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Handgun Control In The United States
Number of Words: 1050 / Number of Pages: 4
... distraught over his
parents' recent separation. (Stanza 19) These were not isolated incidents. All
across America, the number of kids using- and being harmed by-guns is rising at
an alarming rate. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, more than 27,000
youths between 12 and 15 were handgun victims in 1985, up from an average of
16,500 for each of the previous years (Stanza 19). The increase in gun use
often stems from urban crack trade. Many crack gangs have more firepower than
a small police department. Whatever the cause, authorities are finding the use
of handguns by youngsters an extremel ...
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Gun Control
Number of Words: 941 / Number of Pages: 4
... 4 of 22 states (18%) which did not change their CCW laws.
From the above statistics it is obvious that access to firearms did not provide extra protection for the citizen. In fact, the number of crime victims who successfully use firearms to defend themselves is quite small. Out of 34,040 American firearms deaths in 1996, only 212 were justifiable homicides by private citizens with firearms. Obviously the ones who used the opportunity to buy guns were the criminals. It is a proven fact that handguns have been the murder weapon of choice. Guns are involved in half of all homicide cases. People belie ...
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Juvenile Crime And Punishment: Justice Or Injustice
Number of Words: 613 / Number of Pages: 3
... adult prisons.
History shows thousands of years of serious tensions between children and parents. In the U.S., parents and children both complain that they receive no respect from each other.
Yet mostly because of the spread of guns and drugs, younger and younger children are killing and being killed. Just recently there were several shootings involving children less than twelve years of age. According to children rights advocates, even in the most violent years in U.S. history, the rate of juvenile violence and victimization still do not equal today's current level.
In the past fifteen to twenty yea ...
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Gun Control: More Or Less?
Number of Words: 420 / Number of Pages: 2
... control whom the products are sold to. Suing a firearms corporation is like filing a lawsuit against the Toyota and Jack Daniels Corporations when someone becomes intoxicated and kills another in a drunk driving accident. Why not sue McDonalds when somebody eats too many Big Macs and becomes extremely overweight?
Still some extremists call for an outright ban on all firearms. Not only is it extreme, it is also a step in the wrong direction. Criminals would still find ways to purchase firearms. It is similar to the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920s. People still found ways to drink, and the consum ...
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U.S. Scourge Spreads South Of The Border
Number of Words: 2053 / Number of Pages: 8
... blue silk shirt, he sizes up the tourists
trudging off the footbridge from the United States. “Taxi, sir? You want
pharmacy? I get you a good pharmacy,” he urges, stepping from a line of
beckoning taxi drivers in big belts and straw cowboy hats. “Good prices! No
prescriptions!” Do I look like I want drugs?! I didn't even solicit the
business. I almost felt weird because this is exactly what I was planning to do
my paper on. Soon he is nosing his long yellow Oldsmobile through scruffy
streets choked with pharmacies. I asked for Somas-a drug that gives the user a
feeling of drunkenness wit ...
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Drugs
Number of Words: 1390 / Number of Pages: 6
... drug
but many were afraid to use it. Throughout the 80's strong anti-drug campaigns
seemed to be winning the war on drugs. But, in 1996 people have become alert to
the increase in Heroin addiction. Heroin use has doubled every year since 1992.
What caused the use of heroin to increase? The growth of heroin abuse has
increased in the United States because famous musicians and movie stars have
been caught with the drug, because pop culture continues to make heroin seem
glamorous, and because babyboomers have a relaxed view on drugs.
To begin with, the abuse of heroin has increased because famous
m ...
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The Death Penalty Is Needed
Number of Words: 988 / Number of Pages: 4
... Banda then sucked the blood from the woman's mouth.
Does that describe a kind, gentle man, who is not a threat to society? A man who values life or a man that deserves life when he seems so eager to destroy it? I certainly wouldn't think so.
Some people believe that the death penalty is wrong, what do you think? Is it OK for a man to commit heinous murders but not OK for our valued legal system, who's outcomes depend on ordinary people like you and me, to decide to terminate that mans life for his crimes to others?
The death penalty is just that; a penalty. Its intention is not to present an exam ...
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Is The Death Penalty Just?
Number of Words: 559 / Number of Pages: 3
... aforethought." Therefore an uneducated person would
classify murder as equally barbaric. The mitigating factor of the death penalty
is, or should be, an already established punishment for this crime. The killer
willingly committed the heinous act of taking a life, knowing they would be
subject to this penalty. Therefore, he decided to gamble on not being caught,
or thought that he was above the law. In either case he willingly forfeited his
life with the taking of another. The killer may not agree with "Lex Taliones",
but the consequence of his action were obvious.
While critics argue that an in ...
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Gun Control: Is It A Problem?
Number of Words: 549 / Number of Pages: 2
... As an American with
that right you're not free to shoot anyone or anything at will. Government
should create laws to protect the rights of others.
I believe stricter gun control laws and better education on the use of
guns is necessary. People of the U.S. aren't as rigidly regulated by gun laws
compared to our European neighbors. In the United States it takes anywhere from
a few days to a couple of weeks to get a permit to carry a handgun. However, in
most crimes committed with a handgun, the gun isn't even licensed. More
authority is necessary to control the illegal handling of handguns. I ...
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Gender Effects On Criminal Sentencing
Number of Words: 905 / Number of Pages: 4
... data was compiled on criminal cases, a clear
discrimination was found in favor of women. It was found that women were
awarded lesser sentences than their male counterparts for the same crimes;
these differences were found for both larceny and felony cases. The
leniency given to women was found to be similar to that of minors, both
male and female. Nagel and Weitzman offer explanations for this
discrimination, although no clear explanation has been discovered. They
posed that judges assume women to be weaker than men and, thus, the same
result, i.e., rehabilitation or detterance, can be achieved th ...
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