“Guns are a part of everyday life in America to an extent that many people outside the United States find hard to understand. According to the Pew Research Center, estimates of the number of guns in the United States range up to 310 million—which represents about one firearm for each person in the country” (Allen […]
The dangers of not adding more restrictions is more gun violence. If the regulations necessary to obtain a firearm are not stricter then there’s more chances of people owning guns who shouldn’t. For example private sellers don’t have to do any form of background checks. No background checks means a criminal or someone who is […]
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Get started“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.’ This is stated in the Amendment 2 in the Constitution. We live in a world of violence. Whether it’s the grocery store, work, or even school. Many Americans that […]
The debate for gun control policy has been going on for years now. The policy has been brought up more and more as mass shootings and school shootings have been happening. But there was one school shooting that brought up more attention and that was the one that killed 20 young children in a shooting. […]
Firearms have been an integral part of the United States since early pioneer days and a part of the American tradition as a means of hunting, sport, or protection. Today however the ownership of guns has changed and evolved over the years and as a result the way we view guns has changed. Due to […]
In the past ten years, the most violent shooting massacres have occurred. Dozens of innocent people have been killed because of the government not cracking down on the control of guns. How many more boys and girls must be killed in neighborhood shootings because of a weapon in an inexperienced hand? What if you were […]
Research shows that in 2019 alone there have currently been 4,149 incidents involving gun violence. The number of reported deaths is currently 1,152. Studies have shown that when a ban was placed on assault weapons the number of deaths have decreased. Once the ban expired the gun violence increased. It was also shown that states […]
According to the “Gun Violence Archive”, there were 418 mass shootings in 2019. Only 5 years ago in 2014, there were 269 mass shootings (“Past Summary Ledgers”). This uptick in gun violence is an objective indicator that there is a problem with gun violence in the United States worth solving. Gun violence in America has […]
In this paper I will briefly discuss, as well as compare, the United States Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and Thomas’s Jefferson’s Letter to the Danbury Baptists. While these three articles may seem to share many commonalities, upon further research I was able to discover just how unique and intertwined they all they were. Now, […]
I believe that being american means to greet or being nice to people you don’t know from all over the world. To try to be respectful to anything or anyone and not fight over dumb stuff. I also believe that if someone is mean to you, you can try to be nice to them. My […]
“On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States.During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men.” Stated Project Sanctuary, Domestic Violence is violent or aggressive behavior in the home, typically involving the violent abuse of a spouse or partner. This is […]
It was a crisp October night. Pulling into the driveway, I felt tension rising as I entered the house, yelling and crashing noise erupted. Another norm I have become accustomed to. My mother hunkered down against the wall, hands raised above her head to avoid the shattering of glass around her. She’s crying uncontrollably, eyes […]
‘If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights, once and for all,’ declared First Lady Hillary Clinton to the United Nations at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in September 1995 (PBS). Clinton, a staunch […]
Domestic violence is violence or destructive behavior abuse by one person which usually is a male figure against another which in most cases is a female figure. In a domestic setting such as in marriage or cohabitation. Speaker Jackson Katz an Anti-sexism educator speaks on how gender violence is a male’s issue as well as […]
Domestic violence is something that can happen to anyone regardless of race, age, sexual orientation, religion or gender. In our week 13 and 14 discussions, we focused on the U.S’s take on domestic violence, however, it is critical to also talk about how domestic violence is viewed in other countries as well. There have been […]
“Why do they stay, they can leave anytime they want”… This is a quick accusation that someone assumes when they hear about domestic violence cases or stories. But even though the accusation stated above is thought by many, its far from the truth. Domestic Violence in this country is growing at an alarming rate. Also, […]
Violence is defined as the behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. It’s a social problem that has been apart of human existence for centuries and takes a variety of forms, impacting millions of people all across the world. As a result, it is one of the top leading […]
Mass incarceration ranks high among the most significant social problems that the United States faces in contemporary times. While the United States makes up approximately five percent of the world’s population, it makes up 25 percent of the global prison population. These figures highlight the fact that something is fundamentally wrong with the justice system […]
The issue of Mass incarceration varies from country to country with the United States having a bigger prison population. Mass incarceration has a long history and includes factors such as racial profiling, color blindness, and the war on drugs. The rates of the incarceration of people of color were seen to increase after the Civil […]
Introduction Surpassing slavery rates, mass incarceration has become the most critical modern affairs in the “land of the free”. Ironically, the United States is currently leading in the world’s largest imprisonment rate with a large majority of the population being incarcerated (Tucker, 1 pg). The growth rate has rapidly escalated throughout the recent years, predominantly […]
There is insufficient data on several issues related to mass incarceration of people in American jails. Although the United States has 5% of global population, it contains 25% of people in jails. Yet those being the bars are disproportionately in favor whites, who by far outweigh the Blacks in the country. Besides, there is no […]
The world that we know has not always been the way that it is today. The way that we live our daily lives has been impacted greatly by the Holocaust. First, the United Nations had to include events such as these in their patrols. Secondly, the Holocaust has transformed the way nations deal with genocide. […]
Gun violence in the United States results in tens of thousands of deaths and injuries annually. During the majority of the 1950’s – 1990’s struggles for civil rights, social rights, equality and justice swept the United States. While watching both Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose and the Runaway Jury Film by John Grisham I […]
On November 12, 2018, the Oculus Blog posted, “You haven’t seen it until you see it with VR.” Even though the public became aware of virtual reality only recently, the concept has been around for decades. It took many years and attempts to reach to the perfection of Virtual Reality Oculus. Technology has evolved, and […]
Self-love is lacking immensely within the Black community. Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” shows how physical, verbal, and emotional abuse can diminish the values of African-American – especially women. Alice Walker successfully targets the Black community by educating them on the Black community by educating them on the consistent abuse passed down for centuries. In […]
In Truman Capote’s true crime novel “In Cold Blood”, it recalls the gruesome murders of the members of the clutter family, a much loved family that were huge members of their tight knit community in Holcomb, Kansas. The book begins from the family’s perspective and gives us insight to the lives they lived. It showed […]
“You cannot create genius. All you can do is nurture it,” said Ninette De Valois. Everyone is nurtured in a different way, so the outcome of everyone’s life is different. Perry Smith’s life from In Cold Blood was more influenced by “nurture,” so it was not how it could have been if had not been […]
Have you ever wonder what happens inside the prison? I have. The curiosity was present every time I drove by our local prison called the Arizona State Prison Complex – Yuma. That same curiosity was the one that helped me decided I wanted to be a Correctional Officer. Yes, I have often heard that there […]
For ages Americans have had the discussion of whether stricter gun control laws should be put into action or not. The question is posed every time barbaric events such as mass shootings occur, but if the laws are enacted then there will be no waiting for the next tragedy. The number of mass shootings have […]
Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “There is a certain right by which we many deprive a man of life, but none by which we may deprive him of death; this is mere cruelty.” With that being said, I strongly disagree with the death penalty. David Hume’s wrote about “Enquiry concerning human understanding” and stated in those […]
