Another day. Another shooting rampage. Or so it seems to many Americans as they sit down to watch the evening news. “We need change!” shout the protestors as the politicians bicker among themselves about what is to blame. Like an epidemic, these mass killings our sweeping across our nation and stirring fear in the very hearts of Americans and all who claim planet Earth to be home. Thus, one may wonder: What is the cause of these mass killings? Who is to blame? The answer is unequivocally clear: increased gun ownership leads to increased homicide rates. The preceding claim is the thesis statement for the following study. As we seek to determine whether it is a “culture of fear”, as advocated in “Bowling for Columbine”, we will seek to understand …show more content…
We will seek to understand current conditions concerning employment, education, and opportunities to economically progress within each of these studies. We will further analyze the role of religion, morals, and ethics within each of these countries and the affects that they have on their adherents.(Lim) We will further consider whether it is a culture of fear, rather than the amount of guns that causes countries such as Guatemala to be more significantly more violent than other countries, such as Mexico. We will then relate our findings to the possibility that this culture or non-culture of fear causes mass killings in the United States. We will further consider the rational theory in seeking to understand the role of the guns in the selected cases. Combined with cultural method, we will consider the “culture of fear” and the feelings that justify gun ownership. We will analyze whether this fear leads to more people obtaining guns and ultimately committing horrendous acts of murder. This analysis will provide greater understanding into the influence that the media and society have on this