Much of the debate on gun control centers on the interpretation of the second amendment and whether it protects rights of gun ownership or the individual. ... "In 1986, the Armed Career Criminal Act increased penalties for possession of firearms by persons not qualified to own them under the Gun Control Act of 1986" (US Gov. ... However, in 1998, the National Instant Criminal Background Check computer system was created and the Brady Act provisions were permanently withheld. ... The "fingerprints" can then be entered into a computer and are accessible to law enforcement agencies. ...

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Selvaggio states, "Everything from manufacturing jobs to research and development (R&D) positions, IT services, customer service jobs, and distribution centers were lost when the largest companies began sending these jobs offshore.... This left many people looking for jobs and being forced to change career paths in order to be able to find employment again. ... Computer parts that are foreign-made are not always assembled properly, and the toys that are made may break easily. ...

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This is most likely due to the fact that American society is "[inching] ever closer to embracing phenomena that science [cannot] answer."12 Even highly esteemed academic publications such as the Journal of Scientific Exploration "now treat the paranormal with as much respect and analysis as physics or the chaos theory."13 The possibility of life existing on other worlds has been the subject of speculation for years.14 In May, 1988, NASA began using a "super computer" that is intended to pick up signals from any distant civilizations.15 Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or SET...

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