“Guns don’t kill people on their own‚ it takes a person to pull the trigger.” Even if people find this statement to be true‚ guns are an issue that needs to be addressed. A gun is simply an easy tool that people can use and manipulate with hardly any thought. Many suggest taking away guns and promoting peace through government help while others think that the guns are what keep them safe. Situations arise everyday where people have witnessed‚ or know someone who has been effected by gun violence
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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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Gun Violence Each day approximately thirty-two people are killed by another person through gun violence‚ fifty-one-commit suicide with a gun‚ and forty-five people are shot on accident. The availability of guns is the leading cause to gun violence; In order to decrease crime rates the Government must stop loopholes on gun availability‚ and increase regulations on background checks. The main reasons for all of this gun violence are the works of loopholes: opportunities‚ the blame are on loopholes
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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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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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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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facing right now is gun-related violence. There have been a lot of gun-related incidents for decades‚ but in the last few years they have become much more frequent‚ as pointed out by the Gun Violence Archive. And now people are paying more attention to the problem of gun-related incidents and the gun regulations‚ especially after the shooting in Charleston‚ South Carolina on June 17th this year. A research done by University of Sydney estimated that there about 270‚000‚000 guns owned by citizens in
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Guns have been in the public’s hand for thousands of years and for just as long unnecessary gun violence has been around. Gun violence has been plaguing the United States for some time now and nothing has been done about it. More gun laws should be enacted so suicides‚ crimes‚ and accidental deaths that involve firearms are a lot less likely to happen then they are now. The more obsolete gun violence the better and this is a step toward that. Most everybody who defends the right to keep guns available
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another statistic in the rising violent crime rate produced by guns. This has become an all too familiar scenario for families living not only in Chicago‚ but inner cities throughout the United States. Mainstream media would like for everyone to believe that it is the gun that is to blame for these crimes‚ while politicians use these unfortunate events to push their anti-gun agendas. Many legislators have addressed the issue of gun violence with ideas from stricter laws‚ to all out bans on certain types
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