Written in the news are complaints and concerns on how dangerous guns of New York can be . Apparently quoted there were 500,000 illegal handguns flooded around New York City. Bloomberg believes it is not the gun holder's fault but the gun itself because they even have it in the first place so they are tempted which I personally think is very stupid and obscured. There was also a recent lawsuit about all of this. Guns make it a very dangerous living enviroment because nobody is safe because anyone can get hurt any minute and it can be the most innocent person alive which had done no harm to anyone. Therefore guns should only be used to those who are liscensed and those who are capable of handling a gun without using it for the wrong reasons. That is impossible because of the society we live in today. Everyone holds grudges, and is filled with hate and greed againest one another that some feel that there is a need to get even or revenge. Guns are a tool of violence, they serve a high threat. They are one of the most effective weapons around. If we elimnated guns, we would see less people dying but somehow people feel that there is a need for guns to be around because it serves as a protection for some people. Most guns are as well used in war, and they're mainly for battling and killing. In the article, it stated that they wanted to offer a solution to all this drama by saying "So I will offer here a modest solution to the problem of a half-million illegal handguns in New York. And I stole it right out of George W. Bush's playbook. We'll offer a "path to legalization" for these weapons. (Please don't call it "amnesty.") Those who own these guns will be asked to simply register them. After standing in line, filling out forms, paying some fines, and solemnly agreeing to attend gun-safety classes, these gun-owners will be henceforth "legalized," with full conceal-carry permits, and all the rights, privileges and responsibilities accorded thereto. These new legal gun-owners will now become proud responsible citizens, give up their old ways, pay their taxes, and even assist the police in defending the innocent and apprehending real criminals – those who aggress against persons and property.". With a solution like this, they believe they can change around the rules, and hopefully lower down the death rates by guns.
Source: http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/olson7.html
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese opposition politican and a former General Secretary of the National League of Democracy. Born on June 19, 1945 (Age 65) till present, she is known for leading the burmese, democracy movement, and general secretary of the national democracy. She had recently just been released from being in jail and kept captivity for under house arrest before the elections for about fiftheen and of the twenty-one years from 1990 until November 13, 2010. She became the recipient of the Rafto prize and Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in year of 1990 and Nobel Peace Prize in the year of 1991. In the year of 1992 she was awarded with the Jawahiri Nehru Award for International Understanding by the Government of India and international Simon Bolivar Prize from the Government of Venezula. She also goes by the name Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, "Daw" isn't part of her name but is added due to an honorific known to be older, revered woman or "aunt".
In the year of 1990 the military junta called a general election. The National League of Democracy recieved 59% of the votes, guareenting NLD representation of 80% of the parliament seats. Aung San Suu Kyi, being NLD's candidate had been rejected because the military refused to hand over power. Resulted as a international outcry. She was then placed under a house arrest at her home on University Avenue in Rangoon. Although, during her arrest, she had received several awards. After receiving such awards, she used the money to establish a health and education trust for the Burmese people.
In the year of 1996, there was an attack towards Aung San Suu Kyi - trying to get her killed. There was a motorcade while traveling with the National League for Democracy with the leaders Tin OO and U Kyi Maung was attacked in Rangoon. About 200 men were on about the attack, holding weapons and the car that Aung San Suu Kyi had been in had a smashed window and two backdoors smashed. Each man was payed 500 kyats or so it is believed ($5 US dollars) each to participate. An investigation was launched but no action was taken.
As Aung San Suu Kyi began her politcal career had been placed under arrest for numerous occasions. During these times, she had been prevented herself away from public meetings and other people. During her house arrest, she occupied her time with reading philosphy, politics, biographies, that her husband had sent her. Everyone has been blocked from seeing or interviewing her during this house arrest.
Poem:
Aung San Suu Kyi
One who was a strong believer and fighter,
She only made the world brighter,
But that was considered wrong,
Beacuse she was too strong
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Types of Guns (Defined)
PISTOLS
When people say PISTOLS, it is also referred to as HANDGUNS. As for the FBI Uniform Crime Report System, they are defined as something else, in other words they are also known as semiautomatic which is often called automatic when it really isn't. "Both automatic and semiautomatic handguns are loaded with cartridges by first loading a container called a magazine, or loosely called a "clip", then inserting the magazine into the grip (handle) of the gun. Such magazines can be made to hold a gazillion cartridges, but the ones that come with the handguns have limits of anywhere from five to 19 cartridges."
