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A Modest Proposal: A Satirical Solution for Gun Violence

FOR PREVENTING THE ESCALATION AND LONG TERM PERPETUATION OF

GUN CONTROL AND VIOLENCE

It is melancholy object to: Avoid the necessity to solve the problem of gun control Gun control has become a heated topic as of late due to mass shootings across the country and whether or not the laws currently in place are strict enough to keep guns out of the hands of the wrong people. And the way our young people act we’ll be headed for lots of potential gun violence and mass killing because our young people are stressed.

I think it is agreed by all parties that the life-threatening occurrence:  Because too many american citizens are losing their to the menace and threat to humanity that is guns that even in defense and public safety have the potential to take lives. People lose their lives everyday to this dredge of humanity “89 people die every day as a result of guns”(Donna M. Nickita 1) of 318.9 Million people 89 die each day which is a staggering amount compared to the U.S population a solution must be found to this horrific problem and be rewarded finely for their efforts to better humanity.

But my intention is far from being confined to provide for the betterment of: A massive and steep reduction in gun violence, crimes and guns overall allowing for a more peaceful america. Guns have become to prevalent in this day and age where “in the U.S alone there is 248-328 million guns”(Brian D 1) a number that needs some dire resizing.

As to my own part, I have studied the proposals of other projectors, and concluded that they are not nearly as efficient as they claim to be enforcing stricter gun laws like the Gun Control Act of 1968 that “protects” the citizen by not allowing those who are “ with mental illnesses or are an Unlawful persons or felons and or has been convicted past crimes or felonies cannot own or buy guns must pass and states all those who pass these tests must then clear a federal background check to purchase firearms” (Jane D. Hickey1).  This does not always work and is sometimes flawed because many times this system is overall bypassed by criminals because these nefarious urchins of society take or use these weapons of Metal-Death  from law abiding citizens who had begotten these dangerous weapons through the right and legal processes.

Or the militarization of police because “Police have now been fundamentally altered the balance of power between the citizen and the state in a way that would have been seen as constitutionally invalid by our founding fathers” (Radley Balko 272) Police Militarization is to almost give the police more power in the sense more weaponry means more deterrence which would indirectly mean that there would be less crime, Right?.. Wrong with a stronger hand in police more people would resist them, because they seem more like to harm than to help you causing riots like those in Baltimore, or Ferguson riots which only spikes the amount of gun violence across the United States.

I will now present my own idea, which I hope will not be subject to any disagreement. I humbly offer it to public consideration that humankind as a cohesive and cooperative unit should: Pass a law that would ban , retrieve and get rid of any guns out of the hands of all americans for the betterment of the many over the suffering of the few because in America only the majority matters.

In this scenario my plan would be efficient and easy because since it would be a law, you can't break the law because if you keep your Illegal guns you would become a criminal (Verbal Irony, you would already be a criminal so you wouldn't care) and it would be done by having registered gun dropoffs which would be at any government office or building, where you would drop off your gun and be checked off a list because all legal gun owners are registered by the gov’t.

Of course : It would be understandable that not a great many gun owners would be very happy to have their guns taken away from them, so that is where the second part of my brilliant plan comes in. All individuals who had turned in guns will then be reimbursed with their own government issued regulation sword to defend themselves with.. In doing so gun violence would plummet although the  amount of knife and sword killings would skyrocket, but that's not a problem right now.

These drastic and sudden changes: may be difficult to implement because as stated before that people may not want to give up their guns, but once they see the awesome and great potential of swords in domestic use and defense would gladly give up their firearms for a sword of their own.  The government would also have a hard time trying to find enough steel to make these swords, so they could use all the guns they had taken away to smelt and forge into brand new gleaming swords.

I can think of no valid objection that may be introduced to antagonize this proposal: You may think to yourself what if somebody has a gun they obtained illegally or made it themselves and is not documented? Well the answer is simple , there isn't any that's illegal  meaning nobody would do that, because they could get into trouble.

Again, no one should dare to suggest these notion to me until they have a small spark of hope these actions may be implemented.

It is not that Ido not respect the input of others on the subject of solutions to this topic but, simple that: I have been researching this topic longer than the second coming of christ and no one else in the world could possible no more than I and only I could know what's best for every single person in our great nation and this being the only solution. 

FOR PREVENTING THE ESCALATION AND LONG TERM PERPETUATION OF GUN CONTROL AND VIOLENCE

But my intention is far from being confined to provide for the betterment of: A massive and steep reduction in gun violence, crimes and guns overall allowing for a more peaceful america. Guns have become to prevalent in this day and age where “in the U.S alone there is 248-328 million guns”(Brian D 1) a number that needs some dire resizing. As to my own part, I have studied the proposals of other projectors, and concluded that they are not nearly as efficient as they claim to be enforcing stricter gun laws like the Gun Control Act of 1968 that “protects” the citizen by not allowing those who are “ with mental illnesses or are an Unlawful persons or felons and or has been convicted past crimes or felonies cannot own or buy guns must pass and states all those who pass these tests must then clear a federal background check to purchase firearms” (Jane D. Hickey1).  This does not always work and is sometimes flawed because many times this system is overall bypassed by criminals because these nefarious urchins of society take or use these weapons of Metal-Death  from law abiding citizens who had begotten these dangerous weapons through the right and legal processes.

This paper is about the need for a change in gun control and a solution to this grave problem

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Uvalde elementary school shooting

'the onion' has republished a grim headline about mass shootings 21 times since 2014.

Rachel Treisman

On Wednesday, The Onion's website was plastered with variations of the satirical piece it's republished after more than 20 mass shootings. Screenshot by NPR hide caption

On Wednesday, The Onion's website was plastered with variations of the satirical piece it's republished after more than 20 mass shootings.

There are a couple of inevitable responses to a mass shooting in America: funerals and fundraisers, prayers from politicians and the resurfacing of one particular article from satirical site The Onion .

"'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens" has been republished 21 times in almost exactly eight years.

How to help Uvalde families following yesterday's elementary school shooting

Its headline has remained the same for every major mass shooting from Isla Vista, Calif., in 2014 to Tuesday's school shooting in Uvalde, Texas . The main image, and basic facts about the shooting, are updated every time.

It always quotes a fictional resident of that state lamenting a tragedy they describe as inevitable:

"This was a terrible tragedy, but sometimes these things just happen and there's nothing anyone can do to stop them," the person says. "It's a shame, but what can we do? There really wasn't anything that was going to keep this individual from snapping and killing a lot of people if that's what they really wanted."

It's 21 weeks into the year and America has already seen 213 mass shootings

The article, which has no identifiable author, always notes that such feelings are shared "by tens of millions of individuals who reside in a nation where over half of the world's deadliest mass shootings have occurred in the past 50 years and whose citizens are 20 times more likely to die of gun violence than those of other developed nations."

"At press time, residents of the only economically advanced nation in the world where roughly two mass shootings have occurred every month for the past eight years were referring to themselves and their situation as 'helpless,'" Tuesday's version — like its predecessors — concludes.

It's All Politics

#memeoftheweek: that article from the onion about mass shootings.

The Onion leaned into its message on Wednesday, sharing a Twitter thread listing every version of the piece from over the years. Thousands of people had liked and retweeted it by midday, with many noting the devastating impact of seeing years' worth of recurring tragedies lined up in a row — seemingly underscoring the point of the satire.

'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens https://t.co/8NNNNzc1xQ pic.twitter.com/DGFY2fTDCs — The Onion (@TheOnion) May 25, 2022

It also flooded the homepage of its website with the stories, the same headline appearing over and over but next to different photos: a spa in Atlanta, a Walmart in El Paso, a grocery store in Buffalo.

Jason Roeder, a former writer and editor at The Onion , is credited with creating the original article.

"When I wrote this headline, I had no idea it would be applied to the high school a mile from my house," he tweeted after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018.

Satire May Be Uncomfortable, But Humor Makes Us Human

Dave Cullen, a journalist who has covered mass shootings for years and wrote the New York Times bestseller Columbine, told NPR in 2015 that the article "resonates because they totally got it."

"I think what [the Onion article's popularity] says is we look for the people who tell us the truth — kind of the emperor's new clothes — who see through the stuff, and don't just print the same old stuff, or do the same old stuff, or do the safe stuff — the people who call us on our s***," he said.

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Inside 'the onion'.

In a 2017 interview with Vice , Marnie Shure, then the managing editor of The Onion 's website, counted this article as one of her team's proudest accomplishments.

"By re-running the same commentary it strengthens the original commentary tenfold each time," she said. "I'm proud to work alongside the people who saw the potential in that, and who were able to send out that message and make it resonate. In the wake of these really terrible things, we have this comment that really holds up."

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5 Essays about Gun Violence

Gun violence impacts every part of society. There are certain places in the world where it’s more prevalent. According to a 2018 report, the United States had the 28th highest rate of gun violence deaths in the world. That puts the US above other wealthy countries. Gun violence is also a major issue in places like the Caribbean, Central America, and Venezuela. Here are five essays that address the financial and emotional impact of gun violence, how people use art to cope, and how the problem can be addressed.

“What Does Gun Violence Really Cost?”

Mark Follman, Julia Lurie, Jaeah Lee, and James West

This article opens with the story of a woman and her fiance shot on their way to dinner. After being close to death and staying in a hospital for five months, Jennifer Longdon couldn’t move her body from the chest down. After more hospitalizations, the bills got close to $1 million in just the first year, forcing her to file for personal bankruptcy. More expensive hospital stays followed for problems like sepsis, while wheelchair modifications for her house added up, as well.

For many people, their knowledge of gun violence comes from the news or movies. These venues tend to focus on the moment the violence occurs or the emotional impact. The long-term financial consequences as a result of health issues are less known. This article examines the existing data while telling a personal story.

“I Think of People Who Died At Sandy Hook Every Day”

Mary Ann Jacob

In this essay from 2016, Mary Ann Jacob remembers the horrific elementary school shooting from 2012. She worked at the library at the time and recalls hearing shouting from the intercom on the morning of December 14. Believing someone had pushed it by mistake, she called in, only to have the secretary answer the phone and shout, “There’s a shooter!” Mary Ann Jacob lived through one of the deadliest school shootings in US history. The essay goes on to describe what happened after and the steps survivors took to advocate for better gun control.

“You May Not See Me On TV, But Parkland Is My Story, Too”

Kyrah Simon

In 2018, a gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School killed 17 students and wounded 17 others. Several students became vocal afterwards, challenging the lack of gun control in the face of such violence. They founded an advocacy group and many of the young people became household names. Kyrah Simon, a senior at the school, lost one of her best friends. She also wanted to speak up and share her story but realized that the media wanted certain speeches, certain faces. She writes, “I was just a girl that lost her friend. And it wasn’t enough.” Raw, honest, and enlightening, this personal essay is a must-read.

