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Anyone who needs 10 rounds of ammunition to shoot a deer should choose another form of recreation. The NRA's stubbornness on automatic weapons boggles the mind. Lobbyists trivialize the Second Amendment when they cite it as the basis for a hunter's right to possess deadly weapons. NRA members don't acknowledge that police forces across the country have championed gun control for years. Evidently the only right the NRA truly understands is the right to make a lot of money...
...sufferers have never even remotely verged on any derangement, psychosis, hallucinations, paranoia, catatonia, multiple personalities or even wide mood-swings (the preceding symptoms are associated with a variety of forms of schizophrenia, manic-depression, etc.). Further, I know for my own case through many experiences over decades that I possess more resilience, resourcefulness, clear judgment and tolerance of stress in difficult situations (including several near-death events) than most "healthy" persons can imagine having...
...long-awaited action was passage of the Brady Bill (named for the presidential press secretary who was disabled by gunfire during the 1981 assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan), which requires handgun purchasers to wait for a background check before taking possession of the weapon. After six years of debate and false starts, the House passed the bill by a vote of 238 to 189. A day earlier, by a 99 to 1 vote, the Senate had made it a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison to sell handguns to minors or for minors to possess them under...
This statement is enlightening, if slightly misleading. Very wealthy parents do have some say in the kinds of schools their children attend, as well as in those schools' curricula. Parents whose children attend public schools possess only limited power over the content of their children's education. Furthermore, the issue of tax-payment is non-negotiable...
Exploring implicit memory is not only useful in locating the source of dysfunction, but also in rehabilitation. According to Associate Professor of Neurology Sandra Weintraub, Schacter's research demonstrates that patients suffering from memory disorders possess information they are unable to access through usual routes. As seen in the example of Ms. H., implicit memory may provide such an alternate route...