There is a general trend in US – regardless the dislocation point of its citizens – either heartland or suburban neighborhood, people are vulnerable to gun violence. This violence may be represented in the set of the following forms: gang crime, suicide, or a gun accident. In all cases, all the gun violence acts break the law and that is why, there is a need for development of the appropriate policies and other social-oriented solutions, which have potential of stopping such form of abuse and violence. In accordance with the statistical data, the total number of people, who have died because of the gun violence in the timeframe of last 5 decades, exceeds the number of victims in every single war in America - starting from 1781 till the Operation Enduring Freedom in 2014 (Kelly, 2014). In this investigation, the core factors, contributing the gun violence in US are assessed as well as the strategy for their management is developed.
First of all, it is essential to predict and prevent the gun violence on an individual level. Even while it is critically important to take into account the fact that the lion share of people with mental disorders, is not dangerous for the society, those ones who are in the group of risk, should have the mental health treatment – in such case it is possible to minimize the suicidal thoughts and reduce the violence risk, caused by the mental disorder.
The second issue is to prevent the gun violence at the community level. This may be done with the help of the programs, oriented on emotionally-healthy generation. One more aspect of work in this case is the identification of the troubled individuals and issuing corresponding interventions. Additional responsibility in such case lies on the mental health community, which should develop the collaborative models for problem-solving, oriented on the gun violence prevention.
Finally, it is essential to develop or update the appropriate policies for the gun violence minimization. It may be achieved through the handgun purchasers’ licensing, requiring the background check for all gun sales as well as setting the rigid control over the retail gun sellers (APA, 2013).
References
APA (2013) Gun Violence: Prediction, Prevention, and Policy APA Panel of Experts Report. Retrieved from: https://www.apa.org/pubs/info/reports/gun-violence-report.pdf
Kelly, R. L. (2014) Kelly Report. Retrieved from: https://robinkelly.house.gov/sites/robinkelly.house.gov/files/wysiwyg_uploaded/KellyReport_1.pdf
