Firearm-Related Events: Case Study

Gun violence is the sign of a far greater universal problem in America today. Violence and gun violence specifically, is surrounded within, and spread all through every part of our society. All the reasons remain intimately related to the actual solution, which can only be a general solution one by treating it as one issue. The region that I live in is considered a peaceful part of Harvest, which I am particularly grateful about. I do not have to worry about gunfights in the roads of my community, nor maybe being helpless confronted by students with a gun at school. That, nevertheless, does not mean that my community is impermeable to gun violence. Huntsville has seen its share of gun violence from the incident at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), where three people were murdered and three others injured on February 12, 2010. Throughout the course of a routine gathering of the biology department attended by about 12 people, professor Amy Bishop stood up and began shooting those next to her with a 9-millimeter handgun (Hall 2010)

Just imagine sitting in class one day and hearing a loud bang and the next moment there is a confusing, abrupt, commotion. Imagine walking into a movie theater and not walking out. It is hard to imagine things like this happening because we have never experienced these moments ourselves, but to victims of gun violence, these moments are familiar and very real. Gun violence is becoming too common in this country. So common, that when there is a shooting, people are unaffected by such news. There has been desire from the people of America to change gun policy, but there are also people that argue against this because it goes against our Second Amendment rights. Although there are reasonable arguments on behalf of and against more regulations on guns, more regulations and background checks would reduce crime and death due to guns.

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.

On January 25, 2016, at approximately 5:14 P.M., I, Deputy John Arnold, was dispatched to 6424 South 61st West Avenue on a report of a shooting. While en-route to the address, dispatch advised that the call was a suicide.

Imagine more school shootings because someone had access to automatic weapons and big mags. With gun control there would be less shootings in general, due to the inaccessibility to automatic weapons.

Gun related deaths need to stop. In 2013 alone, almost thirty people died every day because you didn’t have the courage to put greater restriction on guns. This needs to stop. The majority of these deaths are completely unnecessary and can be prevented with only minimal law changes. Why is it so hard to protect the people of our country?

According to the past summaries ledgers provided by GunViolenceArchive.org the number of gun related incidents has increased over the past three years, along with the number of children deaths. Furthermore, as demonstrated by the charts, the number of deaths has been steadily increasing over the past three years by about 1,000 deaths, a crazy number that should be going in the opposite direction.

Many people believe carrying a gun would protect and keep them safe but, yet guns have been mostly involved in many of the deaths caused each year. Instead, of using a gun for protection, many people misuse this weapon, increasing unintended injuries, and even deaths. Many gun shootings were even caused by people’s emotion, such as feeling weak, or hateful between another human being. Bryce Williams who was fired from the station felt nothing but, frustration which were one of the reason to cause the shooting of Alison Parker and Adam Ward. The gun, ended up in the wrong hand, which allowed the Bryce to put other people’s life at risk causing two deaths and an injury. Instead, of people causing less violence to the world, all they are doing

Throughout American history, we have been through some difficult times, but our hope for the future is that we will work together, put others’ before ourselves, and be prepared for what will happen.

Gun control is a really serious problem that the united state need to do something about.

5 years ago there was a boy named Bates who was involved in a mass shooting spree. When this case was covered by officials they never saw the reason why he did all of this. This all started on August 4 2014. A couple days before August fourth was his first day of 3rd grade when he murdered his parents with his own two hands during his rage episode. Police officers came over immediately to check the scene and there was no signs of who could’ve been. But seven year old Bates showed no signs of guilt, despair, or grief. He just sat there on the couch like nothing ever happened. Then, he said to the officers,” When will my mommy and daddy wake up?” The officers replied,” Not for long time son.” Supposedly this triggered something ominous in him as he started singing “Ring Around the Rosey”

When you think of firearm cases in the United States, what do you think of? How many cases have we had that involve guns? What happens when they find these weapons? What steps are taken to preserve this evidence? Whose job is it? I do think about these things as I see the news and it involves a shooting. I also think about it when I watching different TV shows. I have always been interested in what goes on behind the scenes of a crime scene when it comes to firearms or ballistics.

In conclusion to Angellina’s argument, she discussed with you, jury, the statistical standpoint that gun violence and accidents are more common in the U.S. than in any other country in the world, but this isn’t actually correct. The online article, “Gun Violence: How The U.S. Compares With Other Countries.” states that the “U.S. has the 31st highest rate in the world: 3.85 deaths due to gun violence per 100,000 people.” This isn’t the only source notifying that her statistics are actually incorrect, but another online article,” Countries With The Highest Rates Of Firearm Related Deaths,” addressed, “Honduras experiences more firearm-related deaths than any other country in the world. Here, 67.18 firearm-related deaths per 100,000 people occur annually.” Jury, as you can see from these statistics, the U.S indeed isn’t “more affected by gun violence than other countries” because actually it’s quite low.

The research design method chosen for this research project is an within-case study. Using this type of research design is very useful because it determines how an interruption affects a certain behavior; in this case Florida granting citizens the legal right to conceal carry and its effects on crime rates. Due to limitations on length of this research design, Florida is the only state that will be examined.

The first article is about how, in 2016, Virginia’s Democratic governor and Virginian Republicans compromised on gun safety. This issue impacts Virginia as it allows citizens from states with less strict concealed gun carry laws to carry their guns in Virginia, which potentially could cause safety issues. Nonetheless, it also allows state police to conduct background checks in gun shows and restricts people who have committed domestic abuse from buying weapons, which, in total, makes the state safer. The parties involved in this compromise are Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and Speaker William J. Howell, however, in the article, House Leader David Toscano and the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence also comment on the compromise. An important