million guns‚ compared to about 3 million guns owned by the military and less than 1 million guns owned by the police‚ also in the USA. In 2009‚ gun deaths actually outraced motor vehicle deaths in 10 US states. The 20% of gun owners possess 60% of all guns in the USA. Gun violence and gun control have been in the news a lot lately. This is because of the recent shooting in Newtown‚ Connecticut where 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot twenty children‚ six adult staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Why Whaling Should Be Banned * Whales have been hunted by humans for their meet‚ bones and blubber. * Whaling‚ during the 19th century‚ wiped out most of the world’s whale populations. * Whales grow and breed slowly; numbers will take a long time to recover. This means that they will more easily become more extinct. Information * The International Whaling Commission (IWC) banned whaling in 1986. * There are some countries that issue permits to kill whales for research; Japan
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have the entire subject of a banned book‚ but it is so I am here. The book that I am doing is the art of racing in the rain. This book doesn’t have much in it to get it banned but for the little that is in it got it banned. But this has been the loom on what I think about this book getting banned. There are a bunch of little reasons for this book getting banned such as cussing or alcohol using but there are many more reasons for the books banning. Besides all of that the book is a really
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group‚ censoring children from difficult subject matter is not always the solution. There is always controversy when difficult issues arise in adolescent geared novels. Even though there are many concerns with Lois Lowry’s The Giver‚ this book should not be banned from the Coopertown Middle Library. The Giver is about an eleven-year-old boy named Jonas is a light-eyed boy who lives in a Utopian society. Within his society‚ there is no suffering‚ no hunger‚ no war‚ no color‚ and no love. There is
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Should peanuts be banned? Peanuts should be banned at schools that kids may have allergies because they can get really sick and maybe even die. There are a lot of foods that have peanuts in them.They can also get sick by eating in the cafeteria people can bring something that has peanuts in it and the cafeteria can make food that has peanuts in it. “As you read‚ think about how schools can help protect students who have this allergy." But schools wouldn’t ban them because‚ they think they can prevent
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multiple reasons; a prime example would be marketing. Parents may feel that advertising things pertaining to kids should be banned‚ but I beg to differ. I’m pretty sure companies intentions aren’t to corrupt the mind of children‚ but to only make a profit from their merchandise. Now‚ it is understandable for a parent to be on the fence about these advertisements because i’m sure we have all seen a ad that simply wasn’t for the eyes‚ and ears of a child‚ but a company has to do almost what ever it takes
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be used as a disguise but also an Islamic tradition for women to wear from exposing themselves to other males besides their husbands or fathers‚ but there is so much law reform can do since there is a big debate about whether the burqa should or should not be banned since it will destroy the
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Name : Thuy Linh Mai Class : English ‘16 Smoking ban Smoking ban in almost all work places and public areas has made hotly debated issue of late. While many people approve of this legislation‚ some take issue with it for fear of their freedom being restricted. Nevertheless‚ from my personal standpoint‚ I am convinced that banning smoking has its pros and cons for the reasons illustrated below. On the one hand‚ it is irrefutable that cigar prohibition
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Today I am here to talk to you all about a problem that is far-reaching the nation. According to the National Cancer Institute. Each Year an estimate of 443‚000 people die from smoking‚ but the damaging effects of smoking do not stop with the smoker. An estimated 88 million nonsmoking Americans‚ including 54% of children under the age of 12‚ are open to secondhand smoke and about 46‚000 non-smoking Americans die from second hand smoke exposure a year. Over the past few years two of my uncles have
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Sweatshop is the World’s Future Why do we need sweatshops in our lives? Can sweetshops help under development countries people to live better life? Sweatshop is workshop for devices‚ clothes‚ or other works‚ and sweatshop is using poor country or developing countries for less prices. Sweatshops started in middle of 1800’s‚ and big factories still using it. There are some rich countries that have used sweatshop when they were under developing countries. The histories of sweatshop is likely bad‚ but
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