Earlier in 2024, Jennifer Crumbley was convicted on four counts of involuntary manslaughter, one for each of the Michigan high school students her son, Ethan Crumbley murdered in 2021. Colin Gray, father of the Apalachee high school shooter in Georgia, Colt Gray, also faces felony charges for the 2 students murdered.

The National Rifle Association (NRA) in the US, is a prominent gun rights advocacy group, and has lobbied extensively against gun control regulations, upholding the individual right to own firearms for lawful purposes, including self defense under the 2nd Amendment.

A referendum is a direct vote by all eligible voters in a constituency on a single issue. Interested parties campaign before the vote, and the outcome of the referendum is legally binding.

Nation-building concepts are a top-down approach used by the state to foster a cohesive sense of national identity among citizens.

Examples include 1Malaysia, Bangsa Malaysia and Keluarga Malaysia.

Cultural assimilation is the process of minority groups and the dominant group adopting each other's culture, becoming one melting pot of culture and fully intergrating into society. Cultural preservation is the process of minority groups maintaining their culture while living in tolerance with the dominant group.

Strikes refers to a refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer.