Examining the Deep Impact of U.S. Gun Violence on American Society

U.S. gun violence has had put a struggle on american living and the quality of it. Its put America into a spiral of fear, a lot of people don’t know the extent of how its effecting are lives and the way we live. Schools have built there security, airports and all other large businesses and or public businesses have also done the same. Laws have been getting stricter and stricter but simply some people just dont listen and obey those simple laws.

Gun violence, one of America’s largest problems, has caused an increase in death, violence, and complete take over of urban cities with guns.

An increment in death is a outcome of U.S. Gun Violence. There’s suicides which count as an average of 21,637 deaths a year and result in 2/3rds of gun deaths. The U.S. gun suicide rate is eight times of that in other high income countries. Access to a gun increases the risk by 3 times for a gun suicide. In the United States gun suicides are concentrated in states with less gun laws. Making it easier to get a hold of a gun. Suicides committed without a gun only results in a 5% death rate with a gun it jumps to a stagraing 85%! 75% of gun suicides are committed by white men. (https://everytownresearch.org/gun-violence-america/)

Homicides, which count for of deaths in the U.S., make the U.S. 25 times that of other high income countries in the rate of homicides. Access to one gun increases the chance of a gun homicide by 2 times. Gun homicides are concentrated in cities which count for half the gun homicides in a year annually. In just 127 cities which represent nearly a quarter of the countries population. Most homicides in the cites occur in racially segregated neighborhoods with high rates of poverty. Black Americans are more likely to be killed by a bullet in a homicide, in fact 10 times more likely! (https://everytownresearch.org/gun-violence-america/)

Domestic violence, is another leading cause of a death by a firearm. Women in the U.S. are 16 times more likely to be killed by a gun in the U.S. than any other high income country. 50 american women are shot to death by an intimate partner every month! Nearly one million women today have been shot or shot at by a inmate partner. Nearly 4.5 million women today have been threatened by a inmate partner with a gun. Access to a gun in a domestic violence situation makes it five times more likely for a women to be killed by a gun from that intimate partner . Black women are two times more likely to be shot then a white women. (https://everytownresearch.org/gun-violence-america/)

An increment in violence is also an outcome of Gun violence. Assaults, Most gun assaults are concentrated in major cities, were population sores and so does the crime. Most assaults are do to robberies but can also be associated in terrorism, which is a very large problem. Assaults from guns lead to many injuries. 66,673 americans are killed each year from a gun assault which counts for 21 percent of crimes nationwide. (Confronting Gun Violence in America Book by Thomas Gabor). Three quarters of non fatal gun injuries are caused by assaults. Black males are 16 times more likely than white men to be shot by a gun in a assault.

Injuries to children, Firearms are the second leading cause of death for American children and teens and is the first leading cause of death for Black children and teens. Nearly 1,600 children and teens die by gun homicide every year. Children under the age of 13, these gun homicides mostly occur in the home and are often connected to domestic or family violence. Black children and teens are 15 times more likely than white children and teens of the same age to die by gun homicide. The vast majority of accidental firearm deaths among children are related to child access to firearms either self-inflicted or at the hands of another child. (https://everytownresearch.org/gun-violence-america/)

School shootings are a gigantic issue when it comes to violence. Schools have been all over the news when it comes to these tragic events, like the infamous Parkland, Florida shooting. Which caused 17 deaths and 17 non-fatal injuries. All caused by one 19 year old with a gun. One pull of the trigger can easily lead to death as fast as a finger snap. In 2018 there is roughly 1 school shooting every week. 4 months into the year of 2018 23 school shooting were already reported.

Increase in complete takeover in urban cities with guns, Is a large outcome in gun violence. Racial, Black Americans are 8 percent more likely to be killed than white Americans. The rate of death by gun homicide for black U.S. citizens exide more than white U.S. citizens in all 50 states, a black citizen living in Wisconsin was 26 times more likely to be fatally shot than a white citizen in that state. At the same time, a black citizen in Arizona was only 3.2 times more likely than a white citizen to be killed by a gun. The combination of being a black citizen and living in an urban area is even more deadly.(http://theconversation.com/gun-violence-in-the-us-kills-more-black-people-and-urban-dwellers-86825)

Diversity, high end communities have 20 times less guns without a licence to carry by law. In low income communities there is 32 times more weapons without a licence to carry by law then of the odds of a high end community. That’s a 12% difference between the two types of communities. There are only 38% of guns with registration in the U.S. including police officers that’s 62% of guns in the U.S. that don’t have a registration by law to carry a firearms.

U.S. Gun violence is getting worse with sitictices, as laws get stricter and or strictly enforced, crime with firearms go higher. It’s simply a cause and effect. The U.S. knows the extent off the situation but not the extent to fix this complicated problem. With population growing and economy growing guns will be easy to get a hold of. There will be more relasionsphps with mishabes, and some terrifying consequences. More violence in schools and other public environments are just waiting to happen. Time will only tell whether this mass problem will be addressed.

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