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Gun Control: Simple Solution Or Ticket To Trouble

... requests to ban certain types of firearms, such as handguns or semi-automatic weapons. And others feel that security checks need to be done on prospective gun buyers or that customary waiting periods should be enforced. The problem with all of these recommendations is that they infringe on the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The amendment reads: 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. (Hofstadter, 1970) This b ...

Number of words: 1587 | Number of pages: 6

Law Does Not Drive Us, Reason Does

... be against man made law to help a jew in Nazi Germany. What King said in his letter has to make a person think that not all laws are good for the group in society and morality is a justifiable excuse in breaking the law. Those who oppose my view on this question may be quick to ask me how come we go by law and not morality in society. Last year at St. Louis University I had a roommate with the complete opposite view on this question. He explained himself this way: Human nature consists of three basic components. These are to live, ...

Number of words: 884 | Number of pages: 4

Is Capital Punishment Biblical?

... the best of their ability. M. Margaret Falls says that we cannot treat people as mere instruments to personal survival, success or fulfillment.2 Advocates will also utilize Genesis 1:27 to prove that because man is created in God's image, man must preserve as many lives as possible, Therefore, the death of one, who has murdered many, will spare the useless and countless deaths of others. God's command to preserve life seems much more important here than the preservation of criminals. Capital punishment is never used legitimately in the ...

Number of words: 1343 | Number of pages: 5

The Mafia

... they replaced the Spanish landowners and used their new authority to help influence the power of their criminal group. Over a period of time the Sicilian Mafia began to participate in other activities besides land control. They engaged in things; such as, cattle theft, extortion, and kidnapping. By the turn of the century, the Sicilian Mafia was the most powerful and well organized of all Italian criminal groups. “Like a cancer, the Sicilian approach to crime was metastasizing, sending out its aberrant cells to colonize social tissue ...

Number of words: 1785 | Number of pages: 7

Persuasive Essay: Capital Punishment

... of capital punishment such as religion, the effect on society, restitution being denied, the possible "wrongly accused", and the rights of the convicted. But how often do these concepts creep into the public's mind when it hears of our 'fair, trusty' government taking away someone's breathing rights? The Bible states "Thou shalt not kill," and this being a sin should have to be amended within oneself. However, the Bible also states "Don't judge others' personal convictions." It is the government's responsibility to punish people that diso ...

Number of words: 832 | Number of pages: 4

The Fatal Addiction

... took and damaged so many lives. Mr. Bundy responded that through Gods help he has learned to deal with the pain. He also claims he hopes for forgiveness from the victim’s families even though he does not exactly know how they feel or where they are coming from. He also expressed that he was horrified that he was capable of doing something of such great damage. Some people may have forgiven him, but he will never be forgotten. What pushed him over the edge and how did he deal with it? The disturbing influence of violence in the media, al ...

Number of words: 377 | Number of pages: 2

Legalizing Idustrial Hemp

... The "it" is not some new miracle compound invented in the science labs of industry, but an ancient plant that is one of the oldest cultivated crops in the world: Hemp. The first known rope was made from it. The Chinese used it to make the first fish nets 6,500 years ago. The ancient Greeks wore hemp garments. Thomas Jefferson raised hemp on his Virginia farm, and he drafted the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper. Plus, this renewable resource is an environmental Godsend. It requires very little fertilizers or pesticides to raise; it ...

Number of words: 2610 | Number of pages: 10

Serial Killers

... not suffer from a mental illness, but from a character flaw. They are in touch with reality, and know right from wrong. They know killing is wrong, they just don't care (1994, Serial Killers, Time Life Books). You cannot pick a sociopath out in a crowd because they look just like everybody else. Actually, they act just like everybody else. You could have a neighbor that's a serial killer and not even know it. Psychopaths are everyday people with everyday lives, but they just have one problem, they have a need to kill. What does a serial k ...

Number of words: 4242 | Number of pages: 16

Firearms; Vital Tools For Self Defense Or Deadly Killers?

... suicides, and 1,500 accidents.2 It is because of these statistics that many would like to ban guns altogether. But is that really in your best interest? Would it really benefit this country, or reduce the number of murders in this country? Consider the evidence in this article and you will see that guns should not be outlawed and that less gun control in necessary to preserve what the founders of this country believed in. Guns are Beneficial Guns can help prevent crime. This is a view held by many opponents to gun control. The criminal ...

Number of words: 1969 | Number of pages: 8

Put The Death Penalty To Death

... a logical solution because anyone who knows they will die probably is not going to kill another person. Clearly, the issue of deterrence should be the ultimate goal of society, but the death of an innocent man, the cost of appeals, and the ineffectiveness of the death penalty as a deterrent are clearly more significant than the possible benefits of the death penalty. The first and most heart-rending factor against the death penalty is the possibility of an innocent death. Cantu, an online source, says it best; " the death penalty is irrevoc ...

Number of words: 982 | Number of pages: 4

Capital Punishment

... the Lord’s Prayer as she died while the girls left with thirty dollars to play video games (Guernsey 12.) The debate over is fairly recent in comparison to history. Most ancient civilizations agreed that certain crimes should be punishable by death. Most of the civilizations that have existed endorsed the retaliation of the death penalty as well as the fact that some crimes were too heinous and dangerous to society to let the criminal go on living (Winters 15.) The death penalty and support for it remained as prevalent in the Middle ...

Number of words: 1528 | Number of pages: 6

Legalization Of Drugs

... or more of arrests are for drugs or related crimes. Within days of legalization, thousands of judges, prosecutors, and police will be free to catch, try, and imprison violent criminals, criminals who commit 50 to 100 serious crimes, including robbery, rape, and murder, per year when on the loose. For the first time in years, our overcrowded prisons will have room for them. Ultimately, legalization will open 75,000 jail cells. Of 31,346 sentenced prisoners in federal institutions, those in for drug law violations were the largest single catego ...

Number of words: 645 | Number of pages: 3

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