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I will present the notion of Places and Forms of Power, I'm going to present the situation of Gun Control in the USA.

Indeed, when we think of power, the influence of weapons in the USA plays a major part in the society. Could we limit gun violence in the USA ?

 On a first part we will see the creation of the 2nd amendment with prevention campaings. On a second part we will talk about the gun violence.

Firstly USA was created on 1776 at once, the flag of the unites states was created composed by the british flag and 13 red and white stripes. On 1785, the 2nd amendment Guarantees to every American citizen the right to carry arms. The right to bear an arm as it is written in the American Constitution, it was written by the founding fathers, including George Washington, the first presidents of the U.S.

The constitution is based on 3 parts : legislative branch, executive branch and judicial branch. It countains 7 article and 27 amendment.

The history of the country shows that the Americans have always felt the need to be armed. The supporters of this law are the members of the NRA (National Rifle Association)  , and the opponents are usually associations like  Mom Demand action for example. This association of mothers fight against the law with many poster or picture like a little girl hold an amr. For fight this, the brady compaing prevent the gun violence

Secondly we noticed that this law generate many forms of violence. For ilustrate this we studied a press article about a 16-year-old boy shot his grandfather and his grandfather's companion because he was violent. Another boy who is 14 to also shot on 3 students because he had personality disorders. These 2 cases show what weapons can cause. In América the rate of gun violence is higher than another contry. Many school prohibit wearing a weapon for a question of security.

For example, kennedy was killed by an man how had an arm but many advertising especially in the 1960s, promoted the sale of weapons so many familly had weapons.

To conclude on this notion, the 2nd amendment is inscribed in the culture of the usa, some people are in favor of this law but others are totally against it. Although it is ingrained in the history of the US, possessing a weapon makes people violent and crimes rates are highest.

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