The strategies I used to find the articles were to search on Google some words like “gun violence” or “causes of gun violence”, and it’s efficient because I found a lot of useful articles that related to the topic. The other way of finding useful articles is to use our university’s database which provides a variety of reliable articles. The sources from which I got the best complete information was from the Forbes, CNS News, and The Guardian. These articles are from magazine and newspaper which are very reliable. They provide a complete and accurate information about the causes of gun violence which is well related to my research paper’s topic, and they also provide some data to make us have a clear comparison and view of the problem. The
The United States is home to approximately 5% of the world’s population and 31% of all mass shootings. Through these mass shootings and various other methods of gun violence, tens of thousands of people die every year. These gun-related deaths primarily originate from murder and children accidentally shooting themselves. Although those in favor of gun control tend to believe that guns should be terminated completely, the second amendment prevents lawmakers from being able to do so. Therefore, in order to combat these causes, alternative gun control solutions must be made for each one. Gun-related murders can be decreased through the use of universal background checks. Additionally, accidental shootings can be minimized through the
A source that addresses the issue of gun violence in America is a website called Mapping Police Violence. This website was created by Samuel Sinyangwe, DeRay McKesson, and Brittany Packnett.
2. My topic is socially significant because many people every day die from the result of gun violence. I wanted to search if there was any way we could improve our gun regulations, and thus reduce how many people die from the gun violence.
According to the article the reason why there is no federally funded research studies on “Gun Violence” is because Congress was unmoved and has continued to withhold funding. An example, is whe President Obama called for the CDC, (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), to conduct research on the causes of gun violence and how to prevent it after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012.
As our country let’s people of all kind have a gun people are going to keep getting hurt all over the country. Firstly, 30,000 people are dying each year because of gun violence everywhere (“Should More Gun…”). This is crazy people are going wild and killing people some are for reasons and some are not but 30,000 people should not be dying because of someone not being able to control theirself with a gun. Therefore, there has been 32 gun murders and 90 gun deaths in communities or homes everyday (“Should More Gun…”). That is 122 deaths for no reason there needs to be some type of gun rule for crazy people. In addition, there were 70 people shot in a movie theater then just soon after 20 first graders were hurt with an assault rifle in a elementary
One major cause of Gun Violence is hatred, which can lead to many different outcomes. These outcomes can either have a good affect on some or a negative. For example, Getting caught and now having a criminal record. Some may learn from this and never commit another crime. The rest on the other hand can be more raged when released from jail. This will cause them to escalate down the same path as before. These people are causing the same problems to society as before. Therefore they are a living threat to everyone around them.
On January 17, 2017, “Surge in the Violence” was released by the Crime lab at the University of Chicago, which had combined a report on the statistics of homicides taken place in the year 2015 and 2016. The number of homicides taken place in the year of 2016 has soared by record high of 67 percent than the previous year. Chicago is one of the busiest and advanced cities in the world and getting such high numbers in the field of crime is a shame and leaves a bad impression on the rest of the world. The violence related to guns has also increased enormously and according to “Chicago Tribune”, 2,958 people have been shot dead by now this year. Though the data shows that the homicides by gun has decreased significantly but the number is still a problem. The gun violence now is a serious problem and the current situation demands strict gun laws.
In early March of 2015, several New York City residents wondered why a gun store opened its doors for only a few days in Manhattan. “First-time gun buyer? We are here to help you!” was one of the signs passersby saw on the storefront (Holley, 2015). The store was phony, and it was tied to an ad campaign for States United to Prevent Gun Violence, or SUPGV. Though signs on the door enticed people to come in and purchase a gun, the purpose of the store was the exact opposite. Full of hidden cameras, the staged shop did not sell guns, rather it informed those that walked through the door about the dangers of owning one.
If I could take up a cause for gun vilence I would. I would stand up to this because I know what it's like to loose someone from gun violence. I know what it's like for an innocent person get killed because of gun violenece.My cousin was shot. He was an innocent person who didn't diserve to die and they shot him. I would to protests start marchs' and anything that is possible to change gun violence. I would try to change the gun violence situation. It's not fair that innocent people who shouldn't deserve to die are dying because of that. We need to make a stop. We need to prevent people dying. I would try making a difference my making a website or just telling people to get ogether if they are against gun violence. And if we are all in the
It has been over a year since the sickening sound of gunfire rang out at a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Colorado.
Gun violence has been around for centuries and there have been many mass shootings, homicides and suicides. There is always the argument on “do guns kill people” or “do people kill people”? What people really need to be looking at is the problem which is people stocking up on guns and not knowing how to properly handle them and all the mass shootings that are taking place. As a country, people need to be coming up with solutions instead of doing nothing.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump share the dubious distinction of being among the least popular presidential nominees in recent history. They don’t share much else, though. The 2016 Democratic and Republican presidential candidates have vastly different worldviews, with often dramatically opposing visions of the kind of nation America should be and the type of government it should have. The issues on gun violence are very disturbing to me. The number of U.S. gun deaths has fallen considerably since peaking in the mid-1990s. But it still remains far higher than in any other wealthy nation in the world, as does the rate of gun ownership. And while mass shootings only make up a small percentage of total U.S. gun deaths, they occur with alarming
Throughout the years, gun violence is increasing dramatically. Mass Shootings are becoming more frequent, suicides are now mostly caused by a gun to the head, and crimes are being involved with guns. Somehow minors and criminals are gaining firearms. The government isn’t telling us the real story. They claim that they have very strict laws, well it turns out they don’t. There are so many things that the government hides from the public’s eye. Criminals get their way (hiding from the government) and they gain access to guns of their choosing. From pistols to machine guns, to rocket launchers. In this essay, I will explain to you how criminals are getting their way, causing so much gun violence across the United States, and how the government is doing nothing about this.
Michelle believes troubled minorities are lead to” legalized discrimination in employment, housing, public benefits, and jury service, just as their parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents once were". Michelle argues about the cruel penalty of how their crime is drug addiction or having a small dosage of drugs for fun and find themselves in jail and shows the evidence stated from the fact "blacks are in prison on drug charges about 20 to 57 times more than white men". Michelle scrutinizes factors she argues contribute to the modern Jim Crow laws existing in American society.
Throughout the years, the United States has experienced many different societal problems. All of the problems have the same dilemma being no one can agree on what the actual cause of these problems are so they don’t know where to begin on fixing them. Some of these problems include equality between men and women, environmental protection, political freedoms and so many more things. A very big issue right now is the amount of gun violence that takes place in our Country every day. It may sound too obvious that the cause of violence is the lack of control on guns, but it is actually much more extensive and the cause has many parts to it.