Gun Court Essays

because of one man with a gun. Do you really want your life to be at risk because there is no law banning assault weapons? Do you want to walk down the hallway in fear of someone coming at you with a gun? According to an article from the Washington Post, written by Christopher Ingraham, the president/founder of a public opinions research, the ban on assault weapons lapsed, or expired, in 2004. This resulted in an increase by 183% of shootings and by 239% of deaths by guns. Obviously, this is a problem

More gun laws will lead to more gun crime rates. As the famous saying goes, “If guns are outlawed; only outlaws will have guns.” The United States has about 88.8 guns per 100 people, which is about 270,000,000 total. This is the highest per capita and total number in the world (ProCon “Background of the Issue” 1). Guns were very common and dated back to Colonial America. Even though guns were common, restrictions were as well. Some of these laws included banning indentured servants and slaves

The main argument in Grayson’s appeal is that he never actually displayed a gun to anyone in the Key Bank he robbed on July 16, 2012. Although Grayson never displayed a gun, he did hand the teller a note saying that he had a gun in his possession. Personally, I believe this is enough to merit a conviction of first-degree robbery. Grayson wanted to initiate fear in the teller by making her believe that he had a gun, and was willing to use it if she did not cooperate and hand over the

Act of 1934. The NFA was a, "revenue act, levying a $200 transfer tax on all covered firearms"(NYU Law, 61). This was a useful tax during this time because it helped control the gangsters from acquiring machine guns(NYU Law, 61). Miller and Layton's case was tried in an Arkansas district court by Judge Hiram Heartsill Ragon. On June 2, 1938 Miller and Layton pleaded guilty to one count of illegally transporting an untaxed short-barreled shotgun in interstate commerce, but Judge Ragon did not accepted

In 1987, the bill that would soon become a law and make buying guns safer was introduced in congress. This bill was named after James Brady hints the name, “Brady Bill.” James Brady was the White House Press Secretary at the time. He was permanently disabled after receiving a gunshot wound to his forehead in 1981, in the attempted Ronald Reagan assassination. This bill required licensed firearms importers, manufactures, or dealers to wait five days before selling a handgun to another person not

administrators should be allowed to carry guns on school campus In the past couple of months/years there have been many school shootings. For example Stoneman Douglas High School was apart of a mask shooting a couple of days ago. Teachers shouldn’t be able to have guns on school grounds, it is a danger to other students. The gun could get in the wrong hands or even the teacher could use the gun on accident with a student to scare that student. Though guns are good protection for schools, teachers

he shouldn’t have been stopped in the first place. Wardlow argued that even if he had the gun, the officer shouldn’t have suspected him if he ran because any person could run from the police just because they don’t want to be questioned for no reason. Again, “the Illinois court denied his request and he was convicted of unlawful use of a weapon” (Justia, 2000). The case was then taken to the appellate court where they reversed the ruling because Nolan did not actually have a reasonable suspicion

action taken by the federal government. The Second Amendment and the Right to Bear Arms was ruled by the Court to be a constitutional right to keep a loaded handgun at home for self-defense in the case District of Columbia v. Heller. This view had long been subject to debate, but was finally put to rest, and as such, no one should be impeded by the government from purchasing a handgun. Furthermore, gun purchasers who are

Many United States citizens own guns for self-defense, for commercial use, or for sport. Yet, guns have also been used in homicides, suicides, and mass shootings in a countless number of countries, including the United States of America. According to a recent report, in 2015 there were more than 36,000 gun-related deaths in the United States with two thirds being suicides and one third homicides (Smith 8). Attempting to combat the issue of loose regulations, New York, Rhode Island, California, and

kill me first, ill kill you” while handing her a gun. Rust turned and started walking away when Lavallee pulled the trigger hitting Rust in the back of the

Statement of Issue: According to the Gun Control Archive in 2017, there was a total of 53, 904 accidents related to gun violence. Of that total amount 13,583 was gun death related and 27, 705 was gun injury related and 1,781 was from self-defense use. In the previous year the total number of gun related accidents was 58,794 (Gun Violence, 2017). Gun Violence has claimed many innocent peoples’ lives therefore resulting in national tragedies in the U.S. The main issue with gun violence lies within the ownership

Imagine you are attending a lecture in a college, and you find that the students around you are carrying guns. This is totally possible, because the second amendment gives citizens the right to own guns. However, this right seems to be unreasonable. Since 2013, there have been more than 185 school mass shootings, causing more than 180 people injure or dead (“185 School Shootings In America Since 2013”). Just imagine the scenario in which your friends stop breathing or you will never see your children’s

that his section eight Charter right had been violated by Sergeant Boyd. The Crown claimed that Boyd had the right to push a few inches into the apartment, because he was attempting to preserve the safety of himself and the others with him. All three courts that the case went through decided that MacDonald’s Charter rights had not been violated by Boyd. This was because Boyd had a justifiable reason to believe MacDonald might be a threat to public safety, and he violated the right as little as possible

The Chinese came up with all of this before inventing any sort of gun. The fire lance, one of the earliest ancestors of the firearm, was first used in 1132 (Max Distro, 2013). The fire lance consisted of a spear attached to a flamethrower, and it was capable of firing projectiles from a barrel made of bamboo or paper

carrying a firearm or had a firearm near by. Laws keep people from feeling safe and make them worried about having a gun to keep themselves safe they feel like if they ever used a gun they would go to jail right away even if they had a solid reason to use it. “Most (58%) worry that new laws would make it more difficult for people to protect their homes and families” (Why Own a Gun?). They all worry because they know that if they shot someone who broke in that they would most likely be tried for murder

be victim holds a smoking gun, they just have shot an assailant trying to harm them. In the event described above a firearm saved someone from harm. Just because a few people use firearms to harm others does not mean all firearms and firearm owners are bad. When a crime involving a firearm occurs, the anti gun activist are up in arms advocating stricter gun control, but the use of firearms for recreational purposes: hunting, sport, collecting, in all those cases anti gun activist look the other

Following a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, appellant, James Davis (“Davis”), was convicted of one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon, three counts of use of a handgun in a felony or crime of violence, three counts of first-degree assault, and one count of first-degree burglary. For his offenses, Davis was sentenced to a total of thirty years’ incarceration. Davis appealed his conviction and the computation of his sentences. We affirmed the judgments in an unreported

getting their hands on firearms occurred on January 23, 1884 in Sidney, Nebraska. While in school, a boy accidentally shot himself in the hand. He was playing with a pistol, which he shouldn’t have been able to get his hands on. He also had pointed the gun at one of his fellow classmates a few moments earlier. Luckily, this boy survived because the injury did not hit a fatal organ. But, people could have easily been killed under these circumstances. Another example of a mentally unstable person getting

Caldwell Shooting After Attempted Gun Sale A man, Juan Maugro Lopez was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony in connection to the attack, after a shooting at a home in the 2000 block of Lincoln Ave. in Caldwell on November 8th. The victim told officials that the shooting occurred after he tried to buy a 12-gauge shotgun from a woman he knew. The victim also admitted that he was prohibited from owning a firearm, but wanted to purchase one

Over time, the use of the gun has been extremely significant in the progression of the world. For United States history, it has been used for centuries in fighting war and achieving justice. Back during the American Revolution, weapons were used to achieve independence and were crucial in establishing the US’ individual right to live freely (PBS). As the industrial age came about and Samuel Colt’s ideas for the gun were developed, mass production made the gun popular throughout the nation and made