According to Gun Violence Archive; a non-profit organization who utilizes its resources to gather statistics to report back to the public to ignite awareness‚ has recently reported the latest numbers of 2015. It is important to emphasis that GNA is not of support of gun possession but neither deflects from the functionality of gun use in America. In 2015‚ there have been more than 50‚000 incidents of gun violence. This number is inclusive of homicides‚ gang assaults‚ self defense‚ and accidental
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advised he hid the gun behind the shed in the back yard. Ofc. Peavy was able to obtain the gun and take possession of it. FD was clear to come on the scene‚ and they transported the black male to Bayfront. The black male was identified as Darrelle Lamar Brown Lee‚ Ofc. McKenzie arrived on scene and followed FD to Bayfront. Ofc. Peavy advised that the gun has a stovepipe‚ and he identify the gun as a Smith & Wesson SD 9mm VE‚ serial number (HFC1500). Ofc. Peavy turned the gun over to Ofc. Skinner
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GUN CONTROL & GUN VIOLENCE in CHILDREN To start my essay off‚ I have an unusual story that is true. My mom knew a girl when she was little. The girl was around the age of 2-4 years old. She got a hold of the gun her family had in the home and shot her older sibling. Then when she was in the eighth grade‚ her little brother got a hold of the same gun that her family had and killed her. It proves my point on why children should not have guns and children in the home
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mostly suicidal acts. Some of the facts in the report say that next to suicides are homicides with the use of guns and the third highest numbers of deaths due to gun violence are unintentional shootings‚ since this is America; most of these people have been living in the metropolis (Minino‚ 2002). These deaths caused by firearms would not reach that level if not a lot people own guns‚ legal or not. And according to Philip Cook in his National Survey on Firearms Ownership and Use Summary Report
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believe that there is no solution to gun violence and therefore it will never completely be resolved. But‚ I also believe there are some actions that the United States government can take to reduce the amount of gun violence. Starting in the classrooms‚ kids need to be educated on guns and the effects they can have on people from the start. They are our future‚ and we need to bring more awareness to the extreme dangers and consequences that can come from guns. Like the Drug Abuse Resistance Education
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Youth and Guns: Violence in America Gun violence in the United States has become an epidemic. From the Civil War to the present‚ 567‚000 Americans have died in combat; but since 1920‚ over 1 million American civilians have been killed by firearms (Children’s Defense Fund‚ p.15). For thousands of teens‚ death from gun violence is the end of the pipeline. In 2007‚ 3‚042 children and teens died from gunfire in the United States—eight every day—as a result of homicide‚ suicide or accidental shootings
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(television‚ radio and newspapers)‚ social marketing (advertisements) and community organizing (community events). Gun violence permeates the news‚ popular television shows‚ movies‚ advertisements as well as the toy industry. Through these media channels children are influenced to use guns and are taught to believe that it is natural to have a gun in the home. In an effort to decrease gun violence it is the intention of the writer to implement a community health intervention program combining the media
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normal everywhere else. When compared to 22 other high-income nations‚ such as Germany‚ Australia‚ and Canada‚ researchers with The American Journal of Medicine found that the gun deaths on US soil account for 82% of all the gun deaths in these countries combined. In other words‚ 82 out of 100 deaths caused by gun violence in 23 of the wealthiest‚ most developed nations in the world occur in the United States (Preidt). Whether you label this a public health problem or a mental health problem‚ a legal
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Gun violence is any act committed by the use of a firearm that causes bodily injury or fatality. Gun violence in the United States has become increasingly evident and has led to mass tragedy nationwide‚ affecting all walks of life. It has had a devastating effect on communities throughout the country and has resulted in numerous injuries and deaths. Within the past decade‚ there have been more than “100‚000 people killed as a result of gun violence” in America‚ and millions more have been victims
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Perceptions of Gun Violence The media influences the public’s perception on events and the way media covers a situation will influence people’s overall ideas on the topic. Gun violence is a pressing issue worldwide but especially in the United States‚ and other causes of gun violence besides serious mental illness or SMI are not being addressed by the media‚ including widespread availability of guns in the United States. There are many factors that contribute to the high amounts of gun violence in the U
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