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While citizens have the right to buy guns, a better way to feel secure is to keep guns out of the hands of criminals or potential terrorists. There is an easy and safe way to do this: require criminal background checks on all firearms sales, including those at gun shows...
Less extreme and more effective precautions are available to thwart terrorism. Many airports have already implemented comprehensive screenings at security checkpoints—with every carry-on scanned first and then searched by hand. We already have the technology in place for airlines to enter their passenger lists into background checking databases that will flag those with suspected terrorist connections. And it would only be a mild inconvenience if security personnel conducted one last identification check on board the aircraft to ensure that all passengers and crew are supposed to be there...
...markets and minarets, the photos sharp, concentrated on war and refugees. Though separated by decades, and light years of technological advances, there is a sense of sameness in the images. Afghanistan appears as a dusty realm of bearded men in turbans, overladen donkeys, women hidden from view in the background, children with eyes that have seen too much. Fortunately, the rest of the exhibition helps to alleviate this dispiriting impression...
...there is some indication of wrongdoing, that?s one thing," he says. "But if there?s no evidence of a problem, then it?s intrusion - something no American should want to see, because you never know who could be next. People who don?t share our religion or background may figure it?s all well and good to say go after the Muslim groups or the Arab groups," Hooper says ruefully, "but what about the next round of surveillance is directed...
Butt’s attempt to confront issues of her hybrid cultural identity in her art falls short because the viewer fails to draw something from the experience of looking at her art. The watercolors are small and indistinct, the word bubbles are nearly impossible to read, and the background patterns don’t add substance to most of the pieces. There is little visual differentiation between the paintings and overall, they are not visual stimulating...