...Personally I have little experience with guns. The only person that I am close to and owns a gun is my Cousin. In high school I took a hunter education class and I learned the proper techniques to using specific weapons. Even though I've never been hunting I have a hunting license. The experience I have had with guns hasn't been good nor bad so it shouldn't influence my view. The most important part is to protect innocent people. The guns are not the problem, we are the problem. Removing guns completely would not solve anything. People would just find other ways to commit crimes and/or kill innocent people. "Mental Health" is used and an "excuse" for gun violence. More people who are perfectly "sane" commit crimes than people with "Mental Health" issues. The only way the violence can stop is if we change ourselves first. The fact that video games make it fun to kill hundreds of people is the problem. A compromise can be made. The first thing should be universal background checks. This should have been implemented years ago. This will lower the number of people who shouldn't have a gun from owning one. The banishment of military style weapons should be the next. These types of weapons are made to kill large amounts of people as fast as possible. These weapons are not for sport or protection and should be banned. Schools should also be given the option to have more armed guards in schools. This may not solve all the problems but it’s a good...
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...In recent years gun violence has increased significantly in various parts of the world. There are more cases of children and young adults engaging in violence or getting caught in the crossfire. There has been debate over whether gun laws are strict enough and what else can be done to reduce such acts from occurring. With more lives being affected on a regular basis, more concerns arise as to how people can live safe lives when guns are being used in increasing numbers. It is shameful to say that almost every day you hear about some sort of gun violence affecting people either in your hometown or in another part of the world. Years ago gun violence had its issues but nothing like what is going on it current society. While there are events that have occurred that seem shocking, sad and pointless, similar actions have occurred decades ago; except they didn’t seem to occur as frequently as they do today. Gun violence has grown into an international crisis. Some people feel we should ban guns altogether, while others feel this would be impossible. Getting rid of guns may help remedy the issue but it may not be enough to make the problem go away. There are certain parts of the world that has already banned guns and similar weapons. The problem here is people can still smuggle them in. Other parts of the world have certain types of guns that are illegal for citizens to have in their possession. Eliminating guns from the equation is just a part of the problem. You have people that...
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...Lloyd Shaw February 3, 2014 Gun Violence What can we do about the increase in gun violence? In recent years gun violence has escalated and has become an epidemic not only in our communities, but all over the world. Something has to be done to decrease the number of deaths and injuries that occurs from gun violence. For a number of years now Memphis, TN, the city where I live has been nationally known as a city that is plagued by violence ranking second to Washington D.C. when it comes to violent crimes committed by guns. Studies released by the FBI ranked Memphis as one of the top three most dangerous cities in America. This year according to statistics, Memphis ranked second to Detroit and has some of the most dangerous neighborhoods to live in. Almost every other day, you can turn on your television set and hear about someone getting shot in Memphis. Just last summery brother and I became a target of gun violence. Thank God I didn’t get hurt but, my brother wasn.t so lucky. My brother and I were sitting outside in the yard when a person walked up and opened fire on us. I wasn’t hurt, but my brother was shot seven times but survived his injuries. After looking at these studies and statistics, it is evident that guns themselves, are not the cause of violence in our communities but the criminals who decide to kill and injury others. In finding a solution to gun violence, Guns should be taken away from these criminals and the real cause of violence must be dealt with. In my opinion...
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...Introduction There has been a rapid increase in violence in over the past few months with 19 murder record and 12 of them related to gun violence according to Today newspaper. It has been consider by the public and some government ministers that this increase is due to the constant exposure of violence in video games. The relationship between violent video games and the rise in gun violence is one for some serious debate and considerable amounts of research. The debate about if violent video games can lead to real life acts of gun violence has come to the forefront due to the recently increase of video games that encourages the players to commit illegal acts. Still, the question reminds, do violent games encourage gun violence, or is there no effect? First, Gun violence is violence committed with the use of a gun (firearm or small arm). It may or may not be considered criminal. Criminal gun violence includes homicide (except when and where ruled justifiable), assault with a deadly weapon, and suicide, or attempted suicide, depending on jurisdiction and a video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor (definition Wikipedia). To determine if there is a link between gun violence and video games we must first look at who actually plays these games and why there are so popular. Video games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Grand Theft Auto V and Halo...
