Gun culture

Teachers with Guns Columbine High School, Sandy Hook Elementary, Virginia Tech, and Umpqua Community College… All are schools that we know very well, not because their great education or numerous awards but for sad tragic events that have filled our televisions and newspapers far too often. Archbishop Alexander K. Sample released a letter after the Umpqua Community College shooting stating, "Sadly, we live in the midst of culture that does not value the dignity and sacredness of every human…

(Conventional Wisdom). It can only be broken by love and having loving relationships. Violence is mostly represented globally by physical damage such as using firearms. In America, guns are legal in many states. Almost everyone in the US has access to firearms, whether they are sold in drugstores or even banks. Owning a gun at home increases the chance of self or family related injury. It can get misplaced or improperly stored and children could potentially find it. It also brings danger into a…

In multiple past events, countries took over cultures with different forces to gain more resources. A man named Francisco Pizarro and the Spaniards managed to kill thousands of Inca though there were only 168 Spaniards. Not only did they do this with so few of them, but they managed to make it out with all 168 Spaniards alive. The Spaniards had horses, advanced weapons, and the knowledge of literacy, thus ensuring Pizarro’s success. Since the Spaniards had horses they had major advantages. Not…

Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. This phrase has become the mantra for the National Rifle Association and most pro-gun arguments, but on what basis does this stems from? Here in the United States, we contain just under half of all the armed civilians worldwide, despite having only just under 5 percent of the world population. To some, they see this fact as a source of pride, though others see it as the reason for an extensive issue. It is no breaking news that gun violence has been a…

keeps the culture of medieval castles and knights alive. Understanding blacksmithing is a marvelous way to learn about life in the past. Blacksmithing is a really intriguing job, but probably not as much at the Levi Jordan Plantation because of the physical work required as a slave. First of all, Levi Jordan was born in Georgia, and later inherited…

We talk an awful lot about mass shootings in our society. Often used as an example in culture’s conversations on racial tension, mental health, gun control, and ‘zero-tolerance’ school policies, they are full of shock value. However, there is a detail I hear mentioned in many of these shooting cases that does not get pressed as a bigger issue. Reports often cite a shooter’s web postings as evidence of their plans, worldview, and mental and emotional states. However, what I never hear the…

1) My first 3 thoughts are shock, anger, and compassion. I am shocked because a supposed friend of 10 years could do something so horrible like that with no hesitation. His friend shot him multiple times, beat him with the end of the shotgun, stole his belongings, and left him for dead. I just can’t wrap my mind around the idea you could do that to someone who trusted you and probably shared most of your life with during the good and bad times. I also feel anger because of the way how as a…

In this 1980 film cultures collide all due to a Coca-Cola bottle. The cultures represented in the movie have many things that are different between the two. Not everyone and everything is the same. Nothing is perceived as perfect or normal, even when they collide. Though the cultures of the Bushmen and “modern society” were only but around 600 miles apart, they were nowhere near the same. Due to this, people would have the ideology of them to be similar in some manner but with the environmental…

People died every day from gun violence. Ik- Whan G. Kwon and Daniel W. Baack say “In 2000, almost30,000 persons died from firearm injuries in the United States” (134). How could this large amount of number be reached? In the United Stated, there are lots of gun shooting tragedies. CNN reported that 20 adults and 6 students were killed by gunfire “at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14.” (Sandy Hook shooting: What happened?). This is just one example of many…

In every culture and in every person there is a different duty for them to do. Based on how important the duty is to them. Every culture has made an influence on people's morals and values. In ancient Persian culture they follow their own morals and values unlike in ancient Indian culture, they follow and respect the duties of social groups. In American culture they each follow their own rules and duties according to their own morals and values. It is one's responsibility to follow their own…