have come to seen an increase in school violence. For example,Newton Connecticut,Chardon High School,and Texas University,to name a few. Many have come to the conclusion that the reason this is happening, is because of Movies,Games,and even the easy accessibility to weapons. A popular director,Quinton Tarantino, is known for his gory,heavily violent, films. He was recently accused of being one of the main reasons why we have seen an increase in school violence. Many people believe that because we have
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Title: Gun Violence As I write this introduction, I am like millions of others watching the tragedy in Louisiana and Alabama caused by hurricane Katrina. A small but important part of the devastation and the challenge is the existence of individuals and groups of citizens from the area mostly impacted by the storm who used guns against their neighbours and those attempting to assist them. In any other industrialised nation, this will never happen because it will eventually cause the
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Gun Violence By: Luke Moring English 4 Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………3 Research Questions…………………………………........................3 Statement of the Problem………………………………………………..3 Gun Control Laws that Currently Exist………………………………4 - 5 Gun Violence in the United States…………………………………….5 Statistics………………………………………………………………6 Homicides and Suicides by Guns……………………………………….7 U.S. gun violence compared to other countries…………………..7 - 8 Uncontrolled Guns……………..……………………………………………
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Reducing Gun Violence in America: Through Effective Gun Control Mark Clairmont Kaplan University Reducing Gun Violence in America: Through Effective Gun Control Since the terrible events at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012, America has been divided on what actions need to be taken to prevent another mass shooting. Anti-gun lobbyists and their followers call for firearm bans and universal background checks while pro-gun lobbyists and their followers
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Civilizations II Professor Blang October 27th, 2014 Bang! Gun Laws Blown out of Proportion Tuesday, 7: 26 P.M. A dusky, unforgiving sky approaches as sunlight yellow-tape reading “CAUTION” is extended across the unchanged, backbiting pavement that has somehow converted into a deathbed for countless inner-city youth in Chicago. Channel Seven news delivers an all-familiar message—“another teenage victim of gun-violence…” Though gun-violence has become a staple in urban areas like Chicago, it has become
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LEGESLATIVE PAPER Gun Violence: Effects on Healthcare Ashley W. Crowley University of South Alabama 1 Running head: LEGESLATIVE PAPER 2 February 2, 2012 The Honorable Senator Bill Nelson 716 Senate Hart Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Nelson, I am currently enrolled in a family nurse practitioner program and attempting to raise awareness of the importance of gun control legislation in relation to healthcare. Your voting record on gun control matters is heretofore
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Gun violence is a major problem in our American culture that must be addressed. It affects every American and how we choose to live our daily lives. With the amount of appalling mass shootings that occur frequently in the United States, the federal government has an obligation to its citizens to help prevent these reoccurring tragedies. This obligation from the government should come in the form of universal background checks, restrictions on specific guns, and mental health tests. For the purpose
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multiple times. Cleveland’s gun violence and the rest of the country are leaving families heart broken. A few weeks ago, every single day throughout the week innocent victims lost their lives due to gun violence in Cleveland. Many people are being injured and killed due to gun violence, and the Ohio Congress needs to make stricter laws to regulate all the firearms in our city. When looking to the social-economical factors that play a role in the rampant gun violence in the city of Cleveland, some
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Support common-sense measures to reduce gun violence Dear Frank R. Lautenberg, Robert 'Bob' Menendez, Jon D. Runyan As a constituent and American Public Health Association advocate, I write to urge you to take immediate action to address the epidemic of gun violence in the United States. President Obama recently announced a comprehensive proposal to reduce gun violence that includes a number of important recommendations made by APHA and other members of the public health and medical community
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Policy Research: Proposed Policy for Gun Violence Public Policy Formulations and Implication (PA 580) Maurice A Upshaw April 11, 2013 Table of content: Introduction | Page 1 | What is the Problem? | Page 2 | Mass Shooting | Page 3 | John Allen Muhammad & John Lee Malvo | Page 4 | Michael McDermott | Page 4 | Charles Andrew Williams | Page 4 | Doug Williams | Page 4 | Jeffrey Weise | Page 4 | Charles Carl Roberts IV | Page 4 | Sulejman Talovic | Page 4 | Seung-hui
