Persuasive Essay On Gun Control

According to Nicholas Kristof’s article “our blind spot about guns” gun control is a lot like cars regulation such that if we can regulate cars we can regulate guns. It took a lot of time and effort but thanks to regulations cars are safer than they were many years ago, and the same is very possible with guns. We need to keep our country safe. The first steps to gun control are improving on background checks and also requiring trigger locks on all guns.

From 1988 to 2001, the usage of anti-depressant drugs in the general public increased by four-hundred percent (Swanson). The mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary took place in December of 2012, and during 2014, firearms were used in 88 percent of teen homicides, and 41 percent of teen suicides (“Suicidal Teens”). On February 28th, 2017, the Trump administration repealed a firearms regulation that prevented mentally disabled persons from owning guns. At the same time, teenage mental illness is on the rise, specifically in cases of depression and anxiety. A report from the Surgeon General shows that over 90 percent of adolescents that committed either suicide or homicide have or had a mental disability. Mental disabilities such as depression and anxiety put teenagers at a high risk for homicides and suicides. Teenagers who are stressed due to school, lack of parenting, puberty, bullying, and other factors can develop depression, anxiety or another mental illness. Allowing these teens easy access to firearms proves time and time again to be very dangerous. In some cases, the families of these teens have never been assessed to see if they can responsibly store firearms. The only background check performed is on the owner of the firearm, meaning that a person may own the weapon even if another family member living with them legally cannot. Loose gun control laws allow families with physiologically ill children to have access to firearms, without first checking to see if the disabled children in the home are responsible enough to be around said firearms. Repealing gun control laws instated by the Obama administration will cause an increase in adolescent firearm-related homicides, suicides, and tragedies similar to the one at Sandy Hook Elementary.

Why is it that it takes gruesome violence for people to be entertained by television content? This kind of diversion could be having an effect on the minds of the children that are watching. Citizens of other countries are openly opposed the grisly material broadcast daily on American television. What average Americans can find enjoyment in viewing on television is extremely strange to members of foreign countries. Has it not become clear that constant blasting of savage images is taking effect on people, mainly Americans? Morality in American society is decreasing rapidly, and the best way to curb this social decline is to censor violent and sexual content on American broadcast television.

In a world in which acts of heinous violence, murder or crude and shocking behavior seem to be a normal occurrence, it may lead one to wonder what has put society onto this slippery slope. How did this type of behavior come to be so acceptable and in some cases glorifiable? A careful study of society may lead to multi media as being the main cause in this changing of ideals. The modern world has become desensitized to the acts shown on television, movies, video games or printed in newspapers and magazines. Censorship must be employed if morals and decency are to be preserved.

as music or literary censoring, but it still needs to be addressed.  Most programs on TV today have at least some violence in them, and many have quite a bit.  The line between what is too violent and what is acceptable is becoming increasingly blurred, as people are becoming more accustomed to seeing it.  Despite the growing number of protests, little is being done to change the standards.  And, as many point out, if the violent shows weren't getting good ratings, they wouldn't be on.  The only way for them to get good ratings is for people to be watching them, so obviously despite the protest, many Americans enjoy the violence on TV, or at least are not to offended by it to watch it. 

Some people believe that it should be more censored than it already is, and don’t want it out for every single person to see for specific reasons that do make sense. Children, which are a biggie and it’s very understandable. Many things have to be censored for children because they’re too young to see the entire world in one go, corrupting young kids is not what society wants, they want them to keep their innocence until they’re older and can understand these censored things better than when they were in kindergarten. Censoring makes it unavailable for their curiosity to explore into these things and limit them until an age, especially with the media as a website discussing the topic had said, “The impressionable young minds can't differentiate between real and make believe. The amount of violence shown affects the perception of young children. Emphasis needs to be made on the fact that killing people is illegal and immoral. We don't want our children thinking that it is cool to be all heartless and go on picking off people on the street. The vivid portrayal of violence as a means of justice gives them a false sense of right and

Additionally, the media influences that youth witness everyday - television, movies, video games - can all desensitize young minds. “The typical American child will view more than 200,000 acts of violence, including more than 16,000 murders before age 18. Television programs display 812 violent acts per hour; children 's programming, particularly cartoons, displays up to 20 violent acts hourly.” (Beresin, 2015). Witnessing this kind of violence everyday can make it seem like it is a normal, everyday thing. “Certain elements of television, music videos, video games, movies, pornography, sports, and the military glorify violence and contribute to a desensitization among viewers.” (Kelly & Totten, 2002, pg. 15). It makes it seem like it would be okay to commit an act of violence. The media portrays these types of scenes and

With the nation's violence rate increasing over the past few years, one must ask, "why?" Harold Lasswell formulated the core of questions of content analysis: "Who says what, to whom, why, and to what extent and with what effect?" The issue of media content has become an increasingly popular, as well as controversial, topic. There have been many concerns from parents regarding exposure of their children to inappropriate themes in the media. An overall increase of violence and crime in America suggests that the children are being exposed to violence too early, allowing them to become comfortable in seeing and ultimately portraying violence. Prolonged exposure to such media portrayals results in

