Gun Violence

Gun violence has been a major challenge control over which has been politicized due to the legislation nature of the process. Elimination of gun violence can only be achieved through effective gun control policies. These laws were initiated due to the emergence of massive numbers of gun massacres, gun ownership and the need to keep children safe. Gun control has been evolving over the years to establish the best policies and strategies to ensure security. Gun regulation controls gun production and trade involving transport, putting into consideration all categories of firearms. Gun control and gun rights were put into effect by the Second Amendment to the US Constitution. This policy has been very vital and instrumental in mitigating problems associated with gun violence. This topic is sensitive, especially during election or campaign periods, where gun violence has been reported as a rampant issue. The two aspects have been lobbied for in the Congress for several years to enact a legislative measure that would help mitigate the challenge. For example, in 2008, in the Supreme Court case District of Columbia v. Heller it was established that civilians have a constitutional right to own guns in the USA. However, several decisions that have been implied have only addressed the federal policies and not the state or local laws. Equally, in July 2010, the Supreme Court applied at the state level the lower age limit of 30 years to own a gun in Chicago. However, these policies have not been effective due to the rapid changes in the gun violence trends. Thus, the Congress frequently reviews gun legislation to eliminate the gun violence challenge. This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the gun control aiming at solving the gun violence issue, its evolution over the years, implications in the society as well as the future policies and recommendations.  

Gun violence affects the community both directly and indirectly resulting in community unrest in different states. People living in neighborhoods where gun violence is witnessed encounter the two aspects of its effects. Gun violence results in psychological trauma in most communities, especially in regions where it is common among the youth. They are equally affected psychologically with the incidences of gun violence around them. Thus, gun violence leads to psychological problems such as insomnia and posttraumatic stress disorder among the youth. In educational institutions, some students who live in gun violence neighborhoods are adversely affected by the experiences from such kind of society. Cases of shooting have resulted in fear among individuals in these communities. For instance, those who lose members of their families or their loved ones remember the tragedy they experienced forever. The community and societal views of these murder incidences portray the fear that was and is still inflicted in the communities. These psychological problems have necessitated rehab process and trauma clinical treatment for the gun violence victims.  

Gun violence has eroded the cultural views causing insecurity problems in most communities due to the violation of ethical practices. Thus, these societies no longer depict the conflict resolution skills that they are expected to be possessing. In this context, therefore, members of the community tend to solve conflicts through gun violence. This aspect has greatly eroded the cultural norms and values in the society. Mostly, people suffer from gun violence due to the massive ownership of guns by unauthorized personalities in the community. This erosion shows evidence of future gun violence elevation in most communities in the US since many individuals associate conflict resolution with gun shooting. This process has led to the eruption of the culture filling it with fear and violence. Community violence deprives children and the young in the community the societal protection and safety they deserve. The federal government is responsible for the establishment of agencies as well as health facilities to assist the people affected in the society.

Similarly, gun violence affects child development process in most communities in the US. Children and teenagers who have faced violence brought by gun possessing persons usually experience chronic trauma that affects their growth. This violence equally results in retardation in the brain development process making this negative effect permanent. Poverty and crime dominated regions have greatly traumatized the youth living there hindering the normal development processes of the young generation. For instance, stress is proved to cause difficulties in the normal growth of children. This deduction has been brought by the research findings of most scholars. Aggressive and violent behaviors lead to deficient skills in listening and imitating activities. However, such children seem to acquire negative influence due to their environmental surrounding. Thus, the specialized agencies aim at mitigating the effects of violence among parenting households. The psychological problems thus affect the skills of children that should be corrected through the education process. These mitigating factors also include some protective measures.

The communities experiencing into gun violence have high incidences of mental health problems. This problem has led to reduced economic productivity and low efficiency of labor force. Research shows that without the mitigating strategies and education victims might suffer mental problems. Affected populations are often diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder and chronic mental illnesses. Similarly, children living in the areas with high rates of gun violence have developmental problems that progress throughout the lifetime. This challenge, therefore, necessitates the use of education procedures that will assist the mentally disabled in the community. Most healthcare providers have been trained to establish the symptoms that are associated with such conditions. The delays in treating and employing appropriate medication to the affected cause lifetime illness.

