Have you ever thought why were gun violence was created? Did you know so far this year police officers have taken away 5‚900 guns in the city of chicago.Gun-related homicide is most prevalent among gangs and during the commission of felony crimes. In July 2013‚ Illinois passed a law that permits concealed carrying of handguns‚ making it the last state in the U.S. to allow concealed carry.Gun violence poses a serious threat to U.S. teens and their communities. Many young people are surrounded by
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Gun Violence in America Since the inception of firearms‚ people have been wielding all types of arms and ammunitions against each other in order to injure or kill their opponent. In the modern world‚ this violence is unwarranted and goes against everything society stands for. Nowhere else is gun violence most prevalent than in the United States of America. Because of the Constitution‚ Americans have had the right to bear arms since 1776. When the Constitution was drafted‚ the term “arms” meant nothing
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Therefore‚ I picked three images that had different stories of gun violence. Further‚ those images supported the goal of taking a stand against gun violence that has been causing many deaths for years. The most striking visual elements in each image were intelligent in choosing the angle snapshot‚ free of amendments and understandable without further explanation
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tragedies. It is estimated that there are 300 million guns in personal hands in the US today‚ many legally owned and others not (Neyfakh). Every year‚ close to four million guns find their way into the market (Nicolas and Nelson). This level of gun infiltration is alarming; it means that even the Supreme Court would find it hard to locate or seize these guns. Gun related violence has caused many to review their stances on the issue. In essence‚ gun violence is at an all-time high in the United States‚
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While reading statistics on shooting and gun violence‚ I am flabbergasted. I am not ignorant to the fact that there is violence and a lot of it; however‚ I was not aware that 33‚880 people die from gun violence in one year. I was raised in a great environment growing up that was in a great part of town‚ which was safe. I did not have to worry about going outside to play and possibly getting shot wile I was outside. A lot of kids are not that luck. Every day on average‚ this is EVERY DAY‚ 48 children
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the 26th highest rate of gun violence in the world (Washington Post‚ 2012). It accounted for 70 percent of all homicides and less than 10 percent of all nonfatal violent crimes from 1993 to 2011 (Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ 2013). So how will the United States overcome the battle to end gun violence? The United States Government‚ worried parents and various anti-gun groups have always scrutinized how to fix the problem. What causes violent acts to be committed with a gun? In order to find out
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A lot of people lose their lives because of gun violence in America. This problem is an ongoing debate and the people suffer everyday in United States. Guns are a problem if people don’t know how to use it carefully. In most of the cases guns are legally purchased but some people that are mentally ill took advantage of it using it to harm other people. Mass shooting that took place in Las Vegas last month‚ where the gunman attacked large crowds of people while they were at the concert from his hotel
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Rhetorical Analysis Paper 2/20/14 Gun Shows The scholarly article “Gun Shows and Gun Violence: Fatally Flawed Study Yields Misleading Results” first appeared in the magazine American Journal of Public Health in 2010. It was co-written by Garen Wintemute‚ David Hemenway‚ Daniel Webster‚ Glenn Pierce‚ and Anthony Braga. In their Journal entry they aim to convince their readers that the widely publicized case study “The Effect of Gun Shows on Gun-Related Deaths: Evidence from California and Texas”
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Violence in schools has spread widely throughout the nation. However‚ there are many ways we can stop or prevent future violence in schools. Having security cameras in schools is a basic way that would help reduce problems in schools. In the past decades‚ almost three-fourths of the United States teens are afraid of violent crime among their peers. With all the people being injured or killed in school by guns and other weapons‚ School should have more metal detectors. Gun laws are still
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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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