Essay On Gun Violence

School shootings, gang violence, drive by shootings, murder, and thousands of acts of violence are committed every day. Members of our society criticize their own people for this violence while they continue to sit back and do nothing about it. These acts of violence have many contributing factors. Violence in our country today is escalating because we don't control the distribution of the guns sold. There are not enough restrictions on guns sold legally. The illegal purchase of guns through the black market is out of control. There is not enough education on the usage and storage of guns.

Another type of background check that needs to be added and included to every State standard background check is the No Fly List as well as violent repeat offenders and abusers. States need to be running their checks against the No Fly List and Homeland Security; those on the list should be denied the ability to get a gun. We want to stop terrorists, both domestic and foreign, from being able to walk into a store and purchase a gun with no background check. “Depending on one’s perspective, the divergence in states’ approaches to guns either means that some people… are facing dangers of gun violence that could be avoided by enactment of strong gun laws”, while others “are unnecessarily having their freedom and safety impaired by gun laws that only disarm law-abiding individuals” (Rostron, 2016, p. 356) . There are times when an innocent person’s name can appear on the list so we should be prepared with a legal path to clearing that person’s name and removing them from the list. This path should be swift and completed in a timely manner, but each individual should understand we take our safety at the highest regards so we must be thorough.

Everyday 93 Americans are killed by guns. Whether it is due to homicide or suicide, it does not matter. At the end of the day gun violence is increasing exponentially. In numerous states, gun laws have been placed in the hopes of reducing gun violence. But now many people believe that gun violence should be treated as a public health problem. I for one feel that gun violence should be put in the category of public health. Every year more than 30,000 people are victims to gun related incidents. It has become such an issue that gun violence is causing more deaths than some life threatening diseases.

Sandy Hook Elementary, Charleston, Umpqua Community College, and Virginia Tech. These names spark fear into those who have witnessed the outrage of Gun Violence in America. Nearly Eighty people die of gun-related deaths each day. It is true that stricter gun laws would not have abolished these incidents, but there is a high chance that stricter measures could have prevented a majority of these incidents, and minimized the number of casualties involved. The culture of violence in America has gotten out of control, therefore the Second Amendment should be repealed.

Gun violence is a problem in every nation. Where I came from gun violence is a major problem. I came from Afghanistan where events such as; people shooting each other, people shooting at a crowd and killing tens and hundreds of people happens quite usually. But one incident that stuck with me to this day is the suicide of a young boy near my middle school. When I was around 9 or 10 years old I remember the day one of my friend's relative's committed suicide using his father’s gun. It was the end of a school day, the street and the area in front of his house were packed with people and cars. The police car and the ambulance, both were parked in front of his house. The sound of people shouting, his mom and his sisters screaming, and the

People all across the world are debating about whether to require the start of reducing gun violence. Guns have always been a part of American culture, even before we became the America we know today. In colonial times and the days of the Wild West, guns were an essential part of survival. They were needed to kill animals for food and to protect against unwanted trespassers and predators. However, in these modern times, because we have conveniences such as Hannaford and organized police systems, guns have gone from tools of necessity to novelty toys. For the most part, people own guns in this century for sporting reasons or to protect their families and home from intrusion. The simplicity of a gun and the lack of effort it requires owning

Gun related deaths and injuries have been happening for too long on a regular basis. Obamas plan is to focus on a few topics, which is gun sales, mental health and school safety.

