The major gun control law passed by Congress that mandated criminal history background checks on persons applying to purchase firearms from federally licensed firearm dealers is called the ______.
a. Armed Career Criminal Act
b. Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Bill) of 1993
c. Firearms Owners’ Protection Act of 1968 (FOPA)
d. National Firearms Act of 1934
b. Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Bill) of 1993
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President Clinton's Violent Crime Control Act resulted in the hiring of _________police officers
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In U.S. federal prisons in 2016, ______% of all inmates were service sentences for drug-related offenses. Serving sentences for drug-related crimes are ______% of white males, ______% of Black males, and ______% of Hispanic males.
What will be an ideal response?
Under which of the following circumstances do states permit the insanity defense with voluntary intoxication or drug use?
a. when it has created a "settled" psychotic mental state b. states always permit the insanity defense with voluntary alcohol use but not with drug use c. states always permit the insanity defense with voluntary drug use but not with alcohol use d. states never permit the insanity defense with voluntary intoxication or drug use
Waivers to adult court come in three varieties. Which of the following is not one of those varieties?
a. judicial b. prosecutorial c. legislative d. executive