“Mexican Artist Transforms 1,527 Deadly Guns Into Life-Giving Shovels To Plant Trees”

In Culiacan, Mexico, the city with the highest rate of deaths by gun violence in the country, an artist and activist began a special project. Pedro Reyes used local media and TV ads paid for by the city’s botanical garden to advertise his gun-trading project. In exchange for bringing their weapons, people received electronics and appliances coupons. Reyes made over 1,500 trades. What came next? The guns were crushed by a steamroller and melted down. Reyes used the material to create shovels. He made the same number of shovels as guns, so each gun was represented as something new.

Turning guns into art is not an uncommon action. Reyes has also made instruments while other artists make sculptures. The transformation of an object of death into something that plays a part in fostering life – like planting trees – sends a powerful message.

“Forum: Doing Less Harm”

David Hemenway

What is the best approach to gun violence? David Hemenway, a professor of health policy and director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center and Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center, advocates for a public-health approach. He believes gun violence is a public-safety problem and a problem-health problem, but gun lobbyists dismiss both claims. The gun lobby focuses on the shooter – the individual – so attention is diverted from the firearms industry. In focusing so much on who to blame, prevention is left out of the equation.

A public-health approach returns the attention to prevention and asks everyone to work together on the issue. Hemenway uses motor-vehicle injury prevention as a blueprint for why gun violence prevention can work. Not sure what prevention could look like? Hemenway provides examples of how actors like healthcare workers, consumers, and the federal government can work together.

Learn about the consequences of gun violence in America and which interventions are most effective to reduce gun violence in homes, schools and communities!

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How Long Can the Heart Go On Breaking? Three Poems of Gun Violence in America

Poetry by alissa quart and rodrigo toscano.

As of this writing the United States congress has yet to fulfill its loud and oft-repeated promises of real change in the face of so much American gun violence. As further details are revealed of police incompetence and cowardice in the Uvalde school shooting that left 19 children dead, we wait for those in power to do something meaningful. As Americans continue to die every day in mass shootings, we wait. As gun manufacturers’ stock valuations crescendo in grotesque counterpoint to the deaths they facilitate, we wait. Even after the biggest legislative win for gun control in a generation 18-year-olds can still buy AR-15s. So we wait—we wait for real change, and we wait for the next mass shooting.

In the absence of significant action we are left with our grief and anger, a sense of powerlessness that can feel impossible to articulate. In the three poems below, the first by Alissa Quart, the latter two by Rodrigo Toscano, some measure of our collective hopelessness, our rage, is given voice, as Quart and Toscano confront the hypocrisies and systemic failures at the root of America’s epidemic of gun violence.

“Thoughts and Prayers” by Alissa Quart

This poem is composed of the public statements around mourning over school shootings, from political leaders and websites, and is excerpted from Thoughts and Prayers , available from O/R Books.

Designed and executed. Us gun owners, Our thoughts our team’s banner; our assault- style thoughts and

Praying impacted terrible prayers on the scene 15 kids AR-15 pure evil John 16:33 / horrific / my prayers / 1st responders

We continue to keep the victims

Kingdom of God. Columbine. Thoughts and prayers fi reside basket. The thoughts and prayers clear mount stamp

No child, teacher: There’s just no other way to describe it

Our hearts break for all the victims and families affected by today’s terrible

satiation semantic civil religion common spiritual language shooting responders

The whole country stands

My heart is with Las Vegas we continue to keep the victims

My thoughts and prayers are with

$30 million in donations. Thoughts and prayers memes Thoughts and Prayers: The Game, Thoughts and Prayers tater tots, A Thoughts and Prayers make- up tutorial with invisible cosmetics. Fantasy red blusher: “Blood of Our Children.” Lifting up in prayer

all impacted by last night’s despicable

armed teachers

relatives affected

The thoughts and prayers stamp. The thoughts and prayers handcrafted wood card.

The thoughts and prayers angel pin.

“The science” of Thoughts and Prayers . The ostensibly mixed research about Thoughts and Prayers.

My heart is with Parkland. My heart is

running down the hall

shooting our prayers

* Two poems by Rodrigo Toscano

The truth is, I don’t want to write poems like this anymore. I don’t want what grounds them (cultures of violence) to dominate another minute of our lives. However, I feel compelled to connect lines of cultural causality that are stubbornly resistant to getting implicated together. Much news reporting seems incapable of honing in on the roots of the multivariate problem. Poetic practices (mine, others’) can lend a hand. Even more, we can simultaneously splice in visions of an alternate future (as in the poem, “Männerbünde”) whereby we fight the contraction of the imagination by directly expanding it.

