Ishmaels Cruz Gun Control Issue

Before proposing a reform to the American criminal justice system, we must first examine the problems that plague the process of justice on all levels. American society plays an important role in shaping the criminal justice system. Their beliefs and values determine the type of deviants and the consequences of the crimes. Often their beliefs contradict each other.

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Since the beginning of time, the United States’ Criminal Justice System (CJS) has been scrutinized and will continue to be. If significant changes were to occur within the CJS it could potentially take decades. Different persons, institutions, governments, and even departments within governments have different views; it is a natural occurrence. Thus, as with any subject matter, there are always controversies that cause disruption within society. Often, the controversies stem from the lack of understanding and the historical patterns of unsupported data.

14, 2012. 20 lives were taken away between the ages 6-7 including 6 staff members by 20-year old Adam Lanza ( David Morgan). The Sandy Hook Elementary shooting was one of the worst shootings in U.S. history that prompted the controversial debate over gun control and whether there should be safer regulations on guns. Similarly, six years after the tragic shooting of the Sandy Hook, The Parkland, FL sought the same experience of an active shooter Nicholas Cruz 19-year old, contributing to the lost of 17 lives. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students took action by protesting the rights to a stricter gun legislation that should have been enacted to protect the lives of students all around and stop the massive school shootings by letting the hands of the mentally disabled gain access to destructive weapons and cause fatal consequences at the end (“How Many More School Shootings”). Therefore, due to the series of school shootings gun laws should be

The United States criminal justice system is not working. We throw the criminals into the system and forget about them. There is little to no effort to reintegrate them into society. “According to a report from HM Inspectorate

The Parkland shooter is known as Nikolas Cruz. He was an individual who has had multiple police reports regarding his behaviour and his brothers prior to the shooting (Curt Devine, 2018, p. 2). He was shown to be mentally unstable, as well as violent. It was known by the police, and others that he had access to firearms (Jose Pagliery, 2018, p. 1).

On February 8, 2018 the United States of America encounter an addition catastrophe. An extensive shooting occurred at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida denouement with seventeen innocent lives occupied by nineteenth year old Nicolas Cruz whom was a former student that was expelled from Stoneman Douglas High School. Faculty Members gamble their lives to preserve the lives of students. Many families were affected and devastated, and the questions still remain unanswered. Why? Was there a reason? What possess a person to want to killed innocent people? What action is America going to take to prevent such misfortune from arising once again?

Courts play a vital role in the Criminal Justice System in America, however; understanding how the courts work and function is essential. Even the general public should have a basic knowledge regarding the similarities and differences of the jurisdiction and structure of our dual court system – federal and state. In addition, there are ethical and diversity issues that can be experienced by each of the courts that could possibly impact the courts’ functioning.

The justice system present in the United States is one of fairness, equality, and human rights. In a court of law, all men are created equal and have certain unalienable rights that nothing or no one can take away. What is to happen when these rights are denied, abused, or ignored? It is a frightening outcome when unruly factors destroy the basis of this system. As a victim of injustice once said, “People have prejudices, people have fears, people have hates. These things cloud our ability to reason.” Injustice has a tendency to overshadow reason. How can one feel safe in this country, when no one is totally safe from the sometimes unjust scrutiny of the law? If justice rests on one being innocent until proven guilty, what is to happen

The article "Sherif's Office Had Received About 20 Calls Regarding Suspect: The Latest on the Florida School Shooting," by Lisa Marie Segarra, Katie Reilly, Eli Meixler, and Jennifer Calfas is about the recent school shooting in Florida. This shooting took place on February 14, 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The suspect, Nikolas Cruz was a former student at the high school. Cruz blended in with the students as he entered the school with an AR-15 assault rifle. He murdered 17 students and injured many more, the rifle he used was similar to the gun used in the Las Vegas shooting and is a common military weapon. This atricle also goes on to explain that Cruz had written " I'm going to be a professional school

Did you know there have been fifty mass murders/attempted mass murders at a school since Columbine and one hundred and forty-one people have lost their lives in these fifty mass murders? All together, there have been two hundred and seventy shootings of any kind at a school, sixty-eight percent of these shooters got their weapons from relatives at home. In the recent events, you mentioned Nikolas Cruz was “mentally disturbed” but did you know the mentally ill only conduct about one percent of all mass shootings? He was able to purchase an assault rifle at the age of eighteen, but do we really need assault rifles, military grade weapons, in our homes? In the hands of United States Citizens? We need control on our guns, that

Although much has changed in the United States over the past 60 years, this country’s legal system has failed at providing justice for all people.

Reading about this devastating shooting made my heart sink. I do not understand how any human being could have such a dark heart in order to allow this to happen. I really want to know what was Cruz’s motive or this because as of right now I think there is no reason for anyone to want to participate in a mass shooting in which you will end up with such a bad reputation. This 19-year-old just basically ruined his life by committing such a terrible crime. Almost a year ago I was still a high school student, and I would have never imagined experiencing a day at my school in that way. At any school, you’re supposed to feel safe. All of the students that experienced that event were simply trying to get an education, and sadly, for those who did

“Since the start of the year, there have been 105+ mass shootings in the United States” (Arnold). The number of mass shootings this year alone has only grown and has left people wondering what there is to do. A common viewpoint across the country is to have stricter gun control around put into place. Stricter gun control brings the value of safety to mind. If guns that are used to carry out the mass shootings are taken away, then overall people will feel safer due to the assault weaponry being taken away from psychopath’s access to them. Take the Orlando night club shooting in 2016, which was the deadliest shooting in United States history at the time, for example: during the month that the shooting took place, requests for background checks by the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reached a monthly high; However private gun sales and sales made at gun shows do not require background checks, the number of background checks could underestimate the number of guns sold (Stroebe). If every gun sale that was made had a proper background check then the number of guns sold would see a decrease. James Hodgkinson was a 66-year-old with a history of alleged violence against women, he opened fire in Washington at Republican lawmakers; his only reason for opening fire was because he voted for Bernie Sanders and disliked Donald Trump (Daniel Dale Toronto). Decreasing the number of guns sold to people not mentally and/or physically capable of handling them would make the general population safer incase the incapable person had an outbreak at used the gun to harm someone and/or themselves. It would eliminate the people like Hodkinson who are using guns purely for hate crimes, and who have a history of violence.

The current event Florida shooting caught my attention and eyes. On February 14, 2018 a shooting took place in Florida Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school. It was known as mass shooting seventeen students was victims in this incident and fifteen were admitted in the hospital still in critical conditions. According to the article, “Florida School Shooting: Suspect, Death Toll”, it stated Nikalas Cruz, 19 years old is responsible for the shooting. Nikalas Cruz, accept his crime and in his statement Cruz told police officer he was carrying extra guns in his backpack and he did shooting in the school hallways and school ground to target students (Segarra, L. M., 2018).