The issue of illicit manufacturing and transportation of firearms and stockpile management of said firearms is not only an issue of the state of Jamaica, but is an issue of the entire organization of the OAS. Involving various committees within the OAS, such as the IAJC. CIP, the Department on Transnational Crime, the CICTE, and CIFTA. The issue has also made its way onto various OAS resolutions, treaties, and Reports to construct various ideals and strategies to slow and eventually end the gun trade in the Americas and their sister nations. The end of gun violence would give way for democratic reform and safer securities to allow the youth of nations to push for an end of poverty and the betterment of a nation and the neighboring regions …show more content…
Government of member states have all been working collectively to solve this issue of illicit gun manufacturing and transportation, most notably Jamaica and Haiti that cooperated in a major gun seizure in October, where 100 illicit firearms were seized by the Haitian police force and the Jamaican Constabulary force in combination ( Massive Gun Find). Both Jamaica and Haiti are member nations of the OAS Organization., and they understand the importance of the issue and the reliance on member nations of the OAS to cooperate on preventing the growth of the massive gun trade. Many Cartels within Central America and SOuth America that use these countries to conduct their trade and elevate their wealth, such as the Medellin cartel, that claims territory in Mexico, Columbia, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil, until the apprehension of Pablo Escobar, leader of the criminal cartel in the mid 1990’s ( ). Escobar was proclaimed by the Colombian government and the United States Government as the unofficial dictator of Columbia, as nothing happened without his say so in COlumbia, exposing the high levels of corruption within these government that allow cartels to do what they wished with little fear of government of police intervention. The cartels then use that money that is made from the arms trafficking to substantiate and finance other criminal enterprises, …show more content…
The Inter-American Juridical Courts, that pushes for disciplinary action against corrupt government officials and arms dealers. The CIP is the OAS organization concerning port security, a major component on slowing and ending the gun trade, as well as stockpile management and transportation of said stockpiles to safer locations. The department against transnational crime deals in ending the crime leaders, such as the Colombian cartel and the FARC and the Peruvian terror group known as the Shining Path, as well as corrupt politicians that support these organizations through bribery and tax breaks on certain properties. The CICTE, the branch organization of the OAS that deals with counter terrorism, takes a special interest in ending the arms trade and stockpile management, as the gun trade can fund some of their terrorist activities and the stockpile management is extremely important, as if one stockpile falls into the hands of a terrorist organization, for instance the FARC, and they get their hands on three hundred M4A1 assault rifles, they could ensue a major shooting or enact a revolution, as the Shining Path had done in the past. The Shining Path has taken major advantage of the arms trafficking trade, in attacking bombings, assassinations, and other various acts of terror in major urban areas in an attempt to
The Oriental republic of Uruguay greatly believes there is an issue regarding the danger of drug cartels. Being a South American Country, Uruguay does know what happens when drug cartels becomes out of control. For example, back in the 80’s, Colombia was basically Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel’s country for a long time until his death in 1991. In more modern times, Mexico is in shambles due to the ongoing drug war between rival cartels. Drug Cartel’s and their campaign for blood and money will never stop until they are effectively dealt with.
Although some people argue that there should be gun control in America, history and evidence proves that there should not be gun control in America. Many people claim that if there aren’t any guns, it keeps people more safe. They also claim that no guns would prevent mass shootings. First, guns do keep people safe. Second, guns don’t kill people. Lastly, having a gun isn’t a bad thing; it can be used as self-defense in times that it is
One big fact everyone looks at is how the countries such as Britain, England, Ireland, and Jamaica have stricter gun laws, and how the gun crime has dropped (“Murder and Homicide Rates before and after Gun Bans.”). What they overlook is how the crime
Marjolijn Bijlefeld author of “The Gun Control Debate” explains that, “In survey after survey, respondents strongly support governmental attempts to ban gun ownership or at least limit it” [7]. Congressman Jack R. Kingston of Georgia wants these people to take a careful look at Jamaica in 1974.Congressman Jack R. Kingston mentions, “In 1974, Jamaica enacted a strict gun control laws, which included secret trials, detention, house-to-house searches randomly, and mandatory life sentence for possession of a single bullet” [8]. John R. Lott is an economist and author of “More Guns, Less Crime” explains, “Within six months violent crime dropped significantly,” and “Within a year, it went back up to the level it was before the gun control laws, and in fact has been increasing ever since” [9].What is most important is that one third if the murders were perpetrated by the police. Aside from the obvious, criminals who already have broken the law would not abide by a new one by showing disregard to others. Gun control laws would only result in a large criminal network of illegal firearm sales, thereby denying guns to all but criminals and even making criminals out of law-abiding citizens. Americans must maintain the right to own guns for the defense of their homes, families, and for sporting
There has always been and always will be a problem with crime in America. Gun control has become a hot topic when talking about crime prevention. Gun control is any law, policy, or practice created to regulate the possession, production, sale, and use of firearms by private citizens.
There are those who believe that the NRA has too much political pull in Washington. One such case Representative Peter Smith (R-NH) chose to sponsor a bill that would ban assault weapons. This was after telling the NRA that he opposed gun control. The following election the NRA targeted him and he lost his election race. The NRA has an uncanny ability to feed on the fears of the U.S. citizens.
