normal everywhere else. When compared to 22 other high-income nations‚ such as Germany‚ Australia‚ and Canada‚ researchers with The American Journal of Medicine found that the gun deaths on US soil account for 82% of all the gun deaths in these countries combined. In other words‚ 82 out of 100 deaths caused by gun violence in 23 of the wealthiest‚ most developed nations in the world occur in the United States (Preidt). Whether you label this a public health problem or a mental health problem‚ a legal
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Gun violence is any act committed by the use of a firearm that causes bodily injury or fatality. Gun violence in the United States has become increasingly evident and has led to mass tragedy nationwide‚ affecting all walks of life. It has had a devastating effect on communities throughout the country and has resulted in numerous injuries and deaths. Within the past decade‚ there have been more than “100‚000 people killed as a result of gun violence” in America‚ and millions more have been victims
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If you recently picked up a newspaper or turned on to see the news you may have question what is happening in our schools and begin to think whether our schools are still safe places for children. Recent school shootings have set feared in many parents about their children’s safety in our schools. Since last year number of school shootings by students have occurred regularly. On Tuesday February 29‚ 2000 in Mount Morris Township‚ Michigan a six-year old boy shot his classmate to death in their first
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such as‚ guns. Teenagers either need two-hundred dollars to buy a gun off the street or they steal their parent’s guns. They are ruthless young kids trying to find themselves in this world that answers to no one. So the Teens try to act cool by bringing the guns to parties‚ schools‚ and even church. This city is crawling with envious teenagers ready to shoot at any given moment‚ even if it’s only because they’re defending their pride. In many cases‚ people die prematurely due to gun violence. Bravoe
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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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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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massacre President Barack Obama quoted "There is a gun for roughly every man‚ woman and child in America. So how can you‚ with a straight face‚ make the argument that more guns will make us safer?” Gun violence in our country is an immense crisis. Deaths and injuries due to pathetic guns is one of the greatest threats to our friends‚ family and all Americans. How can anyone in their right minds stand for guns when 30‚000 Americans lose their lives to guns every year. Why should we have to live in fear
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The gun violence would be reduced‚ gun restrictions have and always existed. Americans and people with guns support new gun restrictions‚ the Second Amendment protect individuals rights to own their own gun for personal defense for protection of their children from invaders coming in their homes. A Pew Foundation found that 79% male gun owners and 80% female gun owners said that having a gun in their home made them feel more safe in their own home plus with the 64% of people with friends living
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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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For many‚ mental health and gun violence seem to go hand in hand. While it seems logical that individuals that perpetrate mass shootings must have some mental illness such as in the case of Adam Lanza who in December 2012 carried out one of the most tragic mass shootings at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown Connecticut. In that shooting Lanza‚ who was 20 years old at the time‚ killed his mother then went on to slaughter 6 adults and 20 children between the ages of 6 and 7 and finally
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