America is a very passionate about our rights. Our Constitution created the Bill of Rights in order to give the people more power. Many Americans would find it shocking that there is some debate on how to read this amendment. America’s founding father intentionally used some ambiguous language because they knew that these laws may change (Freitag, personal communication). Spizer (201) claimed the second amendment is popularly misread as quoted by Robert A. Rutherland “(along with the Third, having to do with the quartering of troops in private homes) have become “obsolete.” Spizer continues by quoting Gary Wills, a well-known historian, “Bear arms refers to military service…history, and logic furnish no solid basis for thinking the second
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If we just banned gun we would be neglecting a very important issue. Gold (2013) said that the most gun violence happens in impoverished areas. Gold) explains gun violence is a public health issue. Since gun violence is a public health issue the nation should approach gun control in a such a way that provides the maximum benefit for the largest number of people. In sum. If the look at the bigger issue, the nation would solve not only gun violence but violence in general. Slutkin (2015) proves this in his research, where he compares violence to epidemics and infectious diseases in cities all around the world.
He saw, for instance, that cholera deaths in Bangladesh and homicides in Chicago showed the same patterns of clustering—outbreaks within small groups of people who know one another—which is a key to transmission in any epidemic. If we work on poverty and community development, these clusters could disappear. (Slutkin, 2015) In 2009 The U.S department of justice applied a community development program called Street Safe” a which is based on Sultkin’s research and saw a “large, statistically significant” drop in …show more content…
Social workers can apply the NSAW to gun control in order to help the nation. Social workers are committed to service and part of service is addressing social problems. Social workers are to always seek justice. Seeking justice for violence and gun-related issues are very murky, it is not a simple solution, but social workers can start with addressing poverty. The third ethical principle can be applied to know that every person has dignity and worth. Everyone’s opinion is valid on this issue. Social workers are obligated to the individual as well as the rest of society. Social workers need to look at the big picture of gun control to begin to understand what is the most beneficial to society. The fourth ethical principle is the importance of relationships. No matter what side of the issue one takes, getting involved with community development, like “Street safe” or Harvard’s Means Matter Campaign. Social workers need to act with integrity, in the case of gun control, one should always act with transparency—be honest on what you think is best for society, but be able to admit when you are wrong. In the workplace, social workers should promote honestly with coworkers as well, be in the mode to help promote the good in society, but do not condescend the opposing side. Finally, social workers should be competent. We should always be looking the most current research in the case of gun control
If we just banned gun we would be neglecting a very important issue. Gold (2013) said that the most gun violence happens in impoverished areas. Gold) explains gun violence is a public health issue. Since gun violence is a public health issue the nation should approach gun control in a such a way that provides the maximum benefit for the largest number of people. In sum. If the look at the bigger issue, the nation would solve not only gun violence but violence in general. Slutkin (2015) proves this in his research, where he compares violence to epidemics and infectious diseases in cities all around the world.
He saw, for instance, that cholera deaths in Bangladesh and homicides in Chicago showed the same patterns of clustering—outbreaks within small groups of people who know one another—which is a key to transmission in any epidemic. If we work on poverty and community development, these clusters could disappear. (Slutkin, 2015) In 2009 The U.S department of justice applied a community development program called Street Safe” a which is based on Sultkin’s research and saw a “large, statistically significant” drop in …show more content…
Social workers can apply the NSAW to gun control in order to help the nation. Social workers are committed to service and part of service is addressing social problems. Social workers are to always seek justice. Seeking justice for violence and gun-related issues are very murky, it is not a simple solution, but social workers can start with addressing poverty. The third ethical principle can be applied to know that every person has dignity and worth. Everyone’s opinion is valid on this issue. Social workers are obligated to the individual as well as the rest of society. Social workers need to look at the big picture of gun control to begin to understand what is the most beneficial to society. The fourth ethical principle is the importance of relationships. No matter what side of the issue one takes, getting involved with community development, like “Street safe” or Harvard’s Means Matter Campaign. Social workers need to act with integrity, in the case of gun control, one should always act with transparency—be honest on what you think is best for society, but be able to admit when you are wrong. In the workplace, social workers should promote honestly with coworkers as well, be in the mode to help promote the good in society, but do not condescend the opposing side. Finally, social workers should be competent. We should always be looking the most current research in the case of gun control