Gun Control

Today, we talked about the school shooting in Oregon. I think its extremely sad that 10 people lost their life, and 20 people were injured because of one crazy person. We talked about whether there should be a longer process to buy a gun, such as a physciatric tests. We also discovered that you can buy guns on Amazon. I think that is crazy because anyone could buy one on there, even kids. Mr. Schick showed us a graph about the death by firearms including a bunch of countries, and U.S was 20 times higher than any other country. Personally, I don't think that mass shooting always have to do with being mentally ill. I think they could result from being bullied or harassed. People might not realize it, but if you bully someone, who knows, maybe they'll come in to school the next day with a weapon intending to hurt someone. I always see this question and it really makes me think. What is more deadly: a gun or a thought? A gun gives you the chance to kill someone, but a thought makes you pull the trigger.