Gun Violence

 Gun Violence 

By Emely Juarez 

April 10, 2024

Why so many gun violence? 

Here in Los Angeles it's the most one of the common places that there is in today society.                                                           There is always happening that are related to dangerous things. One of them can stolen vehicles, robbery, or even murder. Gun is the most poplar thing that is used in United States. It has caused thousands of problems and it can't be handle. Los Angeles is a good place but there is so much danger that can happen. One of them is having a gun. People would have guns and be able to used them by doing such dangerous things. This cause a lot of issues that it can't be controlled. Polices are trying their best to be able to stop people who have armed weapons that can be used by something else. It is not safe because if an armed weapon falls into the wrong hands, they can cause something bad that people in the community will be afraid. Los Angeles is a popular place where people get to have fun but some things get out of hand. You never know when it will happen but it always does. Over the years, the numbers has increased of the popularity of owning an armed weapon. This is where trying to have an armed weapon should be more strict. I believed that guns should not be used for anything because it cause a lot of damaged to community and around the world. There is thousand of places that there is gun violence not just United States. Even though United States has the highest percentage because of how it is easy to get access on getting an armed weapon. According to the website from Everytown for Gun Safety it states "In an average year 37,603 people die by guns in the United State" This shows that every year thousands of people in the United States would die from gun violence. 

Why owning a Gun?

Owning an armed weapon can be good and bad.  An armed weapon can be used for protection or whenever your in danger.  This makes the person feel safe and secure when owning an armed weapon. Today society it has gotten dangerous and there is more violence and people are scared and are more aware. It can be useful when owning a gun because you never know what will happen. However, it is not good when someone is using a gun for something else rather than to use it for safety. Today soiecty, young people would have access on having a gun, which is something that it should not be happening. Owning a gun should be more appropriate aged and know what it is used for. It is important that gun is not for everybody and should not be used in any dangerous way. This is why there is a lot of cases where young and old people are dead because of it. For example,  On May 24 2022 there was school mass shooting that happened in Texas. Twenty-one people died during the mass shooting that happened and all because of a young man who had access on an armed weapon. Also there was seventeen injured ones that happened as well during that day. Things like this happened common in the United States and it should be stopped.

Credit: Evan L’Roy for The Texas Tribune

Community people 

I asked my friend who she lives in Los Angeles and asked her, how many sirens does she hears often. She mentions that she hears it almost everyday. She states that there is alway happening and it is not good. There can be heard gunshots at night or even during the day. But even if it was during the day people think it might be fireworks and others can tell that it comes from a gun. People in the community knows that Los Angeles is getting dangerous place and that it is not the same of how its used to be. California has three largest cities that are popular to gun violence which are Los Angeles, San Jose, San Diego. Those three has the highest percentage of deaths that happen all because of the armed weapons. From where I live, there was a bit of a gun violence that it would only happened during the night. Now there isn't gun violence, but when there is we all get shocked because there wouldn't be such thing in our neighborhood. In my neighborhood it is always quiet place, there wasn't any danger or anything but when it happens it scary because we don't usually experience those types of things. 

I just hope that in the future there is something prepared that can be stoped the gun violence or trying to be less dangerous then how it is today. Nobody should not be experiencing this and having to loose their love ones because somebody life can only live once and the disaster can be repeated again and again. This is why gun violence should be most concerned because more lives are dying from it and we aren't doing anything to help prevent from continuing to ruined people lives. It should be our most concerned and start building a way to take responsibility on how to own a gun. Although banning gun could be a good idea and would help community to be safe again. Then people would start to feel less scared and worried that there is no armed weapons around. 

Work Cited

Gun Violence in California, maps.everytownresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Every-State-Fact-Sheet-2.0-042720-California.pdf. Accessed 10 Apr. 2024. 

Mendez, Maria. “Uvalde School Shooting: What We Know One Year Later.” The Texas Tribune, The Texas Tribune, 24 May 2023, www.texastribune.org/2023/05/24/uvalde-school-shooting-what-to-know/.