Chicago is among the regions where investors lack interests resulting in economic and political drawbacks. These communities have spent the better part of this decade resolving problems related to gun violence. Equally, the community is going through an extricating period in their region. There are several incidences that have led to fear inhibiting investors in the state. For instance, on July 4, the community celebrates the establishment of the assembly of firearms aimed to mitigate the gun violence in the region. In July 1, however, an incidence is reported of a terrorist who used his gun to murder workers in a laboratory. This shows that workers are vulnerable in the region. Equally, there are claims that the blacks are the mainculprits associated with the practice. This causes segregation amongst community members creating enmity amongst them. People in regions like Chicago experience difficult times coping with the situation as well as running their lives as usual.

The phenomenon of gun violence has been evolving throughout the world history. Culture is the point of reference, thus cultures that value and worship guns form the historical cause of gun violence in most states and nations. Equally, gun violence has been associated with the existence of weak and irrelevant laws resulting in citizens feeling insecure. The Homeland Security Agency in the United States, similar agencies in European countries and all over the globe, for instance, have reported the instances of gun violence since the very foundation of the countries and till nowadays. Thus, nations born in bloody conflicts are used to gun violence and tend to propagate it. Liberal politics, for instance, President Obama, have claimed that availability of guns in such cultures has contributed to the growing incidence of the vice. These comments are depicted in the Oregon incident that happened on 1^st October. These massive killings left the communities blaming the federal government laws. These regulations are seen as ineffective and inadequate in the mitigation process of such acts. According to the logical reasoning of liberals, change in the federal laws and the gun rights cannot prevent tradition and culture from finding its way.

The history of gun violence can be clearly traced from the slavery period in the US. Here, slaves were forced and threatened using guns to provide forced labor. Thus, according to conservatives’, gun violence and controls in the USA began in the 18^th and 19^th centuries due to the rise of shooting and insecurity challenges. However, the gun violence cases encountered were not a result of ethnicity or slavery in most regions. This insight leaves these deductions debatable for most historians tracing the history of gun violence. In the colonial period, equally, there were laws and policies to regulate gun ownership in the US. The federal laws were aimed at ensuring security amongst the US citizens and guaranteeing the slave labor in the region. This legislation controlled the production, ownership, and supply of guns in the country. These laws prohibited the ownership of guns in some areas as well as by some personalities. The regulations enhanced security amongst civilians who were in constant war with the native populations in most states. These regions include, for example, the Indians and Americans inhabited grounds. In the ancient times, oaths were taken before one possessed firearm failure to abide would result in loss of firearms. For example, in the 1786 riots, several civilians were disarmed. Americans in the process of demanding their rights on tax collections resulting ind insecurity that made it appropriate for retrieval of guns. The gun policies have evolved and changed over the years resulting in different law regulating gun violence in the States. In the 19^th century, various policies were employed to reduce the possession of firearms. In the ancient times, there were no handguns for the current laws to be formulated.

In the 17^th century in Virginia slaves were prohibited from owning firearms. This aspect was, however, viewed as a racial segregation process. The racial problem in the African-American antagonism is promoting safety laws for the public. The civil war caused the amendments that allowed for the implementation of gun policies. These neutral gun laws were used to mitigate violence that had been caused by Civil War. The 20^th-century regime has resulted into the New Deal regime. These laws have equally evolved to neutral restrictions banning gangster weapons.

In the late 1960s in California enacted gun control policies to reduce and eliminate the fear that had been experienced between the white and black Panthers. This process controlled the gun rights of panthers that had caused insecurity amongst the whites. There are rulers who have passed laws to eliminate the carrying of firearms amongst citizens openly. Reagan as one of the Conservatives enacted laws to prevent open possession of firearms. However, citizens view this strategy as a racist line of action.

The historical roots of gun violence are linked to three major aspects. These aspects are traditions, culture and mental state of individuals. Gun laws and policies can only be used to control everyone since history. The behavioral effects of the society have elevated the gun violence activities in the history of gun violence. Gun violence is thus traced to historical occurrences. For example, a man who caused the Oregon killings had a history of gun violence from childhood traced back from his parents. In 1934, the gun policies were meant to reduce and restrict gun manufacture and possession. Gangsters had possessed guns and were threatening. In 1968, the policies passed were aimed at mitigating the use of cheaply acquired handguns to threaten the security of citizens. This was implemented by 1968 as a Gun Control Act. Political and federal laws have since this period evolved to form the current control strategies in the modern world. Gun violence has thus been a challenge since historical times in most States.

There are present and future policies that have been enacted to control gun violence in the State. Gun policies have evolved over the years since the first enacting in the history of State early modern laws for instance in the 1930s are different from the laws in 1968 progressively. In 1968 there was the Brady Act law that restricted the ownership and purchase of firearms in the State. Unlike the ancient time in history, the current policies have become several to incorporate the technological changes in the society. There challenges that have affected the formulation of future gun policies. Currently, there is Brady Handgun Prevention Act for example that was enacted due to the technological introduction of handguns. Equally, the National Firearms Act has been employed to establish licensure for firearms.

