Police officers being armed are thought by some to have had a detrimental effect on society. I fully support this opinion since holding guns can not only lead to police gun violence, but also worsen the situations by upgrading violence degree.
Firstly, there is no evidence that carrying guns openly would deter gangsters from having their own weapons. Instead, a large amount of people may be intimidated therefore bring a gun in case of emergencies. Likewise, criminals will resort to carrying guns for the most minor of crimes. This means that the whole society will be influenced and the crime rate could possibly go up. For example, a shop burglary may end up being a shoot-out, sadly this might have accidentally hurt other cops and innocent civilians. Even worse, it could cause serious casualty which is totally unnecessary.
Another point to consider is that police officers are only human, they too can make mistakes. It is an undeniable fact that weapons are the root of violence, police shootings may result in accidental injury or manslaughter. According to a Washington Post investigation, 1 in 13 people killed by guns are killed by police. Although most of the gun related deaths are justifiable acts of self-defense, numerous law-abiding citizens still feel threatened by the large-scale firearm use.
Besides, guns are responsible for creating a more cruel society in general. With the degree of social tolerance for firearms increasing, the level of violence could surely escalate. Admittedly, arming the police will only add fuel to the cycle of gun violence.
To sum up, while I do reckon policemen should have the right to defend themselves, and they deserve all the support from the public. It is also indisputable that guns do exacerbate existing violence as well as intensify the conflicts, thus making gun control imperative.
- We can get knowledge from news. But some people think we should not trust the journalists. What do you think? And what do you think are the important qualities that a journalist should have? 93
- Some people believe that if a police force carries guns, this encourages higher level of violence in that society. To what extent do you agree or disagree? 80
- IELTS 10, Test 3, Writing task 1The charts below show what UK graduate and postgraduate students who did not go into full-time work did after leaving college in 2008.Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparis 98
- An increasing number of people are changing their careers What are the reasons Do you think it is positive or negative 80
- The graph below shows differences in wheat exports over three different areas. write a report to describe the information shown below. 80
flaws:
Sentence Length SD: 4.095 7.5 //"Sentence Length SD is low" means that the essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentences varieties wanted.
Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 7.0 out of 9
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 17 15
No. of Words: 302 350
No. of Characters: 1513 1500
No. of Different Words: 193 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.169 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.01 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.7 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 113 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 83 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 61 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 36 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 17.765 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 4.095 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.588 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.289 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.539 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.018 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5