Public Service Announcement an Social Sustainability: Youth Handgun Violence in Memphis
In 2011, two-thirds of homicides in the U.S. involved a gun. Of the 242 homicides in Tennessee that involved a gun, 126 were in the city of Memphis. How many were in your neighborhood?
This awareness poster is meant to emphasize the frequency in which guns are used in crimes, specifically homicides and how close to home they can be. The revolver chamber acts as a visual interpretation of the "two-thirds" statistic. The markings on the wall imply the charting of the revolver chamber each time it spins, similar to russian roulette. The line, "Don't Play." is a message to the public, especially youth, that guns are not toys or games and shouldn't be treated as such.
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