Jasmine Ancton
Youth Initiatives Project
University Preparatory High School
Senior
When I think of hugs not bullets. I think of small children. I wonder how they feel and think when they hear those gun shots. I wonder are they scared or are they happy. Have people ever really thought about the young children and what they do when they hear the shots every year. I guess people never really notice how some families get on their floors at night. Why can’t we wish everyone a Happy New Year on the phone and have to wait until the gun shots are done. We can’t even bring in the New Year with hugs because we don’t want a gun bullet to creep into our homes and hit on of us.
I don’t know if people really understand the purpose that Hugs Not Bullets hold. We would like the citizens of America to stop the tradition of shooting in the air on New Years Day. Instead of shooting why not start the year off with a friendly hug? When shooting in the air on the first day of the year, that basically means you want to start the New Year off with violence and negativity. But when giving a hug that’s positive and to start off that day/year with that type of attitude is great.
American children are more at risk from firearms than children of any other industrialized nation. In one year, firearms killed no children in Japan, 19 in Great Britain, 57 in Germany, 109 in France, 153 in Canada and 5,285 in the United States. (Centers for Disease Control)
America is losing too many children to gun violence. Between 1979 and 2001, gun fire killed 90,000 children and teens and America.
(Children’s Defense Fund and National center for Health Statistics)
In one year, more children and teens died from gunfire than from cancer, pneumonia, influenza, asthma, and HIV/AIDS combined. (Children’s Defense Fund)
The rate of firearm deaths among kids under age 15 is almost 12 times higher in the United States than in 25 other industrialized countries combined. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Look at those statistics……get the picture?
University Preparatory High School
Senior
When I think of hugs not bullets. I think of small children. I wonder how they feel and think when they hear those gun shots. I wonder are they scared or are they happy. Have people ever really thought about the young children and what they do when they hear the shots every year. I guess people never really notice how some families get on their floors at night. Why can’t we wish everyone a Happy New Year on the phone and have to wait until the gun shots are done. We can’t even bring in the New Year with hugs because we don’t want a gun bullet to creep into our homes and hit on of us.
I don’t know if people really understand the purpose that Hugs Not Bullets hold. We would like the citizens of America to stop the tradition of shooting in the air on New Years Day. Instead of shooting why not start the year off with a friendly hug? When shooting in the air on the first day of the year, that basically means you want to start the New Year off with violence and negativity. But when giving a hug that’s positive and to start off that day/year with that type of attitude is great.
American children are more at risk from firearms than children of any other industrialized nation. In one year, firearms killed no children in Japan, 19 in Great Britain, 57 in Germany, 109 in France, 153 in Canada and 5,285 in the United States. (Centers for Disease Control)
America is losing too many children to gun violence. Between 1979 and 2001, gun fire killed 90,000 children and teens and America.
(Children’s Defense Fund and National center for Health Statistics)
In one year, more children and teens died from gunfire than from cancer, pneumonia, influenza, asthma, and HIV/AIDS combined. (Children’s Defense Fund)
The rate of firearm deaths among kids under age 15 is almost 12 times higher in the United States than in 25 other industrialized countries combined. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Look at those statistics……get the picture?
3 comments:
I never look at the part of the children. & How they feel about hearing gun shots
Well, from that perspective I understand the point you are trying to prove... The statistics to help your statement was really good...
This makes me think. I never thought about this perspective before....
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