments are repetitive and based on false belief‚ with very little real evidence. Some people think‚ ‘Violent video games should be banned because they influence the young minds of our generation and that they will bring cruelty and death among thee by doing indescribable acts of scandalous crime‚ thieving from innocent people and slaughtering their

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    Violent Media: Violent Behavior? Over the past few years we have heard debates on violent media influencing violent behavior in young adults and teens. Some people claim that the violent media such as video games‚ comic books and cartoons are the cause of the outburst in violence such as the recent public school shootings and movie theaters. There is more evidence to support that this type of media is a healthy outlet under proper supervision. I believe that some violent media can help people

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    All through America it seems that juvenile children are committing extremely severe crimes. Fellow classmates and teachers are being murdered by juveniles as young as eleven and thirteen. As a result of this‚ a major issue has been raised‚ should children who commit a serious crime face the penalties as and adult? Do these kids know what they are doing? And more importantly do they know the consequences of their actions. The points that I ’m going to be outlining are children don ’t know/ know the

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    increase in youth crime rate in 90’s‚ many states started to put juveniles to the adult court believing that this could bring down the crime rate. Some studies showed that starting to put youth in adult prisons helped the crime rate go down‚ but had no effect on violent crime rate. Many voices came up for easing the law for juveniles to not to be sentenced as adults due to decrease in youth crime rate from 2000. On the other hand‚ some people say that sentencing juvenile criminals as adults can make citizens

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