Not only is the shooter held somewhat responsible, the gun stores should be more at fault due to the lack of mental background checks for the unstable. An example of unstable shootings is the Florida school shooting. The Florida school shooting happened on February 14, 2018. A 19 year old teen named Nikolas Cruz, who was expelled from school has mental issues and has been recommended to go to mental institutions because of it, and yet this teen was able to get their hands on a rifle and shoot up the school. The question now is, how could this have been avoided? Well heated debates have suggested that action should be taken. some say guns should be removed from harm's way while others disagree completely and argue that we need guns for self-defense. An alternative that could please both parties could be by regulating who can get a gun and to have a very thorough background search before being allowed to purchase a gun. By regulating the age of buying a gun and the thorough background check that could improve the likelihood of less
Not only is the shooter held somewhat responsible, the gun stores should be more at fault due to the lack of mental background checks for the unstable. An example of unstable shootings is the Florida school shooting. The Florida school shooting happened on February 14, 2018. A 19 year old teen named Nikolas Cruz, who was expelled from school has mental issues and has been recommended to go to mental institutions because of it, and yet this teen was able to get their hands on a rifle and shoot up the school. The question now is, how could this have been avoided? Well heated debates have suggested that action should be taken. some say guns should be removed from harm's way while others disagree completely and argue that we need guns for self-defense. An alternative that could please both parties could be by regulating who can get a gun and to have a very thorough background search before being allowed to purchase a gun. By regulating the age of buying a gun and the thorough background check that could improve the likelihood of less