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    What is a firearm bill of sale? A firearm bill of sale is a legitimate document which memorializes the sale of a gun, rifle, shotgun between two parties- the purchaser and the seller. Firearm bill transfer allows a person to transfer any given assault weapon from one individual to another. This document is mainly used in the US and so far there are no such permits required in the state to buy a weapon. But still, there are some laws according to which all the individuals have to carry a concealed

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    Should Firearms Be Kept Legal in Ohio? One amazing quote in the second amendment of the U.S constitution states that, “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”[1] Not only does the U.S constitution protect citizens rights to bare arms, but the Ohio constitution states in article 1 section 4 that: “The people have the right to bare arms for their defense and security”. In this research paper

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    The prosecutors firearm identification testimony for the case was poorly executed which allowed Waite to reexamine the bullets from the case and what he found was the rifling markings did not match up with the bullets that were test fired from Steielow’s gun. They determined that Stielow was not guilty due to the conclusion that his firearm was not used in the crime. Following this case Waite was inspired to develop a systematic process for documenting ballistics information to avoid making mistakes

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    Cause of Death Research Paper Suicide by Firearms Hailey Sable Florida Gulf Coast University Crime Scene Investigation CCJ 3670 Professor Zinn March 20th, 2017 Emile Durkheim defined suicide as "any death which is the immediate or eventual result of a positive or negative act accomplished by the victim himself" (Emile Durkheim’s Four Types of Suicide, 2014). Emile Durkheim began his studies on suicide in 1897. He thought that economic, religious, and military factors would greatly

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    Why do you thing that having a concealed firearm is bad? Having a concealed firearm could be a very good thing and could potentially save many lives. First, The FBI has done a study to see if concealed firearms reduce the crime rates in different states. The tests show that the states that let you carry a concealed firearm have a lower crime rate than in other states. If there is a law that lets you carry a firearm then it is less likely that someone will rib you because they’d be scared that you

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    Americans own firearms for hunting, sporting, and self-defense. While the Supreme Court ruled in Heller v. D.C. that the Second Amendment guarantees citizens the right to privately own firearms, whether that right is open to regulation or not has been hotly debated. Major pieces of legislation such as the National Firearms Act of 1934, the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (1993), the Firearm Owners Protection Act (1986), and the Federal Assault Weapons Ban (1994) have regulated firearms in the United

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    the Cartridge and Firearms Identification. The measurement system used in cartridges and firearms is not universal or has a systematic reasoning on how a caliber or gage is determined, such as Europe and the United States has their own systems. But how ever there is NATO standard for the military. First we discussed calibers and how they are determined. The imperial system, by using fractions of an inch and designated as caliber, uses the interior bore diameter of the firearm, this originated

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    There are many different types of firearms including rifles, pistols, and shotguns and people use them for many different purposes. “Guns have been used to implement both the highest and basest goals of humanity - to put food on the table, to provide personal protection, to enforce or defy the law, to defend or acquire territory” (Supica). An example of this is using firearms for America to obtain their freedom from Britain. The advancements in firearms drastically changed warfare, hunting, and

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    Because Walmart is the largest firearms seller in the United States would gun violence decrease if Walmart eliminated the ease of access to such assault rifles? The Research Design Determine the most appropriate research design. Why two research design were selected and why two were not selected? What data collections instruments will be used? Survey? Interview? Other? I may select a qualitative and quantitative design only because the two together address different parts of the problem and together

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    The best practices for processing firearms evidence include: unloading revolvers, if the firearm or gun contains a revolver, it should be marked to indicate its position as found. The position of the cartridge should be recorded in field notes as diagrammed below. All cartridges or cases removed should be handled to preserve fingerprints. Each cartridge case should be packaged separately and referenced to the information in the field notes (California Dept. of Justice, 1984). For unloading

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