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laws
Law is a system of rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior. State-enforced laws can be made by a collective legislature or by a single legislator, resulting in statutes, by the executive through decrees and regulations, or established by judges through precedent, normally in common law jurisdictions. Private individuals can create legally binding contracts, including arbitration agreements that may elect to accept alternative arbitration to the normal court process. The formation of laws themselves may be influenced by a constitution, written or tacit, and the rights encoded therein. The law shapes politics, economics, history and society in various ways and serves as a mediator of relations between people.
A general distinction can be made between (a) civil law jurisdictions (including Catholic canon law and socialist law), in which the legislature or other central body codifies and consolidates their laws, and (b) common law systems, where judge-made precedent is accepted as binding law. Historically, religious laws played a significant role even in settling of secular matters, which is still the case in some religious communities, particularly Jewish, and some countries, particularly Islamic. Islamic Sharia law is the world's most widely used religious law.
The adjudication of the law is generally divided into two main areas referred to as (i) Criminal law and (ii) Civil law. Criminal law deals with conduct that is considered harmful to social order and in which the guilty party may be imprisoned or fined. Civil law (not to be confused with civil law jurisdictions above) deals with the resolution of lawsuits (disputes) between individuals or organizations.
Law provides a rich source of scholarly inquiry into legal history, philosophy, economic analysis and sociology. Law also raises important and complex issues concerning equality, fairness, and justice. There is an old saying that 'all are equal before the law', although Jonathan Swift argued that 'Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.' In 1894, the author Anatole France said sarcastically, "In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets, and steal loaves of bread." Writing in 350 BC, the Greek philosopher Aristotle declared, "The rule of law is better than the rule of any individual." Mikhail Bakunin said: "All law has for its object to confirm and exalt into a system the exploitation of the workers by a ruling class". Cicero said "more law, less justice". Marxist doctrine asserts that law will not be required once the state has withered away. Regardless of one's view of the law, it remains today a completely central institution.
Brazil's new president to scrap current gun control laws and allow all non-criminal citizens to own firearms in wake of crime epidemic.
Brazil's president-elect plans decree allowing wider gun ownership | Reuters
We live in a smaller town outside of Eugene. We do live in our small city’s limits. Our backyard backs up to a greenway and it’s fenced in. We have a dead end street on the side and a neighbor on the other side.
My husband and I are not gun enthusiasts. We’ve never owned guns. I grew up around...
Are gun laws fair?
It all depends who you ask, while doing research for my upcoming book in December. I found some disturbing demographic information. Upon looking at the many gun laws that are passed to restrict, or punish those in possession of firearm. I found that a select few are at the...
If POTUS and the NRA state that Chicago, has the toughest Gun Laws.
Then what is being done to curb this, and is it true ?
Gun Laws in the Last 10 Years:
Here's a timeline of recent changes to Chicago's laws:
• June 2010: Chicago's ban on handguns was ended by the Supreme Court in the McDonald...
‘Red flag’ gun law should include minors, Washington state prosecutors say
Insane!
Edit: I just want to make sure everybody understands what this article is about. There is a movement to interpret the red flag laws so that they can remove guns from citizens who aren't even the target of the...
Let's all get busy, time to do what all you fence-sitters who didn't vote should have done before the election!!!
To abolish unlawful, unjust, and unconstitutional gun laws in Washington state (I-1639). | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government
Especially with AR15s etc, read this to clarify his vision of America:
ATF Careerist Turned Giffords Spokesflack Proposes Evisceration of 2nd Amendment
I heard about this at a gun show this weekend looking for anyone’s thoughts, you can legally build and own a suppressor in Idaho with no tax stamp as long as you engrave on it ( made in Idaho ) and do not travel into any other states with it. Here is a link to Idaho state statues. I’m just...
quoted from elsewhere on the net:
Australian Man Who Printed 3D Replica Guns Gets 50-Month Suspended Sentence, 12 Months Probation - The Truth About Guns
The case occurred in the Australian state of New South Wales which includes Sidney. New South Wales is the only Australian state that has...