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Emma Jacobson (Republican) Maryland Representative

bill page: http://mockcongress2011.wikispaces.com/HB6

 I believe that I am most like [|Donna F. Edwards]  because she works to end domestic Violence. I believe that there are many things we need to fix about our country and domestic violence to me is very important. She also works so save the environment. I think that everyone just needs to come to the realization that this is our earth, our home and we need to work harder to keep it the way the GREEN earth should be. Donna also works on gun issues and I think that this topic is very important because I think people know too little about guns. To many people jump to conclusions like we need guns for protection or guns are bad, no guns. But if you think about it, if we stopped the violence, why would we need guns? I think Donna and I think much alike.

** Facts about Maryland: ** ** 1. Industries range from farming and fishing to mining coal ** ** 2. There are four main rivers ** ** 3 ****. Capital is Annapolis ** ** 4. Farm corn, tobacco and soybeans ** ** 5. Nick named the “old line state" because many courageous men came from Maryland during the revolution **

Facts relating to issues:  1. One of their main industries is fishing and crabbing.  2. Most children waiting to be adopted are African American  3. In 2008 they passed the increasing adoption act to help more children find permitted homes. 4. Once you pass the age of 9 you are a lot less likely to be adopted  5. 259,563 kids between 10 and 19 have been affected by cyber bullying in Maryland.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">**__ Issues: __** **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;"> 1. MARINE POLLUTION: Oil spills are the best known example. Animals and organisms consume substances from oil spills, sewage dumps, heavy metals, toxic chemicals, and radioactive waste. All of these can easily be deadly. When you eat a fish that consumed the chemicals you then contain those same chemicals. People need to realize the ocean is not a disposable place for the things we don't want on land. Cruise ships for example create 30,000 gallons of sewage a day! Do you want to eat the fish that where swimming around it that? Would you even want to live where that is dumped? **

**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;"> 2. CYBER BULLYING: Bullying started with boys picking on other boys on the playground. Now it has grown to social media websites, email, IMing or texting to bully someone. Females are 2x as likely to be the 'bullee' or bullied than males. This is because they can hide behind a screen and bully autonomously. You can be cyber bullied anywhere, where as the “old fashion" bullying only happened at school. The bullies feel like they are protected by the screen in front of them, it is easier than telling them face to face. This needs to end now. **

= **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;"> 3. ADOPTION: Most people who want to adopt are unable to have children of their own, they are gay, single, or just want to have children but want to stop the overpopulating. They might just want to make a little kids future brighter. There are three kinds of adoption. There is public, which is tax funded and they typically wont send children to other countries. There is also private adoption. This is typically non-profit, they will go country to country and they do direct adoption from the birth of the child to the adopting parents. The final adoption is considered nonofficial because it is family adoption (if your aunt adopted you because your parents weren't capable.) Some Nations do not allow adoption so children are left alone at a young age to watch over there younger siblings. Many states in America won’t let gay couples adopt as a unit. ( Legally only one parent would be the guardian, the other is a second or co parent.) ** =

<span style="color: #050505; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Bill: <span style="color: #050505; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Lock and Key <span style="color: #050505; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Our bill is to put a lock on every gun in America. The lock goes above the trigger and it is a little whole that only a specially made key will fit into. This key is the only way you will be able to pull the trigger. This will stop criminals from being able to use stolen firearms and children will be safer because they cannot accidentally shoot the gun. Companies will get a tax break for making guns with the lock and key. Court houses all over America will collect non-keyed guns. They can either buy them off the owner or give them to the manufacturers to sell or they can send them to the manufactures to get the lock and key and return the firearm to the owner. (This will have a small fee.) The manufacturers will not be paid for adding this lock and key, but they will get tax breaks from the government as there source of pay. You should vote for this bill because it will keep everyone safer. Children will not be able to accidentally put their own life or others in harm when they find a gun. Also when I criminal tries to take your gun it will be useless because they cannot unlock it. Yes there are flaws, just like in everything nothing is perfect. You technically can pick this lock but it will be a technically advanced as possible. An average Joe won’t be able to unlock it. But this will keep everyone safer and hopefully out of harms way.

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