Gun culture

“The guns have touched every corner in the united states”. The united states of American known as one of the most countries where gun are being use significantly. Import illegal gun has been a huge issue for the government to handle. The way I see it, there are three main point why the united states considered a gun culture. First, the history of the country which has been always related to guns in general. secondly, the absences of security which lead some people to have their own guns in order to protect them self. Thirdly, easy access to guns because of the lack of control. Since the independent from Great Britain, the united states been always linked with guns because of the love people had and still have for guns. However, the thing that people think it matters are the legislation to carry a gun in the united states. According to Corey and Jason who are part of major shift in America’s gun landscapes since the 1970s, “more than three-dozen states have significantly loosened their restrictions on American ability to carry guns legally” (p. 4), Some kind of guns are in the history books for America to illustrate freedom and independent. Which lead us to a point where I can figure that in the American community having a gun is necessary and part of the American culture for too many different reasons throughout ages. A…

the United States there are 88.8 guns per 100 people which totals out to 270 million guns,in this country alone,making the united States have the highest total and per capita number in the world. America's pervasive gun culture stems in part from its colonial history and most importantly, the Second Amendment, which states: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Second amendment The…

The Effect that Gun Violence has on our Culture Gun violence is a regular occurrence in our culture. This act of violence appears in our homes, schools, churches, and places of business. Firearms have killed more people than terrorism over the past decade. The topic of gun violence and gun control have sparked many debates on how strict one should be when doing background checks on the people who want to own a gun. There has also been a debate on mental illness and the relationship it has…

Side 1: Contributing to Gun Culture A. The Second Amendment. Also known as the original gun law states " A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." Numerous people today live by this law as they fight the battle to their right to bear arms. We are guaranteed as citizens of the United States of American the right to bear arms. Harsher Legislation concerning gun control or the banning of…

Culture is important as it shapes our whole world and defines us. Culture enables us to survive, reproduce as a species, and expand our population. Culture is learned, shared, and symbolic. It is shared through dogmas, memories, and even values and expectations. It is learned the same way children absorb new information that is presented to them. In an unconscious and conscious learning process that is developed through interactions with others. Everybody possesses the ability to learn, to think…

The NRA has gained traction over the years because of the group’s appeal to the symbolic attachment that Americans have for guns, which emerged from a frontier past. This romanticised US gun culture created the NRA and the NRA has perpetuated and further exaggerated what the American gun culture is and the value of guns to maintaining freedom. The organization uses their culture influence as a foundation for its political and economic influences to stop any and all gun reform from happening.…

The culture and laws of a country are heavily influenced by its history. The United States of America was born out of violence. On July 4th 1776, a group of well-respected Americans signed The Declaration of Independence, officially announcing America’s separation from Great Brittan and initiating the Revolutionary War. Once America emerged as victors of the war in 1783, in order to protect the civil rights of American citizens, laws were created by members of legislature. Today, one of the…

amendment was created and then show how guns are part of the American culture even though they are increasingly controversial. History With his arrival to the throne in 1689, Guillaume III reversed in the Bill of Rights, the law that said the possession of firearms was exclusively reserved for the rich. As British subjects, settlers could now own a gun. A revolutionary newspaper from Boston stated the rights of the colonists to own guns in an article. On December 15, 1791, the Congress adopted…

Most of us would answer yes, we do have the right to life. So what about the babies in the mother's womb, who don’t get to answer? Within the article “Guns feed death culture? What about abortion? Kass states “Do some lives have more rights, because they are older and more powerful, leaving others with fewer or no rights, because they cannot speak or use bullhorns to shout, to tell us that they, too, are alive?” As soon as conception, the baby should have the same rights to life as we have. If…

the danger of our gun culture. In this cartoon it shows a young boy in pajamas with USA printed on them. He holds in his chubby hands a present of an automatic rifle, complete with a gift tag and a red bow. The title of this cartoon is a warning someone is giving the child; “YOU’LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT…”. Almost as a result of this warning, the child has effectively shot his eye out. He is holding his glasses to keep them on. A lens has been shattered and one of the temples (the piece that rests…