Gun Control
Brett Fenimore
2/16/08
Essay #2
Guns Don’t Kill People, the People Kill People
One hot topic these days is gun control and how easy it is to get a gun. In the second amendment of the constitution its states that every person has the right to bear arms. Furthermore that this right shall not be infringed. People argue that gun control is breaking the law of the constitution. When making it harder to get a gun is not breaking the constitution. There should be more background checks on people that want a gun. The seller of a gun should take the time to check out the buyer.
The first situation we will be looking at is the massacre that occurred on March 24, 1998 in Jonesberg, Ark.4 middle school girls and a teacher were pronounced dead. Also 11 people were injured. This happened when 2 young boys dressed in full camouflage stormed their school and opened fire. They were armed with handguns and rifles. They even were armed with a high powerful rifle a 30.06. "I helped one teacher who had been shot in the abdomen get out of there where she could lie down and we could start medical attention," Pate said. "Another student had got shot in the leg. As soon as she got hit, she couldn't walk and she fell into the doorway.(CNN)" This was a quote from one of the teachers of this school. This quote is just showing the mayhem that occurred at this school. This all could have been prevented with a little bit of gun control. Devastation like this should be prevented before it happens rather than wait until it happens again.
Another and perhaps more known incident was the shooting at Columbine High School. This again was two gun men armed with weaponry. This time the two assailants had two sawed off shotguns, one double barreled and one pump, a 9mm tech 9DC semi automatic, and 9mm high point carbine rifle. In addition to this the pair had several grenades, pipe bombs, and napalms; all totaling up to 82 bombs (Docherty)....
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