...GUN VIOLENCE ON CHILDREN AND TEENS Every year in this country, thousands of children and teens are killed by gun violence. Those who live in the lower class are in constant fear of being killed or maimed during acts of violence. Drug deals, gang wars, racial wars, and random school shootings such as Sandy Hook Elementary School, tells America there are no safe places in this country that does not have some kind of violence. According to the Children’s Defense Fund, there are more infants, toddlers, and preschool children killed than officers who are in the line of duty. Firearm deaths in the United States stated that in 2010, there were 2,711 infant, children, and teens killed by gun violence (CDC 2012). Between 1981 and 2010, gun violence killed 112.375 infants, children, and teens. This is 25,000 more deaths than the number of soldiers killed in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan combined (Children’s Defense Fund 2013). Of these deaths, 1,982 were murders by gun violence. Every state between 2000 and 2010 lost children to gun violence with the deadliest of these in Alaska with an 8.7 gun deaths for every 100,000 children (Children’s Defense Fund 2013). The deadliest state was Alaska with 8.7 gun deaths for every 100,000 children and teens each year, more than twice the nationwide rate of 3.6. While Alaska was 21 times more deadly for children and teens, the safest state in the nation is Hawaii. While all the states in this country has dealt with children’s’ death...
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...PROTECT CHILDREN NOT GUNS 2012 THIS REPORT IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF TRAYVON MARTIN AND THE THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS KILLED BY GUNS EACH YEAR IN AMERICA. Children’s Defense Fund Mission Statement T he Children’s Defense Fund Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. CDF provides a strong, effective and independent voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby or speak for themselves. We pay particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investments before they get sick, drop out of school, get into trouble or suffer family breakdown. CDF began in 1973 and is a private, nonprofit public charity supported by foundation and corporate grants and individual donations. © 2012 Children’s Defense Fund. All rights reserved. Table of Contents Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Stand Up and Take Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Child and Teen Gun Deaths . . . . . . . . . ....
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...and individual values within an organizational setting. This paper will discuss and practice the theory, methods and morality of the diverse disciplines that bring it out to learn about personality perceptions, principles, group formation and dynamics; and executive processes that come about on a daily basis within any social setting. These processes may consist of forms of communications, decision making, management, authority and politics, disagreement, stress management, and adjustment. Considering the controversial killing on Aug 9th in Ferguson, Missouri of Michael Brown, soon after details from an authorized autopsy on him were released to reporters, legal advocate for Darren Wilson, the police officer who openly shot and killed the teen, address the media for the first time from the time when the investigations began, and he said they were not answerable for any information release to the media whatsoever. He further went on to confirm that they were not in custody of any of the disclosed information or the undercover report. In conclusion, he said that as long as the Grand Jury carries on with meetings and the Department of Justice also carries on with investigations, any remarks on this matter is only supposed to be done in the proper legal setting and not through the media (Zeidman, 2012). Shortly after publishing the details which may possibly boost the killer’s claim of self defense one expert whose investigation was central to those claims said that her examination of the...
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...Should gun rights be limited? This is a broad question. I will focus closely to what was written in the attached article “Gun rights and corresponding responsibilities” from the Chicago Tribune by Christine Johanson Ross, of Buffalo Grove. The author breaks right into a non sequitur fallacy, as she is assuming that her thought on gun safety is “commonsense”. She uses many other examples throughout history to prove her point. She uses the similarity of restricted first amendment rights to justify why it is ok to impose additional laws for gun owners. The author states that “20,000 American children and teens die from gun violence yearly”. The author does not state where she got her information from. The non-profit organization, Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) started in 1979, uses information from multiple government agencies. The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 2008 and 2009, reported a total of 5,740 children and teens aged 0-19, that were killed by guns. The CDF information is verified by the CDC. Center for Disease and Control (CDC), reports annually on the number of deaths in the United States. The numbers below only include deaths caused by firearms. The CDC breaks its statistics down into smaller categories. This particular report is broken down by age and also by type of gun violence. Their numbers include a larger group than the author included, which were children and teens only. By my definition, children and teens would be aged 0-19. ...
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...Violence in America vs. Gun Control In America today violence continues to drastically increase with millions of gun related deaths annually, yet given the right training, skills, and a sound minded person a gun is often one of the greatest assets to have for protection. In the U.S. Constitution the right to bare arms is a liberty given to those citizens who qualified to do so under their first amendment rights. Many people are torn about the right to bare arms and some lobby more increasingly by the days to have more laws to further restrict gun laws. On the other side of the fence you have a great deal of people who try to fight and not only keep their first amendment right, but to also have the noose loosened to make gun laws less restrictive. A gun is very dangerous and can be used to cause a massive amount of damage, but a gun is also safe and can also protect from a human predator who pursues another human as prey. The more powerful guns get and the more access people have to them the sum for me is simple “guns aren’t dangerous, but people are dangerous. On Tuesday, April 20, 1999 the Columbine school massacre happened in Littleton Colorado near Denver. “Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12 students and 1 teacher. They also injured 21 other students directly, and three people were injured while attempting to escape. (en.wikipedia.org) After the two high school students went on a wild shooting spree which lasted for about...
