Gun violence

war as a child, and forced to both witness and commit acts of violence as a child soldier, as expressed in his memoir. The role of violence in the memoir A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah is to portray the theme of loss of innocence through the comparisons and contrasts of violent acts while Ishmael was running from the rebels, during his time as a child soldier, and after his experience in the Sierra Leonean army. The role of violence is first shown through the comparison of Ishmael as he is…

a certain way. Being able to call myself gamer made me proud, until accusations of violence, immaturity, racism, sexism, and “being a nerd” were made popular beliefs in news articles and reports. These accusation are based on gamers using video games as education and a reason to reenact certain events in the “real world” compared to the “virtual world”. When I was young…

thing to do for most of the youth today. The simulated violence in these games have been said to have negative effects on the youth. There are always people who have blamed video games or games with simulated violence for school/mass shootings and other tragic events. Numerous studies have shown that video games with simulated violence are and cannot be linked to violence in today’s youth. This is why role playing games with simulated violence are diverting for kids because of how it brings…

The Obscure Peril of Chocolate Eggs Between a firearm and a toy inside a chocolate egg, the U.S. government decided that the chocolate egg was a greater threat. In this print advertisement created by Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, this organization questions a somewhat ironic state in this country. If chocolate eggs are too dangerous for children, why are firearms still allowed in so many public areas, including places with children? By controlling the lighting of the photo, the…

strength relationship between watching violent media and acts of aggression or violence later in life (Poziox, Kambam, & Bender.,2013). The weight of the studies support the position that exposure to media violence leads to aggression, desensitization towards violence and lack of sympathy for the victims of violence, especially where children are concerned. In studies it is shown that there are three major effects of seeing violence on television; Children may become less sensitive to the pain…

Why is there so much violence in African American communities? Violence in African American communities can stem from a variety of things. Some children have been treated badly, while others have just been raised poorly. Also, role models and the people in the environment plays a huge part on the outcome of how violent the neighborhood is. Being in gangs and acting violent towards others in the neighborhood can be something that happens for attention or “stripes” in their neighborhood. Young…

had a gun in their house and the gun was hidden but the child found it. The people’s reaction was that there shouldn’t have to be a gun in the house so anything bad cannot happen. These stories are touching because a child being shot by someone in their family and could also shoot themselves is a horrible story to hear and even see. Children being around gun are very dangerous because they can think that having a gun is good but is bad. The children do find out at a certain point that a gun is a…

Force or Guns Are Not Needed All the Time Twelve year old Tamir Rice was playing around in the park with his black BB gun and next thing he knows he is shot. The last thing he sees is his sister running to him, screaming. Then there was Antonio Martinez, who was twenty one years old and had Down syndrome was given no warning when he was pepper sprayed, and tackled to the ground for seeming suspicious. While it might be necessary to use force to apprehend a suspect in a wrong doing, it is not…

Violence is part of America. I don’t want to single out rap music. Let’s be honest. America is the most violent country in history of the world, that’s just the way it is. We’re all affected by it.” Music does not promote violence, media evokes a shallow minded perspective where the new era of music is faulted for violence even when our history is tinted with blood of violent wraths. In media music is always faulted for the violence that is lived in our society, they blame the new music for its…

typically the first thought pertaining to school violence because of availability bias. The news will report shocking school shootings, but fail to mention the amount of school shootings there have not been. The impact can make a person believe there are more school shootings than there is in reality (“Availability Heuristic”). School shootings are a popular subject in the media creating a debate whether school violence is an issue or not. Violence in schools is a current problem in the United…