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...Montero, Celina Lopez-Ponce, Pre-IB Inquiry Skills, Period 1 Research Paper Final Draft 17 March 2015 School Violence in Southern Florida Gun violence has led to more shootings in schools in Southern Florida and in order to help diminish the numbers in casualties more of the gun laws should be reinforced and strengthened. School reputations are being affected tremendously. Students that experience extremely traumatizing events, specifically a school shooting, will be driven toward lower academic levels and will have their behavior altered as well; such events have brought families closer together for the wrong reasons. Violence in schools is not dealt with appropriately, thus why it has reached a point where it endangers students of all ages. Parents, teachers and the school staff should try to do everything in their power to prevent school violence, this can ruin the children’s future. A school’s reputation is very important, especially to the incoming students and their parents. A parent is more likely to not send their child to a school with a record, especially when it has to do with violence. Violent students have the possibility to influence and harm the lives of others. Violent students most likely do not do their work and or participate, the more students with low academic levels, the worse it is for the school, resulting in the schools grade going from a higher grade level for example an A school to a C school. Students will never be able to...
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...Psychological Analysis of Firearm Misuse and the Public Perspective of Firearm Violence Colin R. Moran Columbus State Community College, Ohio Abstract Every year, more and more people are subjected to the lifelong fear created by events of isolated firearm misuse. This paper will explore the psychological aspects of firearm misuse, question the means which the media uses to distribute information about the events, and apply published research from various reliable sources to conclude the problems created by the methods we approach this issue. This research will also discuss the many hardships that the experts face in predicting and preventing these events, while suggesting possible changes that might lead to improved accuracy and...
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...In 2017 there have been almost sixty thousand incidents of gun violence, of those incidents over fifteen thousand people lost their lives (gunviolencearchive, 2017). Additionally, over three hundred law enforcement officers were killed by gun violence. Not only are incidents of gun violence on the rise but law enforcement officer must respond to active acts of violence more frequently. People that commit these types of crimes need to be arrested but are still extremely dangerous. Special teams of highly trained officers are required to control and arrest these dangerous individuals. Tactical teams have a variety of names Special Weapons and Tactics or Emergency Response Units but all teams follow similar selection process, training...
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...No Guns: No Violence Upon reading this section about Guns and gun violence, I strongly support that the use of guns should be prohibited. The Constitution of the United States guaranteed the right to bear guns as the individual’s right to protect himself and his fellowships from any danger. However, since I am an Indian, and Indian Constitution prohibits right to bear guns among common people. According to the National Public Radio report of “Gun Violence: Comparing the United States with Other Countries, U.S have 3.85 deaths per 100,000 people due to gun violence as compare to other countries like India which have 0.88 deaths (Aizenman). As per the data, US ranked thirty first country for gun violence. In my opinion, it is unable to abolish...
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...is a common occurrence in America “from 2000 to 2010 a total of 335,609 people died from guns” (“Just the facts: Gun violence in America”) these numbers are a striking and often shocking realization of the gun violence in America. . Gun legislation has become a prominent debate among government officials, and the general population has started to demand stricter gun laws. Gun violence is a major issue in our country - a problem we have been unable to address because of political pundits refusing to come...
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...An average of 3,000 completed suicides happen every day. Every 38 seconds 1 person attempts suicide. On the other hand, some people say we should focus on gun violence but i say that there couldn't be as much gun violence without suicide happening . We as a society and community need to focus more on suicide and help more suicidal people because a lot of people are affected negatively by suicide . We should all care about suicide because it’s a popular recurring event that affects many people and isn’t talked about enough . First of all suicide is a recurring “popular” event that happens worldwide every day. From the article Suicide written by Jan S. Hittelman, it states “ More people die from suicide than from all homicides and wars combined” this really made me think because imagine all of the people that die in wars . Then add in homicides also ! That is a lot of people....
