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Gun Control in America

Gun control is always a hot topic in the US, especially in the wake of deadly shootings such as Las Vegas, Orlando, and Sandy Hook. The 2nd Amendment to The Constitution protects the right to bear arms in the US, though there have been arguments that the 2nd Amendment is out of date, and does not protect the citizenry. I am here to quell that sentiment. For decades, the Democratic Party has tried to enact gun control measures that greatly limit American's abilities to bear arms. From the Federal Assault Weapons Ban that expired in 2004 to the Washington D.C. handgun ban that was struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional, Democrats have attempted, largely unsuccessfully, to limit the power of the 2nd Amendment. These attempts have been redoubled after each major mass shooting. However, the Democrats have failed to recognize that gun control will not work in the US as well as it has in the proclaimed gun-free utopias of Japan and Australia. Instead that they think that e...

Patriotville

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Huck Finn and Jim were traveling along the Mississippi when they came upon a town name Patriotville. Huck and Jim were very confused, because there were American flags flying everywhere and everyone was brimming with American pride. They docked their boat next to a huge aircraft carrier just as a fighter jet took off to the roaring cheers of the thousands in town. When they walked in, they were met with a warm welcome by American heroes ranging from Thomas Jefferson, to Frederick Douglass to General George Patton, who laughingly criticized the pair for their messy clothes. As they walked around, they saw everything from minutemen cleaning their muskets to a group of teenagers battling it in the computer game Counter-Strike:Global Offensive. Jim quipped that "If this aren't the greatest darn'd thing I've er' seen." As they continued along, they happened upon a large field that had a dirt diamond on it, and a group of boys where trying to hit a ball with a s...