The Criminal Code Is Responsible For Controlling Firearms
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Canada, like Australia, saw a mass shooting in 1989 that acted as a catalyst for change in gun policy in Canada. On December 6, 1989 a male, aged 25 went into the École Polytechnique de Montréal (Patel). The male had a 223-caliber rifle in his possession (Patel). One that day there was 14 women who were shot, and 14 who were injured (Patel). Marc Lépine, the offender, stated to the women as he was killing them that he was doing this since they were feminists and he did not want them to become engineers since they would be taking jobs from men (Patel). This shooting unlike any other that had been seen in Canada’s history. In Canada, the Firearms Act, and the Criminal Code are responsible for controlling firearms (Library of Congress – Canada 1). The Criminal Code is responsible for defining “the main categories of firearms, which include restricted, prohibited, and non-restricted firearms” (Library of Congress – Canada 1). The Firearms Act is responsible for regulating “the possession, transport, and storage of firearms” (Library of Congress – Canada 1). In Canada it is required that you have a license and register your firearm in order to legally own one (Library of Congress – Canada 1). The licensing and registration are set forth and administered by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) (Library of Congress – Canada 1). The Firearms Act was enacted on December 5, 1995 just shy of six years after the École Polytechnique de Montréal shooting. Firearm regulation is a
laws. The history of firearms control in Canada is rather widespread, dating back to early Confederation. The Constitution Act of 1867 divided legislative powers between the federal government and the provinces. The provinces were assigned property and civil rights powers under Section 92(27). The federal government was assigned powers relating to criminal law as well as a general power to legislate under peace, order and good government. In 1892, Canada's
Introduction
Invented by NASA researcher, John H. Cover, in the 1960’s and 70’s, the TASER® has been widely adopted by police agencies as a non-lethal alternative to guns. While these devices have aided authorities in subduing suspects, it has also resulted in numerous unnecessary deaths. The general perception of the non-lethality of Tasers along with poor judgement on the part of law enforcement has culminated in the over use and apparent misuse of discharge against suspects when alternate options
No Rights is absolute and the Threat of Gun Violence is becoming an Epidemic!
It was Saturday night while I was just starting on my shift and getting the handover report from the outgoing nurse, when the public address system announced a “Code Black”. A code black in the hospital setting means that there is an emergency situation involving personal threats to the safety of staff and the public including assaults, confrontation, hostage situation but mostly threats of personal injury or attack. The
spread of malicious codes; to identify and thwart online sexual predators who meet and exploit children and deal in child pornography; and to dismantle criminal enterprises engaging in Internet fraud.
This is only a brief description of the duties of the FBI which also consists of investigating bank robberies, white-collar crimes, and organized crime and drug syndicates. The ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives) administers the U.S. Criminal Code provisions concerning
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USE OF FORCE AND USE OF DISCRETION IN POLICING
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The Use of Force and Use of Discretion in Policing
Shardell M. Thomas
American Military University
Contents
What is Use of Force? 3
Use of Force Continuum 4
Police Code of Silence 6
Role of Training 8
Role of Administration 9
Conclusion 10
References 13
What is Use of Force?
Police have been given the responsibility to enforce the laws of a government and to ensure peace in the communities in which they operate
delinquency because a significant percentage of serious juvenile delinquency is committed by gang members. On average, approximately 48% of violent crimes in most jurisdictions were committed by gang members, and some jurisdictions saw gangs being responsible for as much as 90% of violent crimes (National Gang Intelligence Center, 2011). Besides increasing the likelihood of delinquency, youth gang membership also increases the likelihood of victimization for juveniles (Franzese, Covey, & Menard, 2016)
Report of Amnesty International
Submitted to the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights
In Conjunction with the Universal Periodic Review
1 Introduction
1.1 Methodology
The report is based on the original report, On the Streets of America: Human Rights Abuses in Ferguson, by Amnesty International. Amnesty International sent a team of human rights observers, trainers and researchers to Ferguson and collect various information.
Different from the original report, the report would concentrate
guns to either be stored disassembled or with a trigger lock in the home” ("The Case for," 2007) violated the Second Amendment rights of individuals who are not affiliated with any state militia, but who still want to keep handguns, along with other firearms for personal use in their homes. The court held “that the Second Amendment protects an
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