Thesis: American government should pass on laws to improve the background check system‚ fill the gun show loophole‚ and proceed more enforcement to gun dealers because they are main contributors to gun violence in the country. Concession: Although a lot of deaths in America related to firearms‚ many people believe that the government should not be harder on gun control. People argue that it is unreasonable and unnecessary to put effort on regulating gun shows because criminals rarely buy guns there
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The motivation that backs a person to commit a mass shooting has peaked the minds of many over the years. Maybe none quite as much as the shooting that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School‚ December 14th 2012. Adam Lanza decided to end the lives of twenty six innocent women and children‚ and then turned the gun on himself. There is no excuse for something so disturbing as this crime‚ but there are explanations for why something like this may happen. In Lanza’s case there were so many big
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The Effects of Computers and Television on Children These days televisions and computers are all around us. They can be accessed by children at school and in most homes. The effects of these on our children can be positive or negative depending on how they are used. There are four areas of development that are affected by children’s home computer use: physical‚ cognitive and academic‚ social and relationships‚ and reality perception. Some studies have shown that children who spend more time on
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The cultural context is perhaps the most defining influence in human interaction. Human development is the result of ongoing dynamic systems that are never static but are always affected by‚ and affecting‚ many systems of development. There are many specific patterns or norms at each stage of development. Matching these certain ages with these patterns give developmental scientists a backbone in which to measure human development. Culture provides the overall framework where humans learn to
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year that passes there is yet another tragic story of how a beloved child has fallen victim to a school shooting. These horror stories many times have no explanation as to why the school shooting has occurred‚ leaving us in shellshock. Since the columbine shooting on April 20th‚ 1999 when thirteen people lost their lives‚ some due to religious belief‚ there have been thirty-one school shootings. This is a staggering number of shootings that have resulted in a death toll of 162 victims – not including
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of what they influence from violating others by playing video games. Tragic happens when people start to cause violation by shooting tremendous of people‚ especially in school violence. In 1999‚ there is a school shooting massacre that occurs in Columbine High School‚ two suspects‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ have shoot various of students‚ including the teachers. The incident have something to do with a first-person shooting game Doom because the suspects are happen to be influence from the game
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dole out punishment as well as seek retribution for the victims. On of the saddest social issue plaguing America has to be school shootings. There are many instances of school shooting throughout history but the one that stands out to me is the Columbine High School shootings where
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students in the head. This student had no prior history of using a real weapon‚ but had spent more than 10‚000 hours playing a video game in which the player was rewarded for shooting the enemy in the head. Perhaps the initiator of this topic‚ the Columbine High School Massacre‚ involved two students on April 20‚ 1999 carrying out a shooting rampage that killed 12 fellow students and a teacher‚ as well as wounding 24 other students before committing suicide. They were both avid gamers‚ and one of the
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Whether it is an advertisement on television‚ an aisle in Wal-mart‚ or a collection in a student’s friend’s room‚ the ongoing increase of the use of video games among today’s teenagers is stealthily accumulating. Even though there may be some ratings on games for teenagers today‚ I believe that the ratings should become more emphasized‚ and parents should have stricter guidance on the buying of games. Increasing the rating system for video games and having stricter parental guidance would be influential
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"Young people will find a way to meet their needs even if this means moving in directions that are not approved of by family and/or community. Whether or how young people meet their needs depends in large part on the strength and direction of influences and opportunities in their lives". -Youth Development Institute Youth mentoring is one of the most under utilized tools in America for the successful development of intelligent and prosperous young men and women. Young people today need multi-dimensional
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