Liberty is under attack. Liberty was the principle on which America was founded and now this essential part of American life is under siege.
In “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”, it becomes clear how guns and liberty had a synchronous relationship. In the West, people had to bear arms to protect themselves, their property, and their beliefs. This becomes clear in “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” when Ransom Stoddard takes up arms to defend himself and his beliefs. Firearms were how people have protected their liberty since the founding of America. The bearing of arms symbolized masculinity and power in the Old West and this romanticisation of guns has continued until modern day. America has had a love affair with firearms since its founding. …show more content…
The debate on guns is dominated by the mass shootings recently seen. Today people are arguing that gun policies need to change due to mass shootings, but gun violence is actually way down, even though mass shootings have taken national attention.
In 1993 about 22,400 people were killed by gun homicide; now it is only about 11,200 deaths due to homicide. Even though gun violence is down, people are pushing for stricter gun control due to the media attention on recent mass shootings.
Now it seems like every time we turn on the television another tragedy has occurred, the actual effect of gun violence on the country is minimal. There are around 2.5 million deaths annually in the United States and about 11,200 are due to murder with a firearm. Only about 0.00448% of the deaths in the country occur from a firearm. This equates to about 450 deaths out of every 100000. Compared to other causes of death in the United States, Heart disease is about 25% of total death in the country while violent gun death is about 0.00448% of total death. Gun violence is a tragedy, but it is not an epidemic.
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The media coverage of gun violence is blown out of
In “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”, it becomes clear how guns and liberty had a synchronous relationship. In the West, people had to bear arms to protect themselves, their property, and their beliefs. This becomes clear in “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” when Ransom Stoddard takes up arms to defend himself and his beliefs. Firearms were how people have protected their liberty since the founding of America. The bearing of arms symbolized masculinity and power in the Old West and this romanticisation of guns has continued until modern day. America has had a love affair with firearms since its founding. …show more content…
The debate on guns is dominated by the mass shootings recently seen. Today people are arguing that gun policies need to change due to mass shootings, but gun violence is actually way down, even though mass shootings have taken national attention.
In 1993 about 22,400 people were killed by gun homicide; now it is only about 11,200 deaths due to homicide. Even though gun violence is down, people are pushing for stricter gun control due to the media attention on recent mass shootings.
Now it seems like every time we turn on the television another tragedy has occurred, the actual effect of gun violence on the country is minimal. There are around 2.5 million deaths annually in the United States and about 11,200 are due to murder with a firearm. Only about 0.00448% of the deaths in the country occur from a firearm. This equates to about 450 deaths out of every 100000. Compared to other causes of death in the United States, Heart disease is about 25% of total death in the country while violent gun death is about 0.00448% of total death. Gun violence is a tragedy, but it is not an epidemic.
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The media coverage of gun violence is blown out of