Through research and analysis, it has come to my attention when reading an article from the American Journal of Public Health called "The Relationship between Gun Ownership and Stranger and Non-stranger Firearm Homicide Rates in the United States, 1981-2010," that gun ownership should be restricted. ... Such as separating strangers and non-strangers, being that strangers are the most dangerous and are considered murders and non-strangers are the innocent ones and would only use a gun to protect and defend themselves from strangers. ... In addition to that, he then went into detail ab...

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Natives and Strangers. ... (Dinnerstein, Natives and Strangers P.216) When the first Europeans arrived in America, it was inhabited by Native Americans. ... (Dinnerstein, Natives and Strangers P.225) This shows how Americans, the dominant ethnic group, felt superior to all other ethnic groups. ... Native Americans and Strangers. ...

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He wondered if the leader of the strangers might be an Aztec god who vowed to return from the east. Moctezuma sent gifts and urged the strangers not to continue to Tenochitlán, but Cortes had no intention of tuning back. ...

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In the past, parents preached safety against "stranger danger, stranger danger". The news and different media outlets hype up these stories of abductions, with the first thought being that some stranger snatched the child away. ...

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The women who came all the way from Reservation in North Dakota expressed her views in such a way that there family members and tribes were killed by the strangers who came to their town. She said that they are aware of what the so called "strangers" taking away there cultures and killing innocent children and people. The way she spoke was so intense that you feel you were one of them and the strangers were hurting you and your family. ...

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Although privacy is considered a right under the law of the United States, it is a different case when it comes to raising children. In this case, privacy is a privilege that should be earned when children behave correctly. Parents should allow their teens to have freedom to a certain limit where th...

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After we got to Tijuana, my sister and brother in law left me at a house with a complete stranger with no clue as to what was happening, where they were going, and when or even if they would return. ... I cried myself to sleep that night and the next day as still I was with this stranger with no word on my family or what was going to happen to me. ...

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"Know, then, this veil is a type and a symbol, and I am bound to wear it ever, both in light and darkness, in solitude and before the gaze of multitudes, and as with strangers, so with my familiar friends. ...

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In some cultures, women are only allowed to speak when spoken to, they are many times denied an education and are forced into covering almost every inch of their bodies, and then are forced into marrying a complete stranger because of many cultures believing in arranged marriages. ...

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It has been over two decades since The United States of America has had a military draft. The big question that everyone keeps on asking is whether or not women should participate in the draft. I strongly believe that women should not take part in the draft. I have taken surveys, and I have facts th...

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Reported by FBI Supplementary Homicide Reports, during 1976-1994 in family murders of a child, 10% of victims were age 15-17, while in murders by strangers 67% of victims were in this age category. ...

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Immigrants from all over the world have come to the United States to live. Our population consists of individuals and groups who have different ethnic, cultural, racial, and religious backgrounds. That is why the United States is often called a nation of nations. In the United States today, many dif...

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The video presented by VICE lets the viewers what outdated stereotypes and everyday experiences Asian Americans have to deal with today. In the beginning of the video each individual introduces themselves first describing their cultural background. Some even mentioned that they still get asked what...

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The letters of Columbus to Ferdinand and Isabella This letter begins with Columbus telling the king and queen how he has made it to the Indies in thirty-three days. He goes on to explain that the people are friendly but primitive and most wear nothing, some just a small shred of cloth. He has di...

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I will always remember my very special Vietnamese New Year in Saigon, Vietnam, in 2001. My friends Lily Tran, Vi Nguyen and Hong Nguyen decided that I should not spend New Year's Day alone. I really never felt lonely and homesick because I loved living in Vietnam, but my friends were always very tho...

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In Today's American society we fail to address several issues that need to be solved. Unfortunately, child abuse is one of the major issues that our country is plagued with, yet we neglect to bring this to the attention of the entire nation. It is often over looked because everyone has a different...

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United States immigrants, especially children and teenagers, always have a wish to fit in with everyone around them. In order to accomplish this, they change their behavior, which ultimately shapes their character and personality. This resulting identity is wholly different from the culture that ini...

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Creating a Universal Culture There is a universal culture which unites all human beings in shared emotions, feelings, and instincts. However, worldwide, there exist diverse ethnic, racial, regional, and national sub-cultures which share characteristics with other sub-cultures, but are defined by ...

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What makes America dfferent? America is a densley populated country with a mix of ethnic origon and religious beliefs. In the film documentary "bowling for coumbine" Micheal Moore investigates the tradgic Columbine massacre where in April 20 1999 two students walked in to the library of columbin...

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The South Here in the southeastern part of the United States the way of life is different than all other parts of the country. Teenagers in the south tend to interact with one another in different ways than other teens throughout the country. The friendliness and extreme generosity that peop...

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In January of 2003, The American Journal of Sociology published an article written by Eric P. Baumer, Steven F. Messner, and Richard Rosenfeld, titled, "Explaining Spatial Variation in Support for Capital Punishment: A Multilevel Analysis." In this article the authors research how social issues and...

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In some states in the U.S. it is legal to kill in self-defense and at some points you can see the logic and meaning in it, as you never know who or what you are facing if it goes wrong, nor can you know whether the stranger is armed or not. ...

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The Winter Olympic games held every four years athletes train all their lives in there anticipation to get their chance to compete in these games. In 2002 the Olympic games head to Salt Lake City Utah, The state known for having " The Greatest snow on earth." Some of the Events held are, Alpine skii...

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Beep, beep, beep, beep. "You were traveling to class in the morning, it was very foggy. Without warning you saw a car in front of you as you slammed on your brakes your car started to spin and eventually rolled four times. The ambulance came and rushed you to the hospital. During the accident you su...

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After paying room and board, these volunteers moved into a settlement with other strangers all looking for either answers to research questions, or to fulfill the religious obligations they felt they needed to fill, or to simply do what they loved, to help others. ...

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