The Solution For Gun Violence

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)

Many students in America, might consider school almost like a home because they spend about half a day in. We need students to be safe at school, so why not have an officer patrolling the hallways. To make the school much safer, the officers should have guns in case there is a threat towards the students. In the eyes of many United State citizens a gun can symbolize death; however, a gun can save several people’s lives. As U.S citizens, we have the right to keep and bear arms, so why do we not have police officers with guns patrolling schools. “Gun violence is a major social issue in America and American schools and university campuses have become targets of gun violence” (Bond). In the U.S we had several severe situations when someone comes to the school and starts to kill not only students, but teachers and staff, this could have been prevented if we were prepared and secured. Although the opposition may suggest it could be more dangerous to have an officer or guard be allowed with a gun; however, having an officer with a gun would decrease the number of shootings and other minor problems at schools.

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.

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There is an old adage that states, “Guns don’t kill people, people with guns kill people.” This old saying is the similar to the train of thought that ancient Greeks believed. Greeks believed that the weapon that was used in commiting the crime was not at fault then the murderer, due to the fact that the “gods” had determined the fate of the individual that was killed. The increased availability of guns increases the chances that a criminal will choose a gun

The weapons effect is most simply described as the idea that while a person has to use a weapon to cause physical harm, the weapon may preemptively key that person up and make them more likely to use the weapon. The presence of a weapon, due to the weapons effect, also tends to cause someone to be more aggressive in a situation than they would normally be. The effect is very well supported with fifty six studies all acting as reinforcement of it in Carlson, Marcus-Newhall, and Miller’s 1990 Effects of Situational Aggression Cues: A quantitative review in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. This particular factor is not taken as seriously as it might need to be during many debates regarding gun control. Logically one could assume that if someone wanted to kill another person they would try harder do so regardless of what weapon they had to use; the only factor would be how badly they

To reduce the violence rate the district city council passed the firearms registration Amendment Act of 2008.Under this law gun owners should go through a process of requiring fingerprints, photographs and details about their job history. Applicants have to take a 20 question test on the district gun law and regulation. Trainers are allowed by the police to the buyers to perform the vision exam. Afterwards the guns are submitted back to police. The registration expires after 3 months and must be renewed. If not, the police can seize the gun and the owner could be jailed for up to 1

According to this statement “In fact, over 90 percent of violent crimes occur without a firearm. Over the most recent decade, from 2001 to 2010, “about 6 percent to 9 percent of all violent victimizations were committed with firearms” (Trotter 26). This shows how little guns interfere with violence, but they are more visible then a knife when it comes to the news broadcasting shootings and murders. If over ten years there is only about six to nine percent of crimes committed with a gun, not all of these are committed with an assault rifle just for how much they cost to initially buy one, then maintaining it, any accessories, and the cost of ammunition. The other ninety percent can range from knifes to any object that can inflict harm. The sandy shooting resulted in the deaths of twenty children and six staff members, this quote shows an issue that was not addressed, “And while the bill does not address the handguns responsible for most of the killings in Connecticut’s cities” (Henvel 4). The main and most easily obtainable weapon out of all the rifles, shotguns, and semiautomatic guns is the pistol but yet no real laws have been put into action to stop illegal sales and tracing of these small caliber weapons. A woman by the name of Ms. McKinley was home alone with her baby one night and experienced a violent break in by two armed

There have been 46 school shootings so far this year, with an average of about one a week. This is an absolutely mind blowing statistic., Nno other countries in the world have such a major problem. (Carissimo). I aimed to pursue this broad problem, and to discover why the U.S. has such a problem with mass shootings. and I wondered if there a way to fix this permeating issue or will it continue to eat away at America. How many more lives will be lost until, we as a country are able to rally together to solve such a profound problem?. Guns themselves have not affected my life personally, but they have become such a center focus of politics and the media. I have never so much as held a gun in my life, but nonetheless, the constant bombardment of violence and death inspired me to follow it in further detail. I think the key reason I’m so intrigued by this topic is my own uncertainty on where I stand on the issue, I feel unable to pick a specific side of the topic, but regardless I feel, like many others, that there is something fundamentally wrong, something that is the root cause of all of this violence and death. As a first world country the U.S. outrageously outnumbers the entire world in gun violence and guns infuse the whole culture of the U.S.. And as a country we have yet to find the cause or the solution.

