If you were to ask me a month ago where I stood on gun control, I would have told you it is the right of every American to bear arms. ... With guns there is more crime and with concealed weapons there are more homicide rates. ... LoGerfo, you see an example of two cities Seattle and Vancouver, which have common a geography, climate, history, similar schooling and unemployment rate. ... Showing that with guns there is a higher homicide rate, therefore we should ban guns. ... Vancouver's firearm homicide was lower than Seattle's showing that laws can make a difference and reduce homic...

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As soon as I got home from school, I quickly changed into my most comfortable pair of sweat pants and a Gators shirt, grabbed a bag of chips, and strolled over to the couch to watch some television before I had to start my homework. But to my surprise, I didn't even turn the channel, before I was c...

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The Results Out of 3,384 initial subjects, 2,501 participated in the survey, giving a 74% response rate. 395 refused, 356 were not able to be contacted after 5 attempts, 53 were not able to speak any of the given languages of English, Italian, Greek or Vietnamese. 64 were unable to be interviewed, and 12 stopped the interview before giving complete data. ... It seems to me that this experiment opened up the real statistic of how many people suffer from depression. ... In my opinion, this whole experiment, to me, did not just show that clinical depression is more associated with suicidal i...

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At any rate, that was how it looked to his Father, and he sought to correct him by constant nagging and beating. ... He heard the blow he heard Ikemefuna cry, "My Father, they have killed me" as he ran towards him Okonkwo drew his machete and cut him down." ...

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He was the one who had to watch his wife being treating by seemingly second rate and emotionless technicians, not doctors. ... This book really made me think how life would be as described in the world of Fahrenheit 451. ...

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