Do you think it's too easy to obtain a gun? Colin Goddard definitely thinks so. Five years ago, a student killed 32 people, and wounded 17 people on school grounds. Colin luckily survived, and he decided to learn about how it's too easy to get a gun. "Anyone can walk into a gun show or surf the Internet to find a 'private sale' and pay cash for a gun," he says. Many gun owners don't have a permit to sell guns. Colin's gone to multiple gun shows in Virginia, Minnesota, Ohio, and Texas, and he bought guns like Tec-9's or Mac-11's, and without going through backround check or being asked whether he should be allowed to purchase a firearm.
While Colin says "yes," congressman Paul C. Broun doesn't think it's too easy to buy a gun. He thinks there are already too many restrictions limiting Americans' access to guns. Also, it doesn't mean more crime just because there are more guns being sold. To prove this, Vermont doesn't require gun owners to get a permit or register their firearms, and citizens were free to carry concealed weapons. Vermont is the second-safest state in the country. "Americans don't need a liscense to use their right to free speech. The same should go for their right to bear arms."
I would have to agree with Paul C. Broun. It's a free country, and people should be allowed to buy guns freely. Gun owners should be smart enough to see who can handle a gun and who can't. And, as Paul Broun said, "Vermont's the second-safest state in the country, and gun owners don't need a permit and customers don't need a liscense." More guns don't mean more harm.
I have mixed feelings on gun control. As an American, we should have the right to carry a gun when we are adults. Unfortunately guns are bought by people who want to use them for things other than for hunting or protecting themselves and that, to me, is where the problem is. Someone who wants a gun to hurt someone will be able to get a gun no matter how strict the gun control policies are. Guns are stolen all the time from people who use them for things like hunting and sporting. So I think that it is more about stolen guns and guns getting into the wrong hands than it is about obtaining a gun legally.
ReplyDeleteOk, so really nice writing NIck. I liked how you put a paragraph on each of the views of gun containing. I think in between both sides. I think that there should be a law about a certain age that someone can access a gun because if 32 students got killed- that's scary. I only have one critique and that is I think there should be quotation marks in the third paragraph where you were you wrote "And as Paul Broun said". Overall good job!
ReplyDeleteI think you did a great job on this, nick! I really like how you did the 2 sides and explained each side thoroughly. There definitely should be an age limit on guns though.
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