Assault Weapons
Essays

If criminals want guns, they will get them, whether there is a law against it or not. What gun control laws do is make it more difficult for ordinary citizens to obtain firearms to protect themselves.

The need for drugs has led to a new industry as some people prefer get-rich-quick schemes by selling illegal substances. With more and more people getting caught up in the business, conflicts began to appear because of…

Latina Discourse -- Fiction and Non-Fiction

This article examines gun control laws and measures in New York State through a focus on state legislation and state case law. This paper demonstrates whether New York State has made a positive impact on crime rates through adopting stricter gun control policies as compared to other states with less control over guns. The other aspects discussed in the paper include the establishment of gun-free zones in attempts to fight crimes.

The times in which we live are highly turbulent, for young and old people alike. Unfortunately, the turmoil of modern life and the toll it takes on those who are all too human and vulnerable results at times in violent,…

All attitudes serve some function, and this psychology paper discusses the various functions that attitudes serve. Also the elaboration likelihood model is explained in terms of the way they are different. The paper provides examples of how attitudes function and how the elaboration likelihood model works to define the cognitive efforts that must be invested.

Abstract The effects of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act continue to be felt, two decades since its enactment. The aspects of community policing and community prosecution, which society benefits from today, trace their roots to the Violent Crime Control Act. This text examines the provision of community policing, particularly the ‘100,000 Cop’ initiative, and then demonstrates how the Act, in its entirety, affects the justice system in the State of California today.

Reducing Youth Firearm Injuries and Suicides

Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine is a documentary that illustrates that most American of virtues -- violence, and gun violence in particular. The author utilizes the documentary format to incorporate a wide variety…

Gun control became an issue for Americans in the 1960s when President Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King, and Senator Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated, all with guns. People began to demand that the government do…