make us safer, America should be the safest place on earth. We have more guns per capita than any other place in the world, but we are clearly not the safest country on earth. Guns have brought nothing to Americans except harm and heartbreak. It is unfortunate that a tragedy, such as the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, has to occur in order for anything to be done to place a ban on guns. President Obama has proposed a plan to have thorough background checks on those who purchase guns, and prohibit
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Cyberbullying A new important issue is arising, especially with the younger generation. Since the dawn of time, humans have harassed each other in many different ways. As technology brought in new ways to interact with each other, a new form of bullying has developed. This new type of bullying has the same effect as its previous version, but now it has evolved into the cyber world. Cyberbullying is a problem in today’s society for all internet users and proves to be a problem for Congress. As
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next step is to discuss the legal limitations that limit the ability of law enforcement to be able to bring criminal organizations to justice for their crimes. It will show what laws help limit the combat against organized crime and why they put legal limitations of law enforcement. This will lead to the final discussion on what would be a good solution to organized crime and how to bring them to justice legally. Controlling Organized Crime Organized crime groups in the United
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For other uses, see Constitution (disambiguation). A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed.[1] These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is. When these principles are written down into a single document or set of legal documents, those documents may be said to embody a written constitution; if they are written down in a single comprehensive document, it is said to embody a codified
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XXXX-XXXX 12/11/2014 2 Introduction Firearms have been around for hundreds of years. Their purpose is simple: to provide a person a quick and easy means of killing a living being, whether it is an animal or human. During the formation of the United States, the founding fathers attempted to create a list of rights they deemed, “inalienable.” Among these rights was the, “Right to bear arms”. Never has a Constitutional amendment generated so much publicity and heated debate. Many
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in place to protect young people at a time when irresponsible behavior is prevalent. The Minimum Legal Drinking Age Debate Since 2008, 136 college chancellors and presidents have signed the Amethyst Initiative, asking that the United States reconsider the minimum legal drinking age-21 (MLDA-21) laws that have been in place in all 50 states since 1984. The Amethyst Initiative argues that the MLDA-21 laws simply do not work, create a culture of binge-drinking, and that a policy of legalization
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Geographical Indications of source) 2-Copyright-which includes literary and artistic works such as novels, poems and plays, films, musical works, artistic works such as drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures and architectural designs. WHAT ARE IPR’s? Intellectual Property Rights are the rights given to people over the creations of their minds. With rights in hand, through the exploitation of IP, the individuals or the business organizations earn profits either through manufacturing
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someone to lose their jobs. Ten movie directors however refused to cooperate with the committee and they were imprisoned some for six months and others for a year, although they had said that they had freedom of speech as guaranteed by the first amendment. Hollywood responded to this imposition and to the arrest of
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studying had a great effect on his accomplishments later because if he had not been able to read and write it would have been more difficult for him to accomplish the things he accomplished. I think that the people who influenced Douglass a lot that led to his success were Sophia the wife of his master who taught him the alphabet. Anna Murray Douglass who he a free black woman because when he first met her that encouraged him that it was possible for him to be free and she later married him and supported
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case, you have been notified by Mr. Hirum Andfirum, Human Resources Director for the Makestuff Company, that the company has just terminated Mr. Got Yourprop, a former engineer in the company’s New Products Division, for cause. Mr. Andfirum tells you that at Mr. Yourprop’s exit interview earlier that day, the terminated employee made several statements to the effect of “it is okay because I have a new job already and they were VERY happy to have me come from Makestuff, with ALL I have to offer.”
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