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should be abolished. I believe it should be abolished because it does not help curb crime. Another reason is It is not morally fair or just. We can’t be absolute in making sure people are guilty of the crime. It is more expensive than Imprisonment.…
able to execute people that have been convicted of murder or should we give them a chance to break out of jail and maybe kill other people. Well the Death Penalty has been around for a while ever since the Old West use to hang people for punishment.…
but should the murderous felons die as well? Capital Punishment is a major controversy. Debating whether they receive execution or spend the rest of their ruined lives rotting in a jail cell seems pointless. The government throws away these…
fixture in society since the earliest civilizations. It has been used for various crimes ranging from the desertion of soldiers during wartime to the more heinous crimes of serial killers. However, the mere fact that this brutal form of punishment and…
most heavily armed population in the world. There are 200 Million guns and 60 to 65 Million legal owners who have one or more guns. In the United States, more than half of the households have guns. In 1974, nearly two million guns were produced in the…
an issue that most Americans have been exposed to. In 1989, guns killed 11,832 Americans. The National Rifle Association (NRA) members believe that it is their constitutional right to own guns, stating that guns are not the root of the crime…
use them for many different sports, some use them for protection, and some use them for murder. The Constitution of the United States of America gives us the right “to keep and bear arms”. This brings up a very good argument that guns should be…
words known to us today. Innocent people, males and females, the elderly, our nation's youth, all of these people must currently live in fear. Walking down the street, taking a Sunday drive, going to the supermarket, the bank, or a gas station have…
kill? When you hold a gun anywhere but the firing range you’d better be ready and able to use it or die. Don’t get me wrong; just because you carry a gun doesn’t mean people automatically start being violent towards you but if you get in a fight…
I say the whole nation should be an armed nation. Period.” This rather bold statement was made by Joseph Foss, former Governor, and current President of the NRA, or National Rifle Association (Lacayo 16). I could not disagree more. The NRA is…
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