Firearm

The District of Columbia passed the 1975 Firearms Control Regulations Act. This act made it illegal to own handguns, automatic firearms, or high capacity rifles and prohibited the possession of unregistered firearms. Dick Heller, a special police officer in the District of Columbia, carried a firearm as part of his job. He was granted access into federal buildings with the gun, but the new provision made it illegal to possess in his own home. Along with Dick Heller, five other D.C. residents…

to carry firearms or other weapons. This has been a big debate over the years but a couple of months ago our own president Donald Trump said “ I want my schools protected just like i want my banks protected.” says the new york times so clearly he is on the firearms side of things. But many people do not think this is a great idea because even if going through extensive background checks they still feel that guns could still fall into the wrong hands. Even if some teachers carried a firearm it…

“ The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” In a society where laws are made to protect the people, Mencken’s observation of the American society has never been truer. Because of recent shootings in Newtown, CT, the terrorist attacks in 2001, and teenage death rates at an all time high, Americans have voted in several laws to protect the general public. BODY Recent shootings in Newtown, Aurora, and Colorado Springs, consequently, have reignited the controversial…

There is hot debate over whether or not civilians should be allowed to own and carry guns, or if the weapons should be left to law enforcement. The main argument against guns is that they are used for crimes and civilians have no need to own firearms, but that is not the case. Civilian guns bring many benefits to society, such as stopping crimes, allowing people to defend themselves, bring the feeling of safety, and help law enforcement. The main fear of giving civilians guns is that the…

homicide committed by the youth using guns almost doubled compared to adults whose percentage declined. In 1995 the program, Youth Firearms Violence Initiative (YFVI), was launched by the department of justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to help the law enforcing agencies to come up with programs and strategies counter the rising juvenile firearms violence. The COPS facilitated the initiative by funding ten police departments across the ten participating cities to…

This essay will provide a brief history of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agency, organizational structure and notable accomplishments of the members of this elite force and how their focus relates to public safety. The agency has been around for hundreds of years first getting its start around 1862 under the Department of Treasury. Almost a decade earlier Congress started to enforce and impost taxes on imported alcohol to pay for a war debt incurred by the…

Head Firearm Injury Introduction: Gunshot deaths are self-inflicted in most of the cases with incidence rate per 100,000 populations in 2001 was 0.14 in UK in which suicidal and homicidal deaths represent 65% and 7% respectively, and with a rate of 10.2 in US in which suicidal and homicidal deaths represent 67% and 27% respectively.1 In study of 64 firearm deaths in Dammam, the age of the cases was ranging from 16 to 45, in which suicidal injuries accounts for 11% of all fatalities. In 80% of…

restore my 12-gauge I bought here a couple months ago. As I’m searching for the tools that would help patch up my gun and settle my problem, I notice a young man in the store just browsing around, and not seeming to obtain any previous experience with firearms. Even Though I am not a worker, I’m curious to see what he could possibly be looking for in here. I also think he seems lost and it’s better to have me, fellow customer, help find the correct type of gun that isn’t overpriced and has the…

constitutional right, but what brand of firearms is all around best for the citizens of the United States of America to own and shoot? The brand Remington has been around for roughly 200 years and have specialized in the development of guns for the majority of their establishment and is considered America’s best gun brand by many, how do they do it? To every gun there are 3 key features and these are; safety, weight of the gun, and of course the reliability of the firearm, Remington has…

Clinton era and having two decades worth of policy and laws on firearms, firearm laws have changed drastically. But with Congress stepping in and getting help from state legislature, all the goals of having a gun safe world is being destroyed and being limited to three realistic goals such as reducing possession by high-risk people, restricting access from certain people, and using guns to stop top level offenders. Federal level firearm policy hasn’t really changed since the Brady Law and…