In the mid-2000s, when crime rates were declining fast, almost 70% of Americans wrongly said that crime rates had risen over the past year. Analysis: Why gun controls are off the agenda in America What force on earth could convince Americans that down is up? The most powerful force of all: television. TV news -- and especially local TV news -- is dominated by news of violent crime, the more spectacular and murderous the better. TV news creates a false picture of a country under attack by rampaging criminals, and especially nonwhite criminals.
Whether we believe it or not, our youth is killing themselves and the leading way is by guns. There is an estimation of 41,149 suicidal deaths each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Suicidal deaths with firearms are ranked higher in comparison to homicides, which are ranked 2:1. So many of these suicides could be prevented by households leaving their guns outside of the house or tucked away in hard to reach places. In states where gun control is not monitored as much, rates of suicide were higher; for example, Wyoming reported that in the 63% of households that contained guns, the suicidal rates were higher than in those houses that did not contain guns.
This kind of violence allowed many questions to arise about what could have been done to avoid the shootings. “In 2004, the United States had about 30,000 gun-related deaths…” (Jost, K., 2007) Making school campuses safe is always a major focus for colleges, universities, and even schools that have children under 18. Some people felt that if more gun control laws had been implemented that thing like the Virginia Tech shooting would not have occurred. (Jost, K., 2007) The shooting was very unfortunate, and innocent people died for no reason. Gun control laws do help prevent this from happening as often.
The Fundamentalist Perspective on Violence In the United States, violence is a major problem that is getting only worse. Not only is it glorified on almost every television show, but some of the most tragic acts of violence make headlines on major news stations daily across the country. Although the media portrays violent acts constantly, people are desensitized to the magnitude of the problem. Many people feel like the problem is so far away from them that they should not worry about it. It’s the mentality that “if I’m not looking for violence, I won’t find it.” Unfortunately, for those victims at recent school and mall shootings, violence found them.
The critics of video games demanded that stricter controls such as American gun control the media then swept up the story and labelled video games “murder simulators”. But time has shown us that the individuals in this massacre, and in other incidents of shooting sprees, the purpatrators were wither victims of abuse at the hands of adults, were mentally disturbed or were the victims of extensive alienation and abuse at the hands of their peers. I believe that these events could have been avoided with intervention from the school or the family who should have seen the degeneration in the persons attitudes. Critics claim that violence breeds violence. So why is it only video games that take the blame.
It is not safe for anyone to be able to get their’ hands on certain gun. For the safety of our nation, there should be more in-forced restriction on who is able and not able to purchase a gun. There are about 200 to 250 million guns in America, and of these, about a third are handguns, which means the other 2/3rds are more powerful guns. Within all the different kinds of weapons, guns are used in approximately 70 percent of killings according to the FBI. 70 percent is an unbelievable high number when it comes to homicides.
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, Today, I would like to discuss the concept of media violence and its futuristic, damaging effects on children and adolescents in general. Media violence, in my opinion, has a negative influence on the generations after forth, changing their personalities and their brain development and eventually bringing those negative qualities within them to the real world. Raise your hand if you had ever watched a movie that contains some form of violent means. Well, according to National TV Study, approximately 40% of the television shows portray the attractive protagonists performing aggressive actions. 75% of the “brutal” scenes depict the characters revealing no signs of remorse, consequence, or criticism.
But, most shows aren’t that great. The majority of the total percent of the reality shows on the air promote some type of bad message. When Skins the British-born show, was translated to American audiences, the controversy was raging before an episode emerged. American teenagers were being stereotyped as people who cuss all the time and the only things they care about are partying, relationships, and heartbreak. This makes America’s future generation look like it will be filled with illiterate people who have unstable love lives.
Reality shows on television as well set bad examples such as excessive use of vulgar language causing viewers to think it's 'okay' to do the same. THat is one of the main reasons teenagers across the country are making these decision.
. Types of Crime The media report on violent crimes which include homicide, assault, robbery, sexual assault and kidnapping (Australian Institute of Criminology 2010). Sexual assault has increased along with general assault, whereas homicide has decreased, yet the media tend to report homicide more frequently than assault cases. In Britain, 40% of crime news on BBC radio was murder or death. On television 53% of all crime stories on ITN and BBC were murder and death (Cumberbotch 1995; 25).