Gun Violence in America

Gun violence in the States is not at in all as bad as it is in sierra Leone and other countries with war and little law enforcement as we read astir(predicate) in the phonograph record a long way gone. In the book the main character Ishmael discovers that America is not at all like he heard through rap songs. When he moves to America and tells his story of being a soldier and putting to death stack the commonwealth he talks to about it see that it is cool and Ishmael states in the book violence in America is romanticized. I do reconcile with this statement that we do make war look easy and period of play through movies and video games. We do not understand what it is like to be in a war and witness devouring and bloodshed all(prenominal)(prenominal) day.Gun violence in America is not understood by very many people most people blame hoagies for killing people but it is not the flatulences that kill people it is people that kill people either by accident or on role in a m urder. This is seen in the statistics gun violence has gone up from 10,000 victims in 1975 to 15,000 victims in 1995. This information proves that violence has gone up with the increases in factions and the slightening of guns in households and teaching of gun safety. Also, 98% of gang homicides reckon guns.Gun violence in America has been on the increase, since 1975 when there were less than 27 gun related death. In 1999 it increased to 80 deaths every day. http//www .gun-control-network.org/GF01.htm. Gun deaths are not only homicides nearly 58% are suicide. Another statistic is one hundred cities with populations of 250,000 or more(prenominal) pose reported a tremendous amount of gang activity. When there is gang activity there is an increased amount of homicides.There are so many active gangs in the joined States. They range from the crypts to the bloods and they are know worldwide. These are not the only gangs there are many more not mentioned. However, 94% of gang members are male and only 6% are female. Its not a surprise that 77% of bump off juveniles were killed by a gun. With the increased gang activity in the United States 39% of households have a gun.In the United States many people have a fear of guns but guns arent something to fear. If everybody had a gun and knew how to use it then we would all have protection from people that take to harm us with a gun. If guns were outlawed then there would be riots and the murder rate would go up because the people that penury to do good with them would not be able to protect themselves and others, the people that want to harm others with a gun would not turn in their gun and would be able to harm other people with little fear. force is seen everywhere in todays society on the news, movies, videogames, and in our lives. This violence lends the illusion to our society today that violence is cool and dramatic play and only portrays the faade that our society has created. The general public does not pl ain begin to understand the traumatic images that our soldiers have come back with and we think that the war we see on the news is like the movies that we watch on T.V. but we cannot begin to imagine.