Description
The University of Central Florida (UCF) Forum is a weekly series of opinion columns presented by the UCF News & Information. The columns are the opinions of the writers, who serve on the UCF Forum panel of faculty members, staffers and students for a year. A new column is posted each Wednesday at UCF Today and then broadcast between 7:50 and 8 a.m. Sunday on WUCF-FM (89.9).
Publication Date
1-2-2013
Keywords
Guns; Gun ownership; Slaughter; Sandy Hook Elementary; Society; Restriction on gun ownership
Introduction
Other nations genuinely look to America as an example, a shining “city upon a hill,” as Massachusetts Bay colony’s first Gov. John Winthrop famously put it. But they cannot understand what they often call America’s “love affair” with guns.
Subjects
Gun control; Violence; Shooting; Public safety; Constitution
Creator (Linked Data)
Houghton, David Patrick(VIAF); Houghton, David Patrick(LC)
Collection
Publisher
University of Central Florida
STARS Citation
Houghton, David (2013). If we are a 'civilized' society, we must find a way to stop violence. UCF Today, 2013-01-02. Retrieved from https://today.ucf.edu/if-we-are-a-civilized-society-we-must-find-a-way-to-stop-violence/
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