Gun Violence in America
There are raging political debates about gun control in America. Most poor urban cities are characterized by gun violence always attributed to gang violence. These gangs always comprise of young adults and juvenile males. Increased cases of highly organized mass killings have orchestrated gun laws, even as the scenarios become rare. eports released by researchers indicate that gun murders in the U.S. totals to 7,000 using firearms. ifles using telescope sights in concealed sites committed assassinations of high profile individuals such as Martin Luther King (Strain, 2010).

Gun violence is a major problem in America. This is a common phenomenon in America; it is gaining a lot of attention in the mainstream media. The U.S. is struggling with the poor political anthropology trying to develop strategies to address issues pertaining to gun crime and violence. Anthropologists have been defeated and are calling for more stakeholders to help investigating…...

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Bailey, A., & Peoples, G. (2010). Essentials of cultural anthropology. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Cengage.

Carter, L. (2002). Guns in American society: An encyclopedia of history, politics, culture, and the law. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc.

Cook, J., & Ludwig, J. (2007). Gun violence: The real costs. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

DeConde, A. (2009). Gun violence in America: The struggle for control. Boston, Mass: Northeastern Univ. Press.

Gun Violence
In December of 2012, Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT became just the most recent name to be added to the list of schools now infamous for the terrible tragedies to occur within. hile it may on one level be anecdotal rather than statistical in nature, the school shooting that claimed the lives of 20 children and 6 adults in Sandy Hook seems to represent a trend of growing visibility for deadly gun-related violence in schools. It also highlights an interesting dichotomy as we attempt to understand the implications of gun violence in schools, both as a chronic issue in urban or inner-city settings an as a perhaps less chronic but more salient issue in suburban schools. The research proposed here will attempt to discern the implications of gun violence in both of these contexts, broadening the discussion on gun violence in schools to include consideration of the…...

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Muschert, G.W. (2009). Frame-changing in the media coverage of a school shooting: The rise of Columbine as a national concern. The Social Science Journal, 46(1), 164-170.

Nurmi, J.; Rasanen, P. & Oksanen, A. (2012). The norm of solidarity: Experiencing negative aspects of community life after a school shooting tragedy. Journal of Social Work, 12(3), 300-319.

O'Grady, W.; Parnaby, P.F. & Schikschneit, J. (2010). Guns, Gangs, and the Underclass: A Constructionist Analysis of Gun Violence in a Toronto High School. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 52(1).

Welch, E. (2013). Preventing School Shootings: A Public Health Approach To Gun Violence. Calhoun.

Gun Violence in Schools
School violence is a dangerous happening that is transcending many schools in the world. Several occasions have been reported where children have perished or suffered traumatic experiences of gunfire and killings within schools. As many states and governments have reiterated the need to have immediate solutions to this problem, gun violence and attacks in schools is still rampant. Gun violence among adolescents in schools is dated back to a number of happenings as those that attacked the U.S. Young generations are being exposed to weapons and knowledge on how to involve guns in schools and when at home. While in schools, children engage in unhealthy behaviours of joining gang violence groups. The entire problem remains as a mistake or burden to parents and fellow students who do not engage in such activities. Nonetheless, there are various reasons that have been given to result to gun violence in…...

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Eisenbraun, K.D. (2007). Violence in schools: Prevalence, prediction, and prevention. Aggression and Violent Behavior, ISSN 1359-1789, Volume 12, Issue 4, pp. 459 -- 469

Kruesi, MJ.P et al. (1999). Suicide and Violence Prevention: Parent Education in the Emergency Department. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, ISSN 0890-8567, Volume 38, Issue 3, pp. 250-255

Mazefsky, C. A & Farrell, A. D (2005). The Role of Witnessing Violence, Peer Provocation, Family Support, and Parenting Practices in the Aggressive Behavior of Rural Adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies, ISSN 1062-1024, Volume 14, Issue 1, pp. 71 -- 85

Parker, G. F (2010). Application of a firearm seizure law aimed at dangerous persons: outcomes from the first two years. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), ISSN 1075-2730, 05/Volume 61, Issue 5, pp. 478 -- 482

