... The central theme is that further restriction on the availability of fire-arms will not improve our safety, and in fact will have a detriment to that safety. Intended Audience: The ideal audience for this speech is a group of voting-age individuals who are concerned about the apparent increase of shootings nation-wide, and would like to help deter that seeming trend. This would also be appropriate for any person who is concerned that the government seems to be encroaching on individual rights in this country. Significance: As the public debate continues on whether guns are too readily available, we see those who are pushing not only for the limitation of fire-arms but for the out-right ban and confiscation of all non-shooting sport weapons. This becomes extremely significant, because history teaches that the loss of personal protection weaponry is always followed by the loss of other human rights. Presentation Plan I. Introduction a. Audience hook: From Columbine to Sandy Hook and the Aurora, Colorado theater shootings we have seen mass shootings in the last fifteen years that have many calling for increased gun-control legislation, but what is the truth? b. Thesis statement: Research suggests that an increase in gun-control legislation will not result in increased safety for the populace because those who have decided to take violent action in contravention to current law, will not likely be dissuaded by the imposition of yet another law, and because the law-abiding...
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...Second Amendment states “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” If we leave the second Amendment as it is there is no additional funding that would be needed. This is a document that has been a part of American history, it covers the United states as a whole and is a fundamental aspect of the constitution. While the constitution can be amended as stated in an essay it is usually frowned upon by the American public. Every American citizen has the right to own a weapon according to the Second Amendment. • Option 2: Concealed weapons carry Currently, people can get a permit to carry a concealed weapon. This means that they are allowed to carry the weapon but only in certain places and in certain states. o Advantage: Though you have to go through a process to get a permit you are still allowed to have a weapon on your person for protection and safety. In addition, in some states the issuing official cannot deny a permit as long as all the requirements are met. o Disadvantage: In some states it is entirely up to the official that issuing the permit to decide whether or not you get the permit. Even if a person meets all the requirements they may still not get the...
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...The gun is illegal "It takes strength to make your way through grief to grab hold of life and you pull foward ''. A concealed hand gun cannot be carried while the person is intoxicated 51% beverages for consunption posted. Employees do not have the right to store loaded firearms in a vehicle owned or leased the employer. It was a thing it really happen . I believe that is illegal the gun : crime , cruel and punishment. The gun is demand justice . They shall not do it because an purpose of irrespectful. Never ever use a gun in / out of property. They're is a solution was illegal. The gun is illegal from anywhere. That is why it would happened every entire year...
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...confirmed to be in self-defense. Guns are currently being used in this society for murders, celebration, hunting and gang activity. Guns are used in the drill team, for war and by the police force. Guns should not be used in such ways where others could be harmed or killed. They should be used only for self-defense to protect themselves and their valuables, not as weapons to take other's lives. The Gun Owners Foundation says that guns save more lives than they take and prevent more injuries than they inflict. However, that is very untrue. The usage of guns for self defense to not self-defense ratio is 1:22. For every time a gun is used in self-defense, there are 22 shootings that are not. Also, gun violence costs the nation about one hundred billion dollars a year. Eighty per cent of the money used to treat firearm injuries comes from taxpayer dollars. The Gun Owners Foundation says that criminals avoid armed citizens. A law in a city in Florida that required at least one gun in every household caused the crime rate in that city to drop 89%. Another law that permitted the carrying of concealed weapons dropped the homicide rate by 36%. But having a gun in a household raises the risk of a homicide or suicide. A household with a gun is three times more likely to have a homicide using a gun and five times more likely to have a suicide using a gun. Suicide is not a crime, but it is still a death and is just as bad. Guns are clearly dangerous, no matter how they are ...
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...emphasized the negative effect of guns. On one hand, Wintemute believed that less guns lead to less violent crimes. On the other hand, Lott denied the direct relationship between crime rate and guns’ number and proposed that more concealed-handguns can actually deter crime. A common criticism of guns is that they stimulate more violent crime and this is what Wintemute (2004) tried to prove in his article, “Gun Control Laws Can Reduce Violent Crime” (p. 75). He (2004) explained that “firearms modify the consequences of crime” (p. 75). In other words, criminals find it easier to commit and complete crimes when they have guns. Wintemute (2004) took the example of robbery which is facilitated by guns and constituted of 44 percent of all violent crimes (p 75). With the guns, robbers will more likely venture “against [the] ‘harder’ targets” (Wintemute, 2004, p. 75). To emphasize how important guns are in crimes, Wintemute (2004) listed the data of Uniform Crime Reports, according to which the possibility that assaults lead to fatality by guns is 4.6 times of the possibility that assaults stimulate death by other weapons (p. 75). However, John Lott (2010), the author of the book, More Guns, Less Crime, contended that, with concealed gun laws that require official permits to have guns, crimes are actually more difficult to be completed when more people legally own guns. According to Lott (2010) who compared the death rates of states before and after they adopted the concealed-handgun...