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...State of Florida v. George Zimmerman Abstract Our group chose to do the highly debatable case regarding George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin. Based on the various parts from group members, it would seem we have both sides of the case so there will be discussion from either point of view. Our paper is not going to sway the reader in either direction, but simply state the facts for each side and give an overview of the case from our perspective. Introduction Within the last year, our country has seen one of the most high-profile murder cases unfold. This case is none other than the State of Florida v. George Zimmerman, for the charges of second-degree murder of Trayvon Martin. It took the State roughly two weeks to file an affidavit that stated Zimmerman profiled and confronted Trayvon Martin then shot and killed him when Martin was doing nothing wrong (Colby, Hamacher, & Emmanuel, 2012). This case became a highly political case as well as a racially invoked case. There are always two sides to every case and with that being said, this case could be pulled very far in either direction based on any given individual’s beliefs. George Zimmerman entered a not guilty plea with “stand your ground” as his defense for the charges filed against him. This case did go to trial where 10 jurors, 6 main and 4 alternatives; all female. Background Information George Zimmerman was involved with his local neighborhood watch program. He frequently walked with his dog while doing his...
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...can you trust ?or who can you even turn to? when the officers that are suppose to up hold the laws are tainted along with the laws that are suppose to govern the land. It is apparent that the governing body of the United States places racial issues on the back burner; it seems to me that the government will only address certain issues if media attention warrants it. There is no excuse why all laws are not equivalent throughout the United States; each state currently has different laws to govern the same crimes. If there is one governing body why are the laws not the same every where? The recent incident that took place in Jena Louisiana is a prime example of racial injustice. The incident slowly unfolded when a group of black teens were told that they could sit under a tree where a group of...
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...Level 4A Gun ownership should be tightly controlled Guns are currently being used in this society for murders, celebration, hunting and gang activity. Moreover, guns are used for war and by the police force. There is no doubt about that guns take lives. Guns should not be use in such ways where others could be harmed or killed. Therefore, the laws should tightly control gun ownership. Some people believe that guns save more live and prevent more injuries. However, the usage of guns for self-defense raises the risk of a homicide or suicide. Guns are clearly dangerous, no matter how they are used. In addition, a household may have a gun; a household may not be trained in using a gun, and may cause an accidental shooting. Some people say that crimes will not decrease with strict gun control laws. However, crimes will decrease with strict gun control law. For example, thirty percent of crimes were decreased in 1996 when guns were controlled. Guns are very unsafe because it takes away many lives of young people. There were 1409 teen suicides using gun and 1671 teen murders. Those numbers should make parents aware of how dangerous it is to have a gun. Some people say that gun control is not a solution of crime. It can be argued that in order to reduce violence, gun control laws must be implemented to remove the violence. Gun control is the effort to restrict or limit the possession...
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...Gun Violence Tabatha Richardson Axia College of University of Phoenix While opponents of gun control still contend that everyone has the right to bear arms, the gun violence is still raging on and destroying lives and families. Last year 3,012 children and teens were killed by gunfire in the United States; while our government and the people on opposite sides are debating and arguing about being pro-gun and anti-gun, a child, a teen and many people are dying by the second. Released in 2002 according to the latest national data that is one child every three hours. According to Children’s Defense Fund and National Center for Health Statistics every year at least 4 to 5 times as many kids and teens suffer from non-fatal firearm injuries. Between 1979 and 2001, gunfire killed 90,000 children and teens in America. In one year, more children and teens were lost their lives to gunfire than from cancer, pneumonia, influenza, asthma, and HIV/AIDS combined. Children’s Defense Fund. Firearm deaths among kids under 15 are almost 12 times higher in the United States than in other industrialized countries combined, says Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Education Association Health Information Network (2005). From Statistics Facts & Quotes in 2005 there were 1,019 gun deaths in the state of Illinois, which a 3% increase from 2004 statewide gun deaths. The 2005 Illinois gun deaths included 569 homicides 56% of all IL gun deaths 424 suicides 42% of all IL gun...
