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Guns Shouldn’t be Allowed on School Campuses

As the recent shootings at Virgina Tech and other violent incidents in schools around the nation attest, incidences of violence in...

A Loaded Gun - Emily Dickinson’s Exploration of Oppression

Stood - A Loaded Gun," has been described as her most difficult. This paper discusses the poem with regard to its meaning and some...

Children and Guns

In seven pages this paper examines the glorification of guns by the media and the impact upon children and proposes solutions to t...

State Government Regulatory and Distributive Policy II

In six pages welfare, public transportation, and gun permits are among the issues discussed in a state government regulatory, redi...

Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, and Crisis in Poetry

In six pages this paper examines how poetry can be used to express a poet's crisis in 'Lady Lazarus' by Sylvia Plath and 'My Life ...

World War One Weaponry

very interesting is the fact that the tanks in WWI were developed by the British and French in the hundreds, but the Germans remai...

1995's United States v. Lopez Case

and is one that should be evaluated in todays frightening climate of violence. The Supreme Court case United States v. Lop...

Latin America, China, and Changes Through Revolution or Reform

while the Nationalists were forced to retreat to the island of Formosa, now known as Taiwan. For Chairman Mao, revolution was onl...

Overview of the Gatling Gun

In five pages the Gatling gun is examined in an overview of its development as well as its single to rapid fire development. Thre...

St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Organized Crime

In eleven pages this paper discusses Minnesota's Twin Cities in an organized crime historical overview that includes Machine Gun K...

Issue of Gun Safety

This paper examines the importance of proper gun safety in successful handling of firearms. Four sources are cited in the bibliog...

Ethics and Product Liability

In five pages this paper discusses product liability with regards to tobacco and guns. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

Amadou Diallo and the Use of Excessive Violence by the NYPD

In a paper consisting of five pages use of excessive force in gunning down Amadou Diallo, a noncriminal, is discussed within the c...

Comparing Nadine Gordimer and Joseph Conrad

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares The Moment the Gun Went Off by Nadine Gordimer and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Con...

Machine Gun Technology and Warfare

speak in terms of military science. The systematic application of science to the development of weapons and to technology in gener...

Overview of Glock Firearms

such, these unique factors earned the newly introduced GLOCK the reputation of being "faster, simpler and safer to use than any ot...

'My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun' by Emily Dickinson

As a gun, Dickinson speaks for "Him" (line 7) and the Mountains echo the sound of her fire. Paula Bennett comments that "Whatever ...

Machine Guns and Warfare

employ the use of the new technology in the battle of Petersburg in Virginia(Bellis 2003). Interestingly enough, the inventor of ...

Police and Nonlethal Weapons

was killed by an FBI sniper (1999). Clearly, the need for non lethal weapons is significant as the twenty-first century unfolds. T...

Different Views on Airliners Carrying Guns in Cockpits

pilots, and they should have the right to protect that cockpit with a firearm" (Burns, 2002, PG). The Airline Pilots Association,...

Cinema and Gun Symbolism

take a life in just moments. A student writing on this subject may want to consider the gun as an appendage of the bodies of Travi...

Teenage Crime and Recommended Punishment

several hours of community service. However, this same offender is likely to appear again, usually before the same juvenile court...

US Civil War and the Gatling Gun

Benjamin F. Butler of the Union army is generally credited with having been the first company to employ the use of the new technol...

People Assisted by Social Sciences

that this huge nation requires a significant amount of energy just to maintain daily operation. As a result of Chinas overwhelmin...

Gun Manufacturers and Lawsuits

the general public; however, such a charge has no bearing in this instance since the manufacturer had no control over what the ind...

Youth Gun Violence in Great Britain and its Causes

goes on and on and on, but the results are always the same (Jasper). Black crime is growing, and is becoming an increasingly sign...

Emily Dickinson's Poem, 'My Life Had Stood-A Loaded Gun'

the title is clearly a powerful statement and use of words. Another critic dissects Dickinsons poem and offers the following: "The...

Ideas on Culture, Evolution, and the Human Mind

a light philosophical manner. While their work entitled Figments of Reality is rather intricate but written in an easy to read fa...

Exploring Inventions

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at important inventions. The gun and the bicycle are both covered. Paper uses four sou...

Kellerman, et al.(1993), an Article Critique

This paper offers a critique of a 1993 study by Kellerman and colleagues, which pertained to the risk for domestic homicide create...