Throughout the past few years gun violence activity has dramatically increased. In 2012 alone, there has been a lot of deaths due to gang activities. Many innocent people have lost their lives. Gang shootings are beginning to exceed to the fullest due to gang violence in our communities. Innocent people are losing their lives, gang members tearing down our communities, and family members of victims grieving because of their loss. We as a community need to help each and make a change within each other to end the gang violence.
Gang violence is what we see in our everyday life, from losing a loved one, to hearing about a shooting in a neighborhood, and even being shot at. According to the “LAPD” Los Angeles has been know as “Gang Capital” of …show more content…
There has been more than 16,398 verified gang violence crime in Los Angeles. There have been 491 homicides, nearly 7,047 felony assaults, 5,518 robberies, and just under 98 known rapes. Then when you hear and see what is called “100 days …show more content…
It begins to feel like the world is over.The family suffers a lot having to realize that their loved one is not coming back and is in a better place. Sometimes it can feel like the loss was never suppose to happen and wish they can come back; many families are never the same when losing a loved one because of gang violence. It can be even harder on children because they have to grow up without a mother, father, brother, sister, etc due to gang violence. Families are helped through their grieving process through a community. Seeking comfort and support through the community was a way to go through their loss. According to “The Daily Beast”, a massacre happened in Newtown, Connecticut killing many innocent children and parents. Families speak out on how their community help to overcome their loss that they would never gain back. Another example of families losing a loved one happened with an innocent little girl celebrating her birthday when shot by a single bullet between a gunfight with two rival gang members; the little girl’s aunt speaks out about how it was not fair for the little girl, an innocent bystander just celebrating her birthday died. Families of victims have to face many obstacles after losing a loved one to gang violence. They have to struggle with the fact that their loved one is no longer there and as well as deal with the way their loved one had died. In many cases the
Gang violence is what we see in our everyday life, from losing a loved one, to hearing about a shooting in a neighborhood, and even being shot at. According to the “LAPD” Los Angeles has been know as “Gang Capital” of …show more content…
There has been more than 16,398 verified gang violence crime in Los Angeles. There have been 491 homicides, nearly 7,047 felony assaults, 5,518 robberies, and just under 98 known rapes. Then when you hear and see what is called “100 days …show more content…
It begins to feel like the world is over.The family suffers a lot having to realize that their loved one is not coming back and is in a better place. Sometimes it can feel like the loss was never suppose to happen and wish they can come back; many families are never the same when losing a loved one because of gang violence. It can be even harder on children because they have to grow up without a mother, father, brother, sister, etc due to gang violence. Families are helped through their grieving process through a community. Seeking comfort and support through the community was a way to go through their loss. According to “The Daily Beast”, a massacre happened in Newtown, Connecticut killing many innocent children and parents. Families speak out on how their community help to overcome their loss that they would never gain back. Another example of families losing a loved one happened with an innocent little girl celebrating her birthday when shot by a single bullet between a gunfight with two rival gang members; the little girl’s aunt speaks out about how it was not fair for the little girl, an innocent bystander just celebrating her birthday died. Families of victims have to face many obstacles after losing a loved one to gang violence. They have to struggle with the fact that their loved one is no longer there and as well as deal with the way their loved one had died. In many cases the