Sentences with phrase «of more violence»

2 March, 2018 — Rising sea levels bring the prospect of more violence and expense.

Rising sea levels bring the prospect of more violence and expense.

Not exact matches

Curbing all kinds of gun violence and other crimes comes down to more funding for effective enforcement, says Jake Novak.

In the wake of the unforgivable and senseless killings in Las Vegas on Sunday night, the deep and widespread fear of gun violence will, no doubt, grow even deeper and more widespread.

• Violence — Instances of workplace violence need to be handled very rapidly, and they can be even more delicate than other types of investigations because of the potentially explosive Violence — Instances of workplace violence need to be handled very rapidly, and they can be even more delicate than other types of investigations because of the potentially explosive violence need to be handled very rapidly, and they can be even more delicate than other types of investigations because of the potentially explosive results.

The World Health Organization lists car - related death as one of the top 10 killers in the world, while far more people die of traffic fatalities in the United States than through gun violence.

The region's violence is in large part driven by drug trafficking and organized crime — in Mexico, fragmentation of criminal groups has stoked more bloodshed in recent months.

MENLO PARK, Calif., April 24 - Facebook Inc on Tuesday released a rule book for the types of posts it allows on its social network, giving far more detail than ever before on what is permitted on subjects ranging from drug use and sex work to bullying, hate speech and inciting violence.

Facebook Inc on Tuesday released a rule book for the types of posts it allows on its social network, giving far more detail than ever before on what is permitted on subjects ranging from drug use and sex work to bullying, hate speech and inciting violence.

«They learned a valuable lesson that the more violence you generate against the government, against the citizens, the more of a target you're going to become by the government and the international community,» Vigil said.

The «boss - napping,» as this practice is known, was yet one more entry in a history of violence that has marked the Amiens plant in recent months.

«DOI's investigations exposing and preventing the types of corruption that fuel violence have resulted in more than 30 arrests of Correction Department officers and staff over the last two years and led to dozens of reforms,» he said.

These measures also suggest Americans are more likely to die from gun violence than the combined risks of drowning, fire and smoke, stabbing, choking on food, airplane crashes, animal attacks, and forces of nature.

A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

It's the kind of violence that can only beget more violence when the tables finally turn, as they did last November.

Over that period, the Sinaloa cartel's internal and external conflicts have become more prominent, driving much of the violence that has swirled around Los Cabos and La Paz, the state's capital.

Merck chief executive Ken Frazier set off a parade of departures from Donald Trump's CEO - packed jobs councils — and Trump's subsequent decision to disband those groups before even more business leaders could leave them — following the President's widely criticized response to white supremacist attacks in Charlottesville, Virginia in mid-August blaming «many sides» for the violence.

«Just as you can't throw more touchdowns during the fourth quarter than the total number of times you have thrown a touchdown, you can not use a firearm during and in relation to crimes of violence more than the total number of times you have used a firearm.»

But she said based on anecdotal evidence, it doesn't seem like perpetrators of mass violence are more likely to have mental health problems than anyone else.

This is far from the first time threats of violence have successfully shuttered discussion surrounding Gamergate's controversial mission and even more controversial actions.

A more consistent feature of the shooters, Gold says, is that they tend to have «risk factors for perpetrating violent behavior» — that is, a history with law enforcement or violence, and especially domestic violence.

That the tea you drank this morning was more likely grown in the former British colony India than in its Chinese homeland is testament to Fortune's success, through a combination of intrigue and scientific innovation and in the face of violence, in helping «the largest multinational corporation in the world... enact the greatest theft of trade secrets in the history of mankind.»

The moderators are frequently tasked with watching disturbing video and images of child sexual abuse, violence, animal cruelty and more.

With national security driving the debate, Democrats see a more powerful argument than simply advocating the need to curb gun violence in a country of 320 million that has more than 310 million weapons.

Perhaps that's one reason the Sinaloa cartel has the reputation for being focused more on the business of drug trafficking and less on violence than rival cartels.

In fact, one study from Stanford University that considered whether more guns save lives discovered that states with more relaxed gun laws had higher rates of gun violence than states with strict regulations.

The horrifying mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School offered yet another tragic reminder of America's gun problem: The US has much more firearm violence than its developed peers.

But as Dylan Matthews explained for Vox, people with mental illnesses are more likely to be victims, not perpetrators, of violence.

Instead, the US appears to have more lethal violence — and that's driven in large part by the prevalence of guns.

The question is whether these incidents of successful defense would outweigh the new incidents of gun violence that would crop up due to the addition of more firearms in schools.

People who are underage (under 18 for rifles and shotguns, and under 21 for other guns), someone convicted or indicted for a crime punishable by imprisonment of more than one year, fugitives from justice, the severely mentally ill, unlawful users of controlled substances, those convicted of domestic violence, and undocumented immigrants are among some of the categories of people barred from buying a firearm by federal law.

Based on the research, the presence of more guns typically translates to much more general gun violence, while justified uses of a gun for self - defense are few and far between.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3 Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan told Facebook Inc on Thursday that it should consider establishing a special team to respond more quickly to threats of sectarian violence in countries such as Myanmar that are at high risk.

As my colleague Dylan Matthews explained, people with mental illnesses are more likely to be victims, not perpetrators, of violence.

Sinaloa can be exceedingly brutal, but the cartel is more pragmatic than the Zetas in its deployment of violence.

If America wants to confront its gun violence problem, then, the research suggests it should look to reducing the number of guns in circulation — not putting more armed people into schools.

Gun control advocates, meanwhile, are motivated by more abstract notions of reducing gun violence — although, Goss noted, the victims of mass shootings and their families have begun putting a face on these policies.

This sentiment has been fueled by a decades - long public campaign by the NRA to convince the US public and politicians that, in fact, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms, and that more guns will actually make people safer (by letting them protect themselves), despite research that shows higher levels of gun ownership actually lead to more gun violence.

Students, teachers and parents called for an increase in mental health services and more school counselors on Monday night during a discussion of gun violence held in Delray Beach.

And in a voting week where the cost of violence feels even more vivid and horrific to many of us than usual, I'm not sure Three Billboards is going to be the feel - good choice.

The measure comes more than a month after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17, and on the eve of the gun violence — focused March for Our Lives.

«Elimination of violence against women takes more than one - off announcements, photo - ops and slogans.

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The Canadian Labour Congress has just released preliminary findings of a cross-Canada survey on domestic violence: more than a third of those surveyed had suffered domestic assault at some time in their lives, and of those currently experiencing it, more than half continue to be abused in or near their workplaces.

They put a spotlight not just on mass shootings, but also more common types of gun violence that are less likely to make national front pages.

In comparison, gun control advocates are motivated by more abstract notions of reducing gun violence — although, Goss noted, the victims of mass shootings and their families have begun putting a face on these policies by engaging more actively in advocacy work, which could make the gun control movement feel more relatable.

Horgan committed to making things better for survivors of sexual violence and for those fleeing abusive homes by making sure crime prevention dollars go to deliver much - needed services that keep more women safe, improving public policy, directing more funding to provincial and community based programs that directly serve women and children, and increasing funding to violence prevention and intervention programs by $ 8 million a year.

Expected to be more politically active and socially conscious, this new generation of young people are fired up about changing laws, ending violence and prejudice, and screaming loudly in the name of social justice.

Even though the incident did not occur on school property, the shooting confirms some of the fears about what could go wrong if teachers were to carry guns in school — that the mere presence of more firearms would increase the risk of gun violence.

Yet older and more repetitious games like Space Invaders and Galaxian involve a greater percentage of game time devoted to violence than more modern games like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.