–Rodrigo Toscano

“Männerbünde”

Guns shedfulls of’em you’ll see will not be the deciding factor in the big shift towards hemispheric autarky, no amount of rounds and clips hoarded in safes will rewrite labor laws that integrate Canadian American, and Mexican bio-power around a vision of itself protective economically expansive culturally interposed maps of watersheds routes of produce conduits of clean energy lasered in on healthy work and stable housing the big shift doesn’t require belly crawling sharp shooters grown boy camps männerbünde singalongs pining after dreams of becoming sovereign when all’s entangled already, except not formally, and equitably, set to a higher order resource conscious confident future commandeering hemisphere’s collective wealth material & psychic brave projection bulwark against this anarcho-tyranny faux nationalism yacht excursion for winners of rigged outcomes swamp monsters becoming great again promoting shedfulls of ammo, camo grown up boy lingerie, boudoir männerbünde posing on towering trucks performing sovereign when all’s entangled already, but on a wobbly base with side shows gun shows crouching, cowering last gasps of sovereign kings everyman a serf owning nothing not mineral deposits not beds of technology not downstream planning educational cargo material & psychic oblivious to rising forces, integrated autarkic, prosperous homelands to thrive in, where crotch grasping gun toting enfeebled copes flicker out year by year as hemispheric power looks outward with straight backs towards other autarkic regions working on integration of a higher order looking outwards mindfully negotiating globe’s collective wealth material & psychic and yeah, a few museums of nation-states and even kinky cosplay might be entertaining on occasion to remind us of the age of anarcho-tyranny and its camo-lingerie’d butlers on a leash männerbünde

“Entertainers”

There’s a sub-culture here says Go ahead, shoot folks

How that culture developed Is a multivariant problematic

But that it’s a culture—in place Saying OK—shoot! is a brute fact

Beyond question and denial It’s an operative code—on a grid

The code is inside the mind Networked to other minds

The code is floating poltergeist Weapon nearest at hand

Gun speaks as designed to Gun has its say and day

Whatever beef’s at hand Gun is here to lend a hand

“35-year-old fires into chapel” Gun—as culture—having its way

Most mortals, even bedraggled ones Don’t prey on other mortals

Most mortals, when pressed Much prefer another way

But Gun knows opportunities Situations to spark a fray

“16-year-old wounds 15-year-old” When called on, Gun doesn’t play

There’s mortals who believe Gun Everything it says, does, proposes

Some mortals—in fact, venerate Ritualize worship of Gun

Gun glides through neighborhoods, cities A whole nation, national culture

In steel vaults, under satin pillows In glove boxes, sewer drains, in the bayou

Some yearn to become One with Gun Plot out arena-sized performances

Performances can be monthly or weekly Aspiring entertainers are recruited

There’s industry movers and shakers Awards for all roles are meted out

“50-year-old blows brains out” Out of sight, out of mind, on stage

________________________________

Alissa Quart is the executive director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project . She is the author of the poetry collections  Thoughts and Prayers , which included this poem and Monetized as well as four nonfiction books, most recently  Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America . Her poems have been published in Granta and The Nation , among other publications, and her journalism has appeared in many publications, among them The New York Times and The Washington Post .

Rodrigo Toscano is a poet and essayist based in New Orleans. He is the author of ten books of poetry. His latest book is The Charm & The Dread (Fence Books, 2022). His previous books include In Range, Explosion Rocks Springfield, Deck of Deeds, Collapsible Poetics Theater (a National Poetry Series selection), To Leveling Swerve, Platform, Partisans , and The Disparities . His poetry has appeared in over 20 anthologies, including Best American Poetry and Best American Experimental Poetry (BAX). Toscano has received a New York State Fellowship in Poetry. He won the Edwin Markham 2019 prize for poetry. He works for the Labor Institute in conjunction with the United Steelworkers, the National Institute for Environmental Health Science, National Day Laborers Organizing Network educational / training projects that involve environmental and labor justice culture transformation.

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America’s gun problem.

More guns in the U.S. mean more deaths.

By German Lopez

In every country, people get into arguments, hold racist views or suffer from mental health issues. But in the U.S., it is easier for those people to pick up a gun and shoot someone.

That reality is what allowed an 18-year-old to obtain an assault rifle and kill 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school classroom in Uvalde, Texas , on Tuesday. And it is what makes the U.S. a global outlier when it comes to gun violence, with more gun deaths than any of its peers.

This chart, looking at public shootings in which four or more people were killed, shows how much the U.S. stands out:

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In today’s newsletter, I want to walk through three ways to think about America’s gun problem.

The number of guns

Where there are more guns, there are more gun deaths. Studies have found this to be true at the state and national level. It is true for homicides, suicides, mass shootings and even police shootings .

It is an intuitive idea: If guns are more available, people will use them more often. If you replaced “guns” in that sentence with another noun, it would be so obvious as to be banal.

Stricter gun laws appear to help. They are associated with fewer gun deaths, in both a domestic and global context, while looser gun laws are linked with more gun deaths.

Gun ownership and homicide rates in developed countries

4 gun homicides per 100,000 people

Guns per 100 people

But federal laws are lax. Other developed countries typically require at least a license to own a gun, if they allow someone to get a firearm at all. In the U.S., even a background check is not always required to buy a gun — a result of poor enforcement and legal loopholes.

Reducing mass shootings

The U.S. is always going to have more guns, and consequently more deaths, than other rich countries. Given the Second Amendment, mixed public opinion and a closely divided federal government, lawmakers face sharp limits on how far they can go.

But since America’s gun laws are so weak, there is a lot of room to improve — and at least cut some gun deaths.

To reduce mass shootings, experts have several ideas:

More thorough background checks might stop some gunmen , like those in the church shootings in Charleston, S.C., in 2015 and in Sutherland Springs, Texas, in 2017.

