Political Dilemmas The state of the union speech given by Barack Obama on gun control Legislation Bill On the 12th February 2013 President Barrack Obama delivered the state of the union speech to congress‚ in his speech he demanded for votes on gun control bills. Obama is trying to lobby congress to support him on new gun control legislation which includes banning of military style or semi-automatic firearms and high capacity magazines. During his speech he talks about events of mass shootings that
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to their own defense‚ according to a juvenile-justice study to be released today. The study‚ directed by a University of Massachusetts professor‚ found that one-third of the 11-to 13-year-olds studied and 20 percent of those 14 or 15 years old had levels of reasoning and awareness comparable to those of mentally ill adults judged not competent to stand trial. And in examining 1‚400 males and females in four jurisdictions‚ researchers concluded that age and intelligence—not gender‚ ethnicity
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Teenage Pregnancy is one of the most alarming issues in our world today. Each year‚ over seven hundred and fifty thousand teenage girls become pregnant. Despite the fact that the teen birth rate is slowly falling‚ there are still an estimated one million teen pregnancies in the United States‚just the United States alone. Teenage pregnancy maybe very common nowadays but there are many causes and effects of it. The very first and main cause of teenage pregnancy is peer pressure. D uring adolescence
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Essay Title: Something that has had a great impact on your life “Two years ago I went to summer camp for Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot children. When I told my best friend about it she laughed at me‚ so I didn’t want to go. But my daddy said I had to go and see for myself what it was like. I went there expecting to see monsters and instead I saw children just like me. We played games and told jokes. We had the same hobbies and our grandmothers cooked the same kind of food. I was amazed.
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The Day That Changed My Life It was eighth grade year and we were on a band trip to Buckhannan‚ West Virginia where we would be the Honorary Band in the Strawberry Festival Parade. That day is the day that I will never forget. We were getting ready to march in the parade; getting all the instruments and equipment ready and putting final touches on everyone’s uniform‚ when all of a sudden I hear‚ “Tasha!” several times. I turn around and see my little sister Korie along with her
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“Battleground America‚” is about the history of guns‚ how they are used‚ and how they are viewed throughout the past up to the present. She talks about major gun companies and their effect on the amendment‚ and how guns themselves do not cause negative harm but the people who own and use firearms for the wrong reasons cause harm. Lepore uses many strong points about gun control throughout her article to present her information for her audience to feel as though guns are put into the hands of the wrong people
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MY SPEECH AT IB AWARDS 2012‚ LEAD CITY UNIVERSITY A SPEECH DELIVERED BY OSUNRINDE TEMIDAYO JOHN (OVERALL BEST POET IN THE IB POETRY AWARDS 2011) AT THE THIRD EDITION OF THE IB POETRY AWARDS ADELINE HALL LEAD CITY UNIVERSITY The Royal father of the day‚ OBA SAMUEL OSUNDINA ODULANA ODUGADE 1‚ the Olubadan of Ibadan land‚ the president federal republic of Nigeria‚ honorable minister for education‚ the Executive Governor of Oyo state‚ Senator Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi‚ Oyo state first lady‚ Mrs. Florence
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happens in your life ultimately reflects how you decide things for yourself or how you view certain problems. So many people are in this world‚ and every single one of them have gone or will go through a major life event that will affect their development; including me. One major life event that I feel affected my development was the absence of my father from my life from around six years old. It affected me in the sense that I never got to know what a father’s presence throughout my life felt like and
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When I think about my everyday life and what each day consists of‚ I cant think of anything else but getting up early‚ going to school‚ going to work‚ coming home doing home work and going to sleep to get up the next day and repeat this cycle over again. I’m a college student which males me a lot like everyone else in this class thus makes my everyday routine very much similar to all of yours. School and work life is something most of us share‚ but what we choose to do on our free time is
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about these issues and talk about how we the people can solve them to make a better America. “He came along with a shotgun on his shoulder while a group of children were playing in front of the school. Without warning or provocation‚ he raised the gun to his shoulder‚ took deliberate aim‚ and fired into the crowd of boys.” Although it sounds sadly modern‚ the account was published in the New York Times more than a century ago. Defined as bloody events that occur within a 24-hour period and that involve
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