REVOVLERS
A revovler is a LONG gun in that rifiles (LONG TYPES OF GUNS) have been built using a cylinder to hold the cartiridges
RIFLES
Rifiles is a gun that is designed to be held in two hands and has a barrel over 18 inches long and a "stock" that rests up against the shooter's shoulder when the gun is fired. This stock helps to steady the firearm so that it can be aimed more accurately than a handheld firearm. The firearm name comes from the treatment called "rifling" on the inside of the barrel. This is a set of grooves that spiral down the length of the barrel. These grooves cause the projectile to spin along its flight from the gun to the target. This spin causes the projectile to fly straighter.
SHOTGUNS
A shotgun is a long gun that looks somewhat like a traditional rifle on the outside. But a shotgun is usually used to shoot a packet of "shot," like little beads. Because of what it shoots, the inside of a shotgun barrel is not usually "rifled." If the gun is used only to shoot big chunks of lead, called "slugs," the barrel may be rifled. Most shotguns, however, are designed primarily to shoot the "shot" and, if the gun is used to shoot slugs, the slugs themselves usually have the grooves to cause the slugs to spin as they come out of the barrel.
SEMIAUTOMATIC FIREARMS
A semiautomatic firearm is one that shoots one cartridge each time the trigger is pulled, but uses energy from the firing of each cartridge to eject the empty case and insert the next cartridge into the firing chamber of the gun.
MACHINE GUN
A machine gun is a fully automatic "rifled" gun. A fully automatic gun is one that shoots cartridges--usually rapidly--as long as the trigger is held. For handheld guns, the term "machine gun" is usually used for rifles only, although there are "machine pistols." Some (usually larger caliber) machine guns are mounted on or in tanks, aircraft, etc. Some used by the military are mounted on tripods for field use. A machine gun rifle that shoots cartridges of calibers that are normally used in handguns is called a sub-machinegun. The old Thompson sub-machinegun ("Tommy gun") seen in war and prohibition era gangster movies is the most common example of this.
ASSAULT RIFLES
An assault rifle is a rifle used by militaries. It has a switch that permits it to fire like a semiautomatic rifle or as a fully automatic rifle. Some also have a switch position that causes the gun to shoot a short burst of several shots each time the trigger is pulled. Compare to what laws and gun control advocates call assault weapons.
SOURCE: http://www.gunsandcrime.org/guntypes.html
When people say PISTOLS, it is also referred to as HANDGUNS. As for the FBI Uniform Crime Report System, they are defined as something else, in other words they are also known as semiautomatic which is often called automatic when it really isn't. "Both automatic and semiautomatic handguns are loaded with cartridges by first loading a container called a magazine, or loosely called a "clip", then inserting the magazine into the grip (handle) of the gun. Such magazines can be made to hold a gazillion cartridges, but the ones that come with the handguns have limits of anywhere from five to 19 cartridges."
REVOVLERS
A revovler is a LONG gun in that rifiles (LONG TYPES OF GUNS) have been built using a cylinder to hold the cartiridges
DERRINGERS
A type of "handgun" that is very small and short. It has one barrel or often two barrels together in one barrel structure that hinges that go down in front to enable the cartiridges to be loaded directly into the end of each barrel. Such guns have been built with several bores. The design is named after the inventor or an early maker of such guns, although with a spelling error.RIFLES
SHOTGUNS
A shotgun is a long gun that looks somewhat like a traditional rifle on the outside. But a shotgun is usually used to shoot a packet of "shot," like little beads. Because of what it shoots, the inside of a shotgun barrel is not usually "rifled." If the gun is used only to shoot big chunks of lead, called "slugs," the barrel may be rifled. Most shotguns, however, are designed primarily to shoot the "shot" and, if the gun is used to shoot slugs, the slugs themselves usually have the grooves to cause the slugs to spin as they come out of the barrel.
SEMIAUTOMATIC FIREARMS
A semiautomatic firearm is one that shoots one cartridge each time the trigger is pulled, but uses energy from the firing of each cartridge to eject the empty case and insert the next cartridge into the firing chamber of the gun.
