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ensure safety for American citizens. Which will be referred to as the President’s gun control plan. Gun control plans in America have seen an increase in gun safety measures over the past several years, as a result of several mass shootings across the states. Some people might believe the President’s gun control plan will keep them safe. However, the President’s supporters will only be hopping for a miracle, as the gun control plan will deprive law-abiding citizens from responsible gun…

Morgantown WV, the home of West Virginia University. On September 5th ten students from West Virginia University 's Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources won the top prize of the NASA Centennial Challenge at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. WVU’s NASA Centennial Challenge team beat out countless other Universities, businesses, and hobbyist to win the Challenge. They competed against some of the best in rout, beating Universities like MIT, and RPI, as…

classes required, or a part of a required class, and incorporating more difficult topics are other possible ways for the continued improvement of personal finance classes. As seen in the wide variety of current curriculum standards across the United States, there is no formulated way that students are being taught and these ranges between the differences are quite wide. Some are more specific so their implementation may be easier for teachers when compared to the vague ones that leave more to…

It has not stopped at just one school having that kind of terror. According to an article in Newsweek there is an organization, Everytown, that keeps track of all the school shootings in the United States. Since 2013 there have been 142 school shootings and in 2015 there have been 45 school shootings for that year alone. The Oregon shooting made the 45th shooting in 2015. This has brought up the school uniform topic and how it might lower the violence…

Imagine a typical day in a small suburban town in southwestern Virginia. It’s around 9:00 am, and you are in your French class. Then, all of sudden, you hear banging noises coming from outside your classroom. This is the true story of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University shooting in April 2007 as told by Colin Goddard. Goddard was shot four times by the gunman: three bullets to the hips and one bullet to the shoulder. He still carries three bullets with him today and has a…

In the ever changing society in which we live one thing has remained constant over the years, sports. The Super Bowl, World Series, Olympics, and many other sporting events are considered equal to holidays in the eyes of most Americans. Sports provide a safe haven for fans, a shot in the dark that the underdog will win, in the simplest terms a sense of hope. What about the athletes? As fans it is easy to be the one yelling at the television when your favorite wide receiver does not make the…

amendment right states, "A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” (Second Amendment). Most everyone whom obtains a gun legally or illegally claim it is for self-defense, and legally…

This shows that they put the amendment so that people can have guns to protect important people. Also, according to Paul Gosar of congress “The Second Amendment is one of the most important rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. The operative text states that ‘the right of the people to keep and bear arms…shall not be infringed.’” This shows that even congressmen agree with this amendment. It means that people should be allowed to carry around a gun with them incase of emergency. If something…

Thomas J. DiLorenzo’s , The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War, is an analysis of the actions Lincoln took while in office as the sixteenth President of the United States. This book also explains the motives and agenda of Lincoln during his tenure in office. Over sixteen thousand books and articles have been written on Lincoln; however, these publications are all myths that are being debated upon by scholars daily. Moreover, The Real Lincoln was wrote…

out there to do something with these recommendations, to implement solutions, so people don’t have to go through what I’m going through”. ( Washington, 2013 ). Yet the Sandy Hook shooting was not the worst shooting, it is second to the Virginia Polytechnic Institute shooting that occurred in 2007 claimed 32 lives which also some say the casualty loss could have been…