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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...

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,...

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...

World War One Weaponry

very interesting is the fact that the tanks in WWI were developed by the British and French in the hundreds, but the Germans remai...

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...

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...

Overview of the Gatling Gun

In five pages the Gatling gun is examined in an overview of its development as well as its single to rapid fire development. Thre...

St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Organized Crime

In eleven pages this paper discusses Minnesota's Twin Cities in an organized crime historical overview that includes Machine Gun K...

Machine Gun Technology and Warfare

speak in terms of military science. The systematic application of science to the development of weapons and to technology in gener...

Ethics and Product Liability

In five pages this paper discusses product liability with regards to tobacco and guns. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

Children and Guns

In seven pages this paper examines the glorification of guns by the media and the impact upon children and proposes solutions to t...

Comparing Nadine Gordimer and Joseph Conrad

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares The Moment the Gun Went Off by Nadine Gordimer and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Con...

Amadou Diallo and the Use of Excessive Violence by the NYPD

In a paper consisting of five pages use of excessive force in gunning down Amadou Diallo, a noncriminal, is discussed within the c...

Issue of Gun Safety

This paper examines the importance of proper gun safety in successful handling of firearms. Four sources are cited in the bibliog...

Societal Trends that Affect Individuals

This 5 page paper discusses societal trends that affect individuals, specifically gay marriage, gun laws, abortion and the privacy...

Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, and Crisis in Poetry

In six pages this paper examines how poetry can be used to express a poet's crisis in 'Lady Lazarus' by Sylvia Plath and 'My Life ...

State Government Regulatory and Distributive Policy II

In six pages welfare, public transportation, and gun permits are among the issues discussed in a state government regulatory, redi...

It is Time to Break Up America's Love Affair with Guns

In a paper consisting of twenty pages the right of America to own arms is examined from an historical perspective and the argument...

Overview of Glock Firearms

such, these unique factors earned the newly introduced GLOCK the reputation of being "faster, simpler and safer to use than any ot...

Gun Crime 'Getting Tough' Laws and Their Lack of Success

checks and a five-day waiting period before purchasing a gun (Miller, 2005). The Clinton administration was encouraged by the pas...

'My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun' by Emily Dickinson

As a gun, Dickinson speaks for "Him" (line 7) and the Mountains echo the sound of her fire. Paula Bennett comments that "Whatever ...

Arming Airline Pilots

the cockpit with lethal force" (Up in arms, 2002, p. 3). There is a great deal of evidence to support Luckeys assessment, as liber...

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...

Machine Guns and Warfare

employ the use of the new technology in the battle of Petersburg in Virginia(Bellis 2003). Interestingly enough, the inventor of ...

Policing and the Useful Tool of Taser Guns

or heart attack. The use of the stun gun might add to the problem. However, studies on these guns suggest that they are not quite ...

Fist Stick Knife Gun by Geoffrey Canada

lived there for some small portion of that early part of my life but he was not a strong presence in our family....He left us" (3)...

Zero Tolerance Policies - Do They Work?

in the Gun-Free School Act (McAndrews, 2001; McCune, 2000). McAndrews (2001) reported that policies were passed by state legislat...

Burglary Rates and the Issue of Gun Ownership

In 2005, 3,984 burglaries were committed in the municipality. This translates to a rate of 0.011 burglaries per citizen (Nemerov,...

"The Da Vinci Code" - Controversy

not only capture attention but also influence others to believe what is not irrefutable. Having the courage - or is it stupidity?...

A Loaded Gun - Emily Dickinson’s Exploration of Oppression

Stood - A Loaded Gun," has been described as her most difficult. This paper discusses the poem with regard to its meaning and some...