Guns in america, the facts

THE TRANSITION
The reality is, we use the second
Amendment to defend the right
to bear arms when the weapons
looked like this.
But now we have managed to
create weapons beyond the
wildest dreams of the Founding
Fathers. As the guns have
changed, so must our tolerance
of them.

 We live in a time where mass murder is glorified and used as
profit.
 Games, Movies, Music videos all are heavily influenced by the
use of firearms.
 America is synonymous with the idea of guns, we are the ones
who go in “guns blazing”
 When we are bombarded with images and ideas of guns being
cool and those who have them are symbols of power, who
could resist them?
 All together, Americans own 270,000,000 guns, more than
the next 19 countries combined and 224,000,000 more than
the next country on the list, India.
PRO GUN CULTURE

 Getting a gun in America is almost as simple as walking into
an establishment and having the money to get one.
 The only things keeping you back are having a criminal record
or a history of mental illness.
 Even THIS can be walked around however, through a legal
loophole in gun policy.
 Any private owner can sell guns to whomever they choose to,
no questions asked.
 Around 40% of guns are sold this way.
 In many cases, private vendors are excited to meet people
who cannot pass background checks, as they know they will
pay a lot of money to get what they want.
HOW DO I GET A GUN?

 Guns have now become so powerful that a novice can pick up
a gun with almost no experience and loose up to 3 shots in a
second.
 The shooter at Newton only needed around ten minutes to
cause all the devastation inside the school, all with
completely legal weaponry.
THE DANGER
With the ability of being
able to shoot at a rate of
45 shots a minute and a 30
round capacity magazine,
who could have stood a
chance?

 The number of mass shooting events in this country has risen
from 5 a year from 2000-2008 to 16 a year from 2009-2012.
 A mass shooting event is an event where at least 4 individuals
are killed in a single incident.
 The last 6 years alone has seen 12 of the top 25 mass
shooting events, totaling 159 causalities.
DEATH ON THE RISE

 The combination of the amount that pro-gun activists pay to
make their opinions heard and powerful and the importance
they place on voting make them an extremely difficult group
to overcome.
 Two issues come into play here: following the money, and the
true nature of democratic process.
 In a capitalistic society, those who control the most cash flow
often find themselves to have the most influence
 In a democratic society, those who come out and vote to make
their voices heard are those who directly influence the
decisions made.
THE PROBLEM?

 GET OUT AND VOTE! This is imperative. Voting is the right that
America has fought and bled for for centuries and it is the
ideal upon which this great country is built. Standing idly by
does not simply do nothing, it strengthens the opposition.
 GET OUT AND TALK! The only way to get people interested in
this is to let them know what is happening. Talk to a neighbor,
to a classmate, to your family, anytime you can raise the
topic, inform all those around you. Only those who know, care.
 GET OUT AND GET INVOLVED! If you can go and help campaign
for your local congressmen, go and do it! If you can make
flyers and post them on walls everywhere then do that! If you
can even just call your congressmen from the comfort in your
bed, do at least that!
WHAT CAN WE DO?

 Our only solution is to take the moment we are standing in
now and make sure it is a moment of change. Every day that
passes we are open to another psychotic individual who can
cause a devastating amount of damage without so much as a
warning. It is our responsibility to our fellow countrymen to
keep them as safe as we would want them to keep us. This is
truly a country of the people, and if the people wish to be
safe; they can be. This is our time and our time alone, we
must take our time and make sure we leave our mark on
history! Let now be the time that we set America on the path
with the rest of the world. Away from the mindless luxury that
are firearms and towards the path of peace. We are the last
country who still has such an obsession with guns, let us be
the ones who finally turn that number into a zero!
OUR SOLUTION?

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