Laws Pertaining to Adolescents and Gun Violence Richard Moreno The University of Southern Mississippi Article Two: A Critical Reflection Exploring a different perspective on gun violence by adolescents‚ Richard E. Redding and Sarah M. Shalf explore the legal approaches for curbing student’s use of guns in their article The Legal Context of School Violence: The Effectiveness of Federal‚ State‚ and Local Law Enforcement Efforts to Reduce Gun Violence in Schools. This article not only examines both
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firearms were due to mental illness. The number of guns entering the United States continues to grow with approximately two hundred million privately owned firearms in the United States as of 2000 and more than seven million added to this number every year. It is easy to purchase a gun without having to go through background checks. Guns sold privately or at gun shows do not fall under the federal government’s gun regulations. About forty percent of gun sales fell through this “loophole” where private
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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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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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of gun ownership and gun violence is highly controversial and has become highly controversial since the recent multiple massacres/shootings in schools and theatres. Controversy ensues between individual beliefs of who can own guns and how to control gun violence. The recent massacres/shootings bring into stark‚ shocking reality that gun ownership isn’t as controlled as it should‚ leading to gun violence. As quoted from Steve Mostyn‚ a Texas trial lawyer‚ "Lemme tell you…I own thirty-five guns. You
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Gun Violence Over the last years gun control has become a very widely debated topic. The city‚ county and state lawmakers seem to be having different stands about the public having easy access to guns. Adam Small states‚ “After centuries of relative obscurity‚ the Second Amendment has become the center of an intense academic and legal battle during the last twenty years” (1213). The supporters of gun control and its opponents both claim to have the best interest of this country’s citizens .However
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Gun Violence Sociology 1010 Kenneth Cornwell Zanestate College Carl A. Field Today in our society we have a massive problem with gun violence. Many people are abusing their right to own guns by doing was is called a shooting. A shooting is a kill spree of mostlky public areas. This happens because of people wioth a mental background not being check for illnesses and abeing allowed to purchase firearms. This is not always the case‚ for there are problems with bullies in our society. Bullies
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is the gun control epidemic. Gun violence in the United States is a national epidemic. Many people take advantage of guns using and manipulating the tool with hardly any thought. Countless lives have been lost due to fact that people have been able to obtain firearms legally or illegally and have taken the notion to be judge‚ jury and executioner in holding ones live in their hands. This is a common issue that will continue if action is not taken as a nation to try and stop it. Gun violence can
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Gun Violence David Green Monroe College Gun Violence Many of people have heard the phrase‚ “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 a person 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
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