Sarah Nilsen, in her journal article “‘Be Sure You’re Right, Then Go Ahead’: The Davy Crockett Gun Craze”, considered the way guns were promoted to the youth by television shows. The show that she focuses her attention on is Walt Disney’s Davy Crockett series. As the industry for western films began to slowly grow, the rate of juvenile delinquency became an issue that most parents wanted fixed. Parents began to question were this violent behavior came from. They started realizing their kid’s interest in toys such as toy pistols. This raised question whether the media was silently making guns an acceptable form of everyday life. This is where Nilsen began her research. Her purpose in the article was to pick apart the shows Disney created,
"Battleground America," written by Jill Lepore, provides a strong history of guns and the way they have changed in the eyes of the American through the years. She proves her point with strong evidence throughout her article, sprinkling it with opinion and argument that is strongly supported. She presents her argument to convince her audience that the open availability of guns allows citizens to undeservingly purchase them by displaying the credibility in her sources, using negative connotations in her speech, and the strength and objectivity only a strong logos appeal can provide.
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During the 1980’s, gun violence was an increasing problem calling on the opinions of many. With gun related crimes nearing their pinnacle and the numbers of incidences rising many “anti-guns” ideas and public media began circulating. During this time a group, formally known as The National Council to Control Handguns, entitled Handgun Control Inc. (HCI) was publishing public service announcements regarding gun control. Famously know for using the slogan “STOP HANDGUNS BEFORE THEY STOP YOU,” HCI enrooted awareness among viewers regarding their PSAs and the handgun violence they informed us upon.
When 2 young men, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, went on a shooting spree in Littleton, Colorado, killing 15 people, including themselves, there was a public outcry for censorship of every type of entertainment and changes in gun laws despite Eric Harris’s journal entry titled, “Last Wishes” asking that no one be blamed, other than himself and Klebold, for the massacre (“As You Were”, par. 2). After the 1999 school shooting now simply known as Columbine, a “Newsweek” pole showed that, “about half of all Americans want to see the movie industry, the TV industry, computer game makers, Internet services and gun manufacturers and the NRA make major policy changes to help reduce teen violence” (Alter, par. 1). According to Dave Cullen in his article “Let the Litigation Begin” several lawsuits were filed against the parents of the two boys responsible for the shooting spree claiming that Harris’s and Klebold’s families, “breached their duty of care” by allowing their sons to amass a cache of illegal weapons (Cullen, par. 5). Although the boys’ parents denied such allegations, they settled out of court for $1.6 million (Cullen, par. 5)...
When there is a negative, there will always be a positive. When youth go through those means of learning how to fully operate a gun, they can know what will not be in their best interest. Gun advocates generally believe that youth gun violence is a problem rooted in culture, not in access to guns.” (Public Perspectives) When you watch the news, more often than not, the misuse of guns is demographically placed in areas of the country that is focused on something
Family environment and the press are two major influences resulting in the recent tragic school shootings. As much as society continues to focus the killing rampages on factors such as television and music, what children are exposed to in reality contributes to the violence. The most recent school shooting in Michigan involved a six-year-old first grader who killed a classmate with a .22 caliber pistol. The news coverage had vanished after two or three days, and I was left wondering what had happened. Considering the fact that the media wore the Columbine incident out, I wanted to know why they did not pay more attention to this school shooting. As evidence did arrive, it was discovered that the child lived in a household where cocaine, heroin, and many other illegal drugs were commonplace. Also in this “home” guns were easily accessible to the child. Children growing up in this type of environment certainly are likely to be held accountable for future violence. Even though I am against the news media presenting too much school violence, Americans should have been deeply disturbed by this shooting because of the child’s young age. The Michigan shooting should have enlightened Americans to the dilemma we face in this country. Two weeks after the Columbine High School shooting, information on the mass murder was still being broadcast on television. The press was feeding young viewers ideas on how to kill their classmates. News was reported how the teenage murderers acquired information regarding building bombs, obtaining guns, smuggling guns into the school, and proceeding to kill their classmates. A mentally unstable teenager could simply watch these news reports and write a book entitled, “How to Slay Your Classmates”. This onslaught was ridiculous and the news coverage should not have been permitted to continue for countless weeks. Society has determined three reasons on which to blame the shootings. First, the nation blamed it on television’s violent programs. Following that, Americans gave the music recording companies the evil eye as well as attacking the gun manufacturers. All of these reasons involve material objects that are unable to think for themselves. Televisions and CD players do not control themselves, people control them. Finally, boundaries controlling the television programs children view should be set by the parents. The same explanation applies to firearms. How can it be a gun’s fault that a person killed another human being?
