Current Events Week 17

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/16/high-court-fight-looms-over-right-to-carry-gun/




Gun rights are one of the hottest topics this year is gun control and gun rights, especially after recent shootings in Connecticut. Many people believe that guns should be banned while many others believe that guns are important forms of protection and are needed to be safe. This is a very controversial subject in Washington and around the nation especially in high population states like California and New York.But the answer will come soon since the Supreme Court will make a decision on the right to carry a concealed weapon in public. Defenders of the right to carry a weapon say that carrying a gun is important for personal safety when the police cant get there in time. Those who say guns should be banned say that guns are the reasons for crimes like school shootings and murders. I don't think gun control should happen and i dont think it would work since we have gun control in Los Angeles and New York and they have very high murder rates. I think that people cant expect the police to protect them all the time and when your life is at risk and there are no cops nearby, i would want to have a gun to protect myself.

 "High Court Fight Looms over Right to Carry a Gun." Fox News. FOX News Network, 16 Dec. 2012. Web. 17 Dec. 2012.

Current Events Week 16

http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/12/06/zimmerman-files-suit-against-nbc-defamation?hpt=hp_bn15
"InSession." HLNtv.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2012.

 George Zimmerman, the man who earlier this year who became known for shooting Travon Martin in February when Zimmerman was patrolling a neighborhood as a watch captain. Martin had what was believed to be a gun when he was believed to robbing a store, Zimmerman approached Martin and was attacked, during the attack Zimmerman shot and killed martin. Zimmerman is Suing NBC for defamation for portraying him as a murderer before he was arrested or even tried. He is also suing NBC because they altered a recording of what happened in order to make him look guilty. They also edited pictures that showed Zimmerman covered in his own blood. I think NBC is wrong because they should just report the facts as they are no matter who it hurts or harms and let people make their own decisions on what they think of someone.

Current Events Week 15

 The United Nations is attempting to create a law where the internet can be censored by governments and tracked as well. The law would also bring up the idea of charging .com sites every time someone used their site which means that every time someone uses Google or yahoo to search the website would have to pay for every search. This proposal was introduced by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is calling for "global control over all internet exchanges".The United States Ambassador, Terry Kramer said he is doing every thing he can to oppose the law which is still very far away from being put into effect since it has just been introduced and will not affect anyone for a while.

"We're Trying to Stop the UN from Regulating the Internet, Ambassador Kramer Says." Fox News. FOX News Network, 03 Dec. 2012. Web. 04 Dec. 2012. <http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/12/03/us-ambassador-were-trying-to-stop-un-from-regulating-internet/>.