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Different Views on Airliners Carrying Guns in Cockpits

pilots, and they should have the right to protect that cockpit with a firearm" (Burns, 2002, PG). The Airline Pilots Association,...

Texas and California on Gun Control

an even harder time controlling the situation. Clearly, the government cannot control the influx of guns in general, but it can co...

Government and its Purpose

and the death penalty should be outlawed and that murdering animals should also be against the law. These are really the only conc...

Ideas on Culture, Evolution, and the Human Mind

a light philosophical manner. While their work entitled Figments of Reality is rather intricate but written in an easy to read fa...

Debate on Gun Control

of State John R. Bolton, who led the US delegation to the 2001 conference, asserted that, given a choice between following the wil...

Gunpowder's Invention and Historical Impact

and explosives has ranked among the top three most important elements of modern civilization along with printing and the Protestan...

Teenage Crime and Recommended Punishment

several hours of community service. However, this same offender is likely to appear again, usually before the same juvenile court...

1995's United States v. Lopez Case

and is one that should be evaluated in todays frightening climate of violence. The Supreme Court case United States v. Lop...

American Constitution, the Second Amendment, and the National Rifle Association

the Second Amendment, bears proof that the right to bear arms has consistently been, and should still be, construed as an individu...

Thomas Hobbes and Sigmund Freud on Gun Control

In five pages this paper examines what Sigmund Freud and Thomas Hobbes would have to say about gun control in light of the tragic ...

Shootings at Schools and Their Causes

In five pages this paper opposes an article that blames the media and social narcissism for causing shootings at schools and advoc...

Latin America, China, and Changes Through Revolution or Reform

while the Nationalists were forced to retreat to the island of Formosa, now known as Taiwan. For Chairman Mao, revolution was onl...

Arguing Against Gun Control

In six pages the gun control issue is examined from both sides in an argument that ultimately opposes it. Four sources are cited ...

Twenty First Century Gun Control

gun control is that the existence, or presence, of guns in a private citizens home leads to more violence. Statistics have often i...

Youth Gun Violence in Great Britain and its Causes

goes on and on and on, but the results are always the same (Jasper). Black crime is growing, and is becoming an increasingly sign...

Emily Dickinson's Poem, 'My Life Had Stood-A Loaded Gun'

the title is clearly a powerful statement and use of words. Another critic dissects Dickinsons poem and offers the following: "The...

Historical Overview of the NRA

arms. The NRA recognizes that the issues surround the right of American citizens to bear arms are heating up on a daily bas...

Gun Control and 5 Issues Identified

right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed". Buckley (2002) points out that "opponents of comprehensive gun...

Analysis of 3 Legal Issues

adverse to removing them from the law abiding citizen, who often needs a gun to protect himself from the very criminal element of ...

Police and Nonlethal Weapons

was killed by an FBI sniper (1999). Clearly, the need for non lethal weapons is significant as the twenty-first century unfolds. T...

Gun Control, Pro and Con

weapons in such crimes as drive-by shootings, minor altercations and myriad other random acts of violence. With the ongoing gun c...

3 Point Supporting Argument for Gun Control

bloodshed and terror of such despicable crimes comes the most obvious of questions: Why are kids killing each other? In an ideal ...

Expressing Gun Control Support

the question becomes: Is it a constitutional right for children and adolescents to bear arms? Indeed not, however, law enforcemen...

People Assisted by Social Sciences

that this huge nation requires a significant amount of energy just to maintain daily operation. As a result of Chinas overwhelmin...

Gun Control Support

teachers for nothing more than the thrill of the act has parents and administrators up in arms (Problem 2). Out from all the bloo...

US Civil War and the Gatling Gun

Benjamin F. Butler of the Union army is generally credited with having been the first company to employ the use of the new technol...

Gun Manufacturers and Lawsuits

the general public; however, such a charge has no bearing in this instance since the manufacturer had no control over what the ind...

Research Project Proposal on Gun Control

do. There is really no reason to own a gun. Violence begets violence. The arguments fall along those lines. Also, while some conte...

Law Enforcement/Use of Stun Guns, Video Surveillance

stun guns and video surveillance technology has become increasingly widespread among law enforcement officers. However, this trend...

The Responsible Use of Technology in Law Enforcement

fire small barbed electrodes into a targets skin, and then send an electrical current passing through their body. This has the eff...