Essays, Research Papers & Term Paperson Gun & Weapon Control (37) essays
Gun and Weapon Control essays:
Gun regulation
... gun availability. (Do Guns Provide Safety? At What Cost?) But this view on right infringement is outdated to say the least. The second amendment states "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms ...
Gun Control Is Out Of Control
... arms for a lawful purpose" is not a right guaranteed by the Constitution. The Court also stated that the Second Amendment restricts the powers of the national government to disband the state militias (United States: Gun Ownership and the Supreme Court). Advocates of stricter gun control laws ...
Atomic Bomb
... the United States gone through with Operation Downfall, their plan to invade Japan, not only would upwards of 100,000 Allied prisoners of war have been executed, a projected 400,000-800,000 American troops might have been killed, twice the number killed in the other Theatres of World War II ...
Capital Punishment
... and Jr, More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws, 3rd ed. (Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 2010), Page 2. ] Ever since executions have occurred, there was no doubt in people's minds that capital punishment has deterred crime from happening. In the ...
WHY IS THE NEXUS BETWEEN NATURAL RESOURCES AND ARMED CONFLICT ONE OF THE BIGGEST GLOBAL CHALLENGES? WHAT ARE ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PROMOTION OF PEACE AND JUSTICE?
... the biggest challenges we are yet to overcome. Such growing demand of natural resources and the complexity of each individual conflict, make the management and promotion of peace and justice hard to achieve. Nonetheless, if states and communities were required and ...
The Harm of Zero Tolerance
... gun controls actually controlling gun violence. A history of irrational punishments for minor offences has made a laughing stock out of school officials, leaving it just as easy to perform these violent acts. So then the ...
Concealed Carry v. Home Defense/ Duty
... second is crucial, including the extra second it takes to switch from safe to fire. To substitute their lack of a manual safety, most gun manufacturers equip there pistols with a 'double-action only' trigger. According to an article on Personaldefensenetwork.com "The double-action handgun ...