Pros And Cons Of Mass Shootings

The article by Tessa Stuart talks about that when it comes to mass shootings, gunmen motives don’t really matter in the end. Last week on Wednesday 14 people were killed, and 21 were injured by a legally obtained semiautomatic assault rifle. California’s gun laws do outlaw these assault rifles and are generally considered as the strictest in the country. (Mike McIntire) The problem that arises from this is that even though they were legally obtained there are loopholes when it comes to achieving in gun ownership. For example when it comes to magazine size in California you cannot have more than a 10 clip magazine or be easily removed. However, you can effortlessly circumvent this restriction by pressing the tip of a movable bullet into a recessed button, allowing for a …show more content…
There’s too much grief for the families that unfortunately lose love ones for honestly a reason that shouldn’t have happened in the first place. I’m not against the 2nd amendment of the right to bear arms but really there should be restrictions like how Tessa mentioned when it comes to gun purchases. People should have a background check when it comes to acquiring a fire arm, sure that’s like invasion of privacy but the populace is at the jeopardy of the people that own guns. They’re the ones that are hurting because they themselves don’t have weapons to fend themselves, but then the argument arises of instead of adding more restrictions why not have less. I feel that if that were the case there’d be even more shootings than the astonishing count we have now. If everyone has access to fire arms you’re giving people that shouldn’t even be anywhere near firearms a way to potentially hurt more innocent lives. That would also pretty much get rid of gun free zones if everyone had fire arms, I personally wouldn’t want to be on anyone’s bad side if that were the case because now it would become potentially a fatal