Unfortunately, the "wrong hands" are not limited to those who have mental problems these days, but there are also instances where law enforcement resort to their last option before exhausting all scenarios. ... However, after enforcing tougher laws that were put in place, more firearm crimes were committed. ... Similar to those who put their mind to getting alcohol during prohibition, distributing illegal drugs or robbing a bank, once a person decides to put a plan in action only they can stop themselves. ...

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The officers surveyed ranked drugs, the decline of family values, and the combination of light prison sentences and early release programs as the top three reasons for the nations upsurge in violent crime. ... An even more alarming fact is that assault weapons were the firearms most commonly traced for organized crime and drug trafficking offenses. Assault weapons are designed primarily for military or law enforcement use. ... These instances where guns play a negative role can be drastically reduced if the United States tightens its grip on firearms by enforcing harsher gun laws and emphasizi...

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Charles B. Rangel, the United States Representative for New York's 13th District, stated, "No American should live in fear of going to work or sending their kids to school. Let's end the fear. Let's enforce existing gun laws (Rangel)." This example supports the idea that gun laws should be enforced ...

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From local thugs to law enforcement officers, from drug addicts to political figures, Crash brings individuals of varying backgrounds together in a film which represents the attitudes that many people share, particularly those attitudes of racism, whether they are overtly expressed or subconsciously so. ... From local thugs to law enforcement, and from drug addicts to political figures, "Crash" unites various cultures and various backgrounds into a film that presents the attitudes that many people share directly or indirectly. ...

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Informed law enforcement officers in Canada, as in the United States, view the "impact of restricting the availability of firearms is more likely to impact on those violent incidents that would not have happened had a weapon been at hand"(152). ... As demonstrated in the film: Cops, Guns, and Drugs, the problem with controlling urban violence in the United States is that it is out of proportion in contrast to the available police force. ... These cities largely consist of visible minorities who are frustrated with the hand dealt to them, and simply resort to "drugs...

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Some people are for new gun control laws especially the ones for campus carry, but I am one of the many that are against them. Now, it is impossible to pick up a newspaper or watch the evening news without being bombarded with the details of another mass shooting, or another child that was killed...

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These instances where guns play a negative role can be drastically reduced if the United States tightens its grip on firearms by enforcing harsher gun laws and emphasizing gun safety. ... After all, we don't want people who are impaired by a mental illness, impaired by alcohol or drugs, or blinded by rage to be able to buy guns. ...

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If everybody was shooting at eachother during a rampage, law enforcement wouldn't be able to determine who the bad ones are. ... Students had concerns with the mixture of alcohol/drugs and guns, and also the increase of suicide rates. ... Through statistics, surverys, personal opinions and abstracts I learned that most law enforcements, parents, and students are opposed to allowing college students the right to carry concealed fire arms on campus. ...

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Gang members involve themselves in " serious crimes, drug-related behavior, and fire arm use."" ... Because guns are easy to obtain, drug trafficking increase, violent media, no real family structures, and the number of gun-related cases involving adolescence has rose. ... In order to get control now before it is too late, tighter gun restrictions should be enforced in the United States. ...

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Enforce what's on the books. This encourages police and prosecutors to enforce federal gun laws. By following just 1 simple rule for 1 year: arresting someone for carrying a gun while in possession of drugs. ...

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Most states prohibit the purchase of guns if you are: a convicted felon, alcoholic, drug addict, mentally ill person, alien, or a fugitive from justice. ... Other sources included pawnshops (6%), fences (5%), and family members and drug dealers (4% each), (Wright,1986). ... Along with changing gun legislation we must also enforce our gun policy laws better. ...

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Gun control is wrapped in a series of social issues such as crime and drugs. Guns have become closely linked to drugs and murder in the public mind. Drug dealing and high tech weaponry have escalated the warfare in cities between long established loosely knit gangs. ... Many police officers are killed every year due to drug and gang related incidents involving guns. For example in 1988 on February 26 rookie New York City police officer Edward Byre was sitting alone in his police car guarding the house of a drug trial witness in South Jamaica, Queens where he was shot four times in the head and...

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The NRA's Refuse To Be A Victim program focuses on preventing crime, and many law enforcement officers around the country train to become certified to lead safety seminars. Due to the program, tens of thousands of people have been reached and educated about safeguarding their private information, cars, homes, and traveling via 2,300 volunteer instructors, 20 percent of whom are law enforcement officers***. ... The aforementioned Brady law, which was passed in November 1993, harbors good intentions towards keeping guns out of the wrong hands.** The law was named after Jim Brady who was s...

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Nearly most of murderers are already legally disqualified from owning firearms (before they committed their murder), so they could not acquire a firearm from a gun dealer anyway; no waiting period will be enforced by the local drug dealer who has a handgun business on the side. ...

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"Criminologists say that the drug world has created an intense, violent scene and will continue to buy more and more guns" (Best 16). ... Guns are needed in our law enforcement agencies, which are used to protect the citizens of our country. ...

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