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The Legal Age For Purchasing Assault Weapons Does Not Make Sense There Are Historical And Psychological Reasons Why
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The Legal Age For Purchasing Assault Weapons Does Not Make Sense There Are Historical And Psychological Reasons Why

The Uvalde and Buffalo mass shootings in May 2022 had at least two things in common: The shooters were 18 years old, and they had both legally purchased their own assault rifles. The shooters’ young age was not an aberration. The average age of school shooters is 18, when tracking incidents since 1966. The relatively young age of most mass shooters has ignited conversations about the minimum legal age for purchasing firearms. When it comes to gun laws, there is clearly a legal debate about how to define adulthood. But there is also a complex history of how societies determine adulthood, as I’ve examined in my work on the age of marriage and sexual consent. Considering someone an adult once they turn 18 is a relatively recent trend, and it’s not clear that it can stand up to public scru...
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In A ‘World Of Predators’ Military Sexual Assault Survivors And Advocates Demand Accountability
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In A ‘World Of Predators’ Military Sexual Assault Survivors And Advocates Demand Accountability

If you’re thinking about suicide or are worried about a friend or loved one, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available 24/7 online or at 1-800-273-8255. And anyone affected by sexual assault, whether it happened to you or someone you care about, can find support on the National Sexual Assault Hotline online or at 1-800-565-4673.  Everything had been done right. With the help of her lawyer, Jane, a 22-year-old member of the Nevada National Guard, secured a civilian protection order in January 2020 to protect her from her attacker. The judge checked the “sexual assault” box, explicitly acknowledging the crime. But the legal victory didn’t fix everything. Jane, who remains on active duty, is being identified with a pseudonym because she still fears professional and personal ret...
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Without Stopping Putin’s Assault On Ukraine – Economic Sanctions May Make Russians’ Lives Worse
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Without Stopping Putin’s Assault On Ukraine – Economic Sanctions May Make Russians’ Lives Worse

The economic sanctions levied upon Russia as a consequence of its invasion of Ukraine target the Russian economy and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest personal and business associates. The goal is to alter domestic politics within Russia, ultimately stopping Putin’s aggression. Yet our research into how economic sanctions affect the behavior of dictators indicates the sanctions are likely to increase political repression in Russia and hurt average Russians’ economic security – without stopping Putin from pulverizing Ukraine. Personal rule Putin rules Russia with what political scientists like us call a personalist dictatorship. This term means that the leader has more power than the political party that backs him, and more than the military and security forces. In Russia, Putin ...
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Bill Cosby loses appeal to overturn 2018 sex assault

Pennsylvania appeals court rejects the actor's bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction. A Pennsylvania appeals court on Tuesday rejected actor Bill Cosby's bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction over the trial judge's decision to let five other accusers testify. The state's Superior Court ruling was being closely watched because Cosby was the first celebrity tried and convicted in the #MeToo era. The same issue has been hard-fought in pretrial hearings before movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault trial. Cosby's lawyers in his appeal said the trial judge had improperly allowed the five women to testify at last year's retrial although he had let just one woman testify at the first trial in 2017. But the Superior Court said Pennsylvania law ...
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Pacific Rim: Uprising’ is an assault on the senses
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Pacific Rim: Uprising’ is an assault on the senses

Call the prosecutor! I want to charge the people behind the deafening man vs. machine actioner “Pacific Rim: Uprising” with assault and battery — on my senses. That includes my nose, which was offended by the odious odor emanating from this inferior sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s original. In the hands of director and co-writer Stephen S. DeKnight — and three more scribes — the insipid “Uprising” does nothing but pander to its Asian overseas markets with cool characters who speak Mandarin and to 11-year-old gamers with cool mechs sporting even cooler names like Gipsy Avenger, Saber Athena, Bracer Phoenix, Obsidian Fury and Guardian Bravo. Not even the charismatic duo of John Boyega (“Star Wars”) and Scott Eastwood (son of Clint) can save this hunk of molten metal from turning to slag. It...
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Charlottesville: DeAndre Harris found not guilty of assault
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Journalism

Charlottesville: DeAndre Harris found not guilty of assault

DeAndre Harris, beaten by white nationalists at August rally, cleared of misdemeanor assault and battery charges. DeAndre Harris, an African American beaten by at least six white nationalist demonstrators at the August 12 Unite the Right rally, has been found not guilty by a court in Charlottesville. Harris, whose case was decided by a judge on Friday, had been facing charges of misdemeanor assault and battery. His defence team had argued that he was acting in self-defense. A video of Harris's beating went viral in the days following the white nationalist rally, prompting an outcry. Harris was initially charged with a felony, but it was later reduced to a misdemeanor. Four of his attackers have also been charged. The rally was originally called to protest against the removal of statues...
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Cosby loses bid to dismiss sex assault charges
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Cosby loses bid to dismiss sex assault charges

Bill Cosby loses bid to dismiss sex assault charges - NORRISTOWN >> Entertainer Bill Cosby showed no reaction as a judge rejected his claim that he had a promise from a former district attorney that he would never be prosecuted for the alleged 2004 sexual assault of a woman at his Cheltenham mansion. Source: Montgomery Media
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