“Red flag” laws allow law enforcement officials to confiscate guns from people who display warning signs of violence, like threatening their peers or family members. The laws might have applied to the gunman in the Parkland, Fla., school shooting in 2018.

Assault weapon bans would restrict or prohibit access to the kinds of rifles shooters often use. A ban could at least make mass shootings less deadly by pushing gunmen toward less effective weapons, some experts argue .

But it is hard to say exactly how much impact these measures would have, because little good research exists on the effects of gun policies on mass shootings. One unanswered question is whether a determined gunman would find a way to bypass the laws: If he can’t use an assault rifle, would he resort to a handgun or shotgun? That could make the shooting less deadly, but not stop it altogether.

The bigger problem

Most shootings in America never appear in national headlines. The majority of gun deaths in 2021 were suicides. Nearly half were homicides that occurred outside mass shootings; they are more typical acts of violence on streets and in homes (and most involve handguns ). Mass shootings were responsible for less than 2 percent of last year’s gun deaths.

Stricter gun laws could also reduce the more common gun deaths. It all comes down to the same problem: More guns equal more gun deaths, whether a gang shootout in California, a suicide in Wyoming or a school shooting in Texas.

The latest on the shooting

Details of the attack are still emerging. The gunman got into the school despite an armed security officer, and remained there for more than an hour before a tactical team entered and killed him.

Officials have not released the names of the victims, but some of the children’s families have come forward. They loved to dance, play with Play-Doh and joke with friends. Read about their lives .

The gunman had legally bought two AR-style rifles in the past week, the police said. He also texted an online friend that he was about to “shoot up” a school .

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The U.S. has lost the will to protect its citizens — women, racial minorities and especially children, Roxane Gay argues.

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Argumentative Gun Control

This essay about gun control examines the intense debate surrounding the issue in the United States, balancing arguments for stricter regulations against the constitutional right to bear arms. Advocates for tighter gun laws argue that such measures would decrease the high rates of gun violence by mirroring successful policies from other countries. In contrast, opponents believe that the focus should be on addressing mental health and crime rather than restricting gun ownership, asserting that guns are necessary for personal protection and that current laws need better enforcement rather than new restrictions. The essay suggests that a balanced approach might be most effective, respecting the Second Amendment while implementing reasonable limitations to enhance public safety. This complex issue calls for a thoughtful exploration of both individual rights and community safety.

How it works

The discourse concerning firearm regulation in the United States persists as a highly contentious matter, fracturing communities and frequently straddling the boundary between individual autonomy and communal security. This exposition delves into the myriad arguments encircling firearm control, scrutinizing both the advocacy for stricter protocols to mitigate firearm-related harm and the rebuttals advocating for unhindered access to firearms, as enshrined by the Second Amendment.

At the crux of the argument for enhanced firearm control lies the nexus between facile access to firearms and the heightened incidence of firearm-related harm in the U.

S. Advocates for firearm control often underscore data showcasing a correlation between firearm possession rates and occurrences of firearm-related fatalities. These proponents posit that nations with stringent firearm control statutes, such as Japan and the United Kingdom, witness markedly fewer instances of firearm-related incidents vis-à-vis the U.S. They posit that instituting analogous regulations—such as thorough background evaluations, obligatory waiting intervals, and constraints on firearm varieties—might plausibly curtail the frequency and gravity of mass shootings and firearm-related homicides.

Conversely, adversaries of more stringent firearm control contend that firearms are not inherently problematic; instead, they attribute issues of mental wellness and criminality as the crux of firearm violence. They contend that the entitlement to possess firearms is constitutionally safeguarded, accentuating the Second Amendment’s guarantee of the right to retain and bear arms. This faction argues that possessing a firearm is indispensable for personal safeguarding and that firearm control statutes would not inherently thwart malefactors from illicitly procuring firearms. Instead, they advocate for enhanced mental health provisions and more efficacious law enforcement as panaceas for firearm violence.

Additionally, there exists the discourse concerning the efficacy of extant firearm statutes. Opponents of heightened firearm control protocols highlight that numerous locales with elevated rates of firearm violence, such as Chicago, already impose rigorous firearm statutes. They argue that these stipulations have failed to ameliorate firearm offenses, positing that novel statutes would likely encounter similar inefficacies. This standpoint engenders the proposal that rather than promulgating fresh statutes, there should be a concerted focus on enforcing extant statutes more effectively and attending to other contributors to violence.

Despite the dichotomous perspectives, the dialogue encompassing firearm control is in a state of flux, particularly in the aftermath of recurrent mass shootings. This has prompted some to advocate for an equitable approach that upholds the Second Amendment while integrating judicious restrictions to ensure communal security. For instance, propositions like comprehensive background evaluations garner extensive public backing, including among firearm possessors. The objective is not to interdict responsible firearm ownership but to forestall access to firearms by individuals predisposed to their irresponsible utilization.

In summation, the discourse on firearm control is intricate and deeply entrenched within American cultural and political terrains. While there exists palpable evidence suggesting that heightened firearm control could precipitate a reduction in firearm violence, the preservation of constitutional entitlements and apprehensions regarding the efficacy of such statutes convolute the discourse. A nuanced strategy that amalgamates respect for individual entitlements with a dedication to communal security might offer the most viable avenue for diminishing firearm-related harm without transgressing the liberties enshrined by the Constitution. This intricate issue mandates meticulous discourse and judicious action from all stakeholders implicated.

