Riley US History

According to ncsl.org , in the state of Alabama, "No person of unsound mind shall own a firearm or have one in his or her possession or under his or her control." When I read this, it raised some questions. There are many mental illnesses, do all mental illnesses prohibit someone from owning a firearm, or are there certain ones? Are mild mental illnesses included in this? I learned from Law Center  that "Federal law prohibits firearm possession by individuals who have been 'committed to a mental institution' or 'adjudicated as a mental defective.' This prohibition however, does not include many other individuals known to be dangerously mentally ill." So, only severely mentally ill people cannot own guns, and from this source means only people who have been put in a mental institution or have been diagnosed with some sort of sever metal disease. This could be a problem in my opinion, because there are a lot of people who have mental illnesses but have...

Chapter 18 of the history textbook states , “The American murder rate rose rapidly in the late 19th century, from 25 murders for every million people in 1880 to over 100 by the end of the century.” Serial killing began with H.H. Holmes at a time of urbanization, where the increased population of the city made anonymity easy for serial killers because it was easy to blend into the metropolitan area. Marginal Revolution H.H. Holmes was the first well-known serial killer in America. The Crime Museum says that, “Holmes would take out insurance policies on these people before planting the bodies and would collect the money once the bodies were discovered.” Holmes was killing people for money. He killed people with no families, friends, and without anyone who would care that they were gone. He got away with this until he killed Benjamin Pitezel, his partner in crime. From loc.gov , “Carrie Pitezel, confesses to attempting to defraud Fidelity Mutual Insurance by faking her...

Sentence: "When you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she cannot go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television," Phrase: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Word: "Injustice"