Gun violence in the United States

Oregon became victims in a heart wrenching and growing epidemic: gun violence in America (OR Live). In the three years since the horrific mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, 972 mass shootings have taken place and more than 82,000 Americans lost their lives at the hands of gun violence but little to no action has been taken to curtail the rise of gun violence in the United States (Lopez 2015). While the problem of gun violence in America is complex, the solution is simple. Universal…

American’s have the right to own a gun by following the right procedure in the United State. The gun control have been discussed in the last few years. The hot topic discussing that should we banned the right to own a gun as functional protection. Few people who owns a gun have few committing of violent crimes which like school shooting, suicide, and homicide in America. As the number of gun holder increasing, the number of death rate increasing every year. For this horrible issue, there are…

2016 Gun Violence Did you know in 2016 alone, there has been at least 4,000 deaths due to gun violence? Gun violence has quickly become a very common topic on the news. Gun violence has also affected many innocent families and communities. However, many people have different views, which leads to controversy. For example, some people believe that anybody and everybody should be able to own a gun, others believe only certain people should own guns. Whether everybody should own a gun or…

The Freedom of Guns in America Mass shootings have taken over the United States of America. America has been ranked the number one state for mass shootings and gun violence in the world. There has been over 90 different shootings in the U.S. over the past years. These shootings rank from elementary schools, college, movie theatres, parking lots, and other public buildings. Gun violence is taking the lives of many innocent people and Americans can stop gun violence by coming together and putting…

Do You Need Your Guns? In the article “Should More Gun Control Laws be Enacted?” by ProCon.org it states that armed civilians are unlikely to stop crimes and are more likely to make dangerous situations, including mass shootings, more deadly. On average, 200 Americans go the emergency room every day from gunshot wounds; a statistic that would decrease if there were more gun control laws. 50% of unintentional fatal shootings were self-inflicted and most deaths were caused by family members or…

How would stricter gun control laws affect gun violence in the United States of America? Social Lens Word Count : 1255 Throughout the world, many countries have had different views when it comes to restrictions placed on guns. Unfortunately, it sometimes takes a tragic event to make governments think about whether or not they are doing all they can to keep their people safe. In America, however, it seems as if we live in a society where things such as mass shootings are just…

Opinion Supports Gun Control As the Brady Campaign continues to bring in bold statistics of gun violence and details of their public opinion polls, the latest of these polls finds that the public opinion supports gun control. Solid majorities of the American people want to have a voice when speaking about gun control. Although not all people want sticker gun laws in the united states, most people support that a law be made requiring background checks on people buying guns at gun shows or…

the United States, there are high ethical standards that have to be followed in the criminal justice system. To work in law enforcement in the United States, a person of interest has to go through an extensive background check to determine whether they have good moral character which may include a polygraph exam and a psychological exam. “How To Become A Police Officer” by Timothy Roufa updated October 12, 2016 The Balance.com If so much is demanded of a Police Officer who openly carries a gun,…

With all the gun related violence and school shootings that have happened lately in the United States there has been a lot of talk about whether or not there should be a gun reform. Some people argue that there should be a gun reform with stricter gun laws in order to prevent more gun related violence and crimes from happening. Some others believe that a gun reform is not necessary. They believe that stricter gun laws would cause more gun related violence. The United States should put a gun…

In the article “How US Gun Control Compares to the Rest of the World”, John Donohue shares his stance on the controversial issue of gun control in the United States. Mass shootings are only a small part of the overall violence in America, however, as time passes, this issue continues to worsen and is becoming a greater problem in the US than in other countries. Other industrialized nations have harsher gun laws that have prevented many different types of crimes. US states and cities have enacted…