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Firearm violence is a preventable public health tragedy affecting communities across the United States. In 2021 48,830 Americans died by firearms—an average of one death every 11 minutes. Over 26,328 Americans died by firearm suicide, 20,958 die by firearm homicide, 549 died by unintentional gun injury, and an estimated 1,000 Americans were fatally shot by law enforcment. 1,2 In addition, an average of more than 200 Americans visit the emergency department for nonfatal firearm injuries each day. 3 

For each firearm death, many more people are shot and survive their injuries, are shot at but not physically injured, or witness firearm violence. Many experience firearm violence in other ways, by living in impacted communities with high levels of violence, losing loved ones to firearm violence, or being threatened with a firearm. Others are fearful to walk in their neighborhoods, attend events, or send their child to school. In short, firearm violence is public health epidemic that has lasting impacts on the health and well-being of everyone on this country. 

Overwhelming evidence shows that firearm ownership and access is associated with increased suicide, homicide, unintentional firearm deaths, and injuries. These injuries and deaths are preventable, through evidence-based solutions. 

Firearm Ownership 

Firearms remain embedded in American history and modern culture. Americans own 46% of the world’s civilian-owned firearms and U.S. firearm ownership rates far exceed those of other high-income countries. 4,5 Forty-six percent of U.S. households report owning at least one firearm, including 30% of Americans who say they personally own a firearm. 6,7 Firearm ownership varies significantly by state. For example, an estimated 64% of households own a firearm in Montana compared to only 8% in New Jersey. 8   

It has been well-documented that firearm ownership rates are associated with increased firearm-related death rates. Among high-income countries, the United States is an outlier in terms of firearm violence. The U.S. has the highest firearm ownership and highest firearm death rates of 27 high-income countries. 9

The firearm homicide rate in the U.S. is nearly 25 times higher than other high-income countries and the firearm suicide rate is nearly 10 times that of other high-income countries. 10 

The Geography of Gun Violence

Gun death rates vary widely across the United States due to differences in socio-economic factors, demographics, and, importantly, gun policies. In general, the states with the highest gun death rates tend to be states in the South or Mountain West, with weaker gun laws and higher levels of gun ownership, while gun death rates are lower in the Northeast, where gun violence prevention laws are stronger.

* The total number of gun homicide deaths in New Hampshire and Vermont were less than 10 and thus repressed by CDC. Gun homicide deaths are thus listed as “other gun death rate” for these two states. Additionally, “other intents” include legal intervention, unintentional, and unclassified.

Firearm purchases increased during the COVID-19 Pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic firearm sales rose at unprecedented levels with an estimated one in five U.S. households purchasing a firearm from March 2020 to March 2022. 11 The FBI reported a record high of 20 million annual firearm sales in both 2020 and 2021, up from an average of 13 million firearms sold from 2010 to 2019. 12  

Knowing the Facts About Firearm Ownership and Safety  

Over four decades of public health research consistently finds that firearm ownership increases the risk of firearm homicide, suicide, and unintentional injury. Nevertheless, more than 6 in 10 Americans believe that a firearm in the home makes the family safer—a figure that has nearly doubled since 2000. 13 This increase in perceived safety is reflected in shifting reasons for firearm ownership. In a 2023 Pew Research survey, more than two-thirds (71%) of firearm owners cited protection as a major reason for ownership. 14 This represents a notable increase from the mid-1990s, when the majority of American firearm owners cited recreation as their primary reason for ownership and fewer than half owned firearms primarily for protection. 15 

Research runs counter to these changing public perceptions of firearms providing safety.  It shows that firearm ownership puts individuals and their families at higher risk of injury and death. Individuals who choose to own a firearm can mitigate many of the risks associated with ownership by always storing their firearms unloaded and locked in a secure place, and refraining from carrying their firearms in public places. 

Firearm owners can make their homes safer through secure firearm storage practices. Unfortunately, the majority of U.S. firearm owners choose to leave their firearms unlocked, allowing children or persons, who are at risk for violence to self or others, to access them. 16 An estimated 4.6 million children live in households with at least one firearm that is loaded and unlocked. 17 These unsafe storage practices lead to countless suicides, homicides, and unintentional injuries by individuals who should not have access to a firearm. This includes children, prohibited persons with a history of violence, and family members who may be suicidal or temporarily in crisis.   

Leaving firearms unsecured also fuels theft—a primary avenue in which firearms are diverted into the illegal market and used in crime. There are an estimated 250,000 firearm theft incidents each year resulting in about 380,000 firearms stolen annually. 18 In recent years, as more Americans carry firearms in public, theft from cars has skyrocketed. Firearms stolen from cars now make up the majority of thefts. In fact, one analysis of crime data reported to the FBI found that on average, at least one firearm is reported stolen from a car every 15 minutes. 19 

Carrying firearms in public also increases the risk for violence by escalating minor arguments and increasing the chances that a confrontation will become lethal. Research has found that even the mere presence of a firearm increases aggressive thoughts and actions. 20 

Some believe that carrying a firearm will act as a deterrent and help prevent conflicts or minimize harm. While there are specific examples where this was true, there are many more cases where firearm carrying escalates conflict and leads to firearm injury or death. In aggregate, research shows firearm carrying increases levels of violent crime. 21  

It’s important for individuals to know the risks of firearm ownership, and the reality that higher levels of firearm ownership and carrying do not reduce violence or enhance public safety.  

