Taser Non Lethal Weapons: A Controversial debate Over the years‚ the issue concerning the use of non lethal force in Policing and the Criminal Justice system has been a very controversial and debated topic. These weapons used by the Police have saved a considerable amount of lives and have proven themselves as a useful tool in making the jobs of the police more effective and efficient. Non lethal weapons are designed to incapacitate people or disable equipment with effects that are only temporary
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Should Nuclear Nations disarm their nuclear weapons? Why? Nuclear weapons: a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction. Countries with Nuclear Weapons Capability: Acknowledged: U.K.‚ China‚ France‚ India‚ Pakistan‚ Russia‚ United States‚ Israel‚ North Korea1 Seeking: Syria‚ Iran Abandoned: South Africa constructed but then voluntarily dismantled six uranium bombs. Belarus‚ Kazakhstan‚ Ukraine; when Soviet Union broke up‚ these former states possessed
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what we should do about nuclear weapons in the world. We must measure these benefits and drawbacks to determine which decision is the best for future security of our country. One side of the argument is to permanently ban all nuclear weapons in this country. This option sounds like the best option and the right thing to do. However‚ because countries of the rest of the world still have nuclear weapons‚ we are at a security risk. If we didn’t have any nuclear weapons to retaliate with‚ we couldn’t
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The United States should not keep their nuclear weapons in Turkey because nuclear weapons are harmful to the environment. A mass amount of research has been done‚ and scientists themselves have stated that nuclear weapons pose the single biggest threat to Earth’s environment. Nuclear weapons should be controlled because if a small-scale war were to arise‚ this small war would still devastate the world’s ecosystems and climate. The corruption that could occur due to a small-scale war can cause damage
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on Assault Weapons A Bushmaster AR-15 assault type weapon sent twenty children to their deaths in December of 2012 in Connecticut. An AR-15 assault rifle killed twelve innocent civilians at a movie theater in Colorado. An Intratec TEC-DC 9‚ Hi-Point 995 Carbin‚ and Savage 67H pump-action shotgun massacred eleven high school students and one high school teacher at Columbine High School in Colorado. Many Americans shake their heads as they ask themselves‚ “Why are such powerful weapons in the hands
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as the first ¨modern¨ war in history‚ and this is characterized by American weaponry. Early weapons used in the Revolutionary War were self muzzle-reloading weapons which were slow and insufficient. While the ¨modern¨ weapons used in the Civil war were Springfield rifle to Colt revolver to 12-pound howitzer‚ there was a great advancement of weapons from flintlocks to bolt-action rifles. Civil War weapons evolved ever since the last American War‚ with the addition to cartridges onto firearms which
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Should the United States Government pass laws that would prevent the production and sale of semi-automatic assault weapons? Recently‚ an interesting and heated controversy about the regulation of semi-automatic firearms has been taking place in the United States of America. This controversy has arisen because of recent tragedies that have occurred throughout the country. A couple of these tragedies include the mass shooting in a movie theatre in Aurora‚ Colorado‚ and the mass killing of twenty
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Topic: The devastation of Nuclear Weapons and why they should cease to exist. Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that the use of Nuclear Weapons or WMD (weapons of mass destruction)‚ should be eradicated for the safety and preservation of humanity and the world Thesis Statement: America‚ and humanity as a whole‚ should agree to stop the use and creation of Nuclear weapons because of lessons learned through history‚ as well as logical and moral conclusions based on the facts surrounding
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Non-Lethal weapons are being used by the military‚ law enforcement and every people looking for personal safety. These weapons benefit the user with the ability to incapacitate a person‚ while minimizing fatalities‚ permanent injury‚ and collateral damage. The use of tasers is being used more frequently all over the country and is part of many police departments duty belt. It also gives the officers flexibility to respond according to the situation. With police shooting over the last few years
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In April 1917‚ the United States entered World War 1 on the side of England‚ France‚ and Russia for many good reasons. Such as Germans using unrestricted submarine warfare‚ the Zimmerman Note and the U.S. “ turning tides of the war”. One reason that the United States should have went to war with Germany‚ is because of the sinking of the Lusitania and the Sussex. “Germany announced that it was beginning unrestricted warfare . This meant that Germany would attack any ships attempting to bring good
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