In fact, the Second Amendment is a crucial constitutional clause that protects the rights of citizens to rise up against the government in extreme political situations. The Second Amendment has been taken too far out of context.
Cornell (2006) states, "Ironically, the Second Amendment, does not prohibit robust gun regulation, it compels it. Without government regulation there would have been no Minuteman to muster on the town greens at Lexington and Concord." The Second Amendment can be reframed as "an obligation citizens owed to their government and communities to contribute to public defense," (Cornell 2006). Unfortunately, gun control has become a staunch states' rights issue and does not allow for a sensible national consensus. The push towards liberalized gun control promoted by powerful lobbying groups like the NRA reached a peak in the 20th century even though permissive carrying concealed weapons laws have increased, rather than decreased, rates of crime…...

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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (1999). Promising Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence. Retrieved April 10, 2010 from http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/pubs/gun_violence/contents.html

Stop Handgun Violence (nd). The facts. Retrieved April 10, 2010 from  http://www.stophandgunviolence.org/ 

Violence Policy Center (nd). Gun violence in America. NRA Information. Retrieved April 10, 2010 from  http://www.vpc.org/nrainfo/phil.html

Gun Violence in Schools: Statistics, Why, And ecommendations
On December 14, 2013, 20-year-old Adam Lanza massacred 20 children and 7 adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School (Barron, 2012). The doors were locked and visitors had to be buzzed in, but Lanza was able to overcome these barriers by shooting his way in. The guns came from her mother's house and she was later found shot dead, apparently by Lanza. After committing the massacre at Sandy Hook, Lanza committed suicide, thus robbing the nation of the possibility of learning why. This essay will examine the history of gun violence in U.S. schools and discuss current professional opinions about why these killings happen and how to stop them.

Historical Perspective

In 2010, epresentative Donna Edwards (D-Md) reported that there had been 181 school shootings since the Columbine massacre in 1999. On April 20 of that year, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, 18- and 17-years…...

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APA (American Psychological Association). (2013). Recommendations to prevent gun-related violence. Improve and expand school violence prevention efforts. American Psychological Association. Retrieved 20 Sep. 2013 from http://www.apa.org/about/gr/issues/violence/gun-related.aspx.

Barron, James. (2012, Dec. 15). Gunman massacres 20 children at school in Connecticut; 28 dead, including killer. New York Times, A1.

Brock, Stephen E. (2013). Youth gun violence fact sheet. National Association of School Psychologists. Retrieved 20 Sep. 2013 from www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/Youth_Gun_Violence_Fact_Sheet.pdf.

Brooks, David. (2004, Apr. 24). The Columbine killers. New York Times. Retrieved 20 Sep. 2013 from  http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/24/opinion/the-columbine-killers.html .

Introduction The Violence Policy Center (2020) notes that African Americans are only 13% of the US population yet they represent more than half of all American homicides; but what is worse is that 87% of African American homicides are killed by guns. It is evident from these statistics that gun violence among the African American community is a real problem. This paper will provide an overview of the problem, who it affects and why it is important for social workers to address it.
Overview of the Problem
Who is Affected
According to FBI data, in 2016 there were 7,756 African American homicide victims in the US. This equals to a homicide rate for African Americans of 20.44 per 100,000 (Violence Policy Center, 2020). 6,505 out of 7,442 victims were killed with guns. 17% of the killings were gang related. Nearly half of the killings were a result of an argument between the victim and…...

Gun Violence Effect on African American Community Introduction
The African American community has faced the brunt of the criminal justice system in the aftermath of gun violence. For starters, the violence takes a toll on these communities. The violence that emanates from the use of guns and other incidences of shooting rips families apart and tears the family and community fabric. There's often a second devastating effect that results from the violence. The police frequently have to stop members of the colored community on the streets and run inspections. The outcome is that the community becomes suspicious of the law enforcement authorities. Indeed, any government departments, including but not limited to the police, are under thorough scrutiny regarding the treatment of people of color. There are calls for reforms in the justice system owing to the disproportionate numbers of people of color in incarceration. Also, the increase in gun violence across the…...