How does access to firearms affect deaths? 

Higher levels of firearm ownership and permissive firearm laws are associated with higher rates of suicide, homicide, violent crime, unintentional firearm deaths, and shootings by police.  

More than 55% of all firearm deaths are suicides. 22 Evidence consistently shows that access to firearms increases the risk of suicide. 23,24 Access to a firearm in the home increases the odds of suicide more than three-fold. 25 Firearms are dangerous when someone is at risk for suicide because they are the most lethal suicide attempt method. Eighty-five percent of suicide attempts with a firearm are fatal compared to the most widely used suicide attempt methods, which have case fatality rates below 5%. 26 

Research shows that individuals often do not substitute means for suicide if their preferred method is not available. In other words, when individuals who have planned a suicide by firearm cannot access a one, they often not do attempt suicide by another method. 27 Even if they substitute firearms with another method they increase their chances of survival because virtually every other method is less lethal than firearms. 28 Delaying a suicide attempt can also allow suicidal crises to pass and lead to fewer suicides. Ninety percent of individuals who attempt suicide and survive do not go on to die by suicide. 29 The use of a firearm in a suicide attempt often means there is no second chance. Reducing access to lethal means, such as firearms, is critical to saving lives.  

Policies and practices that temporarily restrict access to someone at elevated risk for suicide can save lives. These interventions include Extreme Risk Protection Orders, safe and secure firearm storage practices, and lethal means safety counseling.  

Homicide and violent crime 

Over 40% of all firearm deaths are homicides. 30 Access to firearms—such as the presence of a firearm in the home—is correlated with an increased risk for homicide victimization. 31 Studies show that access to firearms in the household doubles the risk of homicide. 32 States with high rates of firearm ownership consistently have higher firearm homicide rates. 33   Firearms drive our nation’s high homicide rate, accounting for 8 out of every 10 homicides committed. 34    

Lax public carry laws which allow individuals to carry firearms in public places with little oversight are linked to increases in firearm homicides and assaults. 35 Similarly, states with permissive firearm laws have higher rates of mass shootings. 36 Firearms also contribute to domestic violence with over half of all intimate partner homicides committed with firearms. 37 A women is five times more likely to be murdered when her abuser has access to a firearm. 38  

Firearm homicide is a complex issue that includes different types of firearm violence—domestic violence, community violence, and mass shootings—and requires an array of policies. These policies include: firearm purchaser licensing laws which build upon universal background checks, firearm removal laws, safe and secure storage laws, community violence intervention programs, and strong public carry laws. 

Unintentional Shootings 

Each year more than 500 people are killed and thousands more are injured by unintentional shootings, also commonly referred to as accidental shootings. 39,40  

Easy access to unsecured firearms increases the risk of unintentional injury and death by firearm. Children are often impacted by unintentional firearm injuries by gaining access to an unsecured firearm owned by a parent. In fact, every six days a child under the age of 10 is killed by an unintentional shooting. 41  

Laws that promote safe and secure firearm storage practices can prevent unintentional shootings. For example, state Child Access Prevention laws, which hold gun owners accountable if a child accesses an unsecured firearm, are linked to reductions in unintentional shootings among children and teens and may also reduce unintentional shootings among adults. 42,43   

Shootings by Police 

Each year, more than 1,000 people are shot and killed by police officers, and thousands more are injured. 44,45 Black people are disproportionately impacted by this physical violence. Unarmed Black people are over three times more likely to be shot and killed by police compared to white people. 46 

Permissive firearm laws are associated with increases in shootings by police. Specifically, research finds that state permitless concealed carry laws increase shootings by police by 13%. 47 Conversely, strong state firearm laws, like Firearm Purchaser Licensing laws, are linked to reductions in shootings by police. 48 

Better data on police-involved injuries and deaths are sorely needed. Compulsory and comprehensive data collection at the local level, reporting to the federal government, and transparency in public dissemination of data will be critical for understanding this unique kind of firearm violence and developing evidence-based solutions to minimize police-involved shootings. 

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2. Tate J, Jenkins J, & Rich S. (2021). Fatal Force.  Washington Post . 

3. Schnippel K, Burd-Sharps S, Miller T, Lawrence B, Swedler DL. (2021). Nonfatal firearm injuries by intent in the United States: 2016-2018 Hospital Discharge Records from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health .

4. Bangalore S & Messerli FH. (2013). Gun ownership and firearm-related deaths.  American Journal of Medicine.

5. Karp A. (2018). Estimating global civilian-held firearms numbers. Small Arms Survey.

6. One in Five American Households Purchased a Gun During the Pandemic. (2022). NORC at the University of Chicago.  

7. Schaeffer K. (2023). Key facts about Americans and guns. Pew Research Center.  

8. Gun Ownership in America, 1980-2016. (2020). RAND Corporation.

9. Bangalore S & Messerli FH. (2013). Gun ownership and firearm-related deaths.  American Journal of Medicine.  

10. Grinshteyn E & Hemenway D. (2019). Violent death rates in the US compared to those of the other high-income countries, 2015.  Preventive Medicine .

11. One in Five American Households Purchased a Gun During the Pandemic. (2022). NORC at the University of Chicago.  

12. One in Five American Households Purchased a Gun During the Pandemic. (2022). NORC at the University of Chicago. 

13. McCarthy J. (2014). More than six in 10 Americans say guns make homes safer. Gallup.  

14.  Doherty C, Kiley J, Oliphant B, Hartig H, Borelli G, Daniller A, Van Green T, Cerda A, Gracia S, and Lin K. (2023). For most U.S. gun owners, protection is the main reason they own a gun. Pew Research Center.  

