Ariana Fisher‚ a pediatrician at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. As a caregiver to children in the state of Ohio‚ I am writing you today to speak to you about a very important topic: gun violence. As a constituent and young pediatrician‚ I have already seen the monumental toll gun violence takes upon children. As a teenager‚ I lost my friend‚ Amanda‚ in a domestic homicide-suicide. As a medical student‚ I witnessed the autopsy of a young man who was shot four times by a 16-year-old.
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BOOM ! Sirens are whaling as a child is being rushed to a hospital. Why is this? That child is a victim of increasing school violence. Over the past couple years‚ violence in and around schools have sadly increased. People have come up with many reasons about why this school violence is increasing. These reasons are things that we need to fix or more people will be hurt. While many people can blame it on reasons that shouldn’t even be considered‚ these are a few of the things that need to be taken
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Today‚ the use of guns by teens has become the norm. There should never be a time when it is okay for any child to carry a weapon for the means of committing a violent act. Too many young lives will never have the chance to reach full potential. As a nation‚ this is unacceptable and innocent lives are lost daily. Ending teen violence should be at the top of priorities of all people from the public sector to even those just in the private sector. The youth of today are our future of tomorrow‚ finding
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The video spoke on the gun violence that is taking place in Chicago. Gun violence and gang leaders are the main reason for the numerous amounts of death in Chicago. After doing some research‚ Chicago continues to with the highest homicide rates in the United States. In Miles Bryan’s article he states that‚ Chicago has had more than 700 homicides in the year of 2016. In September of 2016 he also states that the city of Chicago surpassed 2015s killings by 470. (Bryan. M‚ 2016). A theory that connects
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Gun Violence in School “Do you believe in God?” Imagine being asked this question‚ and your response was what determined whether or not you would be shot to death. This is what happened at Columbine High School in Littleton‚ Colorado on April 20th‚ 1999 (“Columbine High School Shootings”). This terrible tragedy affected many people‚ including the entire nation. After this happened‚ many schools took their security precautions into consideration. The school district I have grown up in‚ Rochester
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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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addressing gun violence‚ it is pertinent to focus on the guns themselves and those who own them. Gun violence has been a major issue in the world for quite some time. The most catastrophic examples are mass shootings that devastate numerous families and citizens nationwide. Although these events are leaving a scar in America and around the world‚ there are not many current implementations that are addressing these issues. There are several strategies that can dramatically reduce cases of gun violence
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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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In the United States Americans are seven times more likely to die from violence and six times more likely to be killed with a gun. On average there are about 12‚000 gun homicides a year in the United States. The second amendment should be revised due to the gun violence in America being a severe problem. The homicide rate in America is at an all time high. Accidental deaths of children due to unattended guns. The suicide in america committed with a firearm is becoming a severe problem. There is
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A Child’s First Toy an AR-15: An Analysis on Gun Violence Remember the mass shooting where two young boys opened fire at Columbine High School killing a dozen young students and injuring twenty-four before taking their own lives? Or the massacre in Jonesboro‚ Arkansas when two middle school students opened fire killing five students and injuring ten? Or the mass shooting at Virginia Tech or Sandy Hook elementary school the list goes on. We see mass shootings happen yearly. In 2015‚ there were reported
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