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...of the gun can stop them. In 2005-2010, there have been about 213 justified firearm homicides per year, 2.5 million defensive gun uses with only 0.00852 percent that led to a death (David Frum). That’s close to nothing. If a gun wasn’t involved who knows how many more casualties there would have been. How many more families would be making one less dinner plate at night? When owning a gun, you have to be well educated in how to use it. If you don’t know how to properly use the weapon, it could lead to injury or even death. If someone broke into your house and had a gun, what could you do if you didn’t know how to use it safely? You would be shot or even killed. Good for you, you just wasted money on a gun that could have saved your life if you knew how to use it. It’s like buying a car with manual transmission and never learned how to drive one. It is just wasted money and space. It could even lead to death to you or another person. A gun in trained hands can be a very lethal weapon. Owning a gun and knowing how it operates creates a sense of security. Not only can you use your gun for protection, but you can also use it to provide food for your family. To get a gun, I do believe that you should have a background check. The reasoning behind this is that 10 percent of all murders are by people with some sort of mental illness. Almost all mass killings are done by the...
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...FOUNDATION Connecting Research in Security to Practice Crisp Report ABOUT THE CRISP SERIES OF REPORTS Connecting Research in Security to Practice (CRISP) reports provide insights into how different types of security issues can be tackled effectively. Drawing on research and evidence from around the world, each report summarizes the prevailing knowledge about a specific aspect of security, then recommends proven approaches to counter the threat. Connecting scientific research with existing security actions helps form good practices. This series invites experts in specialist aspects of security to present their views on how to understand and tackle a security problem, using the best research evidence available. Reports are written to appeal to security practitioners in different types of organizations and at different levels. Readers will inevitably adapt what is presented to meet their own requirements. They will also consider how they can integrate the recommended actions with existing or planned programs in their organizations. This CRISP report focuses on firearms in the workplace and their relationship with workplace violence. Author Dana Loomis, PhD, discusses how firearms end up at workplaces, and then assesses a host of opportunities to prevent any ensuing problems. His recommendations provide solid ideas on how organizations can avoid becoming victims of workplace violence, and how to implement recommended solutions. His discussion helps security practitioners...
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...offered as proof of the mantra that more guns mean more violence and fewer guns, therefore, mean less violence (Godwin 281). While the hearts and souls of the regulatory author are well placed, all too often the resulting debate is rooted in erroneous statistics and unrepresentative comparisons. To illustrate Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced Assault Weapons Ban legislation that would ban any weapon with a grip on the premise they are too easy to get and used too often for bad (Feinstein). The NRA states “the average annual number of background checks for the last five years, 2007-2011, is 25 percent higher than for NICS’ first five complete years, 1999-2003” (NRA). The NRA also states “In 2009 alone some 1,868,268 pistols were imported or exported by U.S. manufacturers, according to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) data (NRA). If the old mantra holds true overall crime should be on the rise; however, a 2011 FBI Uniform Crime Report shows violent crime is continuing a decade long downward trend and is down 3.8% from 2010. The recent massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary has overwhelmingly drowned any positive statistics. While this event is truly an unspeakable, horrible, tragedy eventually a reasonable person must put aside emotions, and really think about how to...
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...Gun Control GM 520 – Legal, Political and Ethical Dimensions Prof. David S. Carter By: Mustufa Husain Table of Contents Introduction 3 Gun Laws Internationally 4 Gun Control and the Second Amendment 7 Conclusion 12 Introduction I often wonder, should any citizen around the world be able to carry firearms? Can a person really feel safe from crime no matter where they may go? According to the bill of rights, the second amendment to the constitution of the United States reads “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed”. So how do I go about interpreting this? Some believe that it only means that the people of the military should be allowed to carry firearms, where some believe it means every citizen has the right to bear arms. Right at this moment someone around the world is being part of a violent crime whether it is the aggressor or the victim. How do we as citizens protect ourselves? Should we all be allowed to carry guns for self-defense or have guns around in our household? Even though many countries have implemented strict gun control laws, none have proven to be as effective as law makers thought they would be in reducing the number of crimes happening around. I shall present an argumentive paper on why I do not feel there should be stronger gun control laws. Guns do not kill…people kill. How many people do you know who have been...
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...national, origin, age, disability, religion or sex. The American with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals for hiring, firing, promoting, salary, job training, and other privileges of employment. This stands true for employers with 15 or more employees. The Whistleblower Protection Act protects employees from reprisal when the employee reports any wrong doings of the employer. The Act makes it illegal for an employer to reassign, demote or fire employees for reporting fraud, abuse or any unlawful practices. John posted a rant on his Facebook page in which he criticized the company’s most important customer. John can be legally terminated. In my opinion, John’s actions could have a negative impact on the company’s corporate culture. As the newly hired COO, I know that my company’s organizational culture could be adversely obstructed by the actions perpetrated by John. I say that because, the culture is implied rather than specifically defined and develops organically over time and since none of the exceptions apply to this specific situation I would most likely choose to terminate John. To protect the company from any civil liabilities I would document and file...
