38-caliber gun and opened fire. Gillom’s shots fatally wounded Gibson and left Lee with a non-fatal gunshot wound to the neck (Washington Ceasefire‚ 2011 pg 1). The shooting in Harlem‚ Georgia sparked national attention as one of the first high school shootings and added to the alarmingly high rates of gun violence by adolescents during the 1990s. According to the Virginia Youth Violence Project‚ forty-two homicides took place in American schools in 1993 (2009 pg/par). While the rate of gun violence in American
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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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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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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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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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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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huge rush of adrenaline‚ they get excited‚ sad‚ exhausted‚ angry‚ etc. All of these are difficult emotions to deal with. Therefore‚ in many of us those emotions lead to violence. Is it alright to create a conflict because we cannot figure out a way how to become calm? Definitely not. There are many causes why people go into violence. If we talk about sports we also talk about competitiveness. People‚ or teams‚ get sometimes extremely competitive because of the ultimate goal to win. Quite often players
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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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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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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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