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    Gun Control, A Real Solution to Gun Violence? Analysis of the Film Bowling for Columbine One important issue that has raised over the past two decades is the gun control debate, whether gun control is a real solution to decrease the violence in the country or not. While some groups defend that restricting the laws regarding to gun possession, will decrease the statistics of gun murders in the country, other groups pro-gun rights not only sustain these measures will not make any significant change

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    What are socio and economic factors that affect gun violence in the United States? Michelle believes troubled minorities are lead to” legalized discrimination in employment, housing, public benefits, and jury service, just as their parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents once were". Michelle argues about the cruel penalty of how their crime is drug addiction or having a small dosage of drugs for fun and find themselves in jail and shows the evidence stated from the fact "blacks are in prison

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    or injured. In the United States, the subject of mass shootings inspires strong debates about various issues leading to such incidents such as guns, mental health, and media and how it influences violence. The proposal for this problem revolves around controlling gun ownership a sensitive topic, addressing mental health, and minimizing interactive violence in the media. Problem There is no

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    become a citizen is considered a part of that militia. There is a theory that has been popularized called “The collective rights theory.”(Strasser 2008) A collective rights theory asserts that citizens do not have an individual right to own and possess guns. This theory, which claims that the second amendment was written for the military, is incorrect. The collective rights theory infringes and undermines the rights of the militia. Thinking back to how this country was founded, the colonists fought a

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    are some ways on how to stop gun violence in our community. By having anti-gun violence programs for young people. So that they can have some knowledge about guns and violence. So they won’t get involved in violence in the future. Another idea that i have is have people of all ages involved in their community. When people are involved in things such like their community they are most likely to be doing something wrong. By our community creating an anti-gun violence it would be a good idea. But

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    architecture, jazz, and the Wills Tower; which is the tallest building in Chicago, having 102 floors. But now, Chicago is being known as the city that has a major gun violence crisis. Since the beginning of the year, Chicago has seen as many as 650 or 700 murders; that is more than the murders of New York and Los Angeles combined. As violence is rising, an increasing number of shootings and murders are going unsolved (Beckett L.). Since the beginning of the year through

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    Gun Control: The Negative Impact on United States Culture and Society In the year of 2016, gun violence dramatically increased in the United States in cities such as Chicago, which experienced nearly 800 homicides, 91% of these were committed with a firearm (Awr Hawkins and Chicago Tribune). Many questions arise as to how can this even possible and its answer, is simply the fact that Chicago’s gun laws can be considered the strictest in the nation. But, states such as Texas, Vermont

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    Gun Violence: Accessibility of Guns “My friend Emako Blue was supposed to be a star” laments Monterey, from the novel Emako Blue, by Brenda Woods (124). The fifteen-year-old singer Emako, who lives in hood of South Central Los Angeles, struggles to accomplish her dreams and stay out of the crossfire of her brother’s gang activity. Although it is common where she is from, because she lives in one of the less fortunate areas of South Central Los Angeles. However, it is still not acceptable. The novel

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    In the United States, over the past few decades, gun violence has increased massively, leading to over 10,000 gun-related incidents in 2015. The main cause of the massive amount of violence in the United States in recent decades is mainly because people who are in danger have no means to protect themselves. This is why guns should be more accessible for citizens, so that they can protect themselves in dangerous situations. Allowing citizens to conceal weapons would heavily decrease the amount of

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    Gun Violence and Social Media: Rise and Fall Max Barrett ECPI University The Rise and Fall of Gun Violence in the United States I live in and around Richmond Virginia, A place some would consider the northern tip of "the bible belt", and a place that is mostly pro-gun. With the recent spate of shootings, mass or otherwise, it is widely believed that the number of deaths caused by the incidence of gun violence in the U.S. has exponentially risen. While gun violence, or the incidence thereof, has

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