Gun and Gun Control Course: BCOM/275 January 27‚ 2013 Instructor: Gail Zwart Gun and Gun Control‚ written in the New York Times on 1/25/13 The worldwide controversial topic of gun control has taken our nation by storm. The epidemic‚ as stated by our President has become a disturbing and mind blowing statistic. But I must say‚ gun violence has impacted out world since our fore fathers. But since our most recently and horrific active of gun violence the government has decided
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CJ 133 | Guns and Gun Control | Writing Assignment 6 | Katie Epps 1/18/2009 | Gun control has been one of the biggest topics facing our nation aside from abortion and homosexual marriages. There are so many different angles and arguments that surround it‚ its no wonder a definite decision can not be made. Violent crimes remain one of the most serious problems in the United States‚ in many of the violent crimes committed guns are used but an actual link between the two remains pretty
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“School systems are removing students from the classroom because of rigid disciplinary policies” (Vidal-Castro‚ 2016‚ p. 1). These disciplinary policies are not productive for students in terms of their education. Education is one thing that can provide a positive impact on the life of a student. Though behavioral issues have changed‚ disciplinary actions continue to disparage the need for student learning and development. Due to the increase of violent acts in schools‚ administrators have implemented
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major varieties of gun control laws appear to have no impact‚ with a few exceptions‚ on the types of violence which frequently involve guns? Many explanations are suggested by both our own results and those of prior research. First‚ some gun laws are intended to have their effects by reducing gun ownership levels‚ so some gun laws may fail because they do not achieve their proximate goal of reducing gun ownership (Table IVA). However‚ our results also generally indicate that gun prevalence levels
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Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice http://ccj.sagepub.com/ Peers and Gun Use Among Urban Adolescent Males : An Examination of Social Embeddedness Deanna L. Wilkinson‚ Marquette S. McBryde‚ Brice Williams‚ Shelly Bloom and Kerryn Bell Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 2009 25: 20 DOI: 10.1177/1043986208328449 The online version of this article can be found at: http://ccj.sagepub.com/content/25/1/20 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and
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Gun Violence More than 90 people are killed by guns every day in the United States. How can gun violence be stopped in order to keep people safe? People use guns for weapons which make communities with little security or police dangerous. Others‚ on the other hand‚ use guns for protection. Guns can be used for good but people take advantage of it and use it for harm. Guns cause a lot of violence in the US. In 2013‚ there were 33‚636 gun deaths in America. This includes suicide and shootings. Many
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Imagine teachers carrying guns in school. School boards are trying to reduce the amount of shots fired in school‚ how will adding more guns achieve that? Although guns have been used for protection for decades‚ they will only cause more harm if used by teachers. Protection on school grounds is undoubtedly essential‚ but adding more guns will ultimately lead to a more dangerous environment. Teenagers are constantly playing video games; they love the challenge of playing a difficult level and the
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more accidents like these‚ we should teach our youth about gun safety to give them the knowledge of what to around it and discourage misuse. Although some parents think their children shouldn’t be around guns in general‚ teaching gun safety early could save their lives and others. Young children around America often get into many accidents because of their lack of knowledge. In a USA Today article‚ they assert “If they [kid] find it [guns]‚ they’ll play with it”(A.7). Most kids that don’t know what
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What is school violence? Many describe school violence as any form of violence projected on an individual within school premises. Within the decade’s school violence has become more and more common in our society and has even lead to mass shootings. Most shooters are seen as outcasts by their peers and feel excluded. In our course textbook‚ Understanding Violence and Victimization cites that violence has increased dramatically within the past decade (Meadows‚ 2013). Meadows then discusses some risk
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The Negativity of Guns In Adam Winkler’s‚a constitutional law professor‚ article “The Guns of Academe” states the negatives of having guns in college and universities. Showing the limits of positive views people have toward it. many negatives view from people’s feelings‚ age responsibility‚ and also brings up why he wants He explains There are many articles that explain the positive views of having guns in a school environment. While on the other hand there are many more articles that go
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