Hawkins

crime. Should assault rifles be banned, people will have to resort to other means of protection. But, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to put together the fact that a baseball bat is a much less effective means of protection than a firearm. John Hawkins states in an article he wrote that, “When faced with gun control laws, the law abiding citizen has no choice other than to disarm or become an outlaw, but people with bad intentions are faced with no such moral dilemma.” This explains that…

A duty is a moral or legal obligation; a responsibility. They are meant to be upheld by the individuals within a society, and they all differ depending on what the situation is. In the situation of being a United States citizen, there are many duties assigned. Taxes have to be paid, jobs have to be filled, and wars have to be fought. Some of the roles the U.S. Government plays involve creating opportunities and providing protection for citizens. The tasks listed are just few among many but are…

control, racism, and border control. Gun rights are a big topic in the media. Guns can be the difference between life and death. Many people kill innocent people with guns but there are many people saved with guns also. For instance, in a story John Hawkins covered, there was a man named Sulejman Talovic who carried a shotgun with a pistol grip and a 38-caliber handgun with rubber grips into a mall. He also had a backpack full of ammunition and he had killed five people and was about to go on a…

Sir John Hawkins was the first pioneer to run the this route across the Atlantic. There was three specific points on this route, or also known as legs. Leg 1 consisted of ships coming from England would bring cloth and other materials to Africa. The people from England…

Should marijuana be legal for recreational use in every state besides California and Colorado? People are going to smoke marijuana, whether it’s legal or not. In 1937, congress passed the Marijuana Tax Act, in order to criminalize marijuana and restricting it for medical and recreational use. In addition, marijuana was considered to be an illegal drug that promotes violence and could promote young teenager to smoke it. However, in 2014 marijuana was legalized in Colorado, California, Washington,…

During the nineteenth century there was a movement to reform institutions in the United States to state mental hospitals. An important individual in the reforming of America's mental institutions was a Massachusetts schoolteacher named Dorothea Lynde Dix. In her investigations of the privately funded institutions for the mentally ill that were only available for the wealthy, she discovered horrendous living conditions. Therefore she advocated for publicly funded state hospitals (Millon et al.,…

The Role of Duty in “The Things They Carried” and “Guests of the Nation” Merriam Webster’s Dictionary defines duty as “obligatory tasks, conduct, service, or functions that arise from one's position” (Webster). If this meaning is interpreted to be the correct meaning for the given situation, one’s personal beliefs and morals must not be considered when performing one’s duty, but this is not always the case. The duty of a soldier is traditionally to follow orders. A soldier must not only follow…

There are many theories behind why Stonehenge was built, but a main component is the application that it has to astronomy. One of the theories believes that Stonehenge is an astronomical calculator or calendar. One thing is however evident, it was no accident; every stone was placed strategically and purposefully. No one is completely certain who built Stonehenge, but it was erected in Wiltshire, England approximately 4,500 years ago. It is carefully aligned so that, if one sits at the…

The 1940’s were a decade of great change in America. In 1941 the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor; the first ever attack on U.S. soil, in 1944 American troops landed in Nazi-occupied Europe, and in 1945 the microwave oven was introduced to America. There was another great change taking place, but in the world of jazz music -- a new sound was developing that would alter the genre forever, pioneered by such people as Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Thelonious Monk. As 1940 was coming to a close, a…

Older adults, at the ages of 55 or above, typically experience physical changes to their bodies where their movement and functioning is hindered due to health problems which comply with age. As a result, some older adults choose to participate in physical activity in order to address these health issues. The Department of Health Australia have approved of this notion, by suggesting that “Older people should do some type of physical activity, no matter their age, weight, health complications or…