I chose “Here We Aren’t, So Quickly” by Johnathan Sofran Foer, and “Wake Up Call” by Megan McGuire. They have similar underlying themes and will be an interesting comparison. “Here We Aren’t, So Quickly” is about what seems to be a daydream about the future relationship between two lovers and how it evolves over the course of their adults lives. “Wake Up Call” is about the relationship between a girl and her parents as she grows up from adolescence in to young adulthood. .
Carter, Gregg. Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture, and the Law. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2012. Print.
Synthesis essay: “Before he cheats” & “Perfect” Although the danger and adrenaline an unfaithful acquaintance may feel to being unfaithful to their loved one; it can cause the other person in the relationship to feel damage physically and mentally; leaving a mess of words of feeling unworthy. Both the songs: “before he cheats” and “perfect” show a women’s perspective of what it felt like to being cheated on, However “Before He Cheats” uses her betrayal of trust to good use in contrast to “perfect’s” strategy of staying in a toxic relationship. In “before he cheats” the woman who got cheated on took her deep hatred and betrayal she had towards the situation and turned it to revenge; a dish best served cold. However in “perfect” the women was
addition the average American child will witness over 200,000 acts of violence on television including 16,000 murders before the age of 18 (DuRant, 445). Polls show that three-quarters of the public find television entertainment too violent. When asked to select measures that would reduce violent crime “a lot”, Americans chose restrictions on television violence more often than gun control. Media shows too much violence that is corrupting the minds children, future leaders of our society. In a study of population data for various countries sh...
The Who is a English rock band formed in 1964. Along with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, the Who complete the holy trinity of British rock. They were seen as the pioneers of rock opera, a powerhouse arena act, and among the first rock group to successfully use a synthesizer. Who’s Next is a long playing well thought out and exciting rock and roll album.
In the poem “The Kiss” by Stephen Dunn the gentleman touches base with the subject of love and the first kiss that makes an incentive. The gentleman shares his love for the nurturing woman in his life. He speaks about her actions and complements her throughout the whole play. Through the use of repetition, imagery, and allusion the speaker sets a romantic tone about the events that followed their first kiss. The speaker asserts that true love is having a connection with each other on a deep level. A level so deep it makes the ocean jealous. True love is thinking about one another constantly, having passion with each other, and being there for your partner to consult and pleasure them.
Thus brings up another controversy as to whether as to if children should be taught to shoot a gun. Every year three percent of deaths are accidental, most of them are children who end up playing with guns. In an article published by the Huff Post, it states that “keeping a firearm to defend your family makes no sense if that same firearms puts family members or visitors to your home at risk” (Weisser, P4). This statement shows that having a gun can be a good ideal if everyone in the family knows how to properly use a gun. Most of the time children do not the proper use of a gun, and think that it is a toy putting people at risk. Children because of this should be taught how to use a gun and if the parents do not feel comfortable teaching their children then they should not give a gun into the
A school shooting has just taken place. As I write this, the newscaster wonders if there is any connection between this and other school shootings, whether through method or motive. There will likely be a discussion on one of the myriad talk shows later, the ubiquitous scrolling headline at the bottom reading something along the lines of “Shooters Played Violent Video Games” or “Teen Killers Watched Action Movies.” And why not? Violence in the media has received an ample amount of attention in the past few years. The prevailing opinion seems to be that the effects of violent television programming and video games on children is harmful, damaging, and possibly influencing violent acts in turn. Yet children have long been drawn to violent fantasy scenarios, whether it be Beowulf or Gunsmoke or Mighty Morphing Power Rangers. There is a magnetic pull for children toward these types of stories and there has been since the dawn of time. Children like the shooters in Helsinki are an aberration, the sociological equivalent of a defective gene. Far from creating generation after generation of serial killers and gang bangers, violent stories can be and usually are beneficial to the young people that they target.
In addition, my little brother who is 8 years old likes acting out these kinds of scenes with a toy gun after watching one of these movies. Films like these portray violence in a more positive light. The constant promotion of gun violence in Hindi films is negatively affecting society. Indian Express suggests, “Roughly 40 million civilian-owned firearms are in India, out of an estimated 650 million civilian guns worldwide. About 6.3 million of the 40 million firearms - just over 15 percent - are licensed” (only 15 pc of firearms in India are licensed). According to one advocate, “Violence in the mass media contributes substantially to the development of aggressive habits that may persist throughout the life course” (Biosocial Bases of Violence). Following this research, my little brother still displays these behaviors, trying to become the actors and looking up to them, figuratively. Consequently, the portrayal of violence should be censored to only allow audiences that are older than eighteen who have a greater understanding of