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- 2811: Common Sense Control, Not Gun Control
- ... in private hands. What is demonstrated forcefully in England is that in a place where guns are outlawed, only outlaws have guns. (202) As I have pointed out, gun control legislation has only a marginal effect. I think that more headway in lowering handgun related crimes could be made through education. This exact point is made by Barry Goldwater: Gun education, in fact, can actually reduce lawlessness in a community, as ...
- 2812: Capital Punishment
- ... the Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Portugal and Switzerland. The U.S.A. is one of the few countries that have retained the death penalty. Lawyer Clarence Darrow, famous for his criminal cases, believes this is an effect of the high homicide rate, which is higher in the United States compared to most countries in the world (Horwitz 52). Darrow believes that the high homicide rate is caused by the fact that the ...
- 2813: Capital Punishment, Should It Or Should It Not Be Used In Today's Criminal Judging System
- ... signed into law by Governor Pataki in 1994, takes place. The state has yet to announce how and when executions will be carried out, but the sure thing is that when it does go into effect the cost will come from takes, which were also supposed to be decreasing as passed by the state legislature. The state of New Jersey has also had the Death Penalty for over 13 years and ...
- 2814: Gun Control
- ... black market without a Brady Check. Criminals with half a brain will advoid the gunstores and going through the system." C. The Brady Law Johnson, 96' (Febuary 21, Columbis Dispatch) "The Brady Law which took effect Febuary 28, 1994, requires a background check during the five day waitng period before the sale of a handgun." D. Police are inadequate Jeffery Synder (The Pblic Interest, 1993) "Crime is increasing because citizen resistence ...
- 2815: Corporal Punishment
- ... that pain is not the best solution. Although Corporal punishment has its disadvantages it can also make people aware of the fact that wrong doing results in pain and agony.As more people know the effect of misbehaving,the fewer the mistakes there would be.Michael Fae for example, used a paint canister to spray paint on cars for fun.The result for this action was to be strapped four times ...
- 2816: Counterfeiting: We're In The Money
- ... rate will tend to sell their low interest assets, in order to acquire additional money, they tend move toward higher yielding accounts, also further increasing the rate. Soon this small change by the fed will effect all aspects of business, from the price level to interest rates on credit cards. In a recent article from the Wall Street Journal, criticizes the fed's action in raising the interest rates, and complains ...
- 2817: Alcohol and Driving While Intoxicated
- ... larger amounts, it dulls the area of your brain that control inhibition, judgment, and self-control. Hopefully you can see how this could be detrimental to your health when driving. Drinking. But how does alcohol effect my driving? To expand upon this, drinking increases your self-confidence, and inhibitions but lowers your driving performance (reaction times, stopping distance). You may feel like you can do anything behind the wheel of a ...
- 2818: Cocaine
- ... alkaloid compound. (Other well-known alkaloids are morphine, strychnine, and nicotine.) Cocaine stimulates the cortex of the brain, producing intense euphoria and the desire to repeat the experience; however, the drug has a highly toxic effect upon the central nervous system. The fine, white powder--also called snow, coke, or toot--can be tasted, but usually it is sniffed. It is readily absorbed into the bloodstream through the nasal mucous membranes ...
- 2819: Legalization of Drugs: Against
- ... the brain, lungs, and reproductive organs, where they remain for a long time. In a book titled, Drug Policy and Intellectuals, Stephen Thomas points out that one of the areas of great concern about the effect of smoking marijuana is the changes in the reproductive system (156). Heavy marijuana smoking reduces the level of testosterone, the principal male hormone. It may delay sexual maturation in teenage boys and may possible reduce ...
- 2820: Lysergic Acid Diethlamide (LSD)
- ... onset and the effects last anywhere from six hours to four days, depending on the dosage. If taken in large enough amounts, one can die of an overdose of LSD. Psychologically, LSD has a tremendous effect on a person. LSD is an unpredictable drug in which the effects are different each time it is ingested. A person under the influence of LSD ifs flooded with visual experience, as much when the ...
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