15. LaFrance A. (2016). The Americans who stockpile guns.  The Atlantic . 

16. Webster DW, Vernick JS, Zeoli AM, and Manganello JA. (2004). Association between youth-focused firearm laws and youth suicides.  JAMA Network .

17. Miller M and Azrael D. (2022). Firearm storage in US households with children.  JAMA Network . 

18. Hemenway D, Azrael D, and Miller M. (2017). Whose guns are stolen? The epidemiology of gun theft victims.  Injury Epidemiology.   

19. O’Toole M, Szkola J, and Burd-Sharps S. (2022). Gun thefts from cars: the largest source of stolen guns. Everytown Research and Policy. 

20. Benjamin Jr AJ, Kepes S, and Bushman BJ. (2018). Effects of weapons on aggressive thoughts, angry feelings, hostile appraisals, and aggressive behavior: A meta-analytic review of the weapons effect literature.  Personality and Social Psychology Review.    

21.  Donohue JJ, Aneja A, & Weber KD. (2019). Right‐to‐carry laws and violent crime: A comprehensive assessment using panel data and a state‐level synthetic control analysis.  Journal of Empirical Legal Studies.

22. Three-year average, 2019-2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Underlying Cause of Death.  

23. Anglemyer A, Horvath T, and Rutherford G. (2014). The accessibility of firearms and risk for suicide and homicide victimization among household members: A systematic review and meta-analysis.  Annals of Internal Medicine.

24. Siegel M and Rothman EF. (2016). Firearm ownership and suicide rates among US men and women, 1981–2013.  American Journal of Public Health . 

25. Anglemyer A, Horvath T, and Rutherford G. (2014). The accessibility of firearms and risk for suicide and homicide victimization among household members: A systematic review and meta-analysis.  Annals of Internal Medicine.

26. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. (2000). Lethality of suicide methods: Case fatality rates by suicide method, 8 U.S. states, 1989-1997.  

27. Daigle MS. (2005). Suicide prevention through means restriction: Assessing the risk of substitution. A critical review and synthesis.  Accident Analysis and Prevention .

28.  Lethality of suicide methods . Means Matter. Harvard T.H.Chan School of Public Health. 

29. Owens D, Horrocks J, & House A. (2002). Fatal and non-fatal repetition of self-harm. Systematic review.  British Journal of Psychiatry . 

30. Three-year average, 2019-2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Underlying Cause of Death. 

31,32. Anglemyer A, Horvath T, and Rutherford G. (2014). The accessibility of firearms and risk for suicide and homicide victimization among household members: A systematic review and meta-analysis.  Annals of Internal Medicine. 

33.  Siegel M, Ross CS, and King C. (2014). Examining the relationship between the prevalence of guns and homicide rates in the USA using a new and improved state-level gun ownership proxy.  Injury Prevention .

34. Three-year average, 2019-2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Underlying Cause of Death.

35. Doucette ML, McCourt AD, Crifasi CK, & Webster DW. (2023). Impact of changes to concealed-carry weapons laws on fatal and nonfatal violent crime, 1980–2019.  American Journal of Epidemiology .

36. Reeping PM, Cerdá M, Kalesan B, Wiebe DJ, Galea S, and Branas CC. (2019). State gun laws, gun ownership, and mass shootings in the US: Cross sectional time series.  British Medical Journal . 

37. Zeoli AM, Malinski R, & Turchan B. (2016). Risks and targeted interventions: Firearms in intimate partner violence.  Epidemiologic Reviews .

38. Campbell JC, Webster D, Koziol-McLain J, Block C, Campbell D, Curry MA, Gary F, Glass N, McFarlane J, Sachs C, Sharps P, Ulrich Y, Wilt SA, Manganello J, Xu X, Schollenberger J, Frye V, & Laughon K. (2003). Risk factors for femicide in abusive relationships: Results from a multisite case control study.  American Journal of Public Health . 

39. Three-year average, 2019-2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Underlying Cause of Death. 

40. Barber C, Cook PJ, Parker ST. (2022). The emerging infrastructure of US firearms injury data.  Preventive medicine . 

41. Three-year average, 2019-2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Underlying Cause of Death.

42. Webster DW, Starnes M. (2000). Reexamining the association between child access prevention gun laws and unintentional shooting deaths of children.  Pediatrics . 

43. DeSimone J, Markowitz S, Xu J. (2013). Child access prevention laws and nonfatal gun injuries.  Southern Economic Journal.

44.  Kaufman EJ, Karp DN, and Delgado MK. (2017). US emergency department encounters for law enforcement-associated injury, 2006-2012.  Jama Surgery . 

45, 46. Tate J, Jenkins J, & Rich S. (2021). Fatal Force.  Washington Post . 

47. Doucette ML, Ward JA, McCourt AD, Webster D, Crifasi CK. (2022). Officer-involved shootings and concealed carry weapons permitting laws: analysis of gun violence archive data, 2014–2020.  Journal of urban health.

48.  Crifasi CK, Ward J, McCourt AD, Webster D, Doucette ML. (2023).The association between permit-to-purchase laws and shootings by police.  Injury epidemiology.

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