Tag / Switzerland
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Call to Arms or Arms to Recall?
There are over 11,000 annual gun murders in the United States, making gun violence an incontrovertibly critical issue. The issue has roughly divided the country into two camps. The first espouses that the only solution to gun violence is government firearm control; the second suggests the only answer to an armed criminal is an equally…
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Switzerland: Minarets and Immigration
Back on November 29, 2009, Swiss voters turned out for a national referendum and overwhelmingly opted to ban all further construction of minarets throughout the country. 19.5 of the 23 cantons that comprise Switzerland voted for the ban, which does not apply to the four minarets already constructed and existing in Switzerland, but prohibits further…
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Feeding Frenzy #2
Congratulations, Somalia. You’ve done better than the United States. November 20 marked the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Marking that day, the government of Somalia promised to ratify the convention, leaving only one UN member-state that has refused to sign on: the United States. It would…