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...Chapter 1: Introduction Background Few in modern society argue that gun related violence is not a problem that requires attention. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, firearm homicides account for roughly 11,000 of the 16,000 homicides that occur the United States annually (2013). The subject of gun control has been a topic that has generated an enormous amount of controversy and attention. When one hears the term “gun violence”, vile acts against humanity, such as the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary and Columbine High School, come to mind. More recently, the rise in extremist acts of terror has heightened the public’s concern over gun control. In the aftermath of multiple occasions, President Obama has publically called for stronger gun control laws, specifically calling for stricter background checks among other provisions. In response to the public’s concern for safety, the president used executive action which increased the number of businesses which require federal licenses to sell guns, thus increasing the number of dealers requiring background checks when selling firearms (National Conference of State Legislatures, 2016). This is, of course, not a one-sided argument. The subject creates strong feelings across the political spectrum. Gun rights groups, such as the NRA, suggest that gun control laws are not only unconstitutional, but actually leave citizens in more danger by preventing them from using their best form of protection (National Rifle...
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...conflict attracted the neighboring Arab countries who took the Palestinian Arab side. In 1948, the state of Israel was established, and the existing conflict between Arabs in Palestine and the Israeli shifted from the local context to the inter-state level (Bickerton, 2012). Since then, the Israeli relations with the Arab world has taken different directions. The shifting process has been based on new and broken relationships between single Arab states and Israel. It has also taken shifts based on a long-lasting solution, and the Israeli continued aggression against the Arab Palestine. Some Arab countries have shifted their focus from the Israeli-Palestine war and their conflict with Israel is based political affiliation, foreign policy or weapons aspirations. For instance, Iran’s nuclear aspirations intensified the conflict they had with Israel. Saudi Arabia has...
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...Whistle Blower Whistle blowing can generally define as a process rather than an event (Near and Miceli, 2002). Whistleblower give the information of scam or the dishonest act of the company or other employer or other parties as well as the government. Whistleblower is a person or the entity making a protected act for illegal or inappropriate act. Whistleblower can be employees, customers or the general public. For an organization it happens to have an internal or external whistleblower. Most of the whistleblower is an internal whistleblower, who only reports the misconduct within the organization. However, an external whistleblower reports the misconduct out of the organization which includes the lawyers, the media, or the different agencies. The importance of an existence whistle blower especially in an organization. It helps to perform uncommon tasks likely as payment are insufficient to support financially of the program and services that provided by the Americans. For instance, Healthcare, the Pharmaceutical industry and Medicare. Moreover, the government needs the help of whistle blower due to the government has insufficient of time, resources and most of the fraudulent claims made against it every year. Yet, whistle blower has made a part of an implication of committing to a fighting fraud. If a person choose to reports the fraud you have witnesses, it will have a guide to every step of the way (Quitam-lawyer.com, 2014) ** In this bleak institutional context, whistle...
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...Fooling the Bladder Cops: The Complete Drug Testing Guide Justin Gombos June 1, 1999 2 Contents 1 Introduction 2 Detection Times 2.1 Halflife of TetraHydraCannabinol . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Approximate Detection Times of Various Substances 2.2.1 Frequency of Intake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.2 Amount of Body Fat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.3 Predicting Detection Period . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 Positive (defined) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.1 Passive smoke and positives . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 Decreasing detection times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4.1 Physical Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4.2 Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4.3 Using Drugs to Reduce Detection Times . . . 3 Test Methods 3.1 Substances that are Detectable . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 DrugAlert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 Gas Chromatography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4 Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry . . . . . 3.5 Hair testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6 High Performance Liquid Chromatography . . . . . 3.7 ImmunoAssay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.7.1 Radio ImmunoAssay (aka AbuScreen) . . . 3.7.2 Enzyme Multiplied Immunoassay Technique 3.7.3 Fluorescence Polarization ImmunoAssay . . 3.8 PharmChek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9 TestCup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 11 13 13 13 15 16 16 16 17 17 18 18 18 19 19 21 21 21 22 24 24 25 25 25 26...
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...Active School Shooter Introduction The intention of this paper is to look at and present some issues and strategies that members of a school community think about when trying to create safer schools. Particularly when addressing an active shooter in a school setting. A major issue to consider when trying to keep all schools safe, is the simple fact that no two schools are the same. Understanding this can lead us to the conclusion that it is impossible to have one global plan or program that can be 100% effective in all schools. “Violence prevention programs work best when they incorporate multiple strategies and address the full range of possible acts of violence in schools. For any set of policies to work, it must be established and implemented with the full participation and support of school board members, administrators, parents, students, community members, emergency response personnel, and law enforcement.” (Kramen, 2008.) If these responsibilities were not shared, the success rate for safe school policies would be very low. Parents send their children to school and think that during that time they are studying and doing other productive, educational things. The last thing parents expect is something terrible happening to their child while at school. School violence is happening more frequently than it should and something needs to be done to stop it. Not only does an act of school violence, especially a school shooting, affect the individual student it reflects poorly...
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