National Education Association

to get guns away from those they do not belong to is key. However, steps to start this process would be to enforce gun laws to get guns out the wrong hands, have classes to teach new gun owner 's responsibility, what’s exactly is purpose of the National…

Additionally, the committee’s hearings on legislation including the Patriot Act have fostered the committee’s pursuit of the appropriate balance between constitutional rights and national security which is very important in the case of possibly placing firearms in schools (“About the Committee”). The NRA, or the National Rifle Association, is an interest group that has been prominent with this bills of this nature. Since its beginning in 1871, the NRA has gained millions of members and has…

Granted now, in the year 2016, those numbers may vary as the current news consistently documents cases of gun violence causing widespread outrage. Nekola conducted polls by several demographic categories, including race, generation, ideology, and education. Compared to Black and Hispanic races, White races have always held a higher percentage in favor of gun rights. From 1995 when the poll was first conducted to July 20, 2015, the percentage of gun rights favored by the white race had risen 20%…

The National Rifle Association, also known as the NRA, is a non-profit organization in the United States that advocates for gun rights. The NRA is a successful organization that has attracted many members from all across the country. According to the NRA foundation, the NRA is “widely recognized today as a major political force and as America's foremost defender of Second Amendment rights, the NRA has, since its inception, been the premier firearms education organization in the world” (NRA). The…

But kids going to the NBA have all their money laid out for them; they just have to wait (Korman). The one-and-done rule also ruins schools academically. It takes student out of “student athlete.” All the athlete does is work on their game, education does not matter to them. Players do not have enough time to graduate and receive their degree--what is the purpose of even attending? Ben Simmons did exactly this after attending his freshman year at LSU (DeCourcy). What could the players need…

by guns. The Brady Campaign announced that the passing of the Brady Law attributed to the reduction in deaths caused by guns in the United States to drop by 27% between 1999 and 1993 (“Brady”). On the other side of this opposition is the National Rifle Association, also known as the NRA. A spokesperson for the NRA stated that more guns, not less were needed to avert shootings (“Gun Control Follow-Up”). Supporters argue that most gun owners are law-abiding citizens and have gone through the legal…

Have you ever been forced to do something that you feel is unnecessary? The “One-and-Done” rule is a rule created by the National Basketball Association stating that a player is not aloud signing with the NBA until the age of 19. This means that the players must complete one year of college basketball before entering the draft. I, along with many others, believe that the “One-and-Done” rule should be abolished because it creates injury risk for players, it wastes the players time, and it has…

Many people do not understand all the labor and hard work that is put into making a sport seem easier than it really is. A sport like basketball isn’t just unintelligent men aiming to get a ball through a hoop. There is a lot more that goes on behind the scenes. NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shared his experience with the world when he expressed his collegiate sports struggles, “Despite the hours I put in every day, practicing, learning plays, and traveling around the country to play games, and…

Larry Bird was indisputably the best forward to ever play in the National Basketball Association. Larry Bird is full of drive, continually seeking his inner-goal which was to one day become a star player. Late nights on his small, cracked driveway in a small town plowed the prosperous way of life that he worked so hard to achieve. Shoving his way out of poverty, Bird left a legacy in the high-flying game of basketball. Born in West Baden, Indiana located outside French Lick, Indiana Bird was…

Kevin Durant, many people know him as a professional basketball player in the NBA(National Basketball Association). His nickname which is known through Oklahoma City Thunder fans is snake because he “abandoned his team to go to a winning team.” Another name he goes by is an abbreviation of his name KD. The 29 year old star basketball player was born on September 29, 1988 in Suitland, Maryland. His nationality is American. “His grandmother, Barbara, was a strong influence, telling him that his…