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Carry A Concealed Gun Control
692 wordsOne of the most hotly debated topics today is gun control. But what exactly is gun control? Is it making it so hard to own that it takes away from the game or leaves someone in fear of not being able to protect themselves? Could it be that it is there to protect the innocent from being gunned down by a lunatic? All these are good questions and that is why the topic is hard to define, both sides have their own feelings on the issue and it is hard to find a happy medium between the two, but one mu...
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Trigger Locks Violent Crimes
1,251 wordsWith the growing number of reports, on television, about violent crimes at school, it is no wonder that President Clinton is pushing for more gun control. Although the number of violent crimes committed in schools is far less than the number committed at home, the president feels that stricter gun laws need to be in effect. In the light of the recent shootings at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, there have been serious increases in the number of proposals to help regulate gun use. I...
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Criminal Acts Disparate Impact
2,716 words... be proven for a PEO/company / employer to be liable for negligent hiring. First, there must be an employment relationship between the client and the employee that existed at the time of the injury to the third party or parties. West Virginia is one of the states that extends liability not only for the negligent hiring of an employee, but also for the negligent hiring of independent contractors. (7) The second element that must be proven is that the wrongful act of the employee was reasonably...
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Gun Control Laws 2 Nd Amendment
1,292 wordsQuestioning the Necessity of Guns; The Second Amendment Every day in the United States ten children under the age of eighteen are killed accidentally by a gun, while another one hundred are seriously injured. Meanwhile every three hours a teenager uses a handgun to commit suicide. Seventy-five percent of all homicides in the U. S. are the result of handguns. Today there are well over 150 million handguns in America, and people who own handguns are more likely to kill a family member or a friend ...
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Wall Street Journal Trigger Locks
1,686 words... ences. We need strict gun control laws to help prevent some of these teens from making the biggest mistake of their life. Unqualified citizens and kids have easy access to firearms. I can log on to Internet right now and purchase a gun without being asked any questions. The Brady Law was created to prevent some criminals from purchasing deadly weapons. The Brady Law gives a background check. It asks for your residence, prior criminal convictions, age and employment. There is also a ten-day w...
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Gun Control Legislation Five Day Waiting Period
1,077 wordsIn the 1960 s after the assassinations of President John F. Kenedy, Dr. Martin Luther King, and Senator Robert F. Kenedy, gun control became a major subject of public passion and controversy. To some people gun control is a crime issue, to others it is a rights issue. Gun control is a safety issue, an education issue, a racial issue, and a political issue, among others. Within each of these issues there are those who want more gun control legislation and those who want less. On both sides of thi...
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Gun Control Advocates United States Constitution
1,606 wordsFirearms policy In our contemporary world the issue of having the right to own and use weapons ins very controversial. There are many people who believe that the use of guns is the only way to freedom and to personal safety, others argue the point that if the use of guns was limited there would be more peace in the world. All of these opinions led to the formulating of such a branch in politics as the Firearms policy, or else known as the Gun politics. The phrase Gun politics refers to the views...
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Background Checks Profit Organizations
1,142 wordsHow do a company or an organization controls risk? In what way can it protect its clients and even employees? There is a good and important step in any companys risk management. Careful screening of companys staff and volunteers is what needs to be done in order to minimize the risk and protect a company or an organization. One tool which can be used in this process is a background check. The background check provides an extra measure of protection if an organization deals with vulnerable client...
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Guns And Gun Control
2,399 wordsGuns and Gun Control Many American ar assure that gun control is only an is in th United Stats of America, but thy ar wrong. Gun control is not only an is in th United Stats, but around th world as wll. Th United Stats of America and Britain shar similar itis and diffracts when it coms to th is of gun control. Both countries hav take action against gun control and ar continuously looking for ways to improv the laws. This page will demonstrate th actions that ach country has take ovr th yar's, th...
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Gun Control Advocates Gun Control Laws
1,747 wordsThe License Goldfinger Gold Finger: The License to Carry a Gun On an overcast Monday in March in 1981, six shots were fired from a Colt. 22 caliber revolver, at an American president. Although after this attempt on a president s life, the immediate results were not as dramatic as in 1964, when President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot and killed. This time, the president survived the attack on his life. However, more controversy has spawned from this incident not from the side of the President,...
