Our national Constitution and Bill of Rights have ensured that the people of America maintain their basic rights, and more. ... The right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment's guarantee against self-incrimination, the First Amendment's protection of speech and petitioning activity, all of these issues has been subject to contentious arguments in courts of law and the courts of public opinion. ... The founding fathers anticipated that gun control could become a serious issue in the future, so they added the Second Amendmen...

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Not too many. ... How many times have you read about someone walking into a public place and opening fire? ... If we look at the 2nd amendment we would see that it has more than one meaning. ... Many people feel that gun control violates the right of the people given in the second amendment the right "to bear arms". ... How many violent crimes involving guns are committed each year? ...

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For many, it is interpreted simply as revenge. ... But is this really how the verse was meant to be interpreted? For too many people in this country, the answer is "yes."" ... Secondly, there are many industrialized societies with much lower crime rates who do not use capital punishment. ... Along with 6 minor executions there are many more controversial topics involved with capital punishment. ...

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For many, the response to crimes of a violent nature is calls to "get tough on crime". ... (Opas, P.1996) There's a big problem with this logic. ... However these anomalies were swept away with the passing of the Crimes (Death Penalty Abolition) Amendment Act, 1985. ... There won't be any protest from Australia". ... In Queensland, for example, in the decade prior to the abolition of capital punishment (1912-21), there were 131 murders, whereas in the decade following abolition (1923-32) there were 129 murders. ...

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(Smith 235) The death penalty has been the subject of many debates over its ethics, practicality, and legality. In order to understand how the left-wing abolitionist views the issue of capital punishment, one must have knowledge of how the opposition defends the death penalty. ... (University of Alaska) There are several chief qualms with the death penalty that encapsulate the opinions of those of the left wing. ... (Bedau) "[T]he eighth amendment's guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment mandates that the state, even when it undertakes to punish an individual who has tra...

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There are many types of family conflict but the absence of communication and the inability to solve problems are two of the most fundamental forms relative to future delinquency. ... However, there are some therapeutic techniques which can be employed to increase the strength of a relationship throughout childhood (Shumaker, 1997). ... The out-of-home placement factor has the potential to create serious problems for the child as it may exacerbate many of the other previously mentioned factors such as instability, quality of home life and attachment formation. ... In addition to the previously ...

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