Gun ViolenceJohannes Mera

Isaac Dunbar

Sam Alen

Isla Reid

Momoko K.

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Introduction> We are discussing gun violence and what to do about it.

- Rights can be a problem if they grant us the ability to do more harm than good

- The rights of the 2nd Amendment as they currently stand protect the

American notion of shooting anyone you have a problem with

- We don’t fight crime by telling criminals they have the right to continue doing

what they are doing, and we therefore cannot fight gun violence by telling

people they have the right to these weapons that have killed so many and

continue to do so.

● Background

● Second Amendment- December 17 1791

● Caused problems over the last 100 years

What caused the problem?

● 2nd amendment caused problem● “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”

● Stricter gun laws (no guns) take away this

problem

● In 2007, Missouri repealed a handgun law

● After this, their murder rate increased by

16%

What is happening in the field?

● Originated with many mass shootings in the

US

● Here is a map of all the mass shootings in

the United States over the past 50 years

● You can see that it is not just in one area, it

is very widespread

● The majority of weapons used in

mass shootings were obtained

legally.

● If a ban on firearms was put in

place, there would be 49 less

shootings.

How widespread is the problem?

(2012) (2013)

● http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/339597

● http://www.citylab.com/politics/2013/01/gun-violence-us-cities-compared-deadliest-

nations-world/4412/

How widespread is the problem?

In general, Gun Violence

is clearly a widely debated

issue in the US and the

nation as a whole is being

affected by it.

● http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2010/07/robe

rt-farago/brady-center-to-prevent-gun-violence-

happy-fourth/

2010

How long has the problem persisted?

2000-2010

● http://mediamatters.org/blog/2012/12/1

0/wash-times-emily-miller-downplays-

gun-violence/191769

1900-1998

● http://www.haciendapub.com/medical

sentinel/homicide-and-suicide-

america-1900-1998

Present (2014)

-This past 4th of July

weekend was marred

for some by a spate of

gun violence in at

least three cities

across the US

-Police officers say at

least 36 were shot

overnight

● http://www.thegu

ardian.com/world

/2014/jul/05/fourt

h-july-chicago-

houston-

indianapolis-gun-

shooting

What harms are associated with gun violence?

● In 2009, there was 38,364 suicide out of this number, people committing

suicide are 17 times more likely to have guns in their home.

● More than 30,000 people in the United States have died from gunfire

http://www.thirdwavellc.com/blog/take-

action-professional-creativity-to-end-

gun-violence/

http://www.healthnewsline.net/guns-

kill-or-injure-20-kids-every-day-in-

us/2532237/Twitter #FixDVGunLaws

If no intervention takes place, will this issue remain at large?

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/mass-shootings-investigation

If no intervention takes place, will this issue remain at large?

Between the years 2000 to 2008, the number of

mass shootings jumped from roughly 5 per year

to just over 15 shootings per year. If nothing is

done to stop this, the number could continue to

rise

Bibliography:

http://www.westernjournalism.com/why-obama-backed-un-treaties-cant-trample-constitution/

http://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2014/repeal-of-missouris-background-law-associated-with-increase-in-states-murders.ht

What harms are associated with gun violence http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/harms-way-faces-gun-violence/

http://www.thirdwavellc.com/blog/take-action-professional-creativity-to-end-gun-violence/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/30/kentucky-shooting_n_3189828.html

http://heedinggodscall.org/content/pfctoolkit-10

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/suicide.htm

http://listverse.com/2013/04/21/10-araguments-for-gun-control/

http://www.healthnewsline.net/guns-kill-or-injure-20-kids-every-day-in-us/2532237/

Will these harm continue and grow unless there is a change

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/mass-shootings-investigation

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/may/28/pierre-thomas/abcs-thomas-mass-shootings-have-tripled-2000/