Politics of the United States

I think the worst recommendation is not allowing police officers to shoot at vehicles. I think if anyone in the vehicle has a weapon then that vehicle should be shot at. I think it would be best if the officers tried shooting the tires or something on the car, rather than shooting the individuals inside the car. Shooting the vehicle may cause the people inside to use their weapons so shooting at the vehicle should be done with skill and patience. I think shooting a vehicle before the driver gets…

There is currently a debate in North Carolina on whether registered sex offenders should be allowed to use social media sites available to those under the age of 18, or if a ban should be imposed. One of the articles I decided to read is How Vital is Facebook for Free Expression? The article notes that those in favor of the ban argue that sex offenders can gather information on probable victims from sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Furthermore, there are numerous other news outlet…

rights of the Second Amendment. With the Second Amendment allowing U.S. citizens the right to bear arms, some have always been quick to use a gun as their first weapon of choice when sometimes it should be the last resort. The main reason the United States established gun control laws was to regulate the sale and ownership of firearms but now citizens argue that those are old and out dated…

Ruger 10/22 Shooting cans with a .22 rifle is very satisfying, and is the first step many shooters take into sports like hunting, recreational shooting and competitive shooting. Few things are more satisfying as a kid than lining up a can in the sights of a .22 rifle, slowly squeezing the trigger, and embracing the unexpected buck of the rifle as it fires and making a can jump with a direct hit. Time changes, as with most things, ideas and philosophies progress with each new generation. It…

I agree with allowing every officer the use of a body camera and the reason being that the pros of using the cameras stated above has outweighed the cons. Stated in the article “To date, little research is available to help law enforcement executives decide whether and how to implement the use of body-worn cameras in their departments”. An experiment was conducted at the Rialto (CA) PD, an agency that serves a population of 100,000 citizens. The end of this experiment resulted with the data…

gun has become too easy for criminals and terrorists. All gun purchases require a background check, but that only includes in store purchases (Clarke & Martin). If everything checks out you can walk out with a gun that same day, depending on your states laws. Gun sellers very rarely deny anyone a gun, less than 1% of the time. According to the FBI website, in the last decade 700,000 have been denied of the…

The global challenge that keeps me up at night is defending society from the “hive mind”: the limiting congregation of people’s minds around a single idea. Hive minds agree on certain issues, be it LGBTQ+ rights, immigration, or gun control. They consist of people who interact with similar people who reinforce those beliefs for the entirety of their lives which can lead to increasingly polarized and isolated political ideas. This problem affects the lives of people all around the world. An…

fun. Nowadays, firearms make the United States to be a special and powerful country in the world. Since most of people owned firearms for many reasons such as to hunt, to protect themselves, and to feel stronger, firearms have been an indispensable part of the United States. However, in recent years, the issue of people carrying guns has become a main problem in the American society. There are so many people were killed by guns in different parts of the United States, and the number of gun…

A little less than a year after the Virginia Tech shooting President George W. Bush signed the NICS Improvement Amendments Act, made laws more strict for states to report mental health records to federal databases for weapon purchase. An example of the positives of background checks Virginia's change in law, “During the first three years after Virginia began submitting certain mental health information to…

In my opinion I believe certain actions which are currently deemed right and wrong are formed by the rules of our ancestors and the society we live in. Morality is therefore decided by the standards of society. A major example within the film industry is the film trilogy including: The Purge, The Purge: Anarchy, and The Purge: Election Year. In these film, once a year for twelve hours all crime is legal including murder, assault, stealing, and selling drugs. Any and all crime that would be…