Similarly‚ a year later Slovak conducted another study on gun violence and children. This study examine the effects that gun violence exposure have on youth mental health and how trauma is associated with gun violence exposure (Slovak‚ 2002). According to research gun statistics‚ in the United States violent injury and death from a gun affect children and adolescents in urban settings (Slovak‚ 2002). The researchers investigate violence exposure and its relationship to mental health risk and they
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Introduction In the current society of the United State‚ the rampage of gun violence is one of the most serious problems. We can see the plenty of shooting issues occur frequently on the front page of the newspaper. There were 8583 homicides by firearms in 2011‚ out of 12‚664 homicides total‚ according to the FBI. This means that more than two-thirds of homicides involve a firearm. Guns are also involved in suicides and accidents. 19392 of 38264 suicides in 2010 involved a gun (50%)‚ according to the CDC. (Stray
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ten years over 100‚000 Americans were killed due to gun violence and many more have been victims of other gun related crimes. Several more have used guns to committed suicide and young kids have been wounded from playing with them. There was more than 350 mass shooting alone in 2015. The President is currently using all of his every source he has to reduce gun control. He proposes we make it more difficult for someone to have access to buy a gun by means of doing background checks on anybody who wants
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English 1302 5th march 2013 Sides of Crime Control Gun control laws have been surrounded by controversy since The Bill of Rights‚ including the Second amendment was passed in the congress. "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‚" the founders wrote. Until recently there was considerable argument over just what the founders intended by their words. Did they mean to provide only for armed
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Gun Control Guns kill; not people. Many would argue the opposite and say that it is down to the individual to control himself or herself. The facts state the obvious and I will prove to you that gun control can save lives. Since the tragic school shooting in Newton Connecticut‚ gun control has taken center stage around the country and with our politicians. Here are some facts from the FBI Crime Reports; of the 452 people murdered in Illinois in 2011 83% were killed with guns... the highest percentage
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Gun violence in the US caused thousands of injuries and deaths yearly. In 2013‚ the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention stated that firearms were used in 84‚258 nonfatal injuries and 11‚208 deaths from homicide‚ 21‚175 by suicide‚ 505 deaths from unintentional discharge‚ plus 281 deaths that were labelled as undetermined intent‚ which all totalled for 33‚169 deaths related to firearms. Gun control laws do not prevent criminals from obtaining guns or breaking the laws. Criminals can obtain
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Farzad Foroodi Professor Freese English 1302 06 July 2016 Gun Control and Gun Safety Gun control has been a big issue in recent months. There were so many arguments for or against it. Gun control caused one of the biggest dissection between citizens and government. Also‚ mass shootings and murders in recent months makes this issue one of the most arguable situation in country. Twice in the past two years gun control has reached the nation’s highest court. Based on production data from firearm manufactures
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Gun Rights/Gun Control I will be conducting my essay on gun control/gun rights. I honestly don’t think that hunters need springfield semi-automatic rifle or a semi-automatic rifle similar to an ak-47 with a 30 round clip! If you go on cabelas.com you will see that they are selling guns labelled as self and home defense‚ but they are semi-automatic shotguns! you could buy a semi-auto gun on the internet to ship to you for a low cost of 300 dollars. A student‚ mentally ill person or just flat out
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Gun Control in America? “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” (O ’Connor & Sabato‚ 2008). That is the second amendment found in our U.S Constitution. According to the second ammendment the people have the right to keep and bear arms. Is this a right that everyone is given‚ and if so can this right be taken away? The question of gun control is one that has been highly debated since the founding
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Gun violence is becoming more prominent in the United States every day. In the year of 2015‚ murder rates in the United States increased from guns whether it was homicide‚ unintentional shooting or suicide. There were over 50‚000 injuries that were caused by gun violence. From shootings at schools to movie theaters to workplaces‚ it seems like nothing is being done to stop the violence. Gun laws are becoming less lenient when it comes to who can purchase guns and operate them. However‚ there are
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