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lot to do with the NRA’s power. The NRA is The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is an American nonprofit organization which advocates for gun rights. The organization 's overall revenue, which includes membership dues, program fees, and other contributions, has boomed in recent years – rising to nearly $350 million in 2013. The majority of this money funds NRA initiatives like member newsletters, sporting events and gun safety education and training programs. A CNN Money analysis of…

One of the biggest advocates of protecting the second amendment is the National Rifle Association. The Encyclopedia of Interest Groups and Lobbyist in the United States reports that the NRA consists of over 3 million members nationwide (pg. 532) The NRA was founded in 1871 with the purpose of training the National Guard to be sharpshooters as well teaching its other members how to shoot (pg. 532). The first president of the organization was one of the Civil War Generals of the Union, Ambrose…

Basketball has started just from a school game to becoming one of the best known sports. In this research report, I will be writing about the history of basketball, how it's played today and some other features. Basketball has been a big impact in my life I almost play every day to be the best. And one of my favorite quotes is Eat sleep play basketball. So in this research report I will discuss the history of basketball. Basketball was created on December 1881 in Springfield, Massachusetts by…

has accomplished many things in the sport of basketball, as well as influenced many peoples lives in what he does for communities all over the United States. In the world of Popular Culture, I see LeBron James as the hegemony of The National Basketball Association (NBA). Hegemony is the leadership or predominant influence of one group over another. LeBron James is the dominant leader over other NBA basketball when it comes to his success and accomplishments in his career starting when he was…

Magic Johnson: The All-Around Great Earvin Johnson, better known as “Magic Johnson” was a star basketball player who has admitted to having sex with 300-500 different women. Because of this, Magic contracted HIV. Magic is also still the all-time NBA leader in assists in the post-season with an outstanding 2,346 assists. Magic Johnson has benefitted modern society by making the NBA more popular with fans and inspiring many African Americans to play in the basketball in the NBA, raising…

at Oklahoma State University in 1995. Many of these college stars went on to the big league as professional basketball players. In addition, Bill Sharman from Abilene, Texas, was a part of the Boston Celtics dynasty, which won eleven National Basketball Association (NBA) championships between 1957 and 1969. One of the most known and greatest basketball…

when the NBA draft came about. If it weren’t for The One and Done Rule, many players might have simply disregarded college. Anthony Davis might have been one of those players. Instead, he went to college and helped lead the Kentucky Wildcats to a national title along with his receiving the most outstanding player award in the Final Four. This outstanding award led to him being drafted as the New Orleans Pelicans first pick. If he had not gone to college, he wouldn’t have experienced all of these…

All of over the country, there are many young boys who play basketball at a very competitive level. When asked, most of them would say that they want to be a professional basketball player when they get older and play in the National Basketball Association known as the NBA. Some of these players, who tend to have very special talents playing basketball, actually are gifted enough to play professionally right out of high school. Their goal is to get to NBA as quickly as possible, but they have to…

Shooting holes in the Gun Rights Movement “Your dead kids don’t trump my constitutional rights” Since the United States of America declared its independence on July 4, 1776, guns have been an integral part of American identity. They have represented both a direct check on a possible tyrannical government and a symbol of what being American means. But if we examine the history of the 2nd Amendment and guns from a deeper perspective, we see why it’s such a controversial issue. Guns, especially…

Emily Morua Edwardo Pedregon English 4 April 20, 2016 Morua i Final Draft Basketball was invented by a physical education instructor named Dr. James Naismith in the early 1890s. He was challenged to come up with a new game that was able to be played indoors due to the cold weather. Back in the days before the actual basketball was invented, they would play with a soccer ball. The basket didn’t have a hole on the bottom of the rim just yet. So what they had to do was, climb up to the top of…