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Introduction Gun control has been a topic of debate in our country since before the creation of the Declaration of Independence. So much so, the individual liberty of the right to bear arms was implemented into the Bill of Rights as the second amendment. The implementation of this individual liberty wasn’t to suggest that any citizen of the United States can own or obtain a gun and therefore later federal and state laws were implemented to regulate ownership. Even so, there are an…

Each execution deters an average of 18 murders, according to a 2003 nationwide study by professors at Emory University. In Gallups recent poll 67% of Americans favor the death penalty when used against convicted murderers while only 28% oppose it. Federal and local officials must continually ensure that its implementation rigorously upholds constitutional protections, such as due process…

Similarities and differences of Vietnam from other U.S. foreign interventions The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War was a Cold war-era proxy war fought between 1950 and 1975. It was a long drawn out and complex war that resulted in high casualties on each side along with the eventually unification of Vietnam. It marked the end of a decades of invasion and oppression by foreign forces in Vietnam. The French colonized the region in 1887 and held on until World War Two when the…

Is the war on drugs a complete failure of a policy that has not deterred drug use, has some racists roots, hurt innocents, ruined lives and is a waste of money? The policy has been in place for over forty years and we are no closer to ending it than we were forty years ago. Has the policy that has cost the United States over a trillion dollars yielded any results? According to an opt-ed by Buchanan, Julian “the war on drug is nothing but a war on drug users.” Even though it was in reference to…

France Research Paper With all of France’s places, food, culture, and people, France is can truly be an amazing place. Over 80 million visitors come to visit this country every year, and for many reasons. There are many things to do here, from the traditional French cuisine dish Escargots, or cooked land snails, to the sly smirk of the Mona Lisa in one of the world's largest museums, the Louvre, and to the romantic view of the City of Lights over the top of the Eiffel Tower in the…

INTRODUCTION “Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great”(R W Emerson 1944). In everyday life, trust and ethics are usually conceived as closely related, intertwined concepts—one cannot go without the other (Van den Akker et al 2009). While there is much research on trust in leaders (Den Hartog, 2003; Lewicki, 2006; De Hoogh & Den Hartog, 2008; Dirks, 2002; Lapidot, 2007), few have paid attention to the importance of trust in ethical…