Nikita Youth Gun Violence Every time I look around someone is dying. Its so crazy how close this topic is to me. I chose this topic on a Tuesday and on the very next day (Wednesday) a close friend of mine was shot and killed. So as I write his Essay I can’t help but to think about him‚ his name was Alex Bland 21yr old. From the years of 2002-2006‚ 687 Chicago youth were killed by guns‚ and firearms are used in 10 out of 14 murder-suicide in Illinois. In 2005 71% (435) of the homicides and 36%
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problem of so many people being killed due to gun violence. There shouldn’t be as much access to the various amounts of weapons that there are. Publicly selling these weapons‚ cause people to want more. “The more you get‚ the more you want‚” is something I’ve heard many times in my life. Hearing that over and over I started to see it in action in things like this. Although gun stores require background checks‚ they don’t have crazy checks. Saying guns are not needed is kind of a stretch; judging from
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For many‚ mental health and gun violence seem to go hand in hand. While it seems logical that individuals that perpetrate mass shootings must have some mental illness such as in the case of Adam Lanza who in December 2012 carried out one of the most tragic mass shootings at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown Connecticut. In that shooting Lanza‚ who was 20 years old at the time‚ killed his mother then went on to slaughter 6 adults and 20 children between the ages of 6 and 7 and finally
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The threat of gun violence has always been a constant presence in my life. Some of my earliest‚ most vivid childhood memories are of lockdown drills and the anxiety that they created. I was too young to understand the true weight of these procedures‚ but my heart would still race as my teacher shushed my class and the school fell into an oppressive silence; when police officers would eventually come to our classroom and rattle the doors‚ I’d be terrified for a moment-- because suddenly our classroom
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Gun violence dates back many years‚ around the time gun powder was first being produced in the 13th century. The first handgun was created in 1364 and was named the “hand cannon” (Hallowell 1)‚ the name was self-explanatory. Nowadays hand guns are being produced that are smaller than the average persons’ palm‚ which is named the Swiss mini guns‚ these guns are being banned due to their extreme concealment capabilities. Guns revolutionized the world and brought high praises‚ until citizens started
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Gathering Evidence on Gun Violence Gathering Evidence Subject 1: Impact of laws on gun control in reducing gun violence in the United States. Source: The Effectiveness of Legislation Controlling Gun Usage: A Holistic Measure of Gun Control Legislation by Ik-Whan G. Kwon and Daniel W. Back in The American Journal of Economics and Sociology‚ volume 64‚ issue 2‚ April 2005‚ pages 533-537 Evaluation: 1. Authority-10 The author Ik-Whan G. Kwan is a professor of Decision Sciences at John Cook
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Knowing how to tell the difference between gunshots and fireworks isn’t something people should be proud of. It really shows the gun violence issues we have in America. Many people have different stories as to how they learned to tell they two similar noises apart. This is mine. When I was nine years old‚ my brother was almost shot. I was down in my basement watching TV when I heard a noise. BANG! My concentration on the TV was broken by the sudden noise. I muted the TV and listened for it again
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Open carry is an ongoing topic of dispute amongst the entire United States. Some states are lax with their gun laws while some are stricter. The controversy over gun control is all over the media‚ especially because of the ongoing occurrences of shootings. The behaviors of these individuals are not at all alike but they all are committing these heinous acts against innocent people‚ some even children. Each one seems to have a different agenda‚ such as terrorist acts‚ and others are just random people
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People are getting physically hurt and the town must distinguish a change on gun violence. Together‚ we can start a petition or an organization to raise awareness. As well‚ I could find articles in newspapers and present those tragedies. We could start off by going to the Department of Human Services and discussing with them. Or start a waver through social media‚ facebook‚ twitter‚ instagram or anything that someone would notice. To get an actual response‚ we have to call attention to this.
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Reasons for Youth Gun Violence In 1988‚ handguns killed 7 people in Great Britain‚ 13 in Australia‚ 8 in Canada‚ and 8‚915 in the United States. Between 1973 and 1992‚ the number of privately-owned firearms in the US increased 73%; from 122 million to nearly 222 million. (Brennen and Polsby 1). These figures are shocking and there doesn ’t seem to be a solution. Gun control is a problem that our country has got to face. The reasons for gun violence are complex and apparently deep-rooted with an
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