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Violence In America

Violence In America. By: Tory Schicker and Kayle Rusch. Violence in the Media. On average, by the time American youth is 18 they will have witnessed 200,000 violent episodes on television alone. Weapons appear on prime time television on an average of 9 times every hour.

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Violence In America

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  1. Violence In America By: Tory Schicker and KayleRusch

  2. Violence in the Media

  3. On average, by the time American youth is 18 they will have witnessed 200,000 violent episodes on television alone.

  4. Weapons appear on prime time television on an average of 9 times every hour.

  5. Saturday morning cartoons contain 20-25 violent acts per hour.  That is about 6 times as many as prime time programs.

  6. Cartoons are more likely to exhibit violence with humor.

  7. 66% of all television programs contain violence.

  8. In the media, 75% of violent acts are committed without remorse, criticism, or penalty; 41% are associated with humor; 38%are committed by attractive perpetrators; 58% involve victims who show no pain.

  9. What is this teaching today's youth?

  10. Gun violence in the United States.

  11. 1954:  U.S overthrows democratically-elected President Arbenz of Guatemala. 200,000 civilians were killed...

  12. 1963-1975: American military kills 4 million people in Southeast Asia

  13. September 11, 1973:  U.S. stages coup in Chile. Democratically-elected President Salvador Allende was assassinated and Dictator Augusto Pinochet was installed. 5,000 Chileans were murdered...

  14. 1980s: U.S. trains Osama Bin Laden and fellow terrorists to kill Soviets. CIA gives them $3 billion..

  15. 1982: U.S. provides billions of dollars in aid to Saddam Hussein for weapons to kill Iranians... 1983: The white house secretly gives Iran weapons to kill Iraqis..

  16. 1990: Iraq invades Kuwait with weapons from U.S.

  17. 1998: Clinton bombs a possible weapons factory in Sudan... Factory turns out to be making asprin...

  18. 1991-present: American planes bomb Iraq on a weekly basis.. U.N. estimates 500,000 Iraqi children have died from bombing and sanctions...

  19. 2000-2001: U.S. gives Taliban-ruled Afghanistan $245 million in aid.

  20. September 11, 2001: Osama Bin Laden uses his expert CIA training to murder 3,000 people...

  21. Children and Gun Violence. In a single year 3,012 children and teens were killed by gunfire in the U.S.. (2002) That means... 1 child every 3 hours. 8 children every day More than 50 children every week

  22. Chilldren and Gun Violence Between 1798 and 2001 gunfire killed 90,000 children and teens in America. Kids under the age of 15 being killed in the U.S is almost 12 times higher than in 25 other countries put together..

  23. Children and Gun Violence In one year more children and teens die from gunfire rather than caner,influenza,asthma,and HIV/AIDS combined..

  24. Guns in School. It is estimated that more than 135,000 guns are brought into U.S schools each day. 1998-1999: 3,523 students were expelled for bringing firearms to school.

  25. Guns in School Nearly 8% of adolescents in urban junior and senior miss at least one day of school each month because of being scared.

  26. America and Gun Violence American Children are at more of a risk than in any other country. In one year: Children killed by firearms Japan: 0 Great Britain: 19 Germany: 57 France: 109 Canada: 153 United States: 5,285

  27. Every day, more than 80 Americans die from gun violence...

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