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...as teen violence. The worst part of this plague is its numbing effect, we have become used to it. While we all have been predisposed to this violence, we shake our heads in pity and move on, we no longer give mass shootings or violence a second thought. As this plague spreads, death becomes mundane. Violence acts as a contagion, spreading from teen to teen. In an advancing world why is teen violence still an issue? Teen violence is rooted in the unstable environments of teens. However, this violence can be resolved by parental involvement. With the resolution of teen violence, teens can look towards a brighter future. The foundation of teen violence is the unstable environment of the teen. With no structure and guidance in their homes, communities and schools, teens fall prey to negative influences. All teens are faced with outlying forces like; drugs and alcohol, sex, media and violence. A lack of parental involvement causes vulnerability to these forces. In communities there are social/economic pressures. In school, the pressure lies in doing well and getting into college. If parents don’t step up, teens are left ill-disciplined and without supervision. The solution to this problem, is to strengthen Parent involvement. Parents must implement guidance and structure into their child’s life. Bettering the relationship between adult and child provide teens with support, they are able to talk to and confide in someone. To prevent violence parents should make their teen participate...
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...checked especially if there is a suspicion of any weapon. Weapons at School Becoming Commonplace for Students, another article also says “Some say that the increase in violence in schools is the reason that many young people are bringing guns and knives...
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...The Deadly Date The Deadly Debate Gun Control has been at the forefront of many debates due to the increase of deadly shootings. Over the past several years, there have been multiple mass casualty shootings, and as the number of shootings increased, United States citizens began the debate of whether tighter gun control laws would prevent these shootings. In this debate, we will address the reasons supporting gun control and the reasons opposing gun control. Americans have a choice and this choice will be debated below. America was founded on the principle of freedom and the rights of an individual to live in a nation built by the people, for the people. The government has begun to use tragedy, terrorism and civil unrest to force unjustified laws and federal controls into action that are a direct attack on our civil liberties. The NSA and other federal organizations have violated Americans rights and freedom in the name of national security far too many times. If we allow the government to take away our rights to bear arms it will be another tragedy in the long list of attacks on our American rights. Many gun control activists believe that reducing the number of private gun owners in America will reduce crime and suicide. This could not be further from the truth; strict gun laws will only take the guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens, criminals will be armed and normal citizens will have no means of immediate protection. A recent study conducted by Harvard...
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...youth are terrified of going to school because the one kid in English is 'weird'. Civilians can purchase firearms used in the military for whatever purpose. A gun built for shooting down an army of men is available to whoever. Yes, mental health regulations exist – but how seriously are we taking it? The answer should be obvious. Imagine having a full year without your phone flooding with news headlines; "breaking news: sixty dead in mass shooting"…."seventeen shot dead in Parkland High School, Florida." Between the ages of zero and nineteen, forty-one children and teens are shot in murders, assaults, suicides, suicide attempts, unintentional shootings, and police intervention daily. According to The Brady Campaign, even children and teens die from gun violence. Four of them are murdered, and three are lost to suicide. Every day, forty children and teens are shot and survive. Thirty-one are shot in an armed attack, and one survives a suicide attempt, and 8 are shot unintentionally. It should scare us to know that every day our youth somehow come face-to-face with a gun, and they lose their lives due to something preventable....
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...154 were confirmed to be in self-defense. Guns are currently being used in this society for murders, celebration, hunting and gang activity. Guns are used in the drill team, for war and by the police force. Guns should not be used in such ways where others could be harmed or killed. They should be used only for self-defense to protect themselves and their valuables, not as weapons to take other's lives. The Gun Owners Foundation says that guns save more lives than they take and prevent more injuries than they inflict. However, that is very untrue. The usage of guns for self defense to not self-defense ratio is 1:22. For every time a gun is used in self-defense, there are 22 shootings that are not. Also, gun violence costs the nation about one hundred billion dollars a year. Eighty per cent of the money used to treat firearm injuries comes from taxpayer dollars. The Gun Owners Foundation says that criminals avoid armed citizens. A law in a city in Florida that required at least one gun in every household caused the crime rate in that city to drop 89%. Another law that permitted the carrying of concealed weapons dropped the homicide rate by 36%. But having a gun in a household raises the risk of a homicide or suicide. A household with a gun is three times more likely to have a homicide using a gun and five times more likely to have a suicide using a gun. Suicide is not a crime, but it is still a death and is just as bad. Guns are clearly dangerous, no matter how they...
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...Age to buy guns Gun deaths are a very big deal in America. They need to be lowered and we all know that. That is why I think that the age to buy guns should NOT be lowered to 18. That is because firearms are very dangerous, 21 year olds are more mature and they are more responsible, and the death rates in America will lower. If the age restriction to buy guns stays at 21, then the death rates will lower. According to USA Gun Violence statistics, there are more than 30,000 people killed by firearms in America every year. That is a lot of people that are killed by guns that could lower if there is a better age restriction on firearms. Also, homicide is the second leading cause of deaths among 15-24 year olds. That is a lot of teens dying....
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