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    The gun that killed 17 kids at lest. There are protests planned, and nationwide school walkouts many more to come unless you do something. Seventeen deaths can make such a difference in school nationwide. Congress is telling people we couldn’t of done anything better to be prepared for this incident. Emma Gonzales a former student of Stoneman Douglas High School. “ Said, no law can prevent gun violence”. Also in the video she had with CNN she asked Dana Loesch “do you believe it should be harder

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    Gun Violence In America

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    The gun problem in America takes root in our very own foundations. And so, this issue will only rise and drastically increase homicide and suicide rates. Virtually, this issue cannot be deterred completely as it is “the right of the people to keep and bear arms” (Second Amendment: Cornell.edu).Therefore, this cannot be completely disbanded due to this being an amendment protected by the constitution. Secondly, this will only keep the gun violence in a rise as most households feel that it is safer

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    I did not think about gun violence. In fact, I grew up in a household that accepted guns. My dad, uncle, and grandfather all owned guns, and I never really gave much thought about it. When I was younger my dad bought me a little BB gun and taught me how to use it. We used to go outside in our backyard which was all fenced off. He taught me all the safety precautions, and set up the paper targets for me to shoot. I always believed that was normal, everyone owned guns. I didn't realize the

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    Reduce Gun Violence

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    What Could Be Done to Reduce Gun Violence in the United States? Americans are struggling every day to make sense of unspeakable tragedy and to find our own way to comfort the families and community that are shattered by incomprehensible gun violence. Gun violence has been a problem in American for a while and part of our healing must be the conviction that we will do everything in our power to keep tragedies like this from happening again. Several implementations such as full recommendations

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    different acts of violence. Of the eight types of violence counted in the film, gun violence was the most prominent type of violence with eighty-six acts of gun violence throughout the film. Any time a weapon was drawn or shots were fired it was counted as gun violence. The next most common type of violence in the film was physical violence, with seventy-six incidents, which involved any hitting, kicking or pushing. There were nineteen acts of violence with a weapon other than a gun. Items such as shipping

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    being attacked in the classroom is a new and major concern of current students. This overhanging threat of violence leaves the innocent at risk if action is not taken on a global legal level. Over the past 35 years, an epidemic of gun violence has emerged as a threat to public safety. The United States is currently at the front lines of this issue suffering the most firearm involved violence by a huge margin. The popularity and circulation of firearms are at an all time high in America. In this day

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    These youngsters need pathways to hope, education, mentorship, cohesive family units and better opportunities in order to help them choose a different lifestyle (other than one that leads to crime). Stronger gun laws and harsher penalties will again disproportionately incarcerate our minority youth. Just as “three strikes you’re out” and the “just say no” campaigns led us to the mass incarceration of black men, another legislative overreach will lead to the

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    isn’t afraid to stand for what they believe in. The survivors of the Stoneman Douglas massacre have sparked nationwide talks about gun violence with the ‘Enough’ movement. Instead of cowering down and submitting to fear, people our age have talked with lawmakers, marched on Washington, and called for change. But I’m not going to stand here and tell you to fight for gun reform. In fact, I’m not going to stand here and tell you what to do at all. I only urge you to do something. Everyone is passionate

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    Pro-Gun laws The gun violence and gun control in america needs help but should we add more guns laws. Do you think we should add gun laws to make it more difficult to purchase a weapon. I think that their should be more gun laws to make it harder to purchase a gun any every state. First, we could keep the mentally ill people from getting weapons and hurting people. Crime that is related to sick people having guns and using that to hurt others. Chicago

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    The Necessary Solutions To Gun Violence In today’s time there is no stopping the public from witnessing the day to day violence across America. It floods the daily news, it scrolls past our eyes through our smartphone screens, it blares through our stereos, and it’s published in our newspapers and magazines. As humans, in this day and age prosper where bad news is never hidden from the media. It is recognized all the time, the thoughts of violence crossing one 's path never settling just right

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