Essays Tagged: "firearms"
Juvenile Crime
rs associated with juvenile crime are poverty, repeated exposure to violence, drugs, easy access to firearms, unstable family life and family violence, delinquent peer groups, and media violence. Espe ... ally the demise of family life, the effect of the media on the juveniles today, and the increase of firearms available today have played a big role in the increase of juveniles crimes.The most common ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Having a Gun
ious amendment and thus, abolishing theconstitutional right to own the handguns. Banning the saleof firearms seems to me a most malicious and reckless deed,that instead of safeguarding and protecting, ... uthorities that viciouscriminals, in spite of this legislation, will still managesomehow to get the firearms.Innocent people, however, will suffer, because theywill be less likely to obtain handguns i ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
How Guns Work
s WorkA gun is a weapon that uses the force of an explosive propellant to project a missile.Guns or firearms are classified by the diameter of the barrel opening. This is known as the calibre of the g ... losed at one end and loaded by placing gunpowder and projectile in the muzzle, or open end.Nowadays firearms are a little more sophisticated.However, the physics behind all guns remain the same. Weapo ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Physics
Gun Control in Canada. Speaks of how gun control is not in the best interest of society
a has had a very profound affect on shaping the society we live in today. The first restrictions on firearms in Canada came in 1877 when a six month sentence was implemented for anyone possessing a ha ... on system was established for all restricted weapons. Then in 1961, 3 different classifications for firearms were introduced, prohibited, restricted and long arms. The Canadian gun control policy is o ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Police Abuse
ct andserve. This paper will discuss the types of police abuse prevalent today,including the use of firearms and receipt of private information. I willalso discuss what and how citizens' rights are ta ... example, their should belimitations on the use of hand-to-hand combat, batons, mace, stun guns, andfirearms. However, limiting polices' actions will bring much debate,especially from police officers ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
The Use of The Second Amendment In The American Home
fall under the flag of public safety. Though there are many safety reasons why private ownership of firearms should be banned, these arguments are outweighed not only by the need for protection, but b ... to assume that some of them would not have done so' (Cruit, 17). According to Julian S. Hatcher, in Firearms Investigation, Identification, and Evidence, most people would not actually commit suicide ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Surgery in the Renaissance
ge and experience on the battlefield. They operated on gunshot wounds, inflicted from the primitive firearms used. (Duin et al. 34) Most of the surgeons poured boiling oil into the flesh wounds to get ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Eli Whitney
to make 10,000muskets. In 1812 he was given another contract for 15,000 muskets .He built the firstfirearms factory to use mass production methods. When Eli Whitney built his first factoryin 1798, he ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering > Mechanical Engineering
Gun Control
- -Gun-control, term that refers to the management of firearms in an effort to reduce criminal use of weapons. Gun-control generally is concerned with the ... lation- on a local, state, or national level-that places restrictions on legal ownership of certain firearms. These restrictions often involve mandatory waiting periods for prospective gun buyers or b ... d check. Some law even prohibits mail-order purchase of guns and residents of one state from buying firearms in another state. Some U.S. cities, such as Washington D.C., Chicago, and New York City, pl ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
Crimes and Gun control
Gun-control, term that refers to the management of firearms in an effort to reduce criminal use of weapons. Gun-control generally is concerned with the ... lation- on a local, state, or national level-that places restrictions on legal ownership of certain firearms. These restrictions often involve mandatory waiting periods for prospective gun buyers or b ... d check. Some law even prohibits mail-order purchase of guns and residents of one state from buying firearms in another state. Some U.S. cities, such as Washington D.C., Chicago, and New York City, pl ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
Gun Control
Gun-control, term that refers to the management of firearms in an effort to reduce criminal use of weapons. Gun-control generally is concerned with the ... lation- on a local, state, or national level-that places restrictions on legal ownership of certain firearms. These restrictions often involve mandatory waiting periods for prospective gun buyers or b ... d check. Some law even prohibits mail-order purchase of guns and residents of one state from buying firearms in another state. Some U.S. cities, such as Washington D.C., Chicago, and New York City, pl ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
Gun Control
Gun-control, term that refers to the management of firearms in an effort to reduce criminal use of weapons. Gun-control generally is concerned with the ... lation- on a local, state, or national level-that places restrictions on legal ownership of certain firearms. These restrictions often involve mandatory waiting periods for prospective gun buyers or b ... d check. Some law even prohibits mail-order purchase of guns and residents of one state from buying firearms in another state. Some U.S. cities, such as Washington D.C., Chicago, and New York City, pl ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Gun Control in the United States
Gun control is an effort to stopthe rise in violent crime by strengthening laws on the ownership of firearms. Persons in the groupagainst gun control believe that gun control is wrong, and that it is ... The NRA, . . . believes that everylaw-abiding citizen is entitled to the ownership and legal use of firearms, . . . ' The NRA does manythings to help display their beliefs and persuade others to their ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Gun Control
to many people is gun control. Gun control lobbyists believe that there should be more control over firearms while anti-lobbyists believe there is already enough. Although many people are killed or se ... -lobbyists believe there is already enough. Although many people are killed or seriously injured by firearms which are improperly stored, statistics show that assaults with firearms have been progress ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Ban on Hand Guns
should be banned.Private ownership of hand guns should not be allowed. Hand guns are very dangerous firearms, they are easily carried and concealed. Hand guns are capable of countinously firing a larg ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Reasons for gun violence. Says the 4 main reasons for youth gun violence.
, 8 in Canada, and 8,915 in the United States. Between 1973 and 1992, the number of privately-owned firearms in the US increased 73%; from 122 million to nearly 222 million. (Brennen and Polsby 1). Th ... eel that risk factors associated with juvenile gun-related crime are poverty, drugs, easy access to firearms, and unstable family life.All of these issues play a big role in the increase of juvenile c ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Gun and Weapon Control
Napolean
ly skilled in organizing the supplies needed for his highly mobile army, which included guns, small firearms, and plenty of ammunitions. He supplied his army with pay in order to buy additional suppl ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
How to shotgun a beer! The teacher loved this one! It is an explanatory essay written in my freshman year. I had fun doing the research...
How to shotgun a beer!First, shotgunning a beer has nothing to do with firearms, the theory is to drink a beer as fast as possible. The origin of the name is unclear, but ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays
Rogerian argument as to why we as U.S. citizens need better clarification of the probable cause definition surrounding search and seizure laws.
ighbor carrying my shotgun in the police sought and obtained a search warrant targeting any and all firearms on my premises.This is why I am going to attempt to argue why we as United States citizens ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government
"The Broken Spears" by Miguel Leon-Portilla.
r that they feel ultimately led to the demise of the great Aztec Empire. They strongly believe that firearms, disease, differing world views, and internal division were the four main reasons that the ... to the description briefly explained by Keen and Haynes.I would first like to address the issue of firearms. In "The History of Latin America", Keen and Haynes speak specifically about the Spaniards ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History