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Unintended Consequences is a novel by John Ross, first published in 1996 by Accurate Press. [1] The story chronicles the history of gun culture , gun rights , and gun control in the United States from the early 20th century through the late 1990s.
An erosion gully in Australia caused by rabbits, an unintended consequence of their introduction as game animals. In the social sciences, unintended consequences (sometimes unanticipated consequences or unforeseen consequences, more colloquially called knock-on effects) are outcomes of a purposeful action that are not intended or foreseen.
Unintended Consequences is a controversial novel that mixes real events with fiction. These events portray a continuing oppression of the American gun culture that, the author believes, has occurred since the passage of the National Firearms Act of 1934, which made it a federal offense to possess a machine gun, short-barreled rifle, short-barreled shotgun, or silencer without first paying a ...
Great moments in unintended consequences—when something that sounds like a great idea goes horribly wrong. Watch the whole series. Part One: Glock Management . The year: 2008.
Some see Obamacare as the law that will bring health insurance to millions who previously couldn't afford it. Others see the legislation as the law that made government too involved in health care.
A new federal law requiring that sesame be listed as an allergen on food labels is having unintended consequences — increasing the number of products with the ingredient. Food industry experts ...
Manifest functions are the consequences that people see, observe or even expect. It is explicitly stated and understood by the participants in the relevant action. The manifest function of a rain dance, used as an example by Merton in his 1957 Social Theory and Social Structure, is to produce rain, and this outcome is intended and desired by people participating in the ritual.
Peter Scolari guest starred along with Noll in "Unintended Consequences" as Dr. Dennis Barkley. [22] In October 2017, THR announced Melora Walters and Joanna Going would guest star in a special episode of SVU ("Something Happened"). Walters played the rape victim, Laurel Linwood, who knows she was raped but can't remember what happened.