“Multinational, multimedia corporations have a huge financial interest in promoting the consumption of violent media around the world…” (Simmons 13). So essentially all the entertainment companies are banking on the American society, even if it is damaging the minds of some people. Some may argue that these companies are giving the viewers what they want, but how can they possibly know what viewers want when media is everywhere. For example, the movie industry claims to be diverse but seems to follow the same stereotypes and claim this is what viewers want. However, society is never given the chance to express how they feel, but are forced to watch what is produced. The media has complete control over what is mass produced and society. The conglomerates only care about who they advertise to and how they do it for their financial gain. The youth is targeted when it comes to marketing, media and this is accomplished by age compression. Age Compression is the marketing to the twelve and under crowd, pitching violence to gain attention. These corporations will disregard any moral unethical tactics for their own purpose. The multimedia industries have been asked to regulate the violence that is displayed, but this would not help ratings or their pockets.

When the television was first invented and released for consumer use at the 50s, television was still a small, plastic box, with black and white ghost-like figures on a snowy screen that has coarse audio quality. This epochal invention started a whole new market, a whole new generation. As time passed, more and more varieties of television shows were shown and appear to fulfill the different taste of different audiences in the world. And some of them, contained violence. Violence slowly developed and worked its way up to people’s minds and its position in media. News, TV shows, and even cartoons are filled with bloody humor and violent plots. A lot of movies even have violence as the central part of their plot. In fact, violence and bloody scenes became the main selling-point of most movies. Violence works as stimulus in a movie, and this kind of extreme visual strike is exactly what the audiences is looking for. A perfect example would be the Saw trilogy, the bloody horror film that

An immense majority of citizens want to implement gun control and another majority want to discharge their second amendment with no boundaries. This right hast in positive and negative views as a result of the way people decide to use their weapons. Some characters instantly think of violence when hearing the word “gun”. Guns and violence have a great deal in relation and that gives the second amendment an authentic bad reputation. Criminals and terrorists also give guns a unfavorable consideration. People think negatively about the right to bear arms because of the following events such as, mass murder, gang related murders/shootings, and armed burglaries. These positions are the main things distressing the government to have higher control over guns. Despite the fact that the situations exist all through the nation, numerous favorable things come along with this right as well. People discount the superiority of owning a gun and comprehend how it benefits the government and population. A gun can be used widely for basic self-protection. Individuals carry their gun around with themselves in order to be guarded against others whom may cause harm upon them. Hunting can also be popular for using a gun as a sport, bringing many positive outcomes for the hunters. Not only do hunters benefits from guns but so do the government. Countless citizens throughout the country buy guns legally for their benefits and with these purchases: the government makes an immense amount of money by

The word violence has a negative connotation. When you hear the word, you immediately think of people getting hurt, things being destroyed, and the aftermath that is left behind after a violent event has occurred. While violence, most often, is not a positive experience for anyone, there is a misconception that portraying violence in the media leads to more violent acts by people who view it. Parents shield their children from violent video games and the nightly news. While they may be well intentioned, they are unintentionally creating an environment that leads children to believe that violence does not exist. “The rule of the real says that however strong media influences may be, real life is stronger. Real love, real money, real political events, and real life, unmediated interpersonal experience all shape kids’ lives, minds, and behavior more powerfully than any entertainment products. Maggie Cuttler, The Nation” (Haugen and Musser 1) Showing violence in the media is not the cause of the problems in our society. We have a right to freedom of speech, our lives are dictated mostly by our experiences, not by what we watch on television or play on a game, and violence in the media can actually be an outlet for people.

There has been much controversy about the issue of gun controls. Many different laws about gun control have been put in place. While some argue that there are too many gun restricting laws, others people say otherwise. Due to the increase of deaths each year because of guns, some of the laws associated with gun ownership that have been removed, need to be reexamined .

No people before or after were so centred around displays of mortal combat as did the Romans (Bok 15). The only difference between today's society and that of the one during the last two centuries B.C., other than the degree of violence, is the openness of debates (Bok 20). Our institutions allow for open discussion and debate that the Romans were unable to have (Bok 20). People during all periods of time have derived some sort of sensual, aesthetic and even at time erotic thrills from viewing violent act (Bok 28). It would be unfair to conclude that in today's society such spectators and consumers of media are guided by no other motive (Bok 28). Extreme Acts in Recent History Though there has always been crime and violence never has there been such extreme acts, as the few which have been committed in the recent years. One very well known instance was the brutal death of James Bulger a British toddler. The movie Child's Play 3 was under debate when two ten-year old boys tormented and murdered the child (Bok 38). The Film was then criticized when Suzanne Capper was kidnapped, tortured and set on fire as the group of young acquaintances chanted: "I'm Chucky. Wanna play?" (Bok 38). Another even more recent and closer incident was the Columbine massacre. There is a striking similarity between the US incident and the actions which were occurring

This exposure to violence even goes as far as to the news programs. It is the case more often than not to report on the negatives happening in the world around us than the positives. Why? People tend to be more interested in seeing the world burn than grow. I know that I as a viewer have