Gun Control

One event in U.S history clearly shows the seriousness the United States is having with gun control. In April 2007 Seung-hi Cho entered the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia and began shooting. At the end of the day 33 individuals were dead. According to a study by the New York Times there is an average of 81 gun- related deaths in the United States every day. With thousands of deaths each year The United States needs to seriously consider the gun control laws which are in place and what must happen to increase the safety of this nation.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Gun Control Not Necessary?

    Many believe that gun control is not necessary at all. Many feel that everyone who can own a gun should. How likely would the Columbine shootings have been if everyone in the school had a gun under there trousers? They would have shot maybe 1-2 people then been shot themselves, perhaps. Fortunately for us, there is gun control enforced in our country. I do not feel that everyone should own a gun. I do not feel that half the people that have guns should own a gun.
    A lot of hunters and people of that nature don't like how much gun control we have. A lot of the paranoid schizophrenic people believe that we should have guns in our houses, just in case we get robbed. I, fortunately or not, do not agree. I believe that controlling who has guns, and how many, and what kind is a very necessary evil.
    My step brothers real father collected World War 2 items. He owns all sorts of things from outfits, to flamethrowers, to 50 caliber rifles. He probably could supply his entire neighborhood with some kind of weapon from the war. But just because he is one of the few exceptions who illegally owns these kind of guns and can actually handle himself without being a gun-toting hip gangster wannabe doesn't mean our entire nation should have access to whatever they like when they like it. It is dangerous to the person owning it, their family, and anyone who they get mad at. I guarantee that our suicide and homicide rate would go up if everyone owned a gun. That easy of access is not a safe environment for anyone.
    I believe that our gun control laws need to be more extensive. We should have more requirements before you own a gun and can carry it around in public. Things like psychoanalysis should be required, not just passing a background check and being 21. So to all you gun control haters, be glad we have gun laws. The next time you cut someone off, or flip them off, or push their little brother or whatever the circumstance might be, be glad they don't have access to guns.

Mike

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