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Blog 7 Assignment

On August 2, 2017, the Opinion Page from Los Angeles Times posted an article "Does carrying a gun make you safer? No. In fact, right-to-carry laws increase violent crime" by Patt Morrison. This article explains that the right-to-carry law has made violence happen more frequently than before the law was passed. Morrison uses Texas as an example, he explains that in 1996 before the law was adopted, violent crimes were only at 6%, now throughout the years, the percentage has gone up 15% more. Morrison explains that having a gun makes people believe they are capable of doing anything with it. This could be why crime have gone up extremely high, not only in Texas, but all 50 states. I personally believe the right-to-carry law has its pros and cons. Having a gun does make people feel safe, but a lot of things could happen to make people feel more unsafe. Reasons for this law being a good thing, is because if a woman lived at home by herself, she would feel more protected to kno...
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Blog Stage Three Assignment

On July 20, 2017, The Opinion Page on New York Times  posted an article called "Trump Is His Own Worst Enemy" by Charles M. Blow.  Blow makes different arguments on how President Donald Trump does not care enough for our country. He first explains that Trump never plans ahead before making his decisions. The Republicans and Donald Trump wanted to replace The Affordable Care Act without having any plans on how to do it. Some people were waiting for this to happen but since there was no effort in making this decision happen, they simply ignored it. When publishers would ask about it, Trump would constantly repeat himself about details that did not exist. I can agree with this statement because I have watched the news and have seen Trump repeat himself multiple times when he has nothing else to say. I don't know if it's because he is in the process of making decisions happen, or if he really does not know what to do. Another statement that Blow ma...
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Blog 8 Assignment

On August 3, 2017, my classmate Lauren posted a blog over the death penalty . Lauren explains how the death penalty can be beneficial to our court systems and how it is actually a good thing to have, and I agree with her. The death penalty does not always sound like a good idea, but Lauren gives good arguments on how it is. Lauren first gives an example about the "1996 case when Damon Thibodeaux confesses to rape and murder and was sentenced to death." She then explains how later on the court looked over his case while in prison and was actually innocent and sent free. Dramatic cases like this one is more likely to be heard and further investigated. Not a lot of cases end with the death penalty, but when some do, the media and court are more likely to keep an interest with it. I believe Lauren is correct when saying "if Thibodeaux was sentenced to life in prison, his case would not have been looked into as intensively." The death penalty is a rare punishment, thi...
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