The one thing in life that everyone would choose not to experience if they could is violence, which is defined as verbal or physical behavior whose goal is to harm, injure, or destroy someone or something. For example, Choose...guns and knives homicides and suicides terrorism and war automobile and airplane crashes are the second and third leading causes of death in the US among persons between the ages of 15 to 24. Victims of violent acts may continue to suffer from Choose...schizophreniadigestive disorders post-traumatic stress disorder dementia years after the violence occurred. Much of the violence in our society occurs among members of the same family and is called domestic violence. Violent behavior can be triggered by environmental factors but ultimately violent behavior, like all behavior, is controlled by the Choose...body brain heart reproductive organs. Children are often the victims of violence and abuse and every year about Choose...151016 million children in the US are admitted to hospital emergency rooms for treatment of injuries resulting from child abuse. Children are also abused sexually and emotionally. However, the most common form of child abuse is Choose...drug abuse poverty neglect alcoholism. Violence against women often takes the form of Choose...sexual assault poverty marriage pregnancy. Each year in the US more than Choose...10,000100,000500,000one million cases of forcible rape are reported to authorities but this number is actually an underestimate since many women do not report being raped because of shame, fear, or other reasons. Older people also are the victims of emotional and physical abuse as well as various forms of financial exploitation. The use of firearms in many kinds of violent acts is one of the most serious problems facing the people of America. The organization that is most active in defending the right of citizens to own and use guns is the Choose...Brady Gun Organization Armed Services National Safety Council National Rifle Association . Of special concern is the use of guns by teenagers to shoot teachers and classmates in high schools around the country. While violence is ever present in the US many societies around the world exist without the use of violence. People such as the Choose...Inuit Eskimos and Zuni Pueblo Indians Ancient Egyptians Borneo tribes South American Indians have managed to construct societies that are nonviolent. The most serious act of violence against US citizens carried out on US soil occurred on Choose...December 7, 1941at the beginning of the Revolutionary War during the Civil War 11-Sep-01 and changed this country and its attitudes dramatically. War, terrorism, and violence of every kind take a terrible toll of human life around the world.