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if you have different beliefs you must worship in secret. Our country has a Constitution that protectsour freedom and rights. The second amendment allows us to speak out against our government.in other countries you could be thrown in jail or killed for speaking out. America celebrates peoples' differences. We have cultural diversity.
At the end of the prohibition in 1933 the legal age to drink was twenty one. During the Vietnam War it was eighteen. By the end of the 1970’s not all of the United States were in agreement with each other, some were eighteen and some were twenty one. In 1984 the federal government stepped in and passed the Federal Underage Drinking Act (FUDAA). This act required all states to raise their legal age to twenty one; if they refused, their annual federal highway dollars would be cut by ten percent.
The freedom of religion is essential in keeping an open mind, and kepping the principles this government as started on. For instance; if the U.S. were to start persecuting the muslims, jews, or Christians we would be going aginst the very reason we left Britan. For religious freedom. The freedom of speech is definatly the most important freedom, and tool to protect your other
Well according to the Huffington Post, six years after firearms were banned in the United Kingdom gun-crime there had more than doubled; and by 2009 gun-crime had jumped by a colossal 89%. So if your logic in banning guns is to prevent crime why ban guns if it will only increase crime-rate and make unarmed civilians vulnerable to criminals? Another reason I think firearms should not be banned is because if the
“No right is absolute” (Patterson, 2009, p. 86). Two rights included in the First Amendment that are heard in courts most often are freedom of expression and freedom of religion. Freedom of expression in the First Amendment pertains to the freedom of conscience, speech, press, assembly, and petition. Freedom of religion is defined by Your Dictionary as “The right, guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, to choose religious practices or to abstain from any without government intervention.” (Freedom of Religion, 2010, para. 1).
Bogus Carl T tells us, that these two laws do not cover private gun sales at gun shows (para 10). Therefore, when purchasing a gun at a gun show, there would be no criminal back ground check and no restricted gun models. Thus, a easier access for criminals to acquire weapons. For example, the tragedy of Columbine high school killings, the two boys purchased their weapons at a private gun show. According to Ted Lewis, “Eighty percent of the 75,000 guns Mexican authorities seized from criminals during the past 3 years came from the U.S.” (16).
Question: Should the full faith and credit clause uphold gay marriage nationwide? Answer: Yes “Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.” These words contained in the Full Faith and Credit Clause has been used to unify our states, and provide legal safety nets for a plethora of important binding legalities. Most recently, The Full Faith and Credit Clause had been watered down by other constitutional measures like the 96 “Defense of Marriage Act” but in reality, denying gay marriage national protection under the clause is counter to its purpose and a historical anomaly. Many like current Justice Scalia argue that traditional choice, based on public policy is a standard of US politics and is constitutional. It is for this reason that states do not have to recognize out of state gay marriages unlike other legal measures protected by the Full Faith and Credit Clause.
Introduction There have been few, if any public policy controversies that have dominated the political arena for decades as prolifically as gun control has. Recent massacres have taken the public spotlight and has place gun control on the political agenda since the late 1980’s and has been a tantalizing topic for all media outlets. Crime and mortality rate statistics are often used in the gun control debate stating that the number of homicides committed with a firearm annually increased 173% from 1985 to 1993 for age groups 14-24 and then decreased 47% from 1993-1998 but still is very prominent in today’s society. The calls for more gun bans and for restrictions on certain or all types of guns is calling for significant change in policy. The following will be an exploration of some of the current and past policy measures that have been implemented to either curb or allow the public’s access to guns as well as a policy analysis stating some of the weaknesses and strengths of both pro-gun control and pro-gun arguments.
The Supreme Court ruled that the right to bear arms applies to the to the local and state level. This lifted a gun ban that was around for almost 30 years in Chicago. This decision didn’t determine what kind of gun laws could be applied. The Senate is currently discussing and is in favor of expanding background checks. In the United States, there are over 300 million guns in circulation and this does not take into account the illegal production of guns.