Country: Sudan
Committee: United Nations Disarmament Commission (UNDC)
Topic Area A: Illicit arms trade
The unregulated and uncontrolled trade of small and light weapons is a persisting problem all around the world. This trade creates chaos and encourages violence everywhere. Small arms are easy to obtain. They're light, easy to handle, and they are rather cheap too. Since these types of weapons are small, they are easy to hide and transport. Some small arms may not create massive problems worth noticing, but their massive accumulation is what causes these problems to get even worse. This conflicts create a cycle. The accumulation of small weapons creates big problems, decreasing security and increasing violence, which ends up creating more demand for these types of arms. Most of the deaths caused by conflicts are directly related to the use of small weapons. This arms are the most used tool for criminals. They make much easier the violation of several human rights. These include: murder, rape, mutilation, torture, forced disappearance. The majority of these violations of the human ...
In the United States of America, control and access to guns should be limited. In the article “The Case for Gun Control”, written by Fareed Zakaria, makes a very broad reasoning on why access to guns should be limited to Americans. The article explains how Americans are taking advantage of gun usage and how easy it is to access it. The United States has the highest crime rate in the world. Having high crime rates can lead to innocent people losing their lives because of the twisted people who are getting easy access to weapons.
There are not many restrictions on the distributions of guns. Guns are sold to any one who is of eighteen years of age or older. There is another restriction; it is called the waiting period. Any one who is willing to wait three to five days to receive their gun can purchase one. The government enforced this law to allow time for the person who is buying the gun to calm down, or come to another resolution than violence. The fact that there are little restrictions on the purchasing of guns leads to much bigger problems. Problems such as school shootings. Many people do not store their guns correctly and this allows children to come in contact with these guns. This often leads to violence. Whether this violence occurs in schools, on the playground, in the streets, or in the children's own bedroom. The guns sold legally to ...
Guns are not the trouble, people are. The United States is #1 in world gun ownership, and yet is only 28th in the world in gun murders per 100,000 people. The number of unintentional fatalities due to firearms declined by 58 percent between 1991 and 2011 Based on these facts, one can see the guns not the causes of gun violence. moreover, civilians who get permits take gun safety courses and have criminal background...
As long as there have been men and women on this planet there has been violence. This is an immutable fact. In all likelihood, there will always be violence within the human race. Robert Heinlein said, "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Nations and peoples who forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms." Indeed this is plausible. The premise of these arguments is that giving a creature with a proven track record of violence a phenomenally powerful tool of destruction is less than wise. As an alternative, this paper proposes to limit access to such powerful devices (semi-automatic firearms) through the use of tracking methods, restricted sales, and heavier penalties for illegal possession of firearms. The firearms most specifically addressed are semi-automatic weapons including repeating rifles and handguns.
The idea of the spectacle referred to in Leo Chavez’ “The Latino Threat” is discussed in correlation to concerns over the immigration of Latinos into the United States and the discourses they create. One spectacle in the Latino Threat Narrative are the controversial cases of organ transplants for immigrants, such as that of Jesica Satillan, the recipient of a “bungled transplant,” that became widespread through the large volume of media attention and public opinion they generated. These cases raised issues of biopolitics, discipline, and neoliberalism including the transformation of the lives of immigrants into virtual lives, the meaning of citizenship and the privileges that come with it, and the structural violence inflicted on undocumented immigrants as a result of the regulation of health care.
The controversy over assault rifles is one of the most problematic issues related to the contributions of gangs, drug traffickers, and most criminal activity. More often than not, criminals have access to the weapons of their choice more easily than it should be. Getting them from licensed dealers, black markets, and family members’ homes, the availability of these militia weapons has become to effortless to obtain. The rise of criminal activity is part of the reason more than one-third of high school students have easy access to a weapon or gun. “Four out of five guns brought to school are actually brought from their own homes” (Page par 2). This is one of the biggest problems when faced with where criminals get their guns. They either steal them from relative’s homes, ask to borrow them, or steal them from licensed sellers. There are a lot of ways people can get guns. People who should not be able to purchase a firearm are allowed to, and illegal transactions are also a huge issue with criminals getting their guns. For all these reasons that is why Government should require restricted gun ownership to protect society, prevent crime, and allow for recreational use.
