No Guns Allowed is a song released by Snoop Lion featuring Drake and his daughter, Cori B. The music video was released in 2013 by Berhane Sound System and its main message is to unify the world together so that we can end gun violence. The music video starts out with a portion of President Obama’s speech after the Sandy Hook shooting and pictures of newspaper articles that are about gun violence all around the world. He shows articles in different languages and videos of people speaking in different languages about gun violence and ambulances taking their loved ones. This video had a very positive effect and he was very successful in getting the message that he wants out to the public, but it is still an occurring issue that happens every day. …show more content…
In this video, Snoop Lion is advocating for stronger gun restrictions based upon all of the violence that has been inflicted on society today through shootings and deaths of innocent people. He wrote “No Guns Allowed to try and get guns off the street. He has had a personal experience with the harmful effect that guns have on people and wants it to end due to his first-hand experience with gangs. Through lyrics like “No guns are allowed, in here tonight. We’re gonna have a free-for-all, no fights”, he is trying to send a message to Congress and the rest of the world that change needs to start before more people are killed. He also delivers a message about unity and peace when he says “No more gunplay, when the bodies hit the ground, there’s nothing left to say.” This lyric is trying to show that we can’t do anything to save people’s lives after they’ve died so it’s better to prevent the problem from happening in the first
Reason to Listen: I believe and have done research, that the crime rates are lowered a significant amount, where guns are permitted. Clearly no one expected these two young men to come to school that day and begin murdering their classmates, why? Because firearms aren’t permitted and everyone assumes that everyone else, will adhere to that rule.
More gun laws would have a negative effect on shootings and crime rates. Stricter gun laws would not prevent people from getting guns, would not prevent killings, and would not fare well with the people of the United States. Strict gun laws would only prevent law-abiding citizens from getting guns, and criminals would still be able to get them. Crime and shooting rates do not go down after increase in gun-restrictive laws are passed. People in the United States have the right to defend themselves from harm, and the 2nd Amendment right to own firearms.
To be honest, it makes sense… no guns, no gun violence. Not to mention, with regards to United States history, gun regulations are not a recent motion. Indeed, the first federal gun control law was the National Firearms Act of 1934. This law required that all sales of firearms to be documented in the national registry. Following the National Firearms Act of 1934, the Gun Control Act of 1968, the first major gun control law in the United States, passed. This law “prohibited certain people from being able to purchase firearms including convicted felons, fugitives, minors, individuals with a history of mental illness, dishonorable discharged veterans, expatriates and illegal aliens” (Riczo 2001). It also extended licensing conditions to more gun merchants and required a more in depth record of sales. In brief, the rules to acquire a firearm became stricter and the thought behind it was that it would decrease crime. Nevertheless, with the increase in gun violence, it is not certain that laws will prevent future
Eighty-nine people depart from this earth due to gun violence in the US every day. From school children, to victims of domestic violence, to people going about their daily lives, this status quo is unacceptable. On Tuesday January 5th, 2016 President Obama announced that he would send proposals on reducing gun violence in America to Congress. His spokesman, Jay Carney, mentioned that this is “a complex problem that will require a complex solution.” The ability to own a gun is considered by some a birthright of Americans. However, with crime rates involving handguns rising each day it has become quite clear. Handgun laws must become stricter in order to reduce homicide and crime. The question is, “which solution in most effective in decreasing gun violence?” Gun control is a major conflict that is constantly reoccurring and the US is seemingly divided over it.
America is known as the land of opportunity, freedom, fast food, and raging numbers of gun violence. According to Mass Shooting Tracker there has been about 367 shootings so far since the year started (Mass Shooting Tracker). This is outrageous considering that in other countries, gun shooting numbers don 't even reach a two-digit number. Far too many people have been victims of these unregulated weapons, claiming lives and ripping families apart. There is no safe place from these assault weapons, no movie theater, night club, church, or school. American’s must deal with the fact that any unsuited person is legally allowed to purchase a weapon with the weak regulations we currently have. Assault weapons have been damaging for this country and it 's time to change the laws. Gun regulations and laws need to be stricter to make it harder for individuals to purchase guns to prevent any future tragedies from happening.
