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This is an articil about how a law maker wants to ban p.j's in public.  Now that is reaching when you try to tell someone what they can and cannot wear

Major websites protesting the bills on sopa and pipa. Hoping people will take action to stop the internet to be censored. They fear that this would be the stepping stone for more to come.

Governor Jan Brewer vetoed the right to carry on campus bill 1467. She explained that this bill could lead to potentially dangerous situations on campus.

This article summarizes 10 top facts about Health Care Reform. Insurance companies will regulate more heavily. they will be told the minimum for services that they will cover. Everyone will have health insurance or they must pay a fine. Employers will be mandated to provide insurance to the employees or they will be fined also. Which sounds good to me, my employer thinks he doesnt have to give anything at all.

this article explained how a womans personal rights was violated on a public bus in Brooklyn, New York. the woman got on the bus and sat down and was then said since she was a woman, she had to move to the back of the bus.

Unemployment is at 22.8% for 18 and 19 year olds, 12.4% for 20 to 24 year olds, and 8.1% for 25 to 34 year olds. Although, unemployment is not as bad as it was before. Still most of the teenagers are the ones who are jobless.

This site shows that the majority of Americans support a ban on cell phone use while driving, even when the driver is using a hands-free cell phone. According to a poll released in 2010, proponents for such a law outnumber opponents by a margin of 63-34.

While there are some movements trying to lower the drinking age to 18 due to they see it as another way to prevent underage binge drinking and learning more about the responsibility of drinking. this article explains how the freedom of drinking should still be limited.

Arizona solidified its reputation last year as one of the most liberal gun states in the nation after the Legislature passed a law allowing people to carry concealed weapons without a permit. Amongst that, requiring to be 21 to purchase a handgun, but only 18 to purchase a rifle.

Packets contain ALL forms and ALL instructions needed for this process. Where there are separate packets for Instructions and Forms, get BOTH packets. This is just the first step inorder to become an adult before the ago of 18. Some children are just more mature than their guardians or parents and understand that they can do better by them selves.

This article goes over the California laws on smoking in public. States have been banning smoking in public due to health problems of second-hand-smokers. California has already set up a law stating that a child has the right to breathe in only clean air. So, the law is that no one is allowed to smoke in an area where there is a minor under 18.

This article defends internet surveillance, saying that it's not immune to every other type of modern surveillance. It makes the connection to telephones, saying that this same debate was had when that technology became more popular, people argued that they should be private as well. Ultimately, the author claims that security is simply more important than privacy.

The House passed two abortion-related bills Friday, including one that would strip federal health-care funding from Planned Parenthood for one year, but it remains unclear whether the votes would appease conservatives who have threatened a government shutdown over the organization. (nmw)

This is an article about mass shootings in relation to gun laws in the United States. It gives 11 easy to read facts and statistics about mass shootings.

America is a land of guns. There are 11 models and explanations on the ownership of firearms and the outcomes of them. Mass shootings, shooting sprees and active shooters have become more common. There are many charts to compare to.

More than 90 percent of the care that Planned Parenthood provides is preventive. Every year the organization provides 830,000 breast exams, nearly 1 million cervical cancer screenings, 500,000 HIV tests and birth control to 2.5 million patients.

Civic leaders, activists, artists and others are celebrating, marching and paying homage Monday to Martin Luther King Jr., marking the 30th anniversary of the federal holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader. In South Carolina, civil rights leaders planned a march to their state capitol as in past years when their rally highlighted calls to remove the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds.

I'm really glad this symbol is being recognized and taken down in other states, especially those with discriminating acts recently taking place.

I think this is a great thing. Especially considering all of the racial issues we have been having lately through out the country I think this is a huge step in the right direction.

In April, the Senate rejected the Toomey-Manchin gun control proposal. In the wake of its defeat many wonder why give this a chance to be passed. Trying to make every gun legal to buy wont be easy to do. Creating the right to purchase a firearm no short cuts. Make it difficult for people who do not have license to sell them on the streets.

Mike Rowe talks about what would actually happen if heavier gun control laws were laid down. He talks about how he thinks a heavier background check would not do much to a criminal purchasing a gun illegally. He says then that if we cannot control the government, why would we want to make it bigger by handing over our guns.

We do need stronger gun control laws, but either way I feel as if anyone now a days think its okay to have self defense as in automatically killing someone. Self defense is a mechanism as to which keeps oneself safe, as well as stopping the offender in a way that does not kill them, only stops; by saying that does not mean "go kill them" and that is what most people believe now a days is what self defense is, just by killing another individual.