Not only mass shootings, there are several gun-related cases. I recall reading heartbreaking news from\u00a0two big broadcasts (CNN and BBC), celebritiy or entertainment websites (Buzzfeed and PerezHilton) and several social medias (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram). For example, 6-year-old boy\u00a0accidentally took a gun and shot his brother while playing “cops and robbers”.<\/p>\n
It is understood that democracy provides freedom to all citizens in United States of America.<\/p>\n
“The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun”<\/p>\n
– Wayne Lapierre<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
However, it is not acceptable that mass shootings and any gun-related cases are mainstream. We have to realize that this is also scary if not taken with corresponding responsibility. One may have the privilege to own a gun but not everyone has the right state of mind and moral values to own a gun. There are some people who owns guns for protection. But there are other people who own guns for other reasons and motivations.<\/p>\n
Gun ownership can define character such as “the true man who deserves everyone’s respect”. I chose this advertisement because it says “Consider your man card reissued”. It is simple but straightforward. It encourages people to own their gun and feel their power.<\/p>\n
For Cultural Jam Assignment, my role for this project is to remind the important responsibilities of gun owner and bring awareness of safety.<\/p>\n
Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last week (June 7-12), I went to Orlando to visit my family and to enjoy the parks such as Disney World and Universal Studios. The overall trip was the most overwhelming. I woke up two nights with two different crimes: Christine Grimmer and Orlando Pulse Nightclub Shooting. I was in the same state where the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40966,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/maciltan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/maciltan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/maciltan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/maciltan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40966"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/maciltan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/maciltan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/maciltan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3\/revisions\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/maciltan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/maciltan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/maciltan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}