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    facing right now is gun-related violence. There have been a lot of gun-related incidents for decades‚ but in the last few years they have become much more frequent‚ as pointed out by the Gun Violence Archive. And now people are paying more attention to the problem of gun-related incidents and the gun regulations‚ especially after the shooting in Charleston‚ South Carolina on June 17th this year. A research done by University of Sydney estimated that there about 270‚000‚000 guns owned by citizens in

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    Gun Violence Each day approximately thirty-two people are killed by another person through gun violence‚ fifty-one-commit suicide with a gun‚ and forty-five people are shot on accident. The availability of guns is the leading cause to gun violence; In order to decrease crime rates the Government must stop loopholes on gun availability‚ and increase regulations on background checks. The main reasons for all of this gun violence are the works of loopholes: opportunities‚ the blame are on loopholes

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    From the GCU Library‚ select and review three recent (published within the last five years) journal articles (one of each of the primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary levels of health promotion) in nursing practice. Prepare an essay (750-1‚000) words in which you review and compare the three articles you have selected for this assignment. Address the following: 1) How is health promotion defined? 2) What is the purpose of health promotion in nursing practice? 3) How are nursing roles

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    GUN CONTROL +Obama’s quote for gun ban : "While there is no law or set of laws that can prevent every senseless act of violence completely‚ no piece of legislation that will prevent every tragedy‚ every act of evil‚ if there’s even one thing we can do to reduce this violence‚ if there’s even one life that can be saved‚ then we’ve got an obligation to try it." +Some of the main legislative proposals backed by Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are: -requiring criminal background checks on all gun

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    38-caliber gun and opened fire. Gillom’s shots fatally wounded Gibson and left Lee with a non-fatal gunshot wound to the neck (Washington Ceasefire‚ 2011 pg 1). The shooting in Harlem‚ Georgia sparked national attention as one of the first high school shootings and added to the alarmingly high rates of gun violence by adolescents during the 1990s. According to the Virginia Youth Violence Project‚ forty-two homicides took place in American schools in 1993 (2009 pg/par). While the rate of gun violence in American

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    In America the uses of guns are present in our society since dawn of time. In discussions it is always a controversial issue between both sides.However it seem being a holder of a firearm only bring consequences and with gun control policy it seemed nothing has changed. Gun violence is a problem and gun control laws for guns has no influence on crime commit by gun‚ it is just allowing gun violence to spread. Many death topics are heavily related to uses of guns as such homicide‚ suicide‚ and many

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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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    AML Gun Control Gun Control is People Control For years gun ownership in America has been an extremely debated topic. Parties on both sides of the spectrum have argued why their beliefs are correct and should be implemented or not in today ’s day and age. The Four Fathers of the United States long ago decided that "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." (Constitution) Gun control policies

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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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    Guns have been in the public’s hand for thousands of years and for just as long unnecessary gun violence has been around. Gun violence has been plaguing the United States for some time now and nothing has been done about it. More gun laws should be enacted so suicides‚ crimes‚ and accidental deaths that involve firearms are a lot less likely to happen then they are now. The more obsolete gun violence the better and this is a step toward that. Most everybody who defends the right to keep guns available

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