of offenders have been caught trying to acquire a firearm. The Brady Bill is not valuable in battling crime, but it does involve vindicating crime victims. Our findings indicate that stricter gun ownership laws in states with the lowest standards would have made firearm possession illegal for many who used a gun to commit a crime (Vittes, Vernick, Webster 30). Throughout the course of the five-day waiting period law enforcement officials perform, the background check is moreover operates as a…
media’s spreading news about acts of terrorist groups, police and civilians misusing firearms, and announcements of innocent deaths. But how are these stories connected? Well, one of the many connections it has is gun violence. Gun violence, as many of us know, has been a controversial topic for many Americans in the past and even now in the present. So being it has been an issue for so long, it has raised questions about whether or not our country should have stricter gun control laws. Some…
Gun Control: Killer or Savior? In 2013, firearms committed 69% of all homicides according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s crime report “Crime in the United States 2013: Expanded Homicide Data Table 9.” Most Americans respond to this fact with the same reaction, rage, but two vastly different solutions are suggested to fix this problem. Some suggest that there be greater restrictions on gun ownership and that gun availability should be lessened. However, others are convinced gun…
A. RESEARCH TOPIC The purpose of this paper is to determine if gun control laws lower gun-related homicide rates in the United States, as based on an analysis of statistical data following the implementation of the Brady Act; as well as, to determine if these laws produce an increased demand for guns in illegal gun markets. One of the major concerns for American citizens is that the Brady Act and any further actions by the government affect our rights under the Second Amendment to the United…
Debbie will be charged contrary to Fraud Act 2006 section 1 . Fraud can be committed in one of three ways; the fraud Debbie is likely to be charged with is false representation. S2(1) states that ‘a person is in breach of this section if he’ , S2(1)(a) ‘Dishonestly makes a false representation , S2(1)(b) ‘and intends, by making the representation’ , S2(1)(b)(i)’to make a gain for himself or another’ , S2(1)(b)(ii) ‘or to cause loss to another or to expose another to a risk of loss’ . The actus…
Analyse the law on theft, robbery and burglary in a given scenario providing a reasoned conclusion. Referring to the case of Mr Paul Anthony and Mr Simon Jackson, both defendants would be liable to be found guilty on some grounds of the Theft Act (1968): Mr Anthony would most likely be found guilty for burglary under section 9, as burglary falls under a lot more than entering a building and stealing something. It’s definition being ‘he enters a building or part of a building as a trespasser…
theft by taking the letter from David’s home. With regards to the issue of potential criminal liability for blackmail by threatening David when demanding the money that she believed she was owed, the relevant statutory law is Section 21 of the Theft Act 1968, which states that the criminal offence of blackmail consists of making an unwarranted demand with menaces, which is the actus reus, with a view to making…
playing field and provide economic justices to not only African-Amercian but to women and other minority groups. It has given individuals who have been victimized by discriminatory practices a form of redress through ligation under the Civil Rights Acts. Detractors will say that the U.S. has not done…
The Life and Works of Lorraine Hansberry Alveda King once stated, “Racism oppresses its victims, but also binds the oppressors, who sear their consciences with more and more lies until they become prisoners of those lies. They cannot face the truth of human equality because it reveals the horror of the injustices they commit” (Brainy Quotes). In Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun, the Younger family lives in South Side Chicago and faces racial discrimination. The entire family…
All men are equal, but their circumstances are not. America bears an ugly history of racial segregation in cities, mostly due to the practice of redlining. Lending companies and banks withhold mortgages and other loans from people who live in neighborhoods of certain ethnic makeups. In a perfect world, arbitrary factors such as race would not affect someone’s ability to buy a home. Unfortunately, we do not live in a perfect world. Even in our supposedly “progressive” nation, prejudice against…