How We Fix US

     Gun control is a very big issue in the United States. There have been multiple killing sprees and a lot of mass shootings in Americas past and present. Most recently there have been two heinous events that touch on this topic of gun control. One is the murder of Trayvon Martin.

 Trayvon Martin was killed because a man named George Zimmerman thought he could get away with murdering a 17-year old black male under the law. Sad to say he was successful in doing so. Another horrible event that had happen was the Sandy hook massacre.

 A 20-year old man having some anger issues at home killed his own mother. He continue going on a spree of killings in the Sandy Hook Elementary school. He shot and killed the principle, psychologist, and four other teachers as they try to stop him. He slaughtered 20 first grader students with semiautomatic rifle and two hand guns. He fired 3 to 11 bullets per student. He then took his own life. I believe that these horrible acts could have been prevented if social behavior was taken more seriously as a nation.

     Republicans believe guns are what keep us safe and Democrats believe that we as a country won’t be safe until we have better gun control laws. It has been known in most mass shooting cases the killers use guns that were obtain legally for example the Columbine High School massacre. The guns used by the gun men were 9-mm semi-automatic hand gun, carbine rifle, sawed-off pump-acton and double barrel shotgun

. There was a ban in Australia on all semiautomatic guns and it also requires purchaser to register all weapons under name. this ban gave a 59% dropped in gun related deaths. “This is not Australia, this is America, where our Supreme Court has upheld an individual right to bear arms” said by Nick Gillespie(editor of Reason.com and Reason.tv).       

     I personally believe there both wrong in a way. Guns are dangerous, but so is any other tool we use day to day. For example hammers are great for building, but can also bludgeon someone in the head to death. A box cutter is best when opening packages, but it can be used to slice someone’s throat. The internet is a great way to connect with the world, but the internet has also been the playground for cyber bullies which have cause the suicide of people like Megan Meier. 

In the end they are only as deadly as who is using them. That’s why instead of solely focusing on gun control we should focus on our socially skills and not just ways of getting by, but on how we survive as one nation. We have to kill the hate we have because someone is different in race, sex, and/or  sexually preference. We have to be able to get along with all and I don’t mean best friends just friendly.

 We also have to work on how home life is managed with families. This includes parents being better parents, children being better sons and daughters, siblings being better brothers and sisters. 

Its ok to disagree but hate has to die in order to prevent crimes like these.