The Gun control act has been around since 1968 since John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The act was set to prevent certain people like fugitives from buying guns. This act also required retailers and individuals to obtain a Federal Firearms License. All background checks must be run through the (NICS), witch is part of the FBI. Background checks have brought concern of second amendment rights as well as who should be able to have a gun.…
The second amendment gives us the right to own guns and those rights should not be infringed upon. There are many ways to stop the mass shootings from happening, but having a no gun zone is not one of them. We should look at what the people want protection from a sign or protection from a gun. Mass shootings are happening a lot these days and most of them happen in a no gun zone. People with their CCW have stopped mass shootings, how many gun signs have stopped mass shootings?…
As a hunter, I value my right to own and use firearms. But as a student, those same rights are unsettling. When you’ve been brought up to respect weapons and educated on the proper use of a firearm, it is hard to imagine how or why people do the things they do with guns. It is also hard to take a side on gun control or how we are going to fix this problem. On one hand, stricter gun laws could make it harder to do the thing I love doing.…
On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris, age eighteen, and Dylan Klebold, age seventeen, went on a shooting spree in their high school, murdering thirteen people and injuring more than twenty others before ending their rampage by committing suicide. This crime lead to a major, national debate on gun control and school safety, and an investigation to determine what influenced Harris and Klebold. In the years following the calamity we call ‘Columbine’, America feared that adolescents would carry out similar attacks. Since this massacre, numerous teens have planned copycat crimes while others have made automatic weapons and plotted their use inside and outside of public places with many proceeding to take action making this the worst crime committed in the 20th century.…
You wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of glass breaking. You have enough time to put your slippers on and as you walk to your door you hear a loud “bang!” Now you go and grab your bat and walk down the hallway to investigate and halfway down the hallway you notice a shadow lurking in your kitchen. Then right when you turn the corner you are face to face with the burglar a the first thing you do is swing the bat and protect your family that are waiting outside for the cops.…
According to a report during the years of 2013-2015, claimed that there were 35 shootings at high schools, 13 shootings at middle schools, and 24 shootings at elementary schools. This is relevant to how some children obtained guns, by…
Everyday atrocities occur, and everyday people apathetically watch them happen possessing nothing but blank, empty stares. People are murdered, wars are fought, countries are stricken with poverty, diseases run rampant ending countless lives, and the list goes on and on and, as a people, we are too numb for the magnitude of these misfortunes to even register in our minds. When the average man is sitting on his couch and accidentally flips the channel to the news and sees that thousands died in a bombing overseas, he might experience a brief moment of concern for those that lost their lives and those who lost loved ones in the bombing, but he will soon accept it as a fact of life and the thought of the families ripped apart by the bombing is…
Gun Control is not the answer More gun control laws are not the answer to less gun violence, better education is what's needed. Gun control has been a much debated topic in the U.S today. It is people's opinions on whether or not to have less or more gun control laws. There are many important reasons why we need more gun control laws but their are many facts about gun related deaths.…
On the eve of november 13th 2015 those gathered at the bataclan concert hall in downtown paris. As they watched and sang along with the tunes being played by an american band know as the Eagles of Death Metal, their night suddenly turned to chaos. As gunshots rang out from the balcony above people began to flee in every direction. “People yelled, screamed and everybody was]lying on the floor, and it lasted for 10 minutes. 10 minutes, 10 horrific minutes where everybody was on the floor covering their heads.…
The United States of America is no stranger to tragedies. Whether it be the Columbine High School Massacre or the shooting at Virginia Tech, America has been plagued by terrorism and the murder of many civilians. Although often thought to be unstoppable, I have constructed a plan to end the reign of terror. By instating strict gun control, intensive outpatient therapy for military veterans, and allocating money for more intense security in public spaces, the United States government can efficiently protect the citizens from the atrocities that have plagued the country in the past.…
By Federal law gaining legal access to a gun is a process simpler than a refinancing a family home in the United States. Our government states that under federal law a licensed gun dealer cannot sell any handguns and/or ammo to anyone that is under 21 and can’t sell long arms (Shot guns/ rifles) to anyone under the age of 18 but an unlicensed dealer cannot sell handguns to anyone under 18 and can sell long arms to anyone regardless of age. Everyday there are up to nine deaths under the age of 21 daily, leaving us with an issue that has been here for such a long time but has been continuously ignored and overlooked because most people go about finding solutions for guns in extreme ways. It’s not about getting rid of guns but controlling how…
You just dropped your kid off for school around 8 in the morning. You tell your child “I love you” and send him into school. When pulling out of the school parking lot u see a suspicious van pull into the school, you don't do anything and keep going on your way. Then 30 minutes later you get a phone call from the police……. To be continued.…
In America there practically is a mass shooting every day according to a mass shooting tracker. Where more than four people die in one incident. This is not even taking into account the number of accidents and gun related violence that result in the death of less than four people. America cannot go on like this. The very things we buy to protects ourselves are the things that our killing us.…
Jhaneidy Checo CRT / Prof. Boluch Winter '16 Hi Senator Dianne Feinstein, A man first shot his mother with a Marlin .22, where he then took a vehicle and transported firearms to a school. He brought his weapons onto school grounds – breaking the law – and throughout his journey to every classroom, murdered children and teachers. How would you react if you were one of the teachers who could have stopped this man on the act? This was the Sandy Hook Elementary school shoot out, and Adam Lanza had no compassion.…
On an average day in the United States 93 americans are killed by gun violence. There are also 1000’s of cases that involve a child being injured or killed by a stray bullet every year. Does this mean that guns are dangerous or does it mean we are using guns for the wrong intention? There are many reasons people use guns but like everything else some people use it for good and some for evil. Since the United States can't take away all of our guns I feel there should be some guns you should be able to purchase at your local store for self-defense or hunting and there are also some guns in which you should go through heavy background checks to be able to purchase.…