Broken Can Not Be The New Normal By Stephen Jordan Summary

"Time For Victims To Be The Change That We Need To See". The two articles “Famous Speeches: ‘We call BS,’ Emma Gonzalez's speech to gun advocates” by Emma Gonzalez and “Issue Overview: Guns in America” by Bloomberg have many similarities and dissimilarities in their perspectives. These two articles perspectives are alike and unalike in several different ways. There are many things that are alike about these two articles, one thing is that they both talk about gun laws and their effects on people.

According to the author “when white man feels disempowered, they are primed to resort to gun violence to reassert their sense of authority” meaning that the increase in mass shootings over the last few years are a respond to the expansion of women and minorities rights .In the article Wuertenberg implements the use of pathos by bringing in mass shootings from the past years in order to create awareness of the fact that “mass shooters have routinely expressed white-supremacist views or motivations.” He goes back to the first mass shooting and explains how the victims of those were chosen in a racist matter. Evoking emotions like courage, anger, disgust among on his readers. He also creates a trustful environment since he is going against his own race to face the truth that have been hidden for many years.

Using loaded diction, the author drives in his point that explicit media coverage is harmful. He claims that the “public glorification” that comes after the mass shooting, encourages others that may want to do the same because they receive attention from millions of people. The use of the phrase “public glorification” suggests that these criminals have an unwavering desire for attention and a narcissistic mentality. Thompson claims that mass shootings have “inherent and unambiguous value” and that it would be “absurd” to not report on it. Claiming that the mass shootings have been permanently placed in news broadcasting, and also that it would be wrong or impossible to ask the reporters to disregard them suggests that there is no way to stop the spread of mass

This resulted in an increase by 183% of shootings and by 239% of deaths by guns. Obviously, this is a problem, that both puts people’s lives at risk and makes some live in fear. First, the number of shootings is completely intolerable. Many innocent people die due to gun shootings.

The government put effort on controlling gun violence but that not enough. Mass shooting has triple since 2011, making drive by shooting more frequent with copycat shooter.

To understand the extent of how common mass shooting and gun violence is in our nation and why it feels like the nations is numb to gun violence, president Obama in his last national, which he was addressing the gun violence tragedy at Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon, said, “The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine. The conversation in the aftermath of it. We've become numb to this.” If the president expressed his feeling towards the frequency of gun violence tragedy and how predictable giving a national eulogy was, then it would be safe for me to assume that gun violence is a national issue that needs to be addressed and since nothing has changed so far, it is evident that the presidents speech is not as impactful towards law makers and the

We have come to live in a culture where it’s taboo or unacceptable to simply check in with people emotionally and offer some empathy and understanding. I’m not saying this would magically fix all gun violence. I’m just saying that all of these things — the lack of gun laws, the lack of health care, the inability to have basic conversations with friends and neighbors about what’s going on with them, these are all extensions of a callous and self-absorbed culture that lacks any real empathy.” He ends with these points to emphasize what society has become.

In the article “The New Normal” by David Brooks, he argues that the countries future will depend greatly on how the government makes budget cuts. He points out three principles that should be considered when making budget cuts. The first principle is to make everyone hurt, or to make cuts widely and fairly, not just in couple areas. In addition, Brooks claims that the government should cut more from the old to invest in the younger generation. He says that the government should invest more money into education and early-childhood programs.

Stopping or reducing these mass shootings is often a complicated issue, it could be a

Informative Speech Going Out with a Bang General Purpose: To inform. Specific purpose: To inform my audience about the causes of school shootings in America. Central Idea: The main causes for school shootings are easy access to guns, mental instability and trauma. INTRODUCTION I. (Attention Getter)

Gun Control Debate Jake Novak, in an article for CNBC titled, “Gun control isn’t the answer. We already know how to stop the violence,” gives his opinion regarding the controversial issue of gun control. Novak argues that gun control is not the answer to rising gun violence but that proper enforcement of the law would go a long way in reducing the cases of gun violence in America. He states, “We actually solved the issue of rising gun violence in America in the mid-1990’s and again in the early 2000’s by doing something radical. We enforced the law” (Novak 28).

However, a definite solution still has not been reached and America is split on the topic. The solutions currently enacted focus on guns, yet America still has a serious issue with gun related crime attacks, and fatalities. Solutions should not solely target the actual guns, because guns are powerless without the person who fires the weapon. The solution should not be to take away guns, but to consider the people who have access to them. Addressing mental health is the real solution to preventing gun violence and attacks.

How to reduce gun violence " In the 1960's, there was one school shooting. In the 1980's, there were 27. In the 1990's, there were 58. In the past decade, there have been over 120" (Hoehn).

Mass shootings are becoming more common now than in any other period in the history of the United States. Some would say that this is the result of insufficient gun control making guns too readily available and accessible. Others would disagree with this outtake completely. They would argue that not enough people had the ability and know how to be able to fight back. They would argue that not enough people have guns and the ability to correctly handle them.

Problem Solution Paper 95% of people think that america needs stricter gun control laws, yet the amount of shootings in the past years has risen exponentially. Gun violence is a serious problem and the people of the United States have wanted to solve this problem this for a long time. If people feel scared to go to school (which should be a safe learning environment for all children and all ages) that is a problem, and it needs to be solved, or at the very least put in barriers to deal with the mental disabilities and amount of guns associated with this problem. There has been an exponential rise in shootings in America since the 20th century. In the 20th century there were 226 shootings, in the first 18 years of the 21st century there have been 211 shootings.