When it comes to the role of firearms in homicide, there are different perspectives, Philip J. Cook and Mark H. Moore, differentiated between instrumentality and availability. Instrumentality is refer as, "the fact that the type of weapon used in a particular encounter has an effect on whether the encounter ends in death" (Schmalleger, 2012 P.243). A weapon being used on an encounter, raises the fatality rate, while also the intend of the offender also raises fatality rate. Now availability refers to, "issues in all types of interactions, including criminal ones" (Schmalleger, 2012 P.242). Availability of weapons is a more serious factor compared to instrumentality. Neighborhoods with a higher presence of guns, provides an easier access to

“You don’t need no gun control, you know what you need? We need some bullet control. Cause if a bullet cost five thousand dollars there would be no more innocent bystanders." -Chris Rock. Although this may be a rather comedic way of approaching the idea of gun control it's still a rather solid one. For example people would think twice before shooting someone over a disagreement or mainly just because they needed a couple of bucks. As of now since both bullets and guns are available to the public at such an alarming rate, a more acceptable way to combat this would be with a substantial amount of gun control. Three ways in which the government can monitor and control the sale of guns would be through extensive background checks, making sure the guns are unloaded and kept in a place out of reach from children before they are sold, and finally putting rather reasonable age restrictions on someone

Millions of Americans have suffered at the hands of dangerous individuals who use guns to commit horrific acts of violence. As President Obama said after the mass shooting at a school in Connecticut, “As a country, we have been through this too many times.  Whether it’s an elementary school in Newtown, or a shopping mall in Oregon, or a temple in Wisconsin, or a movie theater in Aurora, or a street corner in Chicago -- these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods, and these children are our children.  And we're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics.”1 Majority of gun owners are responsible, do not get into trouble, and use their guns safely but in order to protect

The idea of guns have been a prominent issue within America’s history, perhaps due to the fact that everyday at least 89 people die from gun violence. However, there are manifold of sides to consider whether if those who support or disagree with the usage of guns because it could simply be an extension of the behavior that humans hold. In either case, they can offer safety while even taking away someone else’s. Even then, how have the practice of guns affected us? Is it the guns who are the murderers or the people who hold them? Meanwhile, they could represent a substantial motivation of aggression that has been concealed all

Reasons why we still do not have a viable solution to answer gun crime have to do with the politics surrounding the issue of gun control. The politics to blame are highlighted in an article by The Washington Post, “In 1996, the Republican-majority Congress threatened to strip funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unless it stopped funding research into firearm injuries and deaths. The National Rifle Association accused the CDC of promoting gun control. As a result, the CDC stopped funding gun-control research.” Also “The National Institute of Justice, an arm of the U.S. Department of Justice, funded 32 gun-related studies from 1993 to 1999, but none from 2009 to 2012, according to Mayors Against Illegal Guns.” The institute

According Psychology Today, a panel of 10 experts, “there is no single profile that can reliably predict who will use a gun in a violent act,” but there are ways to predict if an individual will commit acts of violence with firearms, and how to prevent them. There are prevention programs in place at universities and some workplaces called Behavior Threat Assessment, this team detects unusual or disruptive behaviors or rational decisions, and contacts law enforcement to follow up on potential acts of gun violence in public places. Policies that prevent high-risk groups from obtaining guns, and domestic violence offenders or those with history of violent mental illness have also proven to reduce violence in some areas. (The Evidence on Reducing