killed every year. Officers are made to enforce the law‚ and protect the citizens from harmful situations‚ not to use force indiscriminately in situations that could be managed in many other ways. The topic of police brutality needs to be brought up more as a situation that needs to be fixed and addressed by the public and government-like figures. Many of the police brutality reports have said to be based a lot on race. In new York alone 80% of the documented cases were in Black and Latino parts of
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Gun Control Regulation The year 2012 was a horrific year for mass shootings in the United States. Americans were shocked by an April spree at a religious school in Oakland that killed seven‚ the brutal theater shooting in Aurora‚ Colorado‚ in July that killed 12‚ the Sikh Temple massacre in Wisconsin in August that claimed six lives‚ the September Minneapolis sign-plant slaughter of five‚ and most recently‚ the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown‚ Connecticut that took
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Guns Under Fire A robber comes into a bank one day‚ loaded with sub machine guns‚ and fully intends to intimidate the civilians into giving him their money. Before he can gain complete control over the area‚ an old man pulls out a gun‚ and starts firing close to the robber‚ and eventually scares him off. Police only arrived 20 minutes later‚ but imagine the harm that could have been done within that time frame. This is a true story that happened not too long ago. Gun control seems to be an issue
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Guns are used all around the world‚ but fast and steady increase in crime and the fight for the right to own a hand gun introduced legislation for gun control‚ to try to reduce the crime in the United States. Guns are in their own nature dangerous weapons. The automatic assault weapon is one of these potentially dangerous weapons‚ which is used for military purposes only. This is no weapon that can be beneficially used. Leaving the sale of this firearm a potential threat; because they allow many
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Argumentative Gun Control Paper The issue of Gun Control has been on the minds of humans for hundreds of years. How do we protect ourselves and our loved ones? How do we keep such a dangerous weapon out of the hands of the wrong person? Inside the Second Amendment we are granted the right to Bear Arms. Having that amendment gives each person the ability to carry a weapon if they choose‚ so how can we control who should or shouldn’t carry? According to an article evaluated from Kovandizic
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"Guns don’t kill people‚ people kill people‚" is an expression often quoted by those who support the right to freely carry firearms. For many years‚ organizations such as the National Rifle Association (NRA) have pointed to the high rate of gun violence in the United States and compared it with the low rates in Europe; this comparison was done in order to stress their point that gun violence is a cultural/societal problem that should not impede anyone’s right to own firearms. Those who advocate gun
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Gun Control: Overview The issue of gun control has been debated for a long time‚ probably ever since they were invented. The gun is a small‚ rather easy to obtain‚ weapon that is lethal if used in the right (or wrong) way. This makes the gun an extremely dangerous factor in our lives. If used improperly‚ a gun could be lethal to not only the target‚ but the user as well. The availability of guns has sky rocketed in the past decade or so‚ and the immense population of guns in our society make it
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It is a fact that guns are one of the easiest weapons to be used for killing. However‚ there is a solution that won’t take the rights from citizens and still keep more lives safe. Gun control is a serious issue. It has a large impact on life and death related consequences. Guns should not be banned‚ but they should still have increased regulations. Gun control has been a complicated and controversial issue for a long time. According to ProCon.org‚ “A Nov. 2013 study found that‚ between 1980
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Consequently‚ many police chiefs and other law enforcement administrators often do not make evaluation a priority. Instead‚ the reluctance to integrate and implement evaluation might be due to not wanting to invest in learning bad news (Ward‚ Chibnall‚ and Harris‚ 2007). The police department is afraid of discovering more problems
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Few issues incite Americans more than the issue of rising crime and violence. This problem can easily be linked to the availability of guns. “The debate over whether guns are a hallowed tradition and a right guaranteed by the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution or whether they are a fearful danger contributing to crime and violence." ("gun control") Due to the outbreak of violence in our society‚ some people feel that repealing the Second Amendment would solve the problem. These people feel
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