RE: Gun Violence [Response to Parkland Shooting]
To prevent Tyranny is why we have 2nd amendment. I acknowledge the fear media put in people. But in reality what your generation is asking is for people to give up freedom and liberty for so called safety. More people were murdered by knives in 2016 than by guns according to the FBI website. Why are the lives of those vicitims not matter? Per capita we rank number 11 in gun violence. 10 countries with tough gun laws has more gun violence than we do.
Be careful of allowing media to create fear, asking for things you do not fully understand the reprecussions. Stalin, Hilter took the guns and that did not end well.
The 2nd amendment was written to prevent tyranny not for hunting or personal protection, though that right is implied. And you know an AR does not stand for Assult Rifle it stands for armlite rifle and it shoots the same ammo as other rifles. It looks scary because of the stock. A shot gun will do more damage than a bullet from an AR the military uses them because you can survive a shot with one. The Geniva convention and all.
I understand why we have the second amendment. As I stated in my article, it is an "insurance".
And to say the media has provoked fear doesn't quite capture the real fear that students, including myself, face everyday going to classes.
We aren't asking for no guns. We are asking for better gun laws. We are asking for better precautions and a better system to owning a firearm.
If the laws we currently had was enforced we wouldn't have these issues. these laws you guys are asking for are already on the books. Assault rifles are already banned, without a specialized permit. And it is nearly impossible to get. Mental health services and reporting is where the cracks lie. This is what the demand needs to be for. Bringing back funding for mental health services, and fines for the medical industry for not reporting mental health issues that should ban one from getting their hands on a gun legally. That still will not stop the theft of weapons from getting in the hands of criminals or the mentally ill. But it would stop how easy they get into the hands of those people.
The other issues is psychotropic drugs use in children. The one things these shooters all have in common is the use of psychotropic drugs. We are the only country in the world that gives them to our children. The rest of the world has banned them in the use of children, because of violent outbursts. American's also consume 85% of psychotropic drugs. You have to ask yourself is there a link? Specially since these school shootings by kids didn't start happening till after the of usage of these drugs in our children and the mass closing of mental health faculties.