Guns have been is society for centuries. They have been used for hunting, war, and even safety. However, in the past several years they have begun to take the lives of many innocent victims, often young children. In response to the killings in Newtown, Conn., it has been noted, “If this were a country, the number of children killed by gun violence would violate international law.” (Browne-Marshall) F.B.I. data shows in 2011, 1,668 African American children were killed due to guns. Day by day gun violence is rising and it is not only in ghetto neighborhoods.
The three year-anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting just passed. The San Bernardino shootings occurred in November 2015. That was why many people are focused on what can be done to prevent things like this from occurring in the future. Many people believe that stricter gun control laws will prevent mass shootings. However, it is important to note that these ideas have been discussed for several decades.
To many people throughout the nation, guns are seen as violent weapons that should not be obtainable to the public. This viewpoint is powered by current events that occur involving the use of one or more firearms. Although these events are terrifying, banning
Bang! With current events such as Sandy Hook and what happened in Las Vegas guns are being misused.Hundreds of innocent people are being killed.We need to control how guns are used.We need more security to prevent guns being in public places and events. We also should control whose hands the guns fall in.So many people are mentally ill and convicted criminals should not have guns.How can we prevent thousands of unnecessary deaths?
Based on Barack Obama “We know we can’t stop every act of violence, every act of evil in the world, but maybe we could try to stop one act of evil, one act of violence”. This means that we might not be able to stop all the violence but we could try to stop it. Gun control should be enforced because a lot of people that are mentally unstable get guns really easy, people use it to kill people instead of using it to protect themselves, and the terrorist will get weaker.
I believe that gun violence should be controlled in the United States; therefore, I believe there should be an enforced background check, just to make sure who we are giving the gun or guns to. We never know if the person will use the gun for protection or harm. Just like I said, even with the background check, a person can buy a gun and give it to another person, so there is a flaw in the system right there. On the other hand, I believe that enforcing this thumb printing is going to reduce the amount of homicides because it creates extra work for the murderer to do, and some people are lazy. I agree with this because a good reason for the homicides is because you can receive a gun so easily; if this happens, then it won't be so easy. Additionally,
“Right to bear arms” from second amendment in the Constitution was adopted in 1791, this is 21st century, given the statistics of how high gun violence in USA has gone up compared to its neighbor country, it is about time to do something about it. Although guns can be used in self-defense, according to Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence Statistics, the evidences shows that the presence of guns in people’s home make them more vulnerable. Statistics shows that guns kept in the home are more likely to be involved in a fatal or nonfatal unintentional shooting, and criminal assault or suicide attempt than to be used to injure or kill in self-defense. Gun is more likely to be used to vent frustration by killing or injuring an innocent person in the
Gun violence is increasing in US every year by big numbers. Most of the time poor people or low class people are the victim of gun violence. Federal law requires gun sellers to start a background check before selling a gun. However, background checks don’t necessarily stop serious criminals from getting guns. People can get gun easily over some money. Opponents argue that gun control law will not reduce the violence. Guns are not the reason behind higher crime rate. If you take away guns from citizen they will use something else to harm other such as rock and knives. Criminals will stay as a criminal’s gun control law won’t change that. However, other believe gun control law will save many lives. They argue that there is no other
Guns are major part of living in the United States of America. The U.S alone has 35% to 50% of the world's civilian owned Firearms. More than likely you have at least one in your house. As more and more guns are being produced and sold in the U.S more anti-gun activists are pushing for increased gun control but the facts show that more gun control actually means more gun related violence. There is no doubt that there is a problem with gun related violence in the U.S. but there is a perception that it has suddenly worsened but in all reality things are better that they have been in decades. Once again on the news you will hear that 30,000 people killed last year with guns. What the media does not say is that of those 30,000, 20,000 of those people killed themselves with a gun. Some of these facts are shocking to hear. Even though gun control is the first thing we turn to when gun related violence occurs the negative factors are far greater than the positives.
No Guns Allowed by Snoop Lion is a music video about the violence and destruction caused by guns, mainly in America. The music video was inspired by American shootings, including the mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The central message of No Guns Allowed is anti-violence, and advocating for love and peace. This is shown throughout the different pieces of archived footage from real news channels in America. It draws attention to the tragedy to make us feel sympathetic, but at the same time encourages us to bring justice and awareness the death. The techniques used, and ones I will discussing in No Guns Allowed include editing, camerawork, mise-en-scene, diegetic sound and lyrics.