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Gun Violence: Should We or Shouldn’t We? The issue of gun control has been a very important topic following the Sandy Hook Elementary School and Aurora, Colorado movie theater shootings just last year. We all feel compassionate for the families of these Americans whose lives were taken in the most horrifying way. We are all too familiar with the saying “guns don’t kill people, people kill people,” my goal is to find some validity to this statement. The most prevalent question is whether the problem
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Guns In America One of the topics in America is gun control. We had many in volving and many innocent people have gotten hurt or lost their lives. Is possible that guns are the cause for all violence and murders in America?. Remember the tragedy that took place on December 14, 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, when Adam Lanza opened fire and fatally short twenty children and six adults. Many citizens, and members of congress believe that guns should be banned
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Elizabeth Davis English 1301 Professor Harris March 1, 2015 Gun Control: Why Must The Government Step In? Gun control has always had problems since the 1100s. It was never guaranteed if they were going to fire or jam. During that time period the government was already fighting to have guns taken away from the citizens. Due to the all the issues that the American people were going through, the government came together and wrote the second amendment and put it into act in December of 1791.The constitution
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12, 2014 Are guns in school an effective safety measure, or a dangerous liability? As increasing amounts of shooting incidents are reported on the news, people are faced with the question of whether having guns in school is an effective measure to ensure safety. Scratching the surface one may think it is a good idea, however in the spectrum of things the dangers far outweigh the benefits. Students and teachers need to be protected, but nonetheless, requiring teachers to hold guns in their classrooms
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the safest place on earth” (Ngo, 2013, Pro:Why Guns Should Be Banned in the U.S., para. 1). In this day and age and with all the advanced technology, this statement would be impossible. The laws that are put in place in the United States were made to assist our country with some type of structure. Although living safely without the fear of violence is an “American Dream”, we cannot stop the behaviors of all individuals that live here. Gun violence incidents such as the ones described earlier occur
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in 2002 successfully explores the reasons behind the high rate of gun related crime and violence in America. By effectively ridiculing vices and folly of American society, Moore effectively attacks human behaviour, people, institutions and lifestyles through the use of satirical techniques. In Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore aims to convey his ideas relating to the high death rate in America by depicting the availability of guns, the inconsistencies regarding its foreign policies as well as demonstrating
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2014 Mr. Bultman Gun Regulations and Rights of American Citizens For centuries guns have always been a part of America’s way of life. In today’s society gun violence has been a political topic for many politicians and gun control advocates. A topic that is a concern for many advocates and political parties is creating more gun regulations to help prevent gun violence. This is an issue that currently matters to me will more regulations help in controlling the gun violence. There have been mass
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Do We Really Need To Illegalize Guns From some people’s perspective, if the US government prohibits gun ownership or deprives people from having guns, the country will turn out to be both a holy and peaceful place where all dwellers with smiles would treat each other with as much respect as waiters serving guests in a restaurant. From my point of view, it will take much more than prohibiting or depriving guns to make the country safer, which is the goal that human beings have sought for thousands
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After this event a lot of media blamed guns for the twelve deaths. However, on October 18, 2012 a 22-year old woman shot a pair of home invaders who were in possession of a firearm. After this event, the coverage was pathetic. To one person—the liberal—guns are negative; to them, guns are evil, demonic instruments of death, which have no place here in society. To another—the conservative—guns are here: to protect, to hunt, and to compete. To both, the word “gun” produces a very sensitive reaction
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Caught In the Crossfire What we must do about gun violence in communities of color Patricia Kendrick HUS – 135 March 2, 2014 Caught In the Crossfire No one should have to live in fear of the constant daily threat of violence and death. It is a basic human right that every person has the opportunity to live in peace. In the past few years the world has witnessed several tragedies involving gun violence in the United States. In January 2013 twenty children and six adults were killed
