Credibility Gun Violence is known as a complicated, controversial issue of firearms in America.…
In the case of scenario two, the shooting incident was taken place in a crowd of people when an individual was delivering speech on a slightly raised podium at a range of 25m. A low popping sound was heard by most people in the crowd but the shooter or the gun was not seen by anyone. As a result of the shooting, the victim had a small entry wound in the lower abdomen without any exit wound. In my opinion, the most suitable weapon I have chosen is Glock 19 4th Generation 9mm Pistol with an ammunition of Federal Classic Hi-Shock jacketed hollow point 9mm 115 grain ammunition, also used with a sound suppressor.…
On December 14, 2012, a horrific event happened at Sandy Hooks Elementary School that took several lives. Who would have thought that in the same day of this tragedy that ammunition sale would hit an all-time high? The demand for ammunition became so high that stores could not keep ammunition on the shelf. People were scared and feared for their children,…
Summary: In Don Thompson’s article entitled “5 Dead, Including Gunman, in Series of North California Shootings” which was published November 14, 2017, it begins with the author defining the unfortunate occurrences of the multiple victims involved in a shooting in Red Bluff, California. It is clarified that the suspected shooter has been shooting “... Hundreds of rounds, large magazines,” a witness reported. Oddly enough, the shooter had also been reported for a domestic violence incident that most of his neighbors were “aware” about. Though the devastating occurrence was one that changed the lives of many Red Bluff citizens, there remains information that is still unknown to the public eye. As Thompson opens his article, he begins to summarize…
In “shootings”, Adam Gopnik speaks about a shooting that took place in Virginia Tech Engineering building, and how the parents of the victims were told that it was not the right moment to ask questions. Gopnik also gives his points of view on how the shooting could have been avoided. Gopnik suggests that the main reason why these types of incidents keep happening in the United States is because there is a lack of security and requirements on who should not be able to buy a gun. The government should do what others countries are doing, and Gopnik’s example, is the massacre that happened in Paris Suborn of Nanterre in 2002, when a man killed eight people at a municipal meeting. Gun control became a key issue in the presidential…
Yet such checks weed out surprisingly few people with mental illnesses. The question posed by the sale of the gun to both Erik Ayala and to Brenda Nyhoff Dunn is what duty, if any, does a gun seller have to not sell a gun to someone that poses a danger to themselves or others. As a 2013 editorial in the Oregonian noted that “It came as no surprise… that an employee at Keith’s Sporting Goods… stood, however briefly, between a distraught, potential customer, and disaster.” “[Keith’s] upholds the highest standards, of professionalism and safety, in their facility. Any member of his staff might take measures to contravene an otherwise legal firearms sale.” “A discerning eye for customer safety; is not required, but often recommended, in in some ‘point of sale’ transactions. The discovering eye, of Maria Ward, KSG, stands as a ‘cautionary tale’, in this one.” The letter to the editor demonstrates the generally held belief, which apparently is shared by the Oregon State Police as well, that a gun seller has no duty to evaluate whether they are providing the firearm to someone that may be likely to harm themselves or…
Gladiator [glad-ee-ey-ter]: a person, often a slave or captive, who was armed with a sword or other weapon and compelled to fight to the death in a public arena against another person or a wild animal, for the entertainment of the spectators. Now consider the description of a football player [fo͝otbôl plāər]; a person, often a male, who is armed with large muscles as weapons and compelled to fight brutally until victorious in a public arena against another team, for the entertainment of the spectators. Football is essentially a modern form of gladiator sportsmanship, pinning two teams against each other without constraints or restrictions about contact and injury for the mere entertainment of the audience. The effects of this game are both physical and mental, impacting the lives of the men who have bravely sacrificed their longevity for their fans.…
