The question‚ whether to legalize marijuana or not‚ is not an easy one to answer. There are many arguments on both sides of the debate. When weighing the pros and cons‚ it becomes slightly more evident that this drug has unjustly gotten a bad rap. It is easy to say that the drug does terrible things and site numerous examples‚ however‚ when compared to other drugs it is easy to see that marijuana is not quite as bad as many people say. Lots of research has been done on the effects of marijuana and
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To begin to understand why anti-race/ethnicity homicides may be discernible from other types of lethal violence‚ the current study draws from Messerschmidt’s (1993) theory of structured action‚ and specifically Barbara Perry’s (2001) extension of this theoretical framework to explain incidents of bias victimization. Structured action theory assumes that individual behavior and social relations cannot be interpreted without first linking people’s actions to the broader socio-structural conditions
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have gun collections. About 4.5 million firearms and approximately 2 million handguns are sold each year in the Unites States(6). More than 31‚000 people in the United States die from gunshots per year and more than 10‚000 people die from gun homicides(7). About 30 people are shot everyday and half of them are in the ages between
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The most compelling evidence‚ Document B proves how there was a significant number of homicides. In 1900‚ the homicide rate per 100‚00 Americans showed that it was about 1. After World War I and shortly after prohibition was passed‚ the number of homicide grew exponentially. In 1933‚ the Homicide rate per 100‚00 Americans was about 10. Ultimately‚ document b implies that during the start of prohibition‚ the homicide rates grew and dropped after prohibition. For this reason‚ prohibition was a poor decision
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Jeffery has achieved awards of Excellence‚ One chief’s Commendation‚ and One Distinguished Service Citation Although Sergeant Jeffery never had a chance to work in the Homicide‚ K-9‚ or S.W.A.T units he always wanted to work with these units (According to Sgt Jeffery) every officer responsibility is to serve and protect the communities that is the St Louis County Police Department Motto. In March 2005 the St. Louis
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when in reality it has been found that more than half of all legally purchased guns were stored unlocked and at least 16% were stored unlocked and even loaded. Other studies have also claimed that having a gun increases the risk of suicide and/or homicide inside the home during family arguments. Gun control can even raise the crime on citizens. Gun control may be able to regulate the wrong use of these weapons‚ but it also causes those responsible to not be able to have guns when needed to
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The homicide case in Arkansas should not have been life in prison for three felons in this homicide case. In the case all three criminals were tried as adults. These three individuals are under the age of eighteen. Which by law says they are not adults! Since the three of these criminals were under the age of eighteen they should not have been tried as adults. The boy that shot and murdered the cashier should have gotten into more trouble than the two boys that accompanied him in the homicide. The
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Relationship between Guns and Crime Over the past decade or so‚ crime has been on a constant decrease. Most of which has to do with increased law enforcement and stricter policies on the sales of guns. Many people believe that guns are the sole reason that crimes are committed. Some research proves that belief wrong‚ yet other statistics can argue the exact opposite. In America‚ gun ownership is about three out of every ten people. A majority of these people included in the 33% that actually
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self-defense by over three hundred. Comparing the gun-related homicide rates in 2006 the US had 12‚791 instances (Planty & Truman‚ 2013) and Singapore had 1 (UNODC 2013). In 2011 The US had 11‚101 (Planty & Truman‚ 2013) and Singapore had none (UNODC 2013). Even a country as close and similar to the US as Canada has a far lower mortality rate. In 2014 Canada’s total homicides numbered 516 and of those 156 were firearm related homicides‚ moreover the 2015 statistics are higher than the 2014 statistics
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Laws are rules that tell us what we have to do and what we cannot do. Laws are produced by a series of political processes. They are written by Legislatures. Once written‚ Executives make the rules about how the laws are carried out. Federal Laws must be passed by the House of Representatives and Senate and then signed by the President. Every state has similar procedures. Another way to make a law is by the Referendum or the people. This occurs when a group of people come together with a common cause
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