Gun violence is a crucial predicament in North American society. The stringent fundamental laws put in place and enforced by the federal, provincial, and state governments of Canada and the United States of America are efficacious in dealing with fire arms and the violence that accompanies them. In essence the American system is flawed; hence the higher death rate due to gun violence in comparison with Canada. The American system is fallacious because of their adamant belief in the Second Amendment; which is not of cardinal significance in the 21st century America. The Canadian governments approach to gun crime reduction is moreover efficient; which is due to the total ban on owning and possession of handguns in the country. This paper

The modern world is full of different opinions, values, and beliefs. The people behind these beliefs often find it hard to connect with the ideas of others. America is so divided on some many topics that it’s hard not to hear about these topics on a daily basis. One such topic is gun control and restriction of firearms for civilians. There are those who want to see the ownership of guns phased out entirely, and those who would rather die defending their firearms than concede to a tyrannical government. While most people don’t share those beliefs, that’s the kind of opinions you’ll see portrayed on media. The liberal left and the conservative right like to slander the other sides merit by showing the most radical people from each side. Philosophers have debated this mindset of us and them, as we see with the left and right. In some cases, they can live together in harmony, in others they can’t. Kwame Anthony Appiah is a philosopher that believes both can live in harmony by using universal values. What I am proposing isn’t a universal value, per say, but rather an opportunity for compromise. This proposal is focused around gun violence, laws, and regulations.

Gun Violence is one of the most know laws out there in our world today, people say it’s great that they let us get a license to carry a concealed weapon. There has been times when someone has been in the bank standing in line and someone tried robbing the bank. The guy in the bank who has a concealed weapon shoot the man and saved the other people inside also saved the bank from getting robbed. It’s the same if someone was to break into your house you have the rights to shoot them. Those are few good things about having a concealed weapon license. One of the biggest things of having a concealed weapon is knowing when to use it and knowing when not to use it.

As a child growing up, I've witnessed violence in my neighborhood and schools. I have known people who have died because of gun violence or people who made the wrong decisions and went to prison. I had witnessed a friend of mine shot and killed in June 2008. One day a group of friends and I were sitting on my step talking, and a guy rode towards us on a bike and said: “what’s up.” He continued to travel in the opposite direction of us towards the corner of my block until I heard a loud noise which startled me. At first, I taught it was a firecracker, before realizing that it was gunshots. After the loud noise, I walked towards the end of the block, and there was my friend lying dead on the floor in a pool of blood. At the age of nine, I was

Of the 365 days in 2015, there was a total of 330 mass shootings in America (Gun Violence Archive). Of the 53,092 reported gun related incidents that year, there were 13,394 deaths (Gun Violence Archive). There is no doubt that the citizens of the United States of America are facing a major gun problem.

Gun violence is a major issue each year around the world and especially in the United States. Cities have yet to find out a way to stop the plague that is called gun violence and there are many reasons behind it, but we will get into that soon. Gun violence may never stop because there will always be a way to purchase a weapon illegally and we know that when something becomes illegal that there is always a high demand for it, for example, the prohibition effect proved everyone wrong. Police around the states especially in Chicago, which has one of the highest murder rates in the United States is finding it hard to combat the violence because of the low amount of officers, political interference or lack of persecution, and community resistance.

Firearms have been a core concept in American history since its birth. Guns have been viewed since the beginning as a symbol of strength and power as a right that every American has to defend him or herself against enemies but in the past twenty years gun violence has changed to mass shootings where in the past it would be single isolated incidents there are many examples now of how damaging gun violence can really be. America has one of the highest gun violence rates in the world 3.85 deaths due to gun violence per 100,000 people in 2016. We have more guns than anyone else in the world and while other developed countries also have high rates of gun ownership they all have less mass shootings than us. Take for example Canada they have .48 deaths per 100,000 people as well as Denmark which had .14 deaths per 100,000.

However, video games can have a negative impact on children. Several video games encourage children to kill and fight enemies. Violence is life threatening and is a devastating theme of many video games today. Violent games such as Grand theft auto, Halo and Doom promote things like killing and violence of people, criminal behavior, disrespect for the law, and obscene language. Parents can even buy game controllers that look like a real gun for their children and may not think that it’s a big deal. This is sending the message to children that it is ok to play with guns. David Walsh in an article “National Institute on Media and the Family” stated “Children are more likely to imitate the actions of a character with whom they identify. In violent video games the player is often required to take the point of view of the shooter or perpetrator.” Video games are making violence look cool to