Dear Priscila,
I could not agree more with your argument on Open Carry! I was stunned at the fact that people could carry their weapons to schools, stores, restaurants or even into Churches! At first I believed that anyone old enough could carry, until I started researching, and in the State of Texas you have to go through certain processes for you to be able to qualify to be licensed. I was relieved that they were at least taking precautions to make sure that just not anyone could be able to carry. Because you are completely right, anyone at any given moment and without a warning can have a breakdown and all hell could break loose if they have a weapon in a place filled with civilians, it could be tragic. Although I like the idea of being armed because one never knows what can happen, I still have some fright inside me, situations can go bad in a matter of seconds, like all the tragic shooting on the news, it all happened in a matter of seconds without a warning. I believed that because of this privilege Texas would be doomed, but, not long ago I came upon an article that stated that the crime rate has surprisingly lowered since the approval of open carry, I was shocked at the fact that they claim that in Texas the firearm homicide rate is at least one third down since 1996! Crazy Right? I would have thought it was the other way around, maybe open carry is for the better of Texas.
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Sunday, November 6, 2016
Learn, For a Better Tomorrow
As we had discussed in class early October, the Texas Senator wants Teens to Learn What to do During Police Stops.Texas State legislators are exploring having Texas schools teach students how to act when stopped by law enforcement, joined by the Department of Public Safety who are looking into new language but in its guidelines to help drivers when they are pulled over by Law enforcement. These changes are in an effort to change the unfortunate high profile fatal encounters between police and civilians, mainly among unarmed black men and women in the past years. Texas should teach young drivers to be better informed of their Rights and the Law to avoid unwanted and unfortunate accidents like the Sandra Bland case, which because of misinformation of Rights and Power, ended in a tragedy.
Recently, the County where Sandra Bland died, is looking into electing their first African American Sheriff in the hopes to put it back after being in the national spotlight, but I feel this is not the way it should be. I feel that if Texans, both civilians and our Officers were better informed, tragedies or remedies out of convenience would not have to occur. Civilians abuse their knowledge of thinking they know their rights and the Law, and Law Enforcement Officials do abuse their power, but if Texas does go through with teaching teens what to do during police stops, it could be one step into a better Texas.
Texas should not only teach teens what to do during Police stops, it should also teach its Officers. The information should be for both parties, because todays society is not as it was a couple years back. Most young adults have changed in a dramatic way, where they have no respect for their elders but most of all for the Law. I feel that this is something Texas should remind its officers, most teens today are a bunch of wanna be thugs who think they know it all, and this infuriates many Officers. But Texas and maybe as well as all the other States should teach their Officers to NOT be bugged by it, because that is the start of the abuse of Power, by the Police Officers.
"Comply then Complain", great words that every Texas civilian should know. Because the middle of the freeway is not the place to complain of a speeding ticket. Texas should ENFORCE that officers cannot sit there with the civilian and talk over the matter, they should just hand the ticket and drive away and make it as clear as they can to the civilian that they can complain in court. For this statement, and the reasons stated above as well as many others I feel that Texas should go through with teaching young drivers handout their Rights and what they are required to do when stopped by Law Enforcement.
Recently, the County where Sandra Bland died, is looking into electing their first African American Sheriff in the hopes to put it back after being in the national spotlight, but I feel this is not the way it should be. I feel that if Texans, both civilians and our Officers were better informed, tragedies or remedies out of convenience would not have to occur. Civilians abuse their knowledge of thinking they know their rights and the Law, and Law Enforcement Officials do abuse their power, but if Texas does go through with teaching teens what to do during police stops, it could be one step into a better Texas.
Texas should not only teach teens what to do during Police stops, it should also teach its Officers. The information should be for both parties, because todays society is not as it was a couple years back. Most young adults have changed in a dramatic way, where they have no respect for their elders but most of all for the Law. I feel that this is something Texas should remind its officers, most teens today are a bunch of wanna be thugs who think they know it all, and this infuriates many Officers. But Texas and maybe as well as all the other States should teach their Officers to NOT be bugged by it, because that is the start of the abuse of Power, by the Police Officers.
"Comply then Complain", great words that every Texas civilian should know. Because the middle of the freeway is not the place to complain of a speeding ticket. Texas should ENFORCE that officers cannot sit there with the civilian and talk over the matter, they should just hand the ticket and drive away and make it as clear as they can to the civilian that they can complain in court. For this statement, and the reasons stated above as well as many others I feel that Texas should go through with teaching young drivers handout their Rights and what they are required to do when stopped by Law Enforcement.
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