MACHINE GUN
BOLT ACTION
Many rifiles & few shotguns use "bolt action" when inserting a cartridge into the firing chamber of the gun. The "bolt" is a nearly cylindrical rod that fits in the gun behind the firing chamber, it has two tabs that stick out into channels in the gun frame, and these tabs turn into cuts off to the sides of the main channels to lock the bolt into position when the bolt is "closed" behind the cartridge in the firing chamber.The bolt then pushes the cartridge into the chamber, and is then turned to lock in place and make a totally enclosed firing chamber except for the bore of the barrel in front of the cartridge. Turning the bolt back, then pulling the bolt to the rear, pulls out the cartridge or the empty case and ejects it. A handle that sticks out to the side of the bolt near the rear end is used to move the bolt in and out and to turn it into and out of the locked position.
PUMP ACTION:
Numbers of rifles and shotguns use "pump action" to enter and eject cartridges and cases into and out of the gun firing chamber. The "pump" is under the barrel out in front of the trigger when a cartridge/case is not being moved. There, it serves as a device to hold the gun and steady it the same as gun stocks on some guns. To eject a case and load the next cartridge, the pump is pulled back as far as it will go toward the rear end of the gun, then pushed back out to the far position.
LEVER ACTION
Lever action is mainly used on rifles, very few shotguns have it as well.The lever is located under the trigger and a bit behind it. Part of the functions help it so that you don't pull the trigger by accident. The lever hinges at a point forward of the trigger. To eject a cartridge or empty case from the gun firing chamber, the rear (handle) end of the lever is pushed forward. Bringing the lever back into the firing position loads a cartridge into the firing chamber, if the gun magazine was not empty, and cocks the hammer so that the gun is ready to fire again. The lever action rifle was the first "repeating" rifle and appears in "western" movies about the cowboys, cavalry and indians
ASSAULT RIFLES
An assault rifle is a rifle used by militaries. It has a switch that permits it to fire like a semiautomatic rifle or as a fully automatic rifle. Some also have a switch position that causes the gun to shoot a short burst of several shots each time the trigger is pulled. Compare to what laws and gun control advocates call assault weapons.
Pictures of the different types of guns
Variety of Guns shown.
Categories of Guns
Throughout history, guns have revolutionized to a more advanced and more convinent use. Mainly for protection purposes which includes, self defense and war. There have been many types of guns made throughout history and each one of them progressed over time with more ideas and more advanced technology to make the gun more effective and more powerful. Several types of guns include, the bolt, pump, semiautomatic, lever and automatic. Each one takes a different category in the different types of guns that are made. Every type of gun has it's different functions and some better than most.
One broad category of guns is the HANDGUN, which are designed to be held only in one hand and includes pistols, semiautomatic handguns, machine pistols, revovlers, and derringers.
On another note, another broad category of guns is called LONG GUNS, also known as shoulder guns which include rifles and shot guns which require two hands and your shoulder to place a the gun on so that it has support when you shoot it off.
Finally, the last category of guns is called FIREARMS, which have to be placed on the ground in order to shoot it off due to the heavyness of the machine and how much damage it can do when you set it off. Examples are tanks, foundations, canons, aircraft, etc.
SOURCE: http://www.gunsandcrime.org/guntypes.html
One broad category of guns is the HANDGUN, which are designed to be held only in one hand and includes pistols, semiautomatic handguns, machine pistols, revovlers, and derringers.
On another note, another broad category of guns is called LONG GUNS, also known as shoulder guns which include rifles and shot guns which require two hands and your shoulder to place a the gun on so that it has support when you shoot it off.
Finally, the last category of guns is called FIREARMS, which have to be placed on the ground in order to shoot it off due to the heavyness of the machine and how much damage it can do when you set it off. Examples are tanks, foundations, canons, aircraft, etc.
SOURCE: http://www.gunsandcrime.org/guntypes.html
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Guns Laws in New York City
What are the Gun Laws in New York?
Answers: Child Access Prevention Law? No.
Definition Juvenile Possession Law? Yes.
Definition
Juvenile Sale/Transfer Law? Yes.
Definition
Handguns
Other Requirements
Caution: This summary is meant for general purposes only. Firearm laws frequently change.
Source: Department of the Treasury Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms - State Laws And Published Ordinances - Firearms
Every state has thier own different gun laws. New York City is one of the biggest cities around in the United States, and we may have different types of gun laws then other states. Some maybe more flexible than others and some may be more stricter than others depending on the location and the people that surround the state. As for New York City, from the information above it shows you the New York City state gun laws and what we're allowed and not allowed to do with them. Some may vary in serious consequences if the laws are not followed, which is why people should be very cautious when it comes to gun control because guns are also one of the main death rates in the world. They are highly dangerous and can cause serious damage that are unreversible.
