My take on recent history
Write a personal essay in which you discuss your views on a recent event or series of events
Not too long ago, while browsing the internet I stumbled upon a short story that has really stuck with me. It was about a man describing the day he bought a gun and left it out on the porch and it did not kill anyone. The man was angry and thought he had the laziest gun in the world. It was barely a short story, really, it was just a few lines, yet every now and again I think myself thinking about it. I remember in the comments people referred to this story as stupid and how it did not make sense. The reason this story stuck with me is because it made a point that guns do not actually kill people, people kill people. Of course, guns do facilitate this killing but someone has got to pull the trigger. …show more content…
Sixty people were killed and nearly 500 people were injured. All of this damage, was apparently done by a single man with a gun. What really is sad about this is the fact that I was not shocked by it. There was not a single bone in my body that was surprised about this massacre. The reason being that I am aware of the preposterous and nearly laughable gun laws in the United States. Yes, I am a liberal, who reads liberal news and who has seen “Bowling for Columbine”, a biased documentary on gun control laws by Michael Moore. However, I do try to be as flexible as I can in relation to politics. I really do try and look at all sides of an issue. Nonetheless I can not understand how there are people who still defend the second amendment of the US constitution that states an American’s right to bear arms. Patriotic Americans take their constitution very seriously, even though it is certainly outdated. It was written in the 1700s, over three hundred years ago, society has changed since then, should not the constitution as
Write a personal essay in which you discuss your views on a recent event or series of events
Not too long ago, while browsing the internet I stumbled upon a short story that has really stuck with me. It was about a man describing the day he bought a gun and left it out on the porch and it did not kill anyone. The man was angry and thought he had the laziest gun in the world. It was barely a short story, really, it was just a few lines, yet every now and again I think myself thinking about it. I remember in the comments people referred to this story as stupid and how it did not make sense. The reason this story stuck with me is because it made a point that guns do not actually kill people, people kill people. Of course, guns do facilitate this killing but someone has got to pull the trigger. …show more content…
Sixty people were killed and nearly 500 people were injured. All of this damage, was apparently done by a single man with a gun. What really is sad about this is the fact that I was not shocked by it. There was not a single bone in my body that was surprised about this massacre. The reason being that I am aware of the preposterous and nearly laughable gun laws in the United States. Yes, I am a liberal, who reads liberal news and who has seen “Bowling for Columbine”, a biased documentary on gun control laws by Michael Moore. However, I do try to be as flexible as I can in relation to politics. I really do try and look at all sides of an issue. Nonetheless I can not understand how there are people who still defend the second amendment of the US constitution that states an American’s right to bear arms. Patriotic Americans take their constitution very seriously, even though it is certainly outdated. It was written in the 1700s, over three hundred years ago, society has changed since then, should not the constitution as