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    Gun violence is a prominent piece of American society, the growing statistics only support this statement. In just 2017 alone there has been over 47,856-gun related incidents and the number continues to increase daily. Beginning with the Sandy Hooks mass shooting, an elementary school massacre, there has been over 1,518 mass shootings over the past six years. Shannon Watts, a concerned parent after Sandy Hooks, established the gun reform chapter of Moms Demand Action. The organization wants to create

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    Have you lost someone in a careless act of gun violence recently? Weapons, specifically firearms, has been a huge issue around Tennessee and is growing rapidly around the United States. It is also the main cause of deaths in major cities as well as smaller cities. According to Wikipedia, Gun violence can be defined as, "violence committed with the use of a gun." Guns should be harder to get hold of. As a reporter, Julie Edwards, confirmed, "through October 14, there have been 912 shootings in 2017

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    America’s gun violence is much deeper and larger than assault weapons and mass shootings. If we as a country want to significantly reduce our gun violence, then we need to shift our focus from banning assault weapons to focusing on creating stricter gun regulations and tailored interventions. Mass shootings believe it or not don’t make up a huge proportion of our gun violence. Suicide victims, women terrorized by their abusive partners and kids swept up into gangs are all in danger from guns, and each

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    worry about if they would be ending a life. "If I'm going to have a gun on the premises I'd rather have a resource officer who has been trained," Martin said. "If I'm going to defend myself in the community, I'm not firing around potentially 1,000 kids." By hiring security the school would be protected from any intruders. Security would be trained to shoot with precision at any gunman. The security could also help protect against violence within the school. If a fight breaks out, a security guard would

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    The article, “The Role of the Health and Mental Health Care Providers in Gun Violence Prevention”, utilizes several studies to argue that health and mental health care providers may play a critical role in preventing firearm related injuries. Williamson, Guerra, and Tynan discuss the benefits of using regular wellness checks to teach parents how to prevent access to guns by children and to identify other risk factors during routine visits. Discussed in the article are factors for both firearm related

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    This paper will explore the history of guns, myths and realities of gun violence. Gun violence is a hot topic in America today and some may believe that America was built on gun violence. This country was colonized by the use of violence with guns. We’ve had wars since the invasion of this country. The violence has been around also with the well-known 1775 speech from Patrick Henry, “Give me liberty or give me death” (Jr.). Give me death is a very strong statement that to me means this is of

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    No doubt that there has been many alarming issues since the last century especially when it comes to homicide rate due to gun violence. Research done has proven and illustrated to audience on how adolescents are more likely involved with delinquency relating to gun violence. Gun violence are proon to cause mental health and child development issues, high numbers of homicide yearly, social, psychological, and political concerns. Nevertheless, taking little to no action will only rise bigger issue

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    Psychological Analysis of Firearm Misuse and the Public Perspective of Firearm Violence Colin R. Moran Columbus State Community College, Ohio Abstract Every year, more and more people are subjected to the lifelong fear created by events of isolated firearm misuse. This paper will explore the psychological aspects of firearm misuse, question the means which the media uses to distribute information about the events, and apply published research from various reliable sources to compare and contrast

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    Youth Gun Violence Essay

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    Gun violence is violence committed with the use of a gun (firearm or small arm). It may or may not be considered criminal. Criminal gun violence includes homicide (except when and where ruled justifiable), assault with a deadly weapon, and suicide, or attempted suicide, depending on jurisdiction. Non-criminal gun violence may include accidental or unintentional injury or death. Included in this subject are statistics regarding military or Para-military activities, as well as the actions of civilians

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    Do you feel Gun violence has taken a bad effect on taxpayers? I do, because even if your family member hasn’t been shot or killed, it still hurt you in a way. When a person has been killed in a certain state, and the killer is a part of that state. The state happens to give away four Thousand dollars to help cover the funeral costs. If you didn’t know, that’s coming from our taxes. When a person have been shot and wounded, your taxes are being taking and helping paying for medication to keep that

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