Gun Violence In The Movie

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When the news reports a shooting, I start to panic and worry for the victims involved. I don’t typically start to wonder about how long the shooter was active and for how many minutes, so when reading the FBI Active Shooter report I was shocked to have found out most shooting happen within minutes. The report states “In 64 incidents where the duration of the incidents could be ascertained, 44 (69.0%) of 64 incidents ended in 5 minutes or less, with 23 ending in 2 minutes or less.” Leaving many civilians in dangerous situations because by the time a law enforcement officers arrives the shooting will stereotypically be over. I find this fact very unsettling because civilians rely on law enforcement officers to keep them safe, but not even law …show more content…

The essential differences between the two types of gun violence in the articles and film is the fact that the article discusses gun violence in mass shooting and at active shooter reports when the film discusses the after math that takes place after the gun violence. The film focuses on the offenders who committed crimes and how they want to come together and help their committees. Focusing on how offenders ended up in prison and how they feel about the crimes they committed. Although the articles give more details about where the crime took place and for how many minutes. With holding so many facts about crime scenes and victims, providing information about active shooters and their whereabouts. I believe the same solution can be used to address both types of gun violence, because they both make people stop and wonder what if. No one wants to be sitting behind bars for the rest of your life and reading about shooters who statistically commit suicide after their own crimes that I believe would prevent further gun violence. I also believe if more people were made aware of the statistics that would resolve some of issues that many cities are facing everyday with violence gun crimes. The most important solution is ending gun violence and figuring out ways to make communities more aware of the amount of gun related crimes happen in their own backyard. Ultimately ending in everyone coming together and realizing that gun violence needs to end in order to protect our loves

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