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Mr. Chadwick Government Honors28 March 2014 Gun Control Many people have issues with the federal government deciding if there should be gun control. Some want to completely ban all civilian ownership of firearms and some want to make it harder for people to get guns. Whether they believe guns are good for America or dangerous for America that is still being argued. There are many out there that are against having gun control because they feel their Second Amendment rights are being violated. These
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(1)). Guns issues are one of the most talked about topics in the United States. Some people want to ban them completely and others just want the issue to get better. Making gun laws stricter or banning guns will not make crime rates improve because people will just result to other weapons, but making stronger restrictions and adding limitations will help to lower crime rates. It is not the gun who pulls the trigger it is a person who has a choice whether to pull it or not. Gun violence is a serious
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Gun Control Effectiveness; Fact or Fiction Daryl L. Wassell COM/220 March 10, 2013 Robin Lyons Gun Control Effectiveness; Fact or Fiction The second amendment gave all citizens “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms”, and that right accordingly “shall not be infringed” (National Archives, 2012). Within this statement the founding fathers rose to the level of securing the countries new freedom with defense by any means necessary. While the second amendment permits gun ownership, it
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WHITE HOUSE ISSUE Brief overview: Violence Prevention There is an increasingly growth of violence caused by guns. In 1993 the Brady Act was passed. This came about when Jim Brady, press Secretary to Pres. Ronald Reagan was shot and badly wounded during an assassination attempt on Pres. Reagan. The Brady Act was to require background checks on individuals you are obtaining a gun. Over 20 years later the nation as suffered far too much to those who possess a gun. There have been way too many school
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movie and that is, why are we as Americans so violent? Throughout this essay I will discuss how we as a nation are different with violence compared to other countries. Along with that, I will also talk about the factors that come to play when violence erupts, along with the role of guns, the media’s play of the violence, and the role of corporations when the violence happens such as the Columbine Shooting. In addition I will address how we as Americans tend to isolate or even goes as far as to alienate
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Eye for an Eye In his exploration of gun violence in America, the author of Doomsday Diaries, Aaron B. Powell states, “We need to take a harder look at what’s really going on. Stop trying to treat the symptoms and treat the cause of the problem. Maybe we should try a little to help these kids before they feel so cornered that they turn into monsters” (Powell, 2013). The awareness and anxiety about gun violence in the United States has heightened because of incidents in Tucson, Sanford, Aurora
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uses this tragedy as a starting point to explore the United States’ history and culture of violence and other important social issues such as gun control. Moore delivers definite statements about this issue and manipulates aspects such as film language and selection of detail to position viewers to accept his social commentary. One issue Moore chooses to focus on is gun related crime and violence / gun control and ownership laws in the United States. A number of aspects within the documentary
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Gun control is a mainstream topic that is being discussed and measured by both the legislature and the Senate who are in the fight for and against it. Since the massacre in December at the Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school the debate over firearm restrictions have been an at all time high particularly by those who oppose the idea of individuals owning AR-15 military style assault rifles. Primarily because this weapon has historically been the weapon of choice for deranged killers in some
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W.Williams Gun Control Over the past few years, the heinous acts of gun violence, has created a heated debate over gun control. Gun violence is the number one killer in America. Everyday people die in inner cities through out the country by gun violence. But what has driven people to the brink of disgust has been the high-profile gun violence and massacres that has targeted innocent children and adults. You would think, sending your children to school would be the safest place for
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experience no sixth grader should ever have to experience. With gun restrictions being as low as it is, many children are forced to live in this harsh reality. Gun control is not strict enough. Guns are the most dangerous item a man can posses, therefore the laws on them must face stricter regulation policies. The United States government does not have strict enough laws in effect to deal with these dangerous items. Firearms and guns in general are designed for military and authorities. As history
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