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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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    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‚ 2013)These

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    Persuasive Speech ­ Gun Violence­ Mandy Ma  General Purpose: To persuade my classmates  Specific Purpose: To persuade my classmates Gun violence are increasing.   Central Idea: Too many deaths have been occuring from the useage of guns.    I. Introduction    a. Attention Getter ­ This year‚ Januanry 23 of Oakland in Chinatown emerged a extreme usage of  gun from a 14 year old African­American. The young boy had a agrument with his 17 year old sister  because she bleached his clothing and shot many times untill she is dead

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    Open carry is an ongoing topic of dispute amongst the entire United States. Some states are lax with their gun laws while some are stricter. The controversy over gun control is all over the media‚ especially because of the ongoing occurrences of shootings. The behaviors of these individuals are not at all alike but they all are committing these heinous acts against innocent people‚ some even children. Each one seems to have a different agenda‚ such as terrorist acts‚ and others are just random people

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    recent years there has been a substantial amount of gun violence‚ especially toward children and college campuses. One main issue I have with our government that impacts me as an individual and student is gun legislation laws. There have been too frequent amounts of mass shootings in the last two years in populated areas such as movie theatres‚ shopping malls‚ and education institutions‚ which should be addressed to those in power. People seem to get guns fairly easy whereas requirements to obtain a driver’s

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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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    Gun violence in America Gun violence in America is not at all as bad as it is in Sierra Leone and other countries with war and little law enforcement as we read about in the book a long way gone. In the book the main character Ishmael discovers that America is not at all like he heard through rap songs. When he moves to America and tells his story of being a soldier and killing people the people he talks to about it think that it is cool and Ishmael states in the book “violence in America is romanticized

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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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    Two: 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

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    What’s missing from the typical kindergartener’s backpack? A gun. The ultimate solution to gun violence is more guns‚ isn’t that obvious? We are in the need of guns everywhere‚ to the point where our nation needs armed guards in every school. They say that the more guns we have would not cause gun violence‚ in fact it does the complete opposite and solve gun violence. After the tragic school killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School‚ in Newtown‚ Connecticut‚ where 20 children and 6 adult staff members

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