The Death Penalty A legal system is established to maintain order and keep justice in balance with society. The death penalty works through retribution, forces would-be criminals to recognize the consequences, and it displays a form of decency in the maturing of a society. The death penalty ha...

Capital Punishment Capital punishment is the lawful infliction of the death penalty. Since ancient times it has been used to punish criminals for a wide variety of offenses. Capital punishment has been imposed for such serious crimes as armed robberies, murder, kidnappings, rape, and treason. C...

It has recently been argued that "Saturday Night Specials" or "Junk Guns" are becoming a bigger problem than before. These are informal names for small, inexpensive handguns of low quality. The Junk Guns have a short barrel length of three inches or less. It makes them easy to...