Our national Constitution and Bill of Rights have ensured that the people of America maintain their basic rights, and more. ... The founding fathers made it crystal clear in the Constitution that the ability to own guns is a right, and this decision has been confirmed by our nation's courts and by the custom and practice of the generations that came before us throughout our history. ... The founding fathers anticipated that gun control could become a serious issue in the future, so they added the Second Amendment to the Constitution. ... Anticipating the possibility that an increasingly c...

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Gun Control The basic premise of the constitution is to allow people to the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. ... Does the constitution offer protection for private individuals choosing to own guns? ... Opponents of gun control, including the National Rifle Association, better known as the NRA, argue that the "right To bear arms" is guaranteed in the second amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America and licensing restrictions penalize law-abiding citizens while in no way preventing criminal use of handguns. ... People against gun control feel that it is...

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If history is to be any guide, no matter what the resolution to the gun control debate is, it is probable that the arguments pro and con will be much the same as they always have been. ... From our textbook, Why Nothing Works, Marvin Harris points out that the "American Constitution guarantees citizens the right to bear arms, and this has made it possible for U.S. criminals to obtain firearms more readily than their counterparts in countries like Japan...". ...

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Throughout the history of civilisation the enduring problem of crime has bought with it huge social and economic problems. ... One of the most famous advocates of this approach was the 19th century Italian physician Caesare Lombroso (1936-1909), who argued that "criminals are the product of a genetic constitution unlike that found in the non-criminal population." ...

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1 "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."" It is one of the most known verses in the Christian Bible. For many, it is interpreted simply as revenge. If someone deliberately takes a person's life, then that person's life should be taken to create justice. But is this reall...

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The death penalty has existed throughout the course of our nation's history and always has been a staple of our judicial system. ... (Bedau) "[T]he eighth amendment's guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment mandates that the state, even when it undertakes to punish an individual who has transgressed laws, recognize the intrinsic worth of the individual as a human being this is why the sentence of death is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment, forbidden by the Constitution." ...

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(Question 1) Juvenile delinquency is a complex social problem that significantly impacts all members and processes of a social structure. Delinquency refers to a set of behaviors that are not in line with the collective practices and/or ethics of the dominant social group. Essentially, these behaviors deviate from societal norms and more specifically they violate established criminal codes and laws. Juvenile delinquency incorporates not only general criminal activity but conduct that is only unlawful for youths such as running away from home and skipping school. Current research into th...

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