belt-fed‚ gas operated medium machine gun that fires a 7.62x51mm NATO round. It weighs 27.6 pounds‚ has a length of 49.7 inches‚ (The barrel having a length of 24.8 inches) a width of 4.7 inches‚ a height of 10.4 inches‚ and has a maximum range of 3‚725 meters. The maximum effective range of this weapon is 800 meters while mounted on a bipod‚ and 1‚100 meters while mounted on a tripod. Rounds leaving the muzzle of the M240B have a velocity of 2‚800 feet per second‚ and the weapon has a rate of fire
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Jails and Prisons Tammy Johnson CRJ303: Corrections Professor Jeffrey Cudworth January 7‚ 2013 Jails and Prisons Jails and prisons are both types of sanctions that are used for convicted offenders that have committed crimes‚ but there are many differences in the two. “Jails are locally operated short- term confinement facilities originally built to hold suspects following arrest and pending trail. Today’s jails also serve these purposes: * They receive individuals pending arraignment
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Millions upon millions if Americans have been sent to prison without a victim ever claiming damages. It is important to look at the burden this mass level of incarceration places upon our society. Viewing the statistics‚ demonstrates just how the destructive mass of incarceration of victimless crimes have been high not only in women but in men as well. Drug offenses are self-explanatory as being victimless‚ but so are public order offenses‚ which also follows the victimless crimes. Public order
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In the United States‚ prison overcrowding and budget cuts within the criminal justice system have lead to an increase in the need and the development of private prisons and jails. "A private prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined by a third party that is contracted by a local‚ state‚ or federal government agency. Private prison companies typically enter into contractual agreements with local‚ state‚ or federal governments that commit prisoners and then pay a per diem or
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The book Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson is about six kids named Max‚ Fang‚ Iggy‚ Gazzy‚ Nudge‚ and Angel. They call themselves the flock because they all have bird genes in their DNA; and they all have wings and can fly. They got the genes from a place called the School. The School is a place where scientists create mutants. Four years ago the flock escaped with the help of one of the scientists there‚ Jeb Batchelder. Two years after their escape‚ Jeb disappears and everyone
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Becca Peterson December 14‚ 2014 Analytical Writing Theresa Schnieder Armed Teachers A recent tragedy in a Connecticut elementary school has Americans looking for a better way to protect its school-age children. The brutality that occurred in Sandy Hook elementary school shook Americans to the core‚ making many people push for stricter gun laws. One proposal that has become popular is to allow faculty to have access to a gun in the classroom. “In response to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary
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The Prison System History: The history of the prison system was basically functioned through principles that were commonly used in England in the early 1700’s and 1800’s. The prisons were so different in England because the prison facility was at one point dark‚ overcrowded and dirty. The prisoners were put all together with no separation of men‚ women nor the children. Who so had committed a crime was convicted of such. As the prison began to reconstruct in the 1800’s‚ most of the prison systems
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Anyone Can Make A Difference There is no such thing as a perfect world although we continue to try and make it seem that way. Mankind has dreamt about making this wish a reality for many centuries yet has failed in its attempts. This concept along with the failure it carries exists because no one man or women can entirely change the world we live in. No two people are alike so therefore how can millions of individuals be expected to have the same exact motives or desires. In contrast‚ the reality
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MAXIMUM RIDE: THE FINAL WARNING “They can save themselves‚ but can they save the planet?” BY: JAMES PATTERSON The novel that I’ve read—Maximum ride: The Final Warning‚ by James Patterson is the fourth book in the series of Maximum Ride. The story is very detailed‚ and also very thrilling with an amazing climax. There are several main characters in this story: Iggy‚ Angel‚ Fang‚ Maximum—or Max‚ Nudge‚ Gasman—or as he preferred—Gazzy‚ and finally their dog—Total. Now these aren’t
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Answers Question 1: rationale behind regulation of armed conflict Question 2: Briefly outline fundamental principles governing conduct of warfare on land. Principle of Military Necessity That principle which justifies those measures not forbidden by international law which are indispensable for securing the complete submission of the enemy as soon as possible. This principle limits those measures not forbidden by international law to legitimate military objectives whose engagement offers a
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