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The writer of this article believes America has a gun problem based on these statistics. They are starting to issue background checks when purchasing firearms to hopefully stop people who have bad intentions. It also talks about how much money guns are costing u.s. taxpayers based on the medical bills, etc. that follow guns when they are purchased by the wrong people.

This is an example of a counterargument. Some people believe that having a gun during a mass shooting will stop the shootings, but that's not really the case

Gun control and violence is always a popular topic in debates. However it goes nowhere. Those that are pro-gun control do not use valid facts to back up their reasoning on why parts of our freedoms should be taken away. It will never be harder or impossible for felons/bad people to find guns. Yes, they are wanting to confiscate guns. Buying a gun is not as easy as buying groceries, there are laws in place that restrict who can buy guns legally. Concealed carriers do stop mass shootings. There are lots of myths that come along with the debates, and no one should make a decision without doing research.

10 solutions that might help illegal immigration. See what's number 1.

Top 10 Solutions to Illegal Immigration in the USA Illegal immigration has long been a problem in the U.S. The government has certain legislative policies in place to deal with this problem. Despite these efforts immigration continues to be rising problem in the U.S.

Gives solutions to stop the increase of illegal immigrants that come into the United States. They think that strengthening border security might work as well as making it harder for illegals to live in America by using background checks, ect. They even promote the idea that maybe if living here is so difficult, then maybe illegal immigrants might even want to leave voluntarily.

On April 23, 2010 Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1070 into law. The controversial bill gives Arizona law enforcement the authority to stop people whom officers have "reasonable suspicion" of being in the country illegally, detain these individuals while verifying immigration status, and arrest undocumented immigrants for transfer to ICE custody. Depending on who you ask, the controversial bill is either anti-immigrant, unconstitutional or a blessing.

This is Ted Cruz's plan to stop the flood of illegal immigrants crossing the Mexico/America border. He is going to build a wall that actually works and up the number of patrol agents. He is also going to hold the DHS to do their job and keep our borders secure and us safe.

I really do not believe it is immigrants who are making our country bad, what makes our country bad is the ignorance people throw out there with most believing that they "know" everything. I strongly believe that when some says immigrant, in any one's head they automatically think of Mexicans, when in fact its anyone who was not born in the U.S., Canadians, Arabians, Dominicans, etc,.

This site tries to defend are internet rights in relation to other personal rights like freedom of speech, press, and religion. This is also trying to stop the censorship issue against the internet.

An Article discussing the backlog of cases for immigration. Explains how this is effecting our courts and what we could do to stop it.

This article states how easy it is to cross the border without any support from our government in stopping illegal immigrants from entering our country. It is making this state unsafe to live in due to crime, lack of auto insurance and drugs

Representative of Iowa introduced a bill to stop "automatic citizenship" through children of illegals. However, The Supreme Court will be hard to convince. They are firmly sticking to the 14 Amendment.

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its Senate companion, the Protect IP Act (PIPA). Shows a great video and talks alot about SOPA and PIPA laws. The video talks alot about several websites that disagree with these acts. Also, discusses who is for it and why it is important to have the privacy inplace.

This is an article from the Huffington Post about Internet censorship. It is specifically talking about SOPA, and the "SOPA blackouts" earlier this year. SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act.

This article tells of the new bill to stop bad language and any annoying harassment on the internet. Some argue using bad language is their right, others just prefer not to be harassed online with inapropriate language.

This article breaks down why drugs should not be legalized. One of the main issues being that they are illegal and harmful and that's why they are illegal already. The government is looking out for you and some people should learn when to say "no". This gives 10 nicely detailed facts on why it should not be legalized and it is very informative.

I teach an online Banned Books class at GCC - ENH295. Good stuff.

That sounds really interesting. I'll have to look into it. Never knew the school had that class.

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.

This article describes the issues of racial profiling that could transpire if anyone is stopped without proper immigration paperwork. This newspaper article also discusses the purpose of the Support of Law enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act signed into affect by govoner Jan Brurer 23, April, 2010

Anonymous hackers are mad again over the Trade Agreement of ACTA. ACTA is trying to stop counterfeit food, medication and online copyrights.

Trade Agreement (ACTA) is explained in good detail . ACTA is trying to stop counterfeiting worldwide. Ambassador Sapirio signs the trade agreement in Tokyo

This article is about faculty and students who decide to fight against the rise in tuition and the loss of jobs at the campuses in 2009. They decide to do a "walkout" in an attempt to stop this.

This article discusses the SOPA and Project IP bills. Both bills are intended to stop online piracy and the SOPA bill has now been put onhold because so many have opposed the bill. Congress will need to make the bill more focused before trying to pass it agian.