Essays on Self-Protection

A Review of Literature

INTRODUCTION The United States has currently been struggling with a great deal of political warfare, social unrest and public protest from the inside and from terrorism, global criticism and immigration battles from the outside. There are so many issues that the subjects of debate seem endless. One of the most controversial and often debated issues today is gun control. There is no doubt that it is incredibly dangerous when offenders are armed when they commit crimes like burglary or in a car-jacking; more so when these offenders have every premeditated intent to kill. At the same time, not everyone ...

Abstract

A number of states in the US have adopted the Conceal and carry weapon policy in their legislations and have allowed the carrying of concealed weapons in the public. However, the debate on whether to allow the same in campuses and universities have elicited various reactions from students, the general public, law enforcement authorities and experts. This paper looks at the two sides of the debate in the conceal and carry weapons policy in campuses and universities, compares the facts and figures from both sides and takes a position on the issue. After weighing the benefits of the Conceal ...

Introduction

With the media ever focused on shooting throughout the USA, which only seems to add the fire that is the gun control debate. Shooting and even Mass shooting tear at the emotions of the populace, and the heat is on for someone to do something. The gun control debate is not new; however, many people are demanding action. Proponents of both sides of the argument tend to bring non-facts to the debate in order to persuade people to listen to their argument. Besides, the actual implication of the effectiveness of the gun control is still controversial. The American population ...

The issue with guns and their ownership is cornerstone today. There are two groups of people with different opinions for or against the legalization. The first one states that it is their constitutional right for the purpose of self-protection, whereas the second group states that gun ownership endangers normal peaceful way of life. In this respect, opinions differ, but the real threats are still surrounding people in everyday life. The government should ban guns for civilians in order to decrease the rate of crimes committed. Additionally, the administration should keep a strict eye on the regulation and distribution of guns ...

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The Brandy bill was enacted and passed in 1993. The provisions of the bill are that individuals undergo thorough scrutiny before they can be allowed to purchase and carry firearms within the United States. This is attributable to the need to give firearms to responsible people who cannot use them appropriately to avoid havoc within the society . However, this bill has been criticized larges since its incorporation simply because different people have different opinions regarding the people. While some view it as an appropriate measure to control the ownership of the dangerous weapon, others view it as an infringement ...

Pro-Gun Control

Gun control is regulation of the use of the guns in the state. It’s controlling how people access the guns for their use and who can actually possess the gun. Cases of misuse of guns have been on the rise and it’s due to that regulations have to be put in place in order to control such unnecessary death toll. Private Citizens poses a high risk and it’s for the same reason that the guns regulations should highly be adhered. Guns are not safe if not kept or regulated well. Many cases have been reported surrounding ...

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Survivors of sexual childhood abuse go through a series of intense and overwhelming feelings. These include feelings of guilt, fear and shame. The abusers are fond of telling children that it is their fault that they were abused, removing the blame away from the abuser, who should be blamed and blaming the child. In addition to this, abusers may bribe or threaten the child not to speak up; telling the child that no one will believe him or her. The response of a survivor’s family or friends to the revelation of the sexual abuse also has the possibility to cause ...

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The present review is aimed at providing an understanding on how the workplace contributes to the development of skin cancer. Five reviews (3 epidemiological data reviews, 1 meta-analysis, and 1 article) obtained from PubMed, involving a total of at least 3479 mortality and morbidity in skin cancer. These studies agreed on the initiating role of the workplace in the development of skin cancers, both malignant mesothelioma (MM) and non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSC), due to chronic exposure to carcinogens such as asbestos (Rushton, 2012; Boffetta, 2004; Romeo, 2004; ), mineral oils (Rushton, 2012), solar radiation (Rushton, 2012; Hannaford-Turner, Elder, Sim, Abramson, ...

- Fear of crime or criminal victimization (Lena, David, & Patricia, 2008) - Perceived risk of victimization - Not likely at all - Somehow likely - Likely - Fairly likely - Very likely On a scale of 1-5with 1 being “not likely at all” and 5 being “very likely” how do you rate each of the following things happening to you in the next 12 months? (Lena, David, & Patricia, 2008) - Victimization (i.e. has the respondent been the victim of a crime?)

In the last 2 years, have you ever been a victim of crime or crimes?

If yes which crime or crimes and how many times ...

Introduction

With the media ever focused on shootings throughout the USA, which only seems to add to the fire that is the gun control debate. Shooting and even Mass shootings tear at the emotions of the populace, and the heat is on for someone to do something. The gun control debate is not new; however, many people are demanding action. Proponents of both sides of the argument tend to bring non-facts to the debate in order to persuade people to listen to their argument. Besides, the actual implication of the effectiveness of the gun control is still controversial. The American ...

Gun control by description is the regulation; practice as well as suggestion that are intended to confine and limit the public ownership and the usage of all sorts of firearms. All around the globe, different countries and states have formulated their own policies and procedures that are aimed at controlling their citizens from the ownership as well as usage of guns. In the United Kingdom for instance, their laws are very stern against the public possessing guns while the United States have comparatively unassertive limits when it comes to the issue of owning guns. It is therefore a topic that ...