Gun Violence: A Case Study

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.

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.

Canada has been the more superior country over the United States, when it comes to gun control. It has been a social media crisis with all the killings that has happened over the last few years,that the United States has been known for this ongoing tragedy of gun violence. It has been proven that the United States owns more guns than Canada,space having over 50% more firearms per capita than the next two highest nations, Serbia and Yemen. According to STATS CAN report from 2012, it has been recorded that 8813 murders have occurred with firearm. Canada on the other hand had only suffered 172 firearms related homicides. Furthermore with Canadian gun laws, the two countries are completely different. To get a gun in Canada you

Since 1982, at least sixty-two mass shootings have occurred, thirty-two of them since 2006. (Aronsen). Jared Loughner was sentenced to life in prison after shooting nineteen people in January of 2011. Last July, fifty-eight people were shot and twelve killed while watching the new Batman movie in a theater in Colorado. In December, twenty-six people were murdered, including twenty first-graders, in a Connecticut elementary school (Follman). The issue of gun violence only becomes relevant after a horrific event such as these, then fades from public concern after about two weeks. The number of injuries and murders using guns in the United States is a large number, which can hopefully be

According to the article a three year old girl was faitily shot and killed in d.c in a second-floor apartment at Benning Terrace by a child playing with a gun. D.C police said a child had a gun in his hands and fired it, turning a innocent summer time play into tragedy when a bullet struck 3 year old Dallas cox in the chest. The police also said we have no reason to belive that it is anything other than an accident, so what we are looking at is how the gun got into the house.

This question is more relevant today than ever. Gun violence is a key topic in news and discussions today due to the Florida school shooting. Personally, for me, it hits home since I work in an elementary school. When you work in a school, a shooting is one of your biggest deepest fears. After hearing about the Florida shooting, everyone in school was talking about it and still are. In fact, yesterday, I had a student tell me “did you know that there was a shooter in Florida that killed students, it happened on Valentine’s Day." I was speechless, what can you respond with? This day in age you can’t promise them that is won’t happen here. All I could say was “I know, it is very sad what happened.” I think that there is a lot of problems that

Recently, the SAFE Act, or Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, has sparked a large debate amongst New York residents. The law, passed January 15th, 2013, created many new restrictions for gun owners and those looking to purchase guns. Perhaps the most controversial part of the ordeal was the hasty enactment of the law. Many dispute that it is an infringement on their constitutional rights. In addition, the State doesn 't have the means to enact many parts of the law. The law assumes that restricting the physical guns will solve the issue of gun violence; however, the real issue is mental health, or rather the lack of sufficient mental health care in New York State. The SAFE Act will do little to prevent further gun violence, instead it will restrict law abiding citizens from obtaining firearms for hunting or sport, and it continues to enrage many who feel it 's a violation of their rights.

I enjoy reading your post this week. I agree that gun violence creates a tumbling effect on everyone including the community. The reason being is that the people are the ones who make up the community. Everyone involved loses. The perpetrators lose their freedom, the parents lose their love ones, and the community loses two or more members from its organization. Gun violence creates feelings of fear, anger and hatred in most people. These types of feelings can lead to even more violence and maybe even more loss of lives. Due to the trauma, stress and distress are felt by the families of both the victims and the perpetrators. This can lead to physical and mental issues for everyone. If a person knows that certain areas are prone

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.

Nice job! Your overall model pertaining gun violence was strong and over time could efficiently work. The stakeholders would be pleased with your model and steps of the prevention approach techniques; gun violence over the years has strengthen and results in numerous of deaths not to mention the injuries also sustained year round. Gun violence have became media topics within schools and workplaces, it's no longer just happening in the poor common areas, it's everywhere. The approached having gun owners information entered into a database could be a excellent way of keeping up with gun control. Although it may be a process and take time to successfully achieve also taking into account of the proper follow ups with the owners; this approach could

Have you ever thought why there are so many wars and killings everyday in the world? The greatest problem that I see facing society today is Gun violence. In order to help solve this problem I plan on speaking to the public, kids gun safety, and trying to stop illegal firearms.

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.

I want to live in a world where I can feel safe while walking through town, in an amusement park, going about my daily business in school, or even sitting in a parking lot in a locked car. As sad as it is, this is not the case today. People have lost the means to protect themselves, therefore becoming easy prey to the armed predators who roam the streets and alleys like lions stalking a herd of cowering deer.

Grand Theft Auto isn’t life and should not be pursued, music shouldn’t be a melody of gun shots, music videos shouldn’t be an explicit promotional film, and parents should consider how violence will impact their children(s) life. Not monitoring your kids activity in the media can result in their brain being mesmerized by the violence and becoming a criminal and you wouldn’t know it because him/her kept it clandestine due to your lack of parenting. This generation has great connection seeking anything. Internet is a powerful tool for life now. You can find anything and almost everything on the internet. Explicit sources and inappropriate sites. Children are exposed to violence in the media by video games, television and music. The sources can

Power play key role in most of the conflicts, and one thing we need to be aware about power is that structural sources of privilege and disadvantage. Gun control is major political and social issue in the United States in recent days. It is important issue because many men, women and children have been killed in our country for no reason. The constitution allows people to own gun, which is structural source of power to fight for the right to own gun. On the other hand, people are frustrated because of mass murder, and killing in the modern society. Gun lobbying organizations tried to imposed their interest through the constitutional right of freedom to bear arm. But, constitution is not clear about to hold an military-style, semi-automatic