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...Gun violence has brought a great deal of attention to our society, especially to of ages 12 and under; it’s an issue that can’t be escaped. Many youth have been killed or murder by the same guns that have been sworn to protect them from danger. In 2016, over 18 children of age 12 and younger have gotten their life taken away from them due to gun violence. The most common places where youth have been victimized by gun violence are Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, and Miami Dade. Children are living in fear for their lives instead of enjoying their youth and the main causes are guns availability, gangs, and bad parenting. First, easy access to gun everywhere have increased gun violence tremendously. Gun can now be easily purchased even without a valid gun license. Nowadays, an individual walking inside a store and buying a gun seems to be normal and it wouldn’t have been a problem if it wasn’t endangering youth everywhere. However, everyone has a right to carry a firearm, just like it is mention in the Constitution of the United States, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”...
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...The former director of the CDC National Center for Injury Control and Prevention, Mark Rosenberg has stated, “The scientific community has been terrorized by the National Rife Association (NRA)” (Jamieson, 2013). Gun violence is on the rise and the US currently has a policy, the Dickey Amendment, preventing the CDC and other organizations from receiving funding for research related to gun violence (Jamieson, 2013). Nicknamed after Jay Dickey, a US House Representative and NRA member (Jamieson, 2013). He fought for this policy to protect the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms (Dickey & Rosenberg, 2015). Reversing this bill is of importance to all individuals. We must all understand that proper funding and research is essential...
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...of mass shootings with multiple tragedies involved, and are extending every alternative to prevent the growing epidemic of gun violence in the United States. Gun violence is defined as any form of violence enacted upon with the use of a gun, whether it be as a defensive act or an intended method to evoke damage. With nearly 10,000 more violent incidents involving a gun occurring in the United States since 2014, as noted by the Gun Violence Archives, it is needless to say that there is a fervent desire to bring these numbers down (2). Gun violence is directly related to psychological deficiencies, a disturbance in one's cognition and behavioral patterns resulting in dysfunctions in mental functioning (Maisel,...
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...A recent hot topic within the news strand is that of gun violence and weapon rights. This topic has been debated and protested repeatedly. It was hot of the press following the mass shootings of Columbine, Sandy Hook, and more recently the mass shootings in Paris, France and California. Gun violence is a blistering topic that is debated with concern of the people and their safety in mind. Should adult citizens be allowed to carry concealed weapons? Should these same adults be allowed to own a personal gun? There are individuals that have strong belief in favor while others are against this argument. In a recent National Crime Survey, “467,321 persons were victims of a crime committed with a firearm in 2011 (Gun violence: National Institute...
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...article describes how gun shops in Dallas surge in demand for artillery weapons after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. A gun shop owner attributes the surge to customers fearing for their safety since the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut with concerns that guns will become more difficult to purchase. According to gun shop owners the surge in guns arose due to the fact that customers are fearing for their own ‘personal security’ since shootings occurred in nearby towns and schools with the concern that guns would be more difficult to purchase, customers flooded gun-shop owners phone lines with prospective buyers inquiring about the same weapons. Owning guns is a negative externality of consumption; an economics activity which imposes negative costs on third parties for which the consumer does not pay for. For instance, people who own guns and have children, of 18,330 incidents recorded by Gun Violence Archive, 202 children under the age of 11 have been killed or injured, in a lot of the cases the guns were not even locked away. If people had less access to purchasing artillery weapons these deaths would not of occurred. The Brady Campaign estimates that everyday, seven children and teens die from gun violence. Negative externalities are one of the sources of market failure because they are caused due to the overprovision of demerit goods; goods that are not only bad for consumers but third parties, which in this case is society....
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