guns. In recent years‚ the firearm related deaths in America soared to over 30‚000‚ but in Australia in the same year‚ we have only had 236 deaths resulted from firearms. This is a huge difference and the major reason why is because of the introduction of the gun laws which banned certain guns in Australia in 1996 where the deaths every year where cut in half in the years that followed. Putting forth a gun law will not make any criminals follow the rules. For example‚ the Sandy Hook elementary
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will end world hunger‚ but it is killing us rather than saving us. If food companies continue to advertise GMOs as the savior of America’s hunger problems‚ the country is in for a surprise. Any food product being sold to the general public should be removed and banned because GMOs contribute to the rise of illness‚ contaminate the plants in our organic farms‚ and humans were not made to play god. If we continue to consume GMOs‚ the numbers of Americans conceiving illnesses‚ like autism‚
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amount of time preparing for these tests while they should be teaching and learning new material to better prepare the students for their upcoming college classes. While standardized tests such as the ACT and SAT are designed to best represent students to potential colleges‚ they are only indicative of a student’s memory‚ not the student’s full capabilities. Standardized testing is not the best way to measure learning; therefore‚ it should be banned. The pressure of standardized testing can cause kids
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cig companies target youth to try electronic cigarettes‚ while the FDA tries to regulate them due to them containing carcinogens. Most e cigs contain nicotine and some countries like Canada‚ Mexico and Brazil have completely banned e cig smoking‚ while Australia has banned e cigs with nicotine in them. Because of the carcinogens in e cigs the FDA tried to ban them in the United States but failed. Although they failed at banning them‚ the FDA still has control on the
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Even though school is not a four-letter word‚ it should stall be banned. However‚ I stall have to go to school and I stall have to follow the rules. Unfortunately‚ I have the rues but it is not fun because of there in so many rules. In the end‚ I know that I’ll miss the teachers but the teacher and really stick and they tack away fun sometimes. Who would ever think that we would have snow in San Diego? The snow came in an old truck come and all of the kids were running down the hill and they fired
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Many books have been prohibited by people and countries around the whole world‚ but is it really a good Idea to do so? I believe that the fact that people are banning books is a completely ridiculous idea. Additionally‚ everybody should have the right to read what they want. In these past few hundred years‚ humans have invented writing‚ paper‚ and books in order to record their findings and memories to share and pass down to future generations. Consequently‚ ideas and information are now more easily
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in China plastic bags are blowing around streets of China‚ they are so common they’ve earned the name “white pollution." It is not environmentally friendly and may cause harm to children and water life all around the world. Para 2 It should also be banned for a list of reasons such as it is unfriendly to the environment and may be harmful to children and water life all around the world and also it takes years for plastic bags to break down and we’re not even able to recycle them. No‚ because
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the Confederate flag my not be what you thought it meant? All of the answers to these questions may be different than what you originally thought. The Confederate flag may be banned because many people around the country don’t know the truth about this controversial issue. All things considered‚ the Confederate flag should continue to fly because the flag is a part of history. David French wrote‚ “Rather‚ we use history to understand our nation in all its complexity acknowledging uncomfortable realities
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Standarized Testing Should Be Banned There are many questions concerning the education system. Everyone always seems to have an opinion on this certain topic‚ but no one is producing solutions to the problem. For example are standardized tests really helping the system? The “No Child Left Behind” act was established in the U.S in 2001. The law states that all children in public school have to be tested in reading and writing. This testing starts in grades third through eight‚ and also they have
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Throughout time‚ many books have been challenged or banned. Most of the time‚ it is parents banning books with content that they don’t want their child to be reading. For example‚ a war novel‚ A Farewell to Arms‚ has been challenged for some of its content but it also has positive aspects to the story. In A Farewell to Arms‚ the main character‚ Frederic Henry‚ starts out in the Italian front as an ambulance driver. Eventually‚ he goes and meets a hospital nurse named Catherine Barkley with his good
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