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Gun Control Advocates Violent Crime
1,409 wordsAmerican is faced with the steady growing of the violence, which relates to the guns. Some people feel that the issue of the gun law will limit crime rate. Others argue that the issue of gun control should not exist due to the fact that guns are necessary for self- defense against crime. With the fast of the crime rate, and mostly after the school shooting in Colorado, gun control has been a hotly debate and a controversial in recent month. Gun is considered the source of the violence. A vast ma...
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Assault Weapon Ban Gun Control Legislation
3,033 wordsGun Control Final Draft Gun control is not one issue, but many. To some people gun control is a crime issue; to others it is a rights issue. Gun control is a safety issue, an education issue, a racial issue, and a political issue, among others. Within each of these issues there are those who want more gun control legislation and those who want less. On both sides of this issue opinions range from moderate to extreme. Guns are not for everyone. Certain individuals cannot handle a firearm safely, ...
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Gun Control Advocates Diego Ca Greenhaven
1,959 wordsOur Gun Control GUN CONTROL: Our Streets Are Running Red Tom Coker English IA November 18, 1997 6: 35 p. m. : William Wallace had a very stressful day at work and is now driving home. As he is travelling along the I- 10 freeway in Los Angeles, he suddenly comes to a complete stop. Gridlock traffic is not an unusual sight for any motorist that travels on this freeway, and William decides to exit the freeway in order to escape the madness. He exits on the next off ramp and comes to a red light at ...
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Law Abiding Citizens Anti Gun Control
2,503 wordsJune 8, 2001 Gun control is a very controversial issue among society at this present time. Gun control is an issue that has been debated by Americans since the 1960 s (Dolan 1). The debate questions the right of Americans to bear arms, this including, handguns, shotguns, and rifles. There is a spectrum of gun control, ranging from licensing laws to the total banning of all guns. Why has gun control become such a controversial issue? For one, these arms, proven by statistics, provide the result o...
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Gun Control Laws National Rifle Association
2,018 wordsThe Second Amendment to the Constitution states that, A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, and the definition of gun control is; government regulation of possession and use of firearms by private citizens. At first sight this seems like a contradiction in terms, but before any opinions are formed, lets look at both sides of the issue. This amendment has been around since 1791, and there ha...
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Assault Weapon Ban Background Checks
970 wordsThe problem with guns is fairly obvious: they decrease the difficulty of killing or injuring a person. In Jeffrey A. Roth's Firearms and Violence (NIJ Research in Brief, February 1994), he points out the obvious dangers. About 60 percent of all murder victims in the United States in 1989 (about 12, 000 people) were killed with firearms. Firearm attacks injured another 70, 000 victims, some of whom were left permanently disabled. In 1985, the cost of shootings was an estimated $ 14 billion nation...
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20 Th Century Background Checks
733 wordsMore Americans killed by guns than by war in the 20 th century. Statistics show that guns have killed more people in an 18 -year period, between 1979 and 1997 than in all of the wars since 1775. During that 18 -year period, 651, 697 people were killed, 334, 870 were suicides, 278, 865 were homicides, and 28, 964 were from unknown causes. Other statistics show 34, 000 Americans are killed every year, 393 senior citizens are killed every month, and 13 children are killed every day. All of this is ...
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Gun Control Laws Stricter Gun Control
2,308 wordsIs Gun Control Necessary? As a result of the many school shootings that have taken place in the last few years, there has been a huge push for stricter gun control laws. Many people don? t feel safe in today? s society. The government has been listening to the people and has already passed some laws. There are some people who are opposed to starter gun control laws. Many gun enthusiasts don? t believe that gun control laws realy work because only the law abiding citizens would follow them and th...
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Gun Control Legislation National Rifle Association
2,229 wordsIn recent years, political discourse about gun control and the Second Amendment has become increasingly volatile. Gun lobbies such as the National Rifle Association are more organized and aggressive and their issue agenda has evolved as new and more powerful weapons and militia appear. On the other side of the debate, the critical wounding of James Brady gave gun control advocates a visible martyr with strong ties to Republican conservatives. In sum, gun control and the right to bear arms have b...
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States Quot Background Check
936 wordsEver wonder how a person not known obtains critical information once unavailable to the public? Nowadays, the easy access of computers makes it almost impossible for citizens to completely be out of the risk of privacy invasion. Anything we do is being monitored discreetly or publicly by others. Yet, there are different ways in which this issue can be viewed. It is harmful in the way that we do not know exactly what is being monitored by others, nor the way it is being used. Privacy intrusion he...
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