However, the NRA has supported laws to prohibit gun ownership by those convicted of violent crimes, and for decades, they have promoted and helped pass tough penalties to keep those who misuse guns in prison where they belong (LaPierre 17). ... Homicide decreased 8.5 percent, rape fell 5 percent, and aggravated assault dropped 7 percent (Cauchon A4). ... Also, following a series of brutal rapes in Orlando, Florida, over 3,000 women were trained and outfitted with handguns. ... Following the training period, the total number of rapes committed dropped 90 percent. ... s Larton Prison openly admi...

• Word Count: 2394
• Approx Pages: 10
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• Grade Level: High School

Even if you have 101 convictions of theft, rape and murder, you can walk into the police department (if you had a good lawyer and got out of prison in six weeks) and register your short barreled shot gun and they can't use it against you!! ... Don't act surprised, however, when they kill, rape, rob, have sex, or even kill themselves. ...

• Word Count: 1376
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: High School

The officers surveyed ranked drugs, the decline of family values, and the combination of light prison sentences and early release programs as the top three reasons for the nations upsurge in violent crime. ... Guns are used by criminals in violent acts such as murder, armed robbery, rape, and aggravated assault. ...

• Word Count: 1296
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• Grade Level: High School

Our society has become a universal battleground for rapes, robberies, drug trafficking and a variety of firearm-related shootings. ... The Crime Data Brief Fact Sheet published by the US Department of Justice says, "From 1982 to 1992 the number of Federal defendants sentenced to prison with a weapons offense as their most serious crime increased 175%, from 1,000 to 2,755. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Americans are confronted with a massive problem of violence in our society, these have become a place where young women are being pounced on and raped, where young boys shoot for some chance to sell their illicit drugs, where old folks are trampled for their Social Security benefit check, and finally kids everyday are caught in-between flying bullets during shootouts. ... Later, Luis Alonzo Alfaro was prosecuted and charged for second-degree murder and sentenced to twenty years in prison. ...

• Word Count: 2270
• Approx Pages: 9
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate