Say NOMORE to G.U.N.S

Title: G.U.N.S.

Author: Dijonai English

Materials:  black cold metal, warm sliver copper for the bullet paper, and ink.

Height: 550M

Gun laws are the cause of many violent crimes in America, the best way to resolve the problem is to change the laws so that owning an illegal firearm will imprison and sentence for the first time offenders who are caught.

I choose this topic because, guns has become such a huge issue in the the U.S. People are killed from guns every day, month and year. I want people to acknowledge the fact that people are murdered by this weapon and knowing the government doesn’t have any control over it. They had made up so many things for people who have guns to turn it in, but people weren’t giving in. They even told them they can come in with their guns “Unknown”. I believe that guns should have never been invented because it cause so many issues in our lives. I say this because on the Daily News I watched the News woman state that,  an ancient woman who was walking down the street was shot and and killed by a gun because she was caught in a random shootout. This pisses me off because that woman could be someone's daughter, mom, and/or sister. Image how they feel hearing that from a stranger on the phone in the middle of the night telling them their daughter has been killed from a random shooting. Image their pain, suffering, depression, stress, and anxiety, these things can kill a person. I worry so much because I have a huge family that goes out lot everyday to work and to goto school and I definitely don’t want to hear any bad new so I pray every morning to god for him to protect us.  

Did you know? "More than 30,000 people are killed by firearms each year in this country and more than 30 people are shot and murdered each day,1/2 of them are between the ages of 18 and 35. 1/3 of them are under the age of 20.Homicide is the second leading cause of death among 15-24 year-olds and the primary cause of death among African Americans of that age group (http://heedinggodscall.org/con tent/pfctoolkit-10). I want people to acknowledge what guns are doing to our society and how it effect the youth population. Every time I look at the News  a teenager is shot and killed by a gun because of a gang related member. This is a problem because guns are the root too all of our fear and life death.

I decided to make a sculpture of a giant gun in the middle of time square and this giant gun will be shooting out colored paper in the shape of a bullet. These colored bullet paper will be able to open for people to read a fact, opinions,and quotes about guns. I want to make my sculpture so huge because I want to obtain the News and public eye so they can broadcast my sculpture to other people who aren’t able to view my giant gun. I put it in Time Square because people all over coming from different places to here to visit and tour this area, so I’m able to have different genders,race, and ages viewing my sculpture. I want my audience to be versatile because everyone is affected by gun violence because it could be a family member of theirs and people love their families, so it would be such a heartbreaker to hear that their loved one have been shoot.

In conclusion, I believe people should try to figure out ways to solve the gun problems, but we should start with our communities first. We should give out flyers with facts about guns and give them information on how we are able to get a little start with guns in our community. We can also state that yes some people need their guns for protection, but there are other ways to protect yourself. This quote I seen in my neighborhood states, “We must start with I, before we can get to you, them, they, and we” This quote to me meant that “I” must show that I want a change in the world, but “I” must start with myself and than to others.