Texting while driving is just as dangerous as driving drunk or high. It can put your own you safety in jeopardy. Every time you text while driving your putting your life at risk and whoever around you life’s at risk. The people around you can be affected by you texting and driving. You can hit their car and permanently hurt them and if you don’t get hurt then you will have a huge lawsuit on your hands for that person’s health care and car damage.
Jhalan Jackson English Gun Control Guns can be used to harm people, or can protect the life of millions who have encountered a near death experience to a gun. Most people might be for gun control, which can have its positive, but can also have its negatives. People need to realize this is a world a cruel world we live in and the use of guns can also save the lives of many. So, why not protect yourself with justified actions? There are too many guns in the streets to take control of them all, therefore forget about trying to take control of the gun, and take control of a life or death situation.
The documentary “From One Second To The Next” by Werner Herzog shows the tragedy of a few people who was involved in a car accident. Texting and driving is obviously not a good idea so why do people still choose to do it? This documentary both shows and tells about how fast texting and driving can change someone’s life. The fact that you can kill someone should make people not want to drive and text. “According to U.S. Department of Transportation statistics, 3,331 people were killed and 387,000 more injured in crashes involving a distracted driver in 2011” (Herzog, 2011).
In March 1998, by which time he had already killed well over 200 people, a police investigation was begun—but quickly abandoned. It was not until Shipman decided to forge the will of one of his victims in June 1998 that a thorough investigation took place, leading to his arrest three months later. Since beginning to investigate Shipman in 2000, I have been trying to understand how it was that he could kill so many patients without detection. There were, of course, some system failures, but it has been impossible to avoid the question as to why the system weaknesses were tolerated to the extent that Shipman was able to murder not merely one or two patients, but over 200. The conclusion I have come to is that all doctors, and not general practitioners alone, share responsibility for creating the circumstances that enabled Shipman to be so successful a killer.
In our country nearly one half of households own a gun and nearly thirty thousand people die each year from gun shot related wounds (Smock 151). It is because of statistics like these that gun control has become one of the most heated issues that our country is currently facing. While it is obvious that guns are dangerous weapons that must be used responsibly, many people are debating whether or not stricter laws should be put in to place in an attempt to lower the harms caused by guns. Many states and cities across the nation have already established laws that have made it harder for people to get their hands on guns. Many extremists have even asked for guns to be completely taken out of the hands of everyday citizens.
A simple and routine person they pull over because they were speeding could be the person that killed a bunch of people or has a gun and is ready to kill the officer. There are so many different things that can make policing a hazardous job because of all the unknowns that can happen. Based on data from the Officer Down Memorial Page in 2008 38 deaths were from gunfire, 36 were from automobile accidents, and 12 were struck by a vehicle. While not all things that officers go through are violent some hazards come from helping and serving the public. When assisting at a crime or accident there is always a risk of disease or infection from the person they are helping.
Local agencies have been involved in the gun control issue for many years. When interviews were conducted of local law enforcement and other prospective agencies; the majority feel that crime would drop substantially if more people owned and could properly use a firearm. A small percentage did agree with the current political views, that the problem in this country is that guns are to easily assessable to the general public. Many of the officers interviewed are retired sheriff’s department in Texas and Colorado, in these agencies the consensus is that stricter gun laws will not detour violent or aggravated crime. The application of stricter gun control laws will in fact hinder law enforcement agencies across America.
Two other homicides that are not heard about all the time are “euthanasia” and “infanticide” (Davenport, 2009, p. 106). Euthanasia is heard mostly when a doctor or another helps an ill patient claim their own life. This is mostly done if an ill person thinks they have no other choice, many people are against this type of killing and consider it murder and assisted suicide. Infanticide is a hard one to hear in the news, because it is the killing of a child or newborn. These types of murders are unthinkable and many of the people who kill these children are very sick people.
In this essay will be the history of the Taser, effectiveness, and weaknesses resulting from the use of them, how they benefit law enforcement agencies, and training law enforcement must undergo in order to properly use the weapon, as well as the idea that police use discretion and use Tasers at a higher rate on minorities. The Taser gun was first introduced by Physicist Since the practical recognition of civil rights by the Warren Court concerning police abuse in the 1960s, the improper use of deadly force has become a significant problem for law enforcement agencies. Less lethal alternatives were needed since the abuse of force by batons and the number of people shot by law enforcement personnel were on the rise and causing many social uproars. It wasn’t until the 1990’s when a useful less lethal alternative was introduced and used by law enforcement agencies. The Taser became the primary selection of law enforcement because the baton was insufficient of controlling people.
Gun Control “Opponents to gun control laws argue ‘guns don’t kill people, people kill people”’(ProQuest Staff). Gun Violence is a major problem in the United States today considering the current gun control regulations are ineffective; however, laws can be made to accommodate for this and still allow the citizens to protect themselves from danger. “The role of guns in violence, and what should be done, are subjects of intense debate in the United States and elsewhere” (Webster). The people who have either seen, heard, or read news stories on gun policies might have come to the conclusion that mass shootings, the mentally ill, and assault weapons are the primary concerns in the debates; gun control laws disarm law-abiding citizens and fail