The United States has been a gun culture country since the day the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4‚ 1776. After many decades‚ gun ownership had rapidly increased‚ and many lives have been saved with a gun. An American citizen can legally purchase a handgun at age twenty-one and a rifle at the age of eighteen with a cleared background check by a licensed dealer. In recent months’ guns has become a very conversional topic because of all the incident happening around. For example‚ Orlando
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Why Marijuana Should be Legalized in the United States There are many controversial issues that divide people in today’s society. One such topic that continues to be highly disputed is the legalization of marijuana. Marijuana has been legalized in a number of states‚ however there are still some who feel apprehensive toward the drug. They argue that marijuana is an addictive drug‚ or a gateway drug‚ and believe that marijuana is too harmful to one’s health to allow people to use it. Others say that
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Major past and current events contain such an immense amount of despair that it outweighs the hope that is left in the world. The reasons as to why that is deals with the homeless population‚ racism‚ and war. To be homeless means to have no home or permanent place of residence. It affects hundreds of thousands of people today. In the United States alone 750‚000 people experience homelessness every night. There are many reasons as to why one might become homeless in a short period of time‚ these
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Could the United States have become half-slave and half-free and not fought the Civil War...Why or Why not? The United States could not have been half-slave and half-free without fighting the Civil War. I say this because the North and South had quite a bit of things going on between the two. It is too much of a contradiction to be half-slave and half-free. In a perfect world‚ this might have worked‚ but in the real world‚ it has to be one or the other. During the development of the thirteen colonies
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The Cold War is defined as the geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. Because of the tension between the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc‚ the other countries started to get involved in the Cold War. Different beliefs clash with each other‚ which led to an increase in tensions around the world. Due to the countries having different political systems‚ it created conflicts in countries like Vietnam and Cuba‚ but those conflicts eventually brings independence. First of
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Pratik Patel Dr. Rogers English 1101 3/31/15 Should prostitution be legalized in the United States? Prostitution has dealt crippling blows to many economies. Prostitution is unmoral and filthy‚ but it provides a resort to make money in a tough economy. Prostitution increases human trafficking and strips the prostitute of their liberties‚ self worth and leaves them to be an object for sale. If prostitution was legalized it would reduce the transmission rate of sexually transmitted diseases while
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where they are today? No matter the position someone may hold in society everyone has progressed to where they are in life because they had a teacher‚ someone who taught them in the way they should go. Teacher as defined in the dictionary as one who instructs. To teach someone is to communicate skills and give instruction. Today I would like to tell you why I would like to become a teacher. Specifically speaking I will tell you what has led me to this decision and why I want to become a teacher.
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Alcohol should be banned from public events What if you were told that mortality in Canada could be reduced by as low as 3000 a year! Would you be willing to accept the terms in order to make this happen? According to Parliament of Canada‚ statics by Collin (2006) reveals “1‚055 person died in alcohol-related road crashes in Canada in 2002” and “666 people died as a result of mental and behavioral disorders due to the use of alcohol.”‚ making alcohol consumption a known risk factor for mortality
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understand the enormous expectations of becoming a Warrant Officer and commit myself to surpassing those expectations. As a leader I strive to set the standard with the highest level of conduct and the utmost level of performance in my duties‚ setting the example for those I lead by creating and delivering solutions that exceed the Army’s standards. I will always take care of those I lead and create an environment of responsibly‚ efficiency and teamwork. I know that I am ready to handle the hard work that
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Why European Immigrants Travelled to America Question: "Describe several reasons Europeans immigrated to the U.S. in the late1800’s..... Progressing through the 1800’s to the turn of the nineteenth century‚ there were dramatic social and societal changes marking a new path for the future of America. The population increased by millions as more and more immigrants sought new lifestyles to match the luxurious ones Americans were rumored to have‚ due to their industrial‚ democratic system. Through
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