Georgia Gun Violence
Reducing Gun Violence in the State of Georgia

Gun violence in the state of Georgia has not been reduced like much of the rest of the country, and it could be the state's relaxed gun laws that are to blame. As strong supporters of gun rights in general, it is this legislature's best interest to find common ground on measures to reduce gun violence, while maintaining the freedom of gun ownership for individuals. (GeorgiaPacking.org, 1) Gun violence in the state of Georgia has hit levels deemed unacceptable by the people of Georgia, who are concerned that inner city violence will spill into the rest of Georgia. Being mindful in balancing points of opinion, Georgia must curb illegal gun ownership, particularly in Atlanta, while maintaining its fiercely supportive stance on the Constitution's Second Amendment.

The first difference must be the ability of local police officers in the county of Atlanta to…...

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"Georgia Gun Laws in Plain English on GeorgiaPacking.org." Welcome to GeorgiaPacking.org. Web. 27 Jan. 2012. .

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ECONOMICS of GUN VIOLENCE
Ethical Analysis and CDC

Utilitarianism Theory and CDC

The Founding fathers of the U.S. were of the belief that keeping arms was important for the dignity and character of the free people and they wrote the 2nd amendment whose last line read that it is the right of the civilians to keep arms and that right shall not be infringed. The rights written in the Bill of ights does not grant them the rights but they are the fundamental rights given to the Americans by the Founding Fathers which define the citizens of America as independent and free people7.

Gun Control presents a different meaning for different organizations and many sides have fought for and against it for years. The government through the phrase 'gun control' means limiting the rights of the arm bearers in order to reduce crimes related to guns. The CDC uses utilitarianism theory which states that…...

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Cavalier, Robert. John Rawls. Drury College, Accessed on 11th November, 2015. Retrieved from:  http://caae.phil.cmu.edu/Cavalier/Forum/meta/background/Rawls.html 

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Dahlberg, Linda L., and James A. Mercy. "History of Violence as a Public Health Problem." Virtual Mentor 11, no. 2 (February 1, 2009): 167. doi:10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.2.mhst1-0902.

Gun Violence in Raleigh: My ExperienceGuns are a normal part of life in Americaat least that is how it seems nowadays. You see a basketball player you admire, like Ja Morant, waving a gun around in a social media video, having fun, not thinking anything about itand you dont stop to think anything about it either. You become desensitized to it. Guns are like shoes, like a pullover, like a propsomething there to add to your status. Then one gets used. All of a sudden a gun is a life taker. Gun violence becomes real. The danger that guns represent strikes like a venomous snake, and all the consequences come crashing down. The fact is, guns are no laughing matter. People on both sides of the gun laws debate in this country need to step back and breathe, and we as a people need to realize that we are talking…...

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Blocher, J. (2015). Hunting and the Second Amendment. Notre Dame L. Rev., 91, 133.

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Associations Between Youth Violence and Exposure to Gun Violence The issue of violence in school has drawn increasing attention in recent years. Thus, the study by Forster (et al., 2015) entitled “Associations Between Gun Violence Exposure, Gang Associations, and Youth Aggression: Implications for Prevention and Intervention Programs,” appears to be a timely one, regarding the association of exposure to gun violence to aggressive actions. According to the authors, there is abundant literature showing a significant association between being victims and perpetrators of violence and gang affiliation for members of socio-economically disadvantaged youths from historically discriminated-against ethnicities. But the reasons for this remain difficult to pinpoint. There is a constellation of factors, according to the authors that give rise to this tendency.
One rational for the association is offered by by social modeling theory, arguing that by emulating family members, peers, and also the family provided by gangs, negative and aggressive behaviors are…...