The idea of guns have been a prominent issue within America’s history, perhaps due to the fact that everyday at least 89 people die from gun violence. However, there are manifold of sides to consider whether if those who support or disagree with the usage of guns because it could simply be an extension of the behavior that humans hold. In either case, they can offer safety while even taking away someone else’s. Even then, how have the practice of guns affected us? Is it the guns who are the murderers or the people who hold them? Meanwhile, they could represent a substantial motivation of aggression that has been concealed all
The Pew Research Center is accredited nonprofit Organization based in Washington DC. Its purpose is to be an American think-tank for information regarding social and public opinion. This specific article focuses on why guns are used in the united states. First categorising why people own guns, for example; hunting, protection, collection, and hobbies. Then analyzing the groups of gun ownership within the categories of gender and political identification. The research also provides information on those who do not own guns and their reasoning to abstain from ownership. This article will be very useful in writing my paper for it provide an exact percentage of Americans who own gun and their purpose and reasoning for ownership.
Drug cartels have been an issue for Mexico over a century now, according to Congressional Research Service. This issue had led to assassination against innocent people, many individuals have been threaten, murdered and even kidnapped. In the year of 1940, Mexico was a big source of marijuana and heroin which created these big Drug trafficking organizations that still exist today for example; in Tijuana, MX “The Arellano Felix Organization”, Sinaloa, MX “Cartel Del Chapo”, “Los Zetas”, “Beltran Leyva Organization” and “La Familia Michoacana”. The once-coherent organizations and their successors are still operating, both in conflict with one another and at times working in collaboration. The reason I chose this topic was because, six years ago my family decided to moved back to Mexico and during my time there I was able to experience many violent situations.
No one can question that firearms are a expansive portion of American culture. In any case, people should address that whether a portion of our culture ought to fetched so numerous guiltless lives. Each U.S. community has been influenced by the rash utilize of guns, in the shape of accidents, suicides, and crimes. Firearms can be utilized as devices and for entertainment, but are too possibly deadly. For a lion's share of country America, firearms are a portion of day-to-day life. In spite of the fact that radically distinctive, the Republican and Law based parties are similarly American. In any case, both sides come up short to realize that guns direction is too similarly American as weapon ownership.Through analyzing both elucidations of
Drug trafficking is one of the most serious problems in the world.It is indeed an international concern, especially in the American continent. Sadly, this apparently shows no signs of changing anytime soon. Researchers believe that it will end when the UNODC (United Nations office on drugs and crime.) pressures and investigates corruption into Mexico and the South America‘s Governments leading to intervention and effective punishment. First of all, the US is trying to end corruption within their own borders. It is not known if the full impact of this “disease” or “habit” has been fully recognized. It is not a secret that drugs and illegal immigration is crossing everyday through the borders of the United States, then they must pressure and investigate corruption into Mexico and the South America‘s Governments. what really make the attractive is that the drug business is that it is so productive that it had grab the attention of thousands of people, which have got involved all kind of societies. the rich people wants more money and poor people
According to Al Jazeera Media Network, the number of civilian owned guns around the world is estimated at 650 million, and 270 million of those guns belong to the people of the United States. That means that there are 90 guns per every 100 Americans, giving the U.S. the highest gun ownership rate in the world. The country that comes in second is Yemen, with a population of 23 million there are 55 firearms per every 100 Yemenis, which is still only half as many guns as America, even though Yemen is a war-torn country with political instability. When it comes to number of deaths by firearms however, the United States is fifth in the world, with Brazil taking the lead. On the other end of the spectrum, we have a country like Japan, which has one of the strictest gun laws and one of the lowest murder rates in the world. Switzerland for example ranks high in gun ownership, but low in violent crime. So when compared to the rest of the world, the United States stands alone with both high gun ownership and high gun violence despite being a well off, developed country. After the attack on the historic African American church in Charleston, South Carolina, President Obama delivered a speech in which he said, “We as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency.” The debate on gun control has now developed into screaming matches between politicians
School shootings, gun disputes, a significant number of events inclining on today’s news have identified as anything related to weapons or any type sort of brutality. When will the American government be ready to entitle laws to regulate these issues? When has this become a daily routine in our general public, when will we obtain the change we deserve? Americans question what sorts of weapon enactment must we require and moreover, what sorts of hindrances are legitimate to restrain the utilization and ownership of guns for quite some time. This issue is much more essential than individuals might suspect, as this choice is influencing our American society and the security of our citizens. The inquiry is, whether or not to limit gun ownership.
There are gun control laws to try and reduce the number of violent shootings that occur. They are trying to put limits on weapons that Americans can own. The government is trying to take our guns away mainly because of people that are criminally insane. Most of the people who commit crimes don’t even have the weapons legally. If the government takes away the rights of people who are allowed to have firearms in their possession, it will most definitely cause an outrage. Most people believe that the people should be more capable of maintain proper use of the firearms instead of having them all taken away. Taking the firearms from Americans away would cause a lot more problems than there actually are. The people will be upset with the
The legality of having guns and possessing firearms in the United States of America is well engraved within the Second Amendment of the nation’s constitution. However, the issue of gun regulation has remained a central topic in America’s public. Some people advocate for a total ban on gun possession, while others are totally against this idea. The shooting incident in Las Vegas weeks ago has raised controversial debates in the United States of America. In fact, the White House is concerned on the stand that President Trump will take on the issue of stricter gun laws. One of the cities that has gained the attention of both the legislators on this topic is Chicago. For its reputation for its low rate of gang arrests, lax punishments for gun law violations, and comparatively weak laws in accordance with surrounding states, it is justifiable to say that Chicago’s daily shootings are a clear indicator that strict state gun laws don’t work.