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    Jane”, is a great drama series that connects with its audience while having great dialogue and giving life lessons to the viewers. Being Mary Jane is about a successful black woman TV news anchor named Mary Jane Paul, who is played by Gabrielle…

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    Gifford Pinchot’s Stand for Natural Conservation Natural resources play an integral role in a country’s success. Natural resources are in high demand because everyone needs them. Therefore, it would be beneficial for a country to have natural resources. Sometimes, countries even fight for control of natural resources. By controlling natural resources a country will have an immense amount of power (eSchooltoday). As a result, humans need to conserve the natural resources they have. Humans need…

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    In the 90’s, the federal government imposed a ban on “Assult Weapons,” included in this ban was a restriction on magazines that held more than ten rounds. This ban was in place from 1994 to 2004; Columbine took place in 1999 (Postel, 2016). In Giffords case, one can argue that had Loughner not had the thirty-one round magazines he would not have been able to shoot so many people, this might be true, or he may have just had to reload more…

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    Music v. the Brain A famous quote by William Congreve reads, “Music hath charms to soothe a savage Breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.” Congreve is trying to exude the idea that music has the power to do anything. Furthermore, music can impact the brain in a variety of different ways. Depending on the type of music an individual listens to, it can manipulate the brain to change his or her mood and improve cognitive skills. The various genres of music provide a large quantity of…

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    Representative Gabrielle Giffords and her eighteen constituents others were shot during a constituent meeting held in a supermarket parking lot in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in the Tucson metropolitan area. Six people died, including federal District Court Chief Judge John Roll; Gabe Zimmerman, one of Rep. Giffords' staffers; and a nine-year-old girl, Christina-Taylor Green. Giffords was holding the meeting, called "Congress on Your Corner" in Tucson…

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    While reading about hormones and criminality, we have learned that testosterone and PMS has led to a lot of aggression. After, reading this section in our text, and I will form my own opinion as to the merit of these two biological issues. Regardless of my opinion, I want you to know I do not support a mandatory blood test on all those arrested for aggravated crimes, to begin a study into this anomaly. Also, I do feel a mandatory test would be a violation of their individual rights(Schmalleger,…

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    The purpose of this essay is to analyze and evaluate the arguments made within the editorial piece entitled “Why Not Regulate Guns as Seriously as Toys?”, in order to establish whether or not the author has successfully engaged in responsible reasoning. Responsible reasoning has the author both arguing his perspective and presenting his supporting evidence in a way that is informative, open to criticism, respectful to the reader and knowledgeable of the context of the issue at hand therefore…

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    Why should assault rifles be banned? why should assault rifles be banned. They are made to get more rounds off at a time. They are not the cause of all murders they are also used to do sport shooting. Assault rifles should not be banned because they are used for sport shooting and are used to show off. In my opinion i don't think they should because they're used for more than just killing and murders and war. Nationally assault weapons were used in 1.4 percent of crimes…

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    In recent years, gun violence has increased significantly in this world. As Americans, we are facing with an ever-growing problem of violence. There are more cases of children and teenagers engaging in violence. There has been a huge debate over whether gun laws are strict enough and solutions for reducing such acts from occurring. With more people are affected on a regular basis, more problems arise as how people can live safely when guns are being used in increasing numbers. It is disgraceful…

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    Courage to Fight Gun Violence.”) Gabrielle Gifford’s, former Arizona congresswoman and her husband astronaut Mark Kelly co-founded the Gifford’s organization due to a tragedy experienced by Mrs. Gifford. On January 8, 2011, Gabrielle was shot in her hometown of Tucson, Arizona while meeting with her constituents (Memmott 2013). Even though she survived the shooting she suffered a serious brain injury, and six other people died. To focus on her recovery Mrs. Gifford stepped down from her role in…

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