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Forster, M., Grigsby, T. J., Unger, J. B., & Sussman, S. (2015). Associations between gun violence exposure, gang associations, and youth aggression: Implications for prevention and intervention programs. Journal of Criminology. Retrieved from:

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jcrim/2015/963750/

Gun ownership is constitutionally protected in the United States, embedded in the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which reads, "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," (Bill of ights, 1789). The interpretation of this constitutional right has become the topic of heated debate in the United States. As the Library of Congress points out, the meaning of the Second Amendment is "not self-evident," as are many items in the Constitution that were written, deliberately or not, in a vague manner that left matters up to future interpretations of the law by the judiciary. While other countries in the world find the American gun control issue perplexing, Americans continue to grapple with how to form and defend their own personal militias.
The Supreme Court has ruled on several Second Amendment cases, always…...

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Acosta, J. (2008). United States: Gun ownership and the Supreme Court. Library of Congress. Retrieved online: https://www.loc.gov/law/help/second-amendment.php

Barry, C.L., Mcginty, E.E. Vernick, J.S. & Webster, D.W. (2015). Two years after Newtown -- public opinion on gun policy revisited. Preventative Medicine 79,pp. 55-58.

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Background Information Gun violence remains a pervasive challenge in the United States and policies on gun control is at the forefront of US politics. It’s an epidemic that distinguishes the US from the rest of the industrialized countries. However, there exist contrasting policy approaches with some states pushing for reduced regulations of access to ammunition while other states pursuing regulations that decrease the ease of access to ammunition. Moreover, the majority of the laws on firearm regulations are enacted by the state governments with the federal government enacted comparatively lesser regulations. The foundation of addressing the gun violence challenge is understanding the nature of the challenge. Firearm violence can mainly be categorized into three; homicide; suicide and unintentional firearm deaths. An analysis of firearm homicide, the policy brief by Rockefeller Institute of Government reports an average of 5.2 gun homicides per 100,000 in all US states and a high of 12.7…...

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Introduction
Mass shootings in America have become more prevalent than ever before.  Depending on how one defines “mass shooting” the number of mass shooting incidents in America this year alone could range anywhere from half a dozen to more than 200.  Even at the strictest definition of mass shooting half a dozen is too many.  Last week, two mass shootings occurred back-to-back on different sides of the country—one in El Paso, TX, where 22 died, and one in Dayton, Oh, where 9 died.  As the nation becomes, to a degree, desensitized to the violence year after year, whether it is the Parkland shooting or the Virginia Beach shooting, the Orlando shooting or the Vegas shooting, one still wonders what can be done to address this issue.  Some believe stricter gun laws are needed.  Others believe it is a mental health issue.  This paper will discuss both, define the term mass shooting,…...

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Gun Violence in the United States
According to the Gun Violence Archive, which keeps track of gun-related violence in the United States, 2016 has had 53,602 known incidents, resulting in 13,854 deaths and 28,505 injuries. There have been 363 mass shooting incidents in 2016. In 2015, there were 372 mass shootings killing a total of 475 people and wounding 1,870, according to the Mass Shooting Tracker ("Guns in the U.S.: The statistics behind the violence" 2016). Defensive use accounts for 1683 of all gun-related incidents in 2016, and 1,988 gun incidents in 2016 were classified as being accidental (Gun Violence Archive, 2016).

In 2015 alone, there were 64 school shootings. Some of those incidents did not involve casualties, but the numbers still prove alarming, revealing the extent of the problem ("Guns in the U.S.: The statistics behind the violence" 2016). Even more mass shootings take place in ordinary businesses -- about…...

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Barry, C.L., Mcginty, E.E. Vernick, J.S. & Webster, D.W. (2015). Two years after Newtown -- public opinion on gun policy revisited. Preventative Medicine 79,pp. 55-58.

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One of the most frustrating aspects about the gun violence debate, which is primarily an American debate due to the fact that the United States experiences far greater amounts of gun violence than most other industrialized nations, is that there has been a lack of research into this topic.  The lack of research is not accidental; Congress intentionally froze funding for research into gun violence over 25 years ago, and even enacted prohibitions against doctors and other healthcare workers providing some detailed insights into gun violence.  As a result, when researchers wanted....

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