It seems that today we can not get through a single news cycle with out hearing “Shooting in ”. In the two years since the horrific mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, and over 82,000 Americans have died due to gun violence but little to zero action has been taken to prevent gun violence. This is a clear failure of the system of gun regulation. No person should have to live in fear of gun violence. To understand the problem of gun violence and create a policy solution moving forward, we must examine the undesirable effects of gun violence, the underlying issues causing gun violence, and the failed policies and regulations regarding guns.
Gun violence creates numerous undesirable social conditions, the first being lost lives. The National Center for Injury Protection, a department of the Center for Disease Control, reported that in 2010 guns caused the death of 31,000 …show more content…
Exposure to gun violence has serve consequences for children. Children in the United States are eleven times more likely to die at the hands of gun violence than children in any other high wealth developed country in the world. Further, a recent study published in Pediatrics, repotted that one in four children in the US were exposed to gun violence. While both of these numbers indicating that children in the United States are highly exposed to gun violence, it is the effects of this widespread exposure that are the most staggering. Children exposed to gun violence at home, in their communities, and through the media experience negative psychological effects including desensitization to violence, poor academic performance, and post traumatic stress disorder. “The Future of Children”, a publication produced by Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Government, argues that these negative psychological conditions make children more prone to act violently themselves, creating a perpetual cycle of
Gun violence creates numerous undesirable social conditions, the first being lost lives. The National Center for Injury Protection, a department of the Center for Disease Control, reported that in 2010 guns caused the death of 31,000 …show more content…
Exposure to gun violence has serve consequences for children. Children in the United States are eleven times more likely to die at the hands of gun violence than children in any other high wealth developed country in the world. Further, a recent study published in Pediatrics, repotted that one in four children in the US were exposed to gun violence. While both of these numbers indicating that children in the United States are highly exposed to gun violence, it is the effects of this widespread exposure that are the most staggering. Children exposed to gun violence at home, in their communities, and through the media experience negative psychological effects including desensitization to violence, poor academic performance, and post traumatic stress disorder. “The Future of Children”, a publication produced by Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Government, argues that these negative psychological conditions make children more prone to act violently themselves, creating a perpetual cycle of