Gun violence has been and continues to be one of the major problems in American. The U.S. has the highest rate of gun ownership in the world and consequently the highest rate of gun violence and fatalities compared to other developed countries. In a study by the University of Sydney it is estimated that there are 270,000,000 to 310,000,000 guns in the United States. According to the same study in 2010 there were 31,672 fatalities caused by firearms and on the following year the number went up to 32,163. Homicides resulting from guns are high in the United States and they are claiming more than eleven thousand lives every year (Guns in the United States: Firearms, Armed Violence and Gun Law). According to Vision for Humanity, an initiative for the Economics and Peace, the United States is ranked 99 out of 162 countries in the 2013 global peace index, homicide rates and violent crimes are among the various criteria used to determine the ranking (Vision of Humanity). Mass shootings at work places, schools, shopping malls and places of worship are happening in an a...
Case study number two is a four-page article written by Marian L. Houser and Astrid Sheil, and it’s titled “How Do You Get Anything Done Around Here?” The article focuses on the concept of real organizational experiences, but primarily Kate Elliot’s experience and dissatisfaction with her job at Donaldson Family Foods, Inc. Kate’s a hard-working, educated woman who is initially impressed with the Donaldson Food, Inc., especially at the opportunity that she has to become the national brand manager. As time goes on, and her first project’s assigned, Kate notices countless negatives within the organization, including how the company remains a low-growth business, its employees’ lack of competitiveness and hurry, and the SMART group’s “Black Hole,” a term referring to the grinding halt that’s applied to all initiatives, ideas, and proposals. In this case, Kate’s cooking bag project faces the dueling black hole. Throughout my paper, I will relate and apply Kate’s experience to organizational culture and socialization, how the conflict is handled, both verbal and nonverbal communication, and possible suggestions for Kate.
Through the year’s shootings have increased by a significant amount. Individuals are becoming affected on a regular basis and are concerned about there safety. Parents are worried for there youth getting assaulted, sexually violence, tormented, kidnaped, murdered on the other hand, now there ending up to be more stressed for there child getting shot. Guns have been around for hundredths of years, both world wars were succeeded with guns, hence, guns were served to defend its nation through history. In Western society citizens purchase guns for self preservation.
Through two decades ago and in recent years gun violence has increased significantly in the various parts of the United States. There are more cases of children and young adults, engaging in violence. Gun violence leads to the death of many civilians annually. Gun violence touches every segment of our society. It increases the probability of deaths in incidents of domestic violence, raises the likelihood of fatalities by those who intend to injure others and among those who attempt to commit crimes. put children and young people at special risk, and disproportionately affect communities of color. Gun violence harmed all the society and it was a nightmare which produced a culture soaked in blood.
In present day America, there are many problems facing our society. Among these problems, violence is very important. Violence is a conflict that also affects other countries, whether they are developed or not. A huge factor that plays a role in America is the ownership and usage of guns by civilians. In modern day politics, one point that is heavily debated is how the level of gun violence could be reduced. In the United States, there are things the federal government, state and local governments, community groups and individuals could do to reduce the level of gun violence.
At our own school, I see the violence first hand, students fight over disputes they have with one another in hope for a resolution, and there very rarely is one that comes out from it. In addition to this violence in our own community, it can also occur on a much greater scale. These utmost violent acts are when people chose to use weapons and firearms against people in a dangerous manner. In the United States guns can be accessed so effortlessly, but for what reason? The citizens may believe it is for their own protection, but really how is it safe for anyone to have proprietorship of a gun? When the guns get into the hands of the wrong peoples' it is no longer safe, and tragedies occur. From just one bullet to thousands of them, lives are disturbed. For instance, last week in Las Vegas the largest mass shooting in the United States occurred, this
The first benefit when guns are restricted to own is reducing homicides. Gun is one of the best killing weapons; it is created to put an end to the life of the target that it aims at. Therefore, it ...
Warfare is what led to the creation and manufacturing of firearms all over the world. Firearms made war less savage and protected soldiers in battle without them needing to even get close to their enemy. In today’s society, guns have reached far past being used in warfare, being used to murder, steal, and threaten. People are terrified now more than ever because of guns falling into the wrong hands. Although guns have many cons, they have many advantages to back them up in recent protests against them.
With all the people being injured or killed in schools by guns and other weapons, more and more people are getting more weapons to bring into schools. Nearly half of all males and one-third of all students, including females, said they could easily obtain a handgun if they wanted to (Glazer 14). The cause of violence can be blamed on many things but 1 mainly. And that one thing is drugs and gangs. Now that more people are selling and buying drugs, people are making money buying weapons.