News of Criminal Law

The Virginia Tech shooter killed 32 people with a handgun. He didn't use any high capacity magazines. That is 3x as many people as the Colorado shooter who had a shotgun, an AR-15 and a few handguns.... And yet semi auto rifles are the ones that need to be banned...

If "assault rifles" are banned, then 40 million people will become instant criminals, the real criminals will still get the guns, and people will still ...

so my goal in life is to get a job in the FBI and i am going to start off by going to De Anza (A community college) while im in De Anza i will also enroll in the Air forces ROTC. After 2 years i will try to transfer to UCLA if not then USC or Riverside. My major would either be Business, Law, or Criminal justice (im leaning towards Business if things go ...

Criminals shouldn't have guns... How can we make them give up their guns and machine guns (already illegal)?

I was with a friend who was shoplifting and I thought she had put the item back. I didn't touch anything but was still held in the office. We were both banned from the store for 6 months and have to do restorative justice. I got a civil recovery letter in the mail from a lawyer in Toronto saying they have agreed to settle it if I pay so much money. I'd like to get ...

Just asked a question about a hooker hooping in my car and some people answered that it was legal to brandish at that point while others said my life wasn't in danger so it was illegal. So it seems like even the average civilian is confused when it comes to self defense (including me) since I got mixed answers. So can any professional clear this up? Any cops or lawyers on here? Because the law ...

As I stated in a previous question we can all agree that rape is heinous crime. So is murder. So is assault and battery. So is taking someone’s hard earned money and embezzling it.

If I were prosecuting John Smith for embezzlement you can bet your life I’d want to know if he been accused before. I’d want to know if he had any criminal associations. If the defense contended that the victim had a ...

challenge the other person to a fight?

We all know how important etiquette is, and the laws of etiquette must be enforced. Thus, I conclude, that when it become apparent during a conversation that someone has broken the laws of etiquette, you may challenge them to a fight. Am I correct in my thinking?

Here is an example:
The other day, a middle-aged woman told me that my "pants look funny"..... this was clearly a ...

The father lives with his mother and family at the moment. There's a criminal investigation going on with the father and there isn't a court order stating the baby has to go to them so I was just curious because I've been advised by my lawyer to not release the baby to them under the current circumstances.

My criminal record is expunged, can i legally answer no to them that i have no to convicted crime.
the website : PLEASE NOTE: A conviction does not necessarily mean you will not get a license. Factors such as the nature of the offense, the amount
of time that has passed since the conviction and your age at the time of the conviction will be considered (see Article 23-A of the New York
State Corrections ...

suppose your car's alarm sets off, you go out with your gun to see what's happening and you see a thief who's trying to steal your car
now you point the gun at them and tell them to freeze and stop doing what ever they are doing
after that they try to grub their own gun and point it at you
now before they start pointing the gun at you you shoot them in the ...