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Over the past 8 years, there have been obvious assaults at United States citizens second amendment right to bear arms. Guns, especially assault rifles, have received an awful lot of scrutiny for people shooting one another, however in reality shootings with assault rifles account for only 2% of homicides in the United States. Meanwhile the rifles themselves are being blamed for the unstable people wielding them. Meanwhile knives account for nearly 14% of homicides, however no one is attempting to ban knives, as it is general knowledge that they are tools, just like guns. But the media is making every attempt to make guns the villains, not the wielders.

This subject has been plaguing our country for years now, and it's proven that most violent crimes don't happen with guns. Especially assault rifles, people aren't just carting around carrying around rifles everywhere committing crimes. They use what's small and readily available. Such as, knives, bats, handguns, or even just using their fist to get what they want.

U of A student groups plan protest to stand in solidarity with a student from the University of Columbia who was a victim of sexual assault. Students will carry pillow in place of mattress as a symbol to bring awareness to sexual assault on campuses nationwide.

U of A student groups plan protest to stand in solidarity with a student from the University of Columbia who was a victim of sexual assault. Students will carry pillow in place of mattress as a symbol to bring awareness to sexual assault on campuses nationwide.

AR-15-type assault rifles would be stored in safes inside schools to defend against a shooting.

AR-15-type assault rifles would be stored in safes inside schools to defend against a shooting.

San Bernardino shooting was the 355th mass shooting of 2015. Making a law, assault weapons ban. They are trying to renew the assault weapons ban among more proposals.

Arguments roared over an FBI agent that was killed while working on a cold-case. After that, the National Rifle Association felt those kinds of fire arms should be banned. But even though assault weapons do much harm, they saw the good in having them as well. In 2004, the ban on assault weapons was not extended. Many were displeased.

The compromise version of the Patriot Act to which House and Senate conferees agreed last week and for which the House voted yesterday is an unforgivable assault on basic American values and core constitutional liberties.

All immigrants, irrespective of their legal status, have human rights. Draconian security crackdowns have led to a wholesale assault on basic freedoms and rights. Immigrants need representation and assistance on securing human rights.

This website explains the statics of sexual assault and violence against native American women on the reservations such as the Alaska reservations. It explains how the tribal laws and the state laws play into wither a person caught for this crime may or may not prosecuted under the law. This website explains how the tribal representatives and congress needs to work together make sure these crimes don't go unpunished even if the person committed the crime does not live on the reservation or married to a woman on the reservation.

The attorney general speaks on the behalf of upholding the second amendment in times of civil unrest when innocent people are being attacked and buildings burned. Without the second amendment American people would not be able to protect themselves.

Washington state is proposing the ban sales of "assault weapons." If you bought a weapon before this decision was passed you was securely lock it away and let a sheriff, once a year, do an inspection. And it seems president Obama is pushing for gun control as well.

Article talks about the bill introduced by Senator Feinstein and other democrats to ban certain semiautomatic weapons. Weapons with certain specifications such as compatibility with large-capacity magazines would also be banned. The article touches on the opposition to the bill and quotes a comment issued by the NRA regarding the bill.

This article is a result of President Trumps ban on immigrants entering the U.S. . Describes how those who landed were detained for hours without the ability to communicate with any of their relatives.

A study found that trans 42% of trans men in the study had experience discrimination. This ranged from denial of service to harassment and even physical assault.

In California it is agains the law to post graphic/nude pictures of ex girlfriends or boyfriends with out consent. With out consent you are are taking away their personal rights. Law was passed after the suicide of a young women who was sexually assaulted by three young men and pictures were posted on the internet.

This website goes over the root causes of homophobia and how it typically develops. It also goes over homophobia stereotypes and homophobic attitudes.

This article explains the types of drug addiction and how and why it happens.Addiction can happen in almost everyone and scientists struggle on how to find how to stop it.

I prefer research articles over new articles because you can get a quick overview of the resource in the abstract.

The interesting thing about addiction, is what I've read through various studies, is that essentially the largest factors are that it's used to subdue emotional traumas. Some common themes to this are sexual assault, lack of emotional support, and depression.

In the news, there are often many viewed cases of children and teenagers that are blamed for committing serious crimes, like assaults, murders, and rape. In several situations, these young kids don't even fully understand the law and the consequences of what their actions can cause.