extent of the law. Which is a minimum of three and a half years for unlawful possesion of a handgun.…
INTRODUCTION OF THE ISSUES: Police officers were called to Mr. Smith’s residency regarding a noise violation on February 4th, 2007. Officers observed the occupants, including Mr. Jonathon Blake, through the large front window of the dwelling engaged in activity that appeared to the officers as smoking marijuana. They also witnessed Mr. Blake hand over a small plastic baggie filled with suspected cocaine to another occupant. The officers were granted access to the home by Mr. Smith and noticed what appeared to be a shotgun between the couch cushions. Further inspection of the residence revealed three additional guns. Mr. Blake had a large amount of suspected marijuana and cocaine and $400 on his person. Mr. Blake is being charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, Distribution of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of an Unregistered Firearm. It is in my professional opinion that the seized drugs are admissible to the court as evidence but the guns however, are not.…
A June 2013, reports of the Institute of Medicine claim that "most all firearms utilized as a part of criminal acts enter dissemination by means of starting legitimate exchange. “Somewhere around 2005 and 2010, 1.4 million firearms were stolen from US homes amid property violations, a yearly normal of 232,400.Ian Ayres, JD, PhD, and John J. Donohue, JD, PhD, Educators of Law at Yale Graduate school and Stanford Graduate school separately, state, "with weapons being an item that can be effortlessly diverted and rapidly sold at a moderately high portion of the underlying cost, the nearness of more firearms can really serve as a boost to robbery and burglary. Regardless of the fact that the firearm proprietor had a grant to convey a covered weapon…
American citizens who are elitist and ignorant are numb to the real experiences that Latinos undergo. Somewhere south of the border, a man was just killed for trespassing enemy territory. Who killed him and what was the motive? The killer will remain the same; a member of a drug-cartel. However, the motive depends on the person you ask. The American citizens who have not been exposed to the topic of cartel-related violence will immediately respond that Mexicans are innately violent so killings such as this are expected from them. While the current social narrative is that Latinos are inherently violent, adopting a new economic perspective to this that accepts that violence is only a byproduct of capitalism will lead us to solve the…
ATF, . "Quick Reference to Federal Firearm Laws." U.S. Attorney’s Office. Web. 3 Dec 2012. <http://www.justice.gov/usao/ut/psn/documents/guncard.pdf>.…
Here in the United States we have hundreds of individuals who enter illegally daily. These individuals bring with them drugs, firearms, contraband, and human trafficking of people, which hits the streets…
The course provides an introduction to the most prominent forms of media that influence and impact social, business, political, and popular culture in contemporary America. It explores the unique aspects of each medium as well as interactions across various media that combine to create rich environments for information sharing, entertainment, business, and social interaction in the U.S. and around the world.…
Do you think it is appropriate whether people should own a handgun or not? The article “The Accessibility of Guns Protects Lives” by David M. Huntwork and “The Accessibility of Guns Lead to Gun Crime” by Alan M. Ruben both have significant perspectives regarding if it is secure or hazardous to own a firearm. There can be a debate of whether guns can protect our lives or can lead to gun crimes.…
If a person in his or her late teens or early twenties were to commit their first offense with a gun, a mandatory sentence, under the legislation in Florida, would put that person away for a minimum of 20 years. Although it would be disheartening to see young people put away on their first offense, most offenses escalate as described earlier. If this was to hold true, starting out with a gun offense, or armed robbery, does not say too much about the individuals chances if they were to be released soon after the commission of the…
This is a Class C felony that is subject to a one to ten years in prison and up to a $15,000 fine. It is also illegal to carry a cane gun. The penalty is a fine of $500 to $1,000 and two years in prison. Alabama is one of forty-two states that don't regulate assault rifles as long as they are semiautomatic.…
Some people believe there should be stricter laws regarding firearms. These people believe there would be fewer deaths and homicides. It is also thought that there should be stricter gun laws or even bans on military guns and accessories. I believe that stricter laws won't affect gun deaths and homicides. Guns are not the problem. Having stricter laws will not prevent criminals from getting guns. Gun ownership helps limit criminal activity.…
The way in which criminals exploited the weaknesses in the old system was by going to “jurisdictions with very weak or nonexistent gun control laws.” Then they proceed to “purchase handguns in bulk, using either straw purchasers or phony identification, and transport the weapons and ammunition to jurisdictions with very strict gun control laws.” (Aborn, 1994, p.433) The problem was that no legislation prevented this by requiring licensing of handguns purchase, the registration of sales or there should be any kind of statutory limit on the amount of firearms or ammunitions being sold at any one time or the resale of these items. (Aborn, 1994, p.433)…
“People can have the right to held their weapons to protect their freedom”, which is Americans belief and right given by the constitution. With this belief, The United States might be the only developed country which widely allowed its citizens holding guns. The custom of holding a guns caused the cowboy culture, which leaded americans have expanded and developed their country to be the most powerful country in the world today. However, today’s American is not the country of cowboys anymore. As a consequence of the 2nd Amendment in today’s America, the gun shooting has been a big threat to the public security. It’s the time to reexamine the gun culture’s affection, whether the guns still provided protection it was expected. Especially to Iowa people, they may need to really think about this question although they have the most optimistic environment of holding guns, because the risk never appears today might be realized tomorrow.…
In recent years gun crime has been recognized by the American government as a serious issue In United States. In the USA the most recent insights from the FBI reported that the quantity of killings by gun expanded in 2012 - putting an end to four sequential years of declining numbers. This problem could lead to serious living safe consequences for these people living in the US. In order to solve it, the reasons for it must be understood. Therefore this essay will consider the main causes and effects of this problem in American.…
Over the past four years, “there have been at least 1,252 people killed and 4,453 wounded by gun-violence” (Vox). These records have been being recorded since the mass shooting that took place in Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. It’s really hard to ignore how public gun-violence when it continuously takes place in the United States. There have been mass shootings killing a lot of people, like the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, as well as the 2016 Orlando Nightclub Shooting, but there has also been gun-violence that hasn’t killed masses of people but that killed people of great importance nationally speaking, like the homicide of Cristopher Scott "Chris" Kyle. Those are just a part of the many loses that the United States has suffered. Current Laws not being properly enforced fail to prevent gun violence.…