Gun violence in the United States
A- The Bill of Rights & The Second Amendment
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The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
The Founding Fathers met in the summer of 1787 to create a new form of government for these United States. The Preamble to the Constitution declares that one of the purposes of this new Constitution was to “secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” (www.nccs.net) The Bill of Rights is intended to assure Americans that their government will protect their liberties and stay within the confined limits of the Constitution. (www.nccs.net) |
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The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution is the amendment and the section of the Bill of Rights that says that people have the right to keep and bear arms. The Second Amendment was adopted into the United States Constitution on December 15, 1791, along with the other amendments in the Bill of Rights. The Second Amendment and the Bill of Rights were introduced into the United States Constitution by James Madison.
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Amendment II
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." 
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B- American Dad: "Guns don't kill people"
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C- "Pumped-Up Kicks" By Foster the People.
Pumped Up Kicks est une chanson du groupe Foster the People sortie le 14 septembre 2010. Elle est inspirée du massacre de la fusillade de l'école secondaire Columbine, où un membre de la famille d'un membre du groupe a été prise en otage.
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1) "He'll look around the room // He won't tell you his plan"
Robert dreams of violence towards his classmates and he doesn't want his plan to be foiled so he's not gonna tell anybody. 2) "But he's coming for you, // yeah he's coming for you" Robert doesn't have many friends and most kids he knows are bullies this is why he says i'm coming for you because those are the kids he dreams of getting revenge against. PUMPED-UP KICKS?
The shoes (Pumped-Up Kicks) were very expensive, and kids with that kind of money to spend on basketball sneakers who didn't opt for Air Jordans tended to be the privileged poseurs who annoyed the hell out of anyone wearing Converse or Keds. |
"Pumped Up Kicks" (Lyrics)
Robert's got a quick hand He'll look around the room He won't tell you his plan He's got a rolled cigarette Hanging out his mouth He's a cowboy kid Yeah he found a six-shooter gun In his dad's closet, in the box of fun things I don't even know what But he's coming for you, yeah he's coming for you [Chorus x2:] All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You better run, better run, faster than my bullet 
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Explications en français (interview du chanteur, Mark Foster):
« Pumped Up Kicks, c’est l’histoire d’un ado qui se sent tellement différent qu’il en vient à tout détester et à rêver de vengeance. Je pense que les jeunes aujourd’hui s’isolent de plus en plus. Avec Pumped Up Kicks, j’ai essayé de me placer du côté du bourreau, non de celui de la victime, comme Truman Capote dans sa nouvelle De Sang-Froid. J’aime entrer dans la tête des personnages que je crée ». Pumped Up Kicks fait également référence à la « guerre » des baskets de marque qui eut lieu aux États-Unis au début des années 90, entre les Air Jordan de Nike, les Converse et les Reebok Pump. Ces dernières étaient les baskets « attitrées » des bad boys ou de ceux qui voulaient passer pour des bad boys, tandis que les Air Jordan étaient les baskets des sportifs et les Converse celles des « artistes ».
« Pumped Up Kicks, c’est l’histoire d’un ado qui se sent tellement différent qu’il en vient à tout détester et à rêver de vengeance. Je pense que les jeunes aujourd’hui s’isolent de plus en plus. Avec Pumped Up Kicks, j’ai essayé de me placer du côté du bourreau, non de celui de la victime, comme Truman Capote dans sa nouvelle De Sang-Froid. J’aime entrer dans la tête des personnages que je crée ». Pumped Up Kicks fait également référence à la « guerre » des baskets de marque qui eut lieu aux États-Unis au début des années 90, entre les Air Jordan de Nike, les Converse et les Reebok Pump. Ces dernières étaient les baskets « attitrées » des bad boys ou de ceux qui voulaient passer pour des bad boys, tandis que les Air Jordan étaient les baskets des sportifs et les Converse celles des « artistes ».
D- 1999: Columbine High School Shootings |
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The Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting that occurred on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County in the American state of Colorado. In addition to the shootings, the complex and highly planned attack involved a fire bomb to divert firefighters, propane tanks converted to bombs placed in the cafeteria, 99 explosive devices, and carbombs. The perpetrators, senior students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered 12 students and one teacher. They injured 21 additional people, and three more were injured while attempting to escape the school. The pair committed suicide.
Although their motives remain unclear, the personal journals of the perpetrators document that they wished their actions to rival the Oklahoma City bombing and other deadly incidents in the United States in the 1990s. The attack has been referred to by USA Today as a "suicidal attack [that was] planned as a grand—if badly implemented—terrorist bombing." The massacre is reported as "the deadliest high school shooting in US history."
The massacre sparked debate over gun control laws, high school cliques, subcultures and bullying. It resulted in an increased emphasis on school security with zero tolerance policies,[9][10] and a moral panic over goth culture, gun culture, social outcasts, the use of pharmaceutical anti-depressants by teenagers, teenage Internet use and violence in video games.
Explanations taken from Wikipedia.
Although their motives remain unclear, the personal journals of the perpetrators document that they wished their actions to rival the Oklahoma City bombing and other deadly incidents in the United States in the 1990s. The attack has been referred to by USA Today as a "suicidal attack [that was] planned as a grand—if badly implemented—terrorist bombing." The massacre is reported as "the deadliest high school shooting in US history."
The massacre sparked debate over gun control laws, high school cliques, subcultures and bullying. It resulted in an increased emphasis on school security with zero tolerance policies,[9][10] and a moral panic over goth culture, gun culture, social outcasts, the use of pharmaceutical anti-depressants by teenagers, teenage Internet use and violence in video games.
Explanations taken from Wikipedia.
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