Every time there is a tragic event such as a mass shooting, the idea of gun control becomes the number one topic of discussion. Many forms of gun control have been the result of a tragic event. The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993, for example, is a result of the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan, which left James Brady with disabilities for the remainder of his life. Another example of post tragedy ideas for gun control came as the result of the attempted assassination of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. These would include expanding and strengthening the current background check system, as well as instituting federal laws against gun trafficking. Congresswoman Giffords would also like to receive federal funding to research the “Cause and Impact of Gun Violence”.…
Speed: “The action of moving only as fast as you can accurately shoot and think.”…
Per an editorial by Margaret A. Winker, the dangers of those who own firearms are becoming a prominent public health concern. Winker urges a release of funds, previously frozen, that are meant to be allocated to gun control. Further, she reports that one person is killed every 17 minutes by a firearm, 609 people a week on average. In 2014, 35, 599 people were killed because of guns, of these, 63% were…
Nocera, J. (2014, Feb 05). The gun report, one year later. International New York Times. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1494070151?accountid=36299…
In a study carried on 1,034 adults by Dr Donna Leinwand after the Tucson rampage shootings. Most of the respondents of the study blamed the shooting rampage on the easy access the perpetrators had to guns and ammunition while some blamed it on the American mental health system. When the respondents were what they thought the solution to the problem was, most of them responded that “stricter gun control laws were indeed the safest solution (4).” According to Rick Jervis in his article “critics target high round gun magazines,” the perpetrator of the Colorado theatre rampage shooting James Holmes had purchased a large arsenal of high-round gun magazines which he had used in his assault in the theatre. Jervis emphasizes the need to reduce the amount of ammunition that can be bought off the market; he claims that the shooting would have being avoided if James Holmes had not had access to the weapon and ammunition…
Nowadays there are academic research articles talking about “increasing firepower, with a slight increase in size and the use of the appropriated ammunition judiciously combining the traditional, consecrated method of sending the ballistic projectiles to the target using the energy of throwing powder from a cartridge-tube, with a new type of ammunition, the active projectiles, the reactive and self-propelled bullets, even for the weapons with small caliber” (Cozma 1567). The ideas for advancements in guns continue to increase, but this isn’t what the writers of the Constitution and Second Amendment had in mind when they thought of the future. Guns and firepower are becoming too advanced for some citizens to understand, but most people don’t want to stop creating new guns, because they feel as though this increases safety. A contradiction to this statement has been found. New, plastic, guns have recently been discovered, but there is no such thing as safety here. Although it’s fascinating that these plastic guns can be made by a 3D printer in less than twenty-four hours, "when these 3-D firearms are manufactured, some of the weapons can defeat normal detection such as metal detectors, wands, and it could present a problem to public safety in a venue such as an airport, an arena, a courthouse" (Johnson…
In 1985 Michael Savage placed an ad in the Soldier of Fortune Magazine (“SOF”) advertising “Gun For Hire”. The ad ran from June 1985 to March 1986 generating an average of 30-40 call per week for jobs ranging from murder, kidnapping, assault and other criminal activity. After three previous failed attempts on his business partner Richard Braun’s life by Bruce Gastwirth , he contacted and hired Savage to commit the murder of Braun. Savage along with associates John Moore and Sean Doutre went to Braun’s home to carry out the act shot and killed Braun in front of his sixteen year old son Michael Braun who was also shot and wounded by the assailants. Michael and Ian Braun filed a lawsuit against “SOF” magazine alleging negligence.…
Since the inception of firearms, people have been wielding all types of arms and ammunitions against each other in order to injure or kill their opponent. In the modern world, this violence is unwarranted and goes against everything society stands for. Nowhere else is gun violence most prevalent than in the United States of America. Because of the Constitution, Americans have had the right to bear arms since 1776. When the Constitution was drafted, the term “arms” meant nothing more than a musket or perhaps small one-shot pistol. However, as arms and ammunition have evolved much like any other technology, their capacity to accurately kill humans has increased. So much so that one firearm can be used to kill many people…