Unlike the present policies that are employed to promote security amongst citizens, the future proposal is aimed at economic advancements. Initially, gun control policies largely involved security issues. Those who possessed firearms threatened citizens in the States. Due to cultural practices and gun worship several communities underwent racial discrimination that led to their assassination and gun violence. Thus, the policies that were formulated were aimed at reducing the insecurity problems in the State. In the future due to the global economic issues gun control policies have been formulated to reduce fear amongst investors. These policies are aimed at ensuring harmony that will impact the economy of the State.

Another prospective future proposal is the elimination or a reduction of the gun ownership and handling by malicious individuals. Currently, several murder incidences are as a result of firearm possession amongst unauthorized individuals in the society, for example, the Oregon tragedy. This limitation has leaked several firearms to the public resulting in insecurity problems amongst the citizens. The technological advancements will help in mitigating the rampant illegal ownership problems. Eliminate access by unauthorized persons. There are policies that mandate legitimate persons to own guns currently. However, in the future, there are proposals to ensure that this trend is an entrepreneurial culture. This process will avail easy time for the processing of licenses and supply of firearms amongst licensed individuals. Thus, the use laws to reduce gun violence will ensure safety amongst citizens and investors. This culture will be effective in eliminating racial segregation that has been a common aspect prohibiting expected impacts in the State. The FOPA, for example, engage in business involving guns that are licensed in the State.

Currently, there are problems faced due to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives commonly abbreviated as ATF. The problems associated with the AFT are due to the unclear statements. However, future proposals intend to reduce the intent-to-engage specifications that have caused the ambiguity. The process eliminates the huge numbers of gun dealers eliminating the high risks encountered in the society. Future laws, therefore, intend to reduce inactive and passive gun dealers through the imposition of high registration and licensing fees. Gun cultures in several States have been mitigated with the evolving world and gun policies. Thus, the future proposals foretell complete control over gun violence in several States. Thus future legislation has are aimed at reinforcing the present laws mitigating gun violence. The current gun violence control is centralized and managed by the federal government. This has been influential due to the frequent funding from the government and political agencies. However, future proposals are aimed at ensuring a decentralized control process that will ensure control of the problems in a community- based approach.

In conclusion, gun violence and gun control has evolved over the years to establish the best gun control policies and strategies to ensure security. Moreover, gun regulation is the control of the gun production trade involving transport putting into consideration the categories of all firearms. Gun violence affects the community both directly and indirectly resulting in community unrest in several States. Gun violence has eroded the cultural views causing insecurity problems in most communities due to the violation of ethical practices. Thus, these communities no longer depict the conflict resolution skills that they are expected to be possessing. Similarly, gun violence affects child development process in most communities in States is susceptible to such encounters. Children and teenagers exposed to violence brought by gun possess usually experience chronic trauma that affects their growth. This effect can be studied in Chicago is amongst communities where investors lack interests resulting in drawbacks economically, and politically. These communities have spent the better part of this decade resolving problems related to gun violence. Gun violence is a situation whose rooted issues have evolved over the years in the history of violence. Culture is the point of reference, thus cultures that value and worship guns from the historical cause of gun violence in most states and nations.

Consequently, gun violence has been associated with the existence of weak and inappropriate laws in citizens to insecurity. The history of gun violence can be traced from the slavery period in captive lands such as the State where American employed them for forced labor. Here, slaves were forced and threatened using guns to provide forced labor. Thus, according to conservatives’ gun violence and controls began in the 18^th and 19^th centuries due to the rise of shooting and insecurity challenges. The historical roots of gun violence are linked to three major aspects which seem to be the backbone of gun violence in the region. These aspects are traditions, culture and mental state of individuals. Gun laws and policies can only be used to control everyone since history. The behavioral effects of the society have elevated the gun violence activities in the history of gun violence. There are present and future policies that have been enacted to control gun violence in the State. Gun policies have evolved over the years since the first enacting in the history of State. Currently, there are problems faced due to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives commonly abbreviated as ATF. The problems associated with the AFT are due to the unclear statements. However, future proposals intend to reduce the intent-to-engage specifications that have caused the ambiguity. Gun cultures in several States have been mitigated with the evolving world and gun policies. Thus, the future proposals foretell complete control over gun violence in several States. Thus future legislation has been aimed at reinforcing the present laws mitigating gun violence.