A man with red curly hair walks through the door and sits in the front row. No one suspects him of anything. The lights go down; the room goes quite. Approximately twenty minutes into the movie, the man receives a phone call. He stands up and exits through an emergency exit leaving it propped open to return. A couple minutes later, he re-enters wearing a gas mask, SWAT gear and holding a shotgun, rifle, two pistols, and two cans of tear gas. Tossing the tear gas into the audience, they never suspected anything. They thought it was a prank or special effects to make the movie a more enhanced experience. It was only until he starts shooting at the ceiling that the moviegoers realized that it was no prank or special effects. Mayhem explodes
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But restricting guns in hands of law-abiding does not reduce gun violence; instead it increases the likelihood of gun violence by leaving potential victims easy prey for predators like Holmes.” John R. Lott Jr. says, “Gun-free zones are a magnet for those who want to kill many people quickly. Even the most ardent gun control advocate would never put “Gun Free Zone” signs on their homes. Let’s stop finally putting them elsewhere.” If so many places are supposed to feel safe, why is it that vicious killers are now targeting these places? The answer is only a logical explanation, because people are not able to protect themselves. The gun laws only make it exceedingly manageable to cause so much …show more content…
People always want stricter gun laws when something tragic like this happens. However, this only makes it easier for a homicidal maniac to cause so much devastation in such a small place. The tragedy that happened in Aurora, Colorado brought out the arguments for more gun control laws. Younge states, “Though there remain many unanswered questions about the shooting, there is no doubt that the terrible tragedy is being exploited by the anti-gun crowd to promote their agendas of more gun control.” Having stricter laws on guns will do nothing to help stop the violence.
There will always be guns sold in the street, or stolen, or bought legally. There will always be killings somewhere in this world from a gun. Therefore, how could stricter gun laws make gun violence like this stop?
Others believe that the main cause of the rage of destruction was that James was insane. James Holmes attended the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado, where he was studying the doctoral program in neuroscience. He had a bright future ahead of him, but by May of 2012, his hard work began to decline drastically. He dropped out of school without a reason when he flunked a major oral exam. Some believe that the pressure of his schooling caused Mr. Holmes to go insane and shoot a theater full of innocent people and then claim that he was the joker. However, others believe that he had problems
But restricting guns in hands of law-abiding does not reduce gun violence; instead it increases the likelihood of gun violence by leaving potential victims easy prey for predators like Holmes.” John R. Lott Jr. says, “Gun-free zones are a magnet for those who want to kill many people quickly. Even the most ardent gun control advocate would never put “Gun Free Zone” signs on their homes. Let’s stop finally putting them elsewhere.” If so many places are supposed to feel safe, why is it that vicious killers are now targeting these places? The answer is only a logical explanation, because people are not able to protect themselves. The gun laws only make it exceedingly manageable to cause so much …show more content…
People always want stricter gun laws when something tragic like this happens. However, this only makes it easier for a homicidal maniac to cause so much devastation in such a small place. The tragedy that happened in Aurora, Colorado brought out the arguments for more gun control laws. Younge states, “Though there remain many unanswered questions about the shooting, there is no doubt that the terrible tragedy is being exploited by the anti-gun crowd to promote their agendas of more gun control.” Having stricter laws on guns will do nothing to help stop the violence.
There will always be guns sold in the street, or stolen, or bought legally. There will always be killings somewhere in this world from a gun. Therefore, how could stricter gun laws make gun violence like this stop?
Others believe that the main cause of the rage of destruction was that James was insane. James Holmes attended the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado, where he was studying the doctoral program in neuroscience. He had a bright future ahead of him, but by May of 2012, his hard work began to decline drastically. He dropped out of school without a reason when he flunked a major oral exam. Some believe that the pressure of his schooling caused Mr. Holmes to go insane and shoot a theater full of innocent people and then claim that he was the joker. However, others believe that he had problems