This time you did beat someone up with a deadly weapon, that's another count goes toward you. ... You can also get a strike for any robbery in an inhabited dwelling house, floating home, trailer coach, and building with a deadly or dangerous weapon. Juvenile (as a strike) within the meaning of welfare and institution code are: Murder, arson of an inhabited building, robbery with a deadly weapon, rape with force or violent or threat of great bodily harm, sodomy by force. ...

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For instance, they will commit robbery, burglary, thefts, vandalism, assaults, arson, weapons and narcotic offense, even murders. ... This includes murder, assaults with deadly weapons, drive by shooting, and batteries. ... In all, gangs are the deadly issue that we all should take it extremely serious; they could turn our society to chaos. ...

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Since the age of the Civil War weapons that are being produced have become more deadly. In the late 1700's there really were not any deadly weapons such as handguns, but they did use muskets, which, were not very deadly. ... For instance, the owning of a nuclear weapon or other weapon of mass destruction should be illegal. ... There was a case in the early 20th century that limited the right to own certain classes of weapons. ... Firearms were shown to be the weapon of choice in 70% of homicides in 1993 and the number of violent crimes committed using firearms increas...

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But the use of automatic weapons and weapons in the hands of an unreasonable individual should not be allowed. ... Assault weapons are designed primarily for military or law enforcement use. ... People sell deadly weapons to who ever has enough money to purchase them. ... Theft accounts for the vast majority of these illegal weapons. ... Life is too valuable to let weapons of destruction circulate freely through our society....

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On balance, they show that there is nothing to be gained from reducing the general level of gun ownership. (3) A thorough review of 18 studies of the effects of gun availability among potential victims and criminals found that the overall effect on criminal violence was zero. (4) In one study, researchers found no significant differences in total robbery rates between cities where guns were widely available and cities where they were not; in cities with fewer firearms, armed robbers simply used other weapons. (5) The best available evidence, based on at least eight national surveys of the gene...

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The time has come, you raise from the side of your bed, instinctively assuming a marksman's pose and fire just as the intruder is raising his weapon. ... Now what I ask you to picture is that same scenario, but this time only the intruder has a weapon because all guns have been outlawed and the criminal is the only person who can get their hands on them. ... "Most everyone will agree that felons, addicts, morons, juveniles, alcoholics, the mentally incompetent and others in whose hands even an ice pick or baseball bat becomes a deadly weapon, should be denied guns."... "A study . . . reve...

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Ever since man has set foot upon this planet violence has been both the cause and solution to many of history's conflicts. However, it seems as time goes on more conflicts arise but appear to end quicker. The rise of technology has played a key role in the cause and duration of these conflicts. I...

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Also in robberies and assaults, victims are far more likely to die when the perpetrator is armed with a gun than when he or she has another weapon or is unarmed." ... As you can begin to see many criminal or deadly circumstances are enhanced by the presence of guns, but what about other weapons? More recent studies on weapons and violent crimes have generally concluded that death was at least twice as likely in gun assaults as in knife assaults. ... There is no real way to know if people that own a gun, will use it as a weapon or as a tool for survival, against those who illegally have them. ...

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Also in robberies and assaults, victims are far more likely to die when the perpetrator is armed with a gun than when he or she has another weapon or is unarmed." ... As you can begin to see many criminal or deadly circumstances are enhanced by the presence of guns, but what about other weapons? More recent studies on weapons and violent crimes have generally concluded that death was at least twice as likely in gun assaults as in knife assaults. ... There is no real way to know if people that own a gun, will use it as a weapon or as a tool for survival, against those who illegally have them. ...

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While the CCRB takes complaints covering a range of alleged abuses from deadly force to discourtesy, 1,670 complaints (the largest proportion) were for excessive force and these had also risen proportionately from 1993. ... The NYPD has very stringent guidelines for when officers may resort to deadly physical force and police shootings are relatively rare compared to the arrest rate and number of police contacts with criminal suspects. ... The officers say they saw him reaching for a weapon in one of his pockets but when he was searched after his death there was nothing at all. ...

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Officers have no reason to beat a person to death with sprays, electric shocks, guns, batons and other lethal weapons, especially when the person is handcuffed and laid on the ground. ... So, in this case the police use of deadly force with the criminal was essential. ... But, others are more restrictive, and limited the use of deadly force on suspects having committed "forcible" acts such as robbery (U.S. ... And, there is a rule that claims that "deadly force may not be used unless it is necessary to prevent the escape and the officer has probable cause to believe that the sus...

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Crime and Punishment Our topic for this paper is Crime and Punishment. There are several different issues on this subject. We chose three main points to talk about: The Crimes, the People who solved them, and the different types of punishments. These are the topics we chose for our re...

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Our topic for this paper is Crime and Punishment. There are several different issues on this subject. We chose three main points to talk about: The Crimes, the People who solved them, and the different types of punishments. These are the topics we chose for our report. Crime in the nineteeth...

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Abstract:       The second amendment and gun control have been a controversial issue, switching back and forth from guns are needed for protection and the only cause injury and lead to increased crime. The second amendment gives citizens of the United States of America a right to bear arms. A...

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"The 3-Strikes Law" In early 1994 the state Legislature made changes to the Penal Code Statute section 667. This section, along with 1170.12, which had been approved in November of 1994, is part of the Penal Code that encompasses the "three-strikes and you"re out" law. Without knowing the true n...

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