Definition Juvenile Possession Law? Yes.
Definition
Juvenile Sale/Transfer Law? Yes.
Definition
State Requirements
Rifles and Shotguns- Permit to purchase rifles and shotguns? No.
- Registration of rifles and shotguns? No, except in New York City.
- Licensing of owners of rifles and shotguns? No, except in New York City.
- Permit to carry rifles and shotguns? No, except in New York City.
Handguns
- Permit to purchase handgun? Yes.
- Registration of handguns? Yes.
- Licensing of owners of handguns? Yes.
- Permit to carry handguns? Yes.
Other Requirements
- Is there a State waiting period? Up to 6-month wait to acquire permit to purchase a handgun.
- Is there a FBI *NICS check for firearm transactions? Yes.
- Permit to carry a concealed weapon required? Yes.
- Record of sale: Yes.
Caution: This summary is meant for general purposes only. Firearm laws frequently change.
Source: Department of the Treasury Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms - State Laws And Published Ordinances - Firearms
Every state has thier own different gun laws. New York City is one of the biggest cities around in the United States, and we may have different types of gun laws then other states. Some maybe more flexible than others and some may be more stricter than others depending on the location and the people that surround the state. As for New York City, from the information above it shows you the New York City state gun laws and what we're allowed and not allowed to do with them. Some may vary in serious consequences if the laws are not followed, which is why people should be very cautious when it comes to gun control because guns are also one of the main death rates in the world. They are highly dangerous and can cause serious damage that are unreversible.
Do More Guns Mean More Deaths and Injuries?
Guns serve many purposes in this society today. Mainly to defend, others use it to thier own advantages and uses it for death. Guns are one of the main reasons of the death rates in our society today. Most of them are used for illegal purposes.
"The Brady Center argues that when the civilian population has more access to guns, more teens and children die from gun wounds. For example, during a year when over 5,000 teens and children died from gun wounds in the USA, in Great Britain, where gun ownership is very restricted, 19 teens and children died from gun wounds.
The Brady Center also argues for laws that promote gun safety, such as requiring child-proof locks on gun triggers. They have praised Smith and Wesson (gun maker) for starting to make guns with safety features. The Brady Center asserts that the public good is served by enacting laws that more carefully protect children from access to guns.
The basic reason NRA is against regulation of gun ownership is the belief that each piece of federal regulation will lead to more until finally, gun ownership will be very restricted. Research findings provided by the NRA conclude that gun ownership results in protection from crime. They argue that when more people have guns, crime rates are reduced. They argue that research results provided by the Brady Center and others in favor of gun controls are false or overstated.
The NRA is strongly against Smith and Wesson adding safety features to guns. The NRA's position is that if gun manufacturers build guns with safety features, then the federal government will start requiring those safety features. If the federal government requires safety features, that will provide momentum to the federal government for passing more regulations."
Source: http://www.awesomelibrary.org/guncontrol.html
"The Brady Center argues that when the civilian population has more access to guns, more teens and children die from gun wounds. For example, during a year when over 5,000 teens and children died from gun wounds in the USA, in Great Britain, where gun ownership is very restricted, 19 teens and children died from gun wounds.
The Brady Center also argues for laws that promote gun safety, such as requiring child-proof locks on gun triggers. They have praised Smith and Wesson (gun maker) for starting to make guns with safety features. The Brady Center asserts that the public good is served by enacting laws that more carefully protect children from access to guns.
The basic reason NRA is against regulation of gun ownership is the belief that each piece of federal regulation will lead to more until finally, gun ownership will be very restricted. Research findings provided by the NRA conclude that gun ownership results in protection from crime. They argue that when more people have guns, crime rates are reduced. They argue that research results provided by the Brady Center and others in favor of gun controls are false or overstated.
The NRA is strongly against Smith and Wesson adding safety features to guns. The NRA's position is that if gun manufacturers build guns with safety features, then the federal government will start requiring those safety features. If the federal government requires safety features, that will provide momentum to the federal government for passing more regulations."
Source: http://www.awesomelibrary.org/guncontrol.html
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