This letter, sent on behalf of the nation's community to declare its intention to study gun violence in the US
This letter, sent on behalf of the nation's community to declare its intention to study gun violence in the US, was created by [name]. Violence committed with a gun is referred to as gun violence. be it a firearm or a little gun. I became really passionate about stopping gun violence when I got the chance to go on a mission trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the summer. During the adventure, I learned about gun violence, handed out fliers for a rally, and took down a memorial dedicated to gun violence victims in Philadelphia.
Gun violence is an important topic in America and a concerning issue
Gun violence is an important topic in America and a concerning issue. In 2016 there were 11,365 deaths so due to gun violence (Kleck, 2005). Gun violence is associated with a confluence of individual, family, school, peer, the exposure to media violence. Socio-cultural risk and community factors that interact over time during childhood and adolescence. The ownership of guns also tends to perpetuate gun violence. People will attempt to practice what they have learned from their peers or what they see in the media. Although many youths denounce antisocial behaviors in their late adolescence, their peers risk becoming involved and get affected by gun violence. The use of drugs results in mental health, and some of the people nagging in gun violence have mental health problems.
Gun-related violence rates differ from one country to another
Gun-related violence rates differ from one country to another. However, the variables and determinants influencing gun violence are similar to the ones in the United States. The greatest determinant is gun ownership. For example, the second of October shooting in Las Vegas was as a result of gun ownership. A similar incident happened in Australia. After a mass shooting in Australia that led to the death of 35 people in 1996, the government enacted legislation banning automatic and semi-automatic rifles and pump-action guns and initiated a nationwide gun-buyback program (Chapman et al., 2016). America introduced a ban on certain semiautomatic, military-style weapons in 1994 but allowed it to lapse, in 2004. In Chicago, where had over four thousand victims of gun-related crimes 2016. In February 2017, the President signed a law that made it easier for people with a history of mental illness to buy guns, including semiautomatic rifles (Kleck, 2005). Between 1979 and 1996, Australia had thirteen fatal mass shootings. Since 1996, when the country introduced a law that banned the sale of semiautomatic weapons and launched a buyback program for weapons that had already been sold, there have been no mass shootings(Chapman et al., 2016).
Programs dubbed The Boston Miracle that have succeeded in the reduction of gun violence
Programs dubbed The Boston Miracle that have succeeded in the reduction of gun violence focuses on the young men that are most likely to be involved in gun shootings. Almost all of them are modeled on Operation Ceasefire, an initiative that started in Boston in 1996 and ended in 2000 (Chapman et al., 2016). The programs have produced results in cities across the country despite the failure of the nation to pass gun legislation have fallen short. The Operation was a result of collaboration between Boston police, black ministers and social scientists, who came together in 1996 to tame the rising homicides among youths. They looked at the people instead of focusing on guns (Chapman et al., 2016). They began by identifying young men most likely to shoot or to be shot after research showing that a small number of young, gang-related men are responsible for the vast majority of murders. Whenever a gun violence occurs, people make several assumptions as the reasons behind the shootings. The premise includes; that mental illness causes gun violence, that shootings represent the deranged acts of mentally ill loners that psychiatric diagnosis can predict gun crime, and that gun control won't prevent another. They argue that gun control is not a solution to reducing gun violence and that other countries such as Switzerland have stricter gun regulation laws than America and yet people widespread gun ownership has subjected the citizens of the country too much suffering. Am biased to believe that gun control can assist in the reduction of gun violence.
The argument that other countries have stricter laws on gun regulation
The argument that other countries have stricter laws on gun regulation, and yet they suffer more to me is untrue as the deaths in such countries due to a mass shooting or caused by other factors other than the weapon ownership. For instance, Switzerland laws permit renewal of gun ownership license at least fourteen times in a year. The fact that they allow renewal makes the guns accessible to people (Sloan et al., 1990). The law that completely bans ownership of guns to particular categories of people will reduce the violence associated with guns.
I Will analyze the social learning theory
I Will analyze the social learning theory which argues that criminal behavior is learned just like any other conduct. Children acquire their behavior through conduct with people in their world. There are many influences on children, such as teachers the media, and schoolmates. However primary groups, like as close friends and family, are the most significant regarding the impact on child learning and socialization. My argument, using the social learning theory, is that adult male who used guns in the committing of criminal activities will have had greater levels of exposure to violence. The exposure to guns in their childhood home and the theory suggests therefore that early intervention in children and adolescents may be more efficient in reducing adult crime and violence than measures such as incarceration and legislation restricting gun procurement and this way my biases are limited.
References
Kleck, G. (2005). Point blank: Guns and violence in America. Transaction Publishers.
Chapman, S., Alpers, P., Agho, K., & Jones, M. (2006). Australia’s 1996 gun law reforms: faster falls in firearm deaths, firearm suicides, and a decade without mass shootings. Injury Prevention, 12(6), 365-372.
Sloan, J. H., Rivara, F. P., Reay, D. T., Ferris, J. A., & Kellermann, A. L. (1990). Firearm regulations and rates of suicide: a comparison of two metropolitan areas. New England Journal of Medicine, 322(6), 369-373.
