Australia has had severe gun laws since the year 1997 after the fatal massacre shooting in Port Arthur‚ executed by Martin Bryant‚ which resulted in the death of 35 people while injuring 23. There have always been low levels of violent crimes associated with firearms‚ particularly in the 20th century‚ yet because of their low priority; public concern levels remained very low. In the last 2 decades‚ the government has put in place strict gun laws following several high profile mass murders and a large
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“Gang violence in America is not a sudden problem. It has been a part of urban life for years‚ offering an aggressive definition and identity to those seeking a place to belong in the chaos of large metropolitan.” Dave Reichert‚ United States Congressman. Street gangs have been around in the United States as far back as 1783. In contrast to today’s modern street gangs‚ many early gangs on the east coast were even multi-ethnic‚ the gangs were compromised of boys from the same neighborhoods (Howell
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Guns On Campus Ever since school shootings on campuses many people have been skeptical about guns in the wrong hands of people. David Burnett writer of "Students Should Have the Right to Carry Guns on College Campuses."‚ agrees with the fact that students should be allowed to have guns on campus‚ for the use of self defense‚ for decreasing the crimes committed‚ and because colleges aren’t as safe as you think. Although Darby Dickerson writer of "Students Should Not Be Allowed to Carry Guns on
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being played are appropriate for kids of that age. Stimulated violence in games are not an issue for children and can in fact be beneficial. Reasons for this are that it’s a healthy way to release emotions‚ and it educates kids on violent things early. Regardless of the facts proving that violent games are a healthy diversion for kids some people still believe they are not okay but here is why that is wrong. Playing simulated violence games is healthy for children because it get’s anger and stress
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academic performance of race and ethnic minority students in America’s schools is gang violence. This social conflict can be observed in the beginning part of the movie. You can see the Hispanic-American gang‚ African-American gang‚ and Asian-American gang were trying to defend their own territories and their own cultural. Feeling a lack of connection from white people‚ African-American group turns to gang and violence as a means of achieving status‚ solidarity‚ and economic success. These gang members
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bear arms. In today’s society‚ gun control is a hard topic to discuss due to the very different viewpoints. Many Americans today don’t want more firearm regulations because as stated in the Constitution‚ it is their right to have gun ownership. While many Americans want stricter gun control to stop the violence that firearms causes in our society. When the founding fathers wrote the second amendment they were thinking of the society that they were surrounded by. Gun ownership was a necessity for
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What is gun control? Gun control is when the government puts rules and regulations on where one can bring guns. Governments also limit the amount of guns one owns. Guns are a way to protect our families‚ stop criminals‚ and a way to hunt to provide food for families. Some people abuse guns and bring harm to others which is horrible. There should not be a law on gun control. This law restricts those who own them to protect themselves and restricts them from having a firearm. Keeping guns in the
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ProCon.org recently featured an article that studied gun control. “Stricter state gun laws associated with fewer gun deaths‚ study finds.” The article discussed gun control laws in states with stricter laws tend to have lower rates of gun related homicides‚ and a suicide (ProCon para. 1) Gun control in the United States is becoming a wide spread issue and is becoming a problem everywhere. Although I am living in a city with uprising crime that has been skyrocketing over the years‚ I wasn’t aware
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reduce access to guns. America has the highest amount of gun related deaths each year in the world. “In Germany 381‚ in France 255‚ in Canada 165 in the United Kingdom 68‚ in Australia 65‚ in Japan 39 and in the United States‚ 11‚127” (Moore Michael‚ 51:15-51:48). America has 270 to 310 million guns‚ which is 88.8 to every 100 people in America‚ which is the highest total and per capita number in the world (ProCon). The correlation between the number of people owning and dying from guns in the United
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November of 2016. This makes Chicago’s most pressing issue violence. Violence has to be stopped in order for Chicago’s other problems to stop. As violence worsens‚ many other problems erupt such as poverty‚ lack of education‚ gang activity‚ child abuse‚ and police brutality. Gangs are one of the most common causes of violence in Chicago‚ and finding a way of reducing gang activity would be a great start to get rid of violence. With violence comes abandonment from homes‚ business places‚ and schools
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