Thursday, February 21, 2013

                              Shootings

        In class we discussed the mass shootings that's been occurring throughout the years. A recent tragedy in Newton, Ct, 26 people, mostly 20 students between six and seven years old were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary .  During the summer , the Aurora shooting took place in a movie theater at the premiere of the Dark Knight Rises in  Aurora, Colorado, 12 people and 58 were injured. The shooting at Virginia Tech losing 32 students.  Also, the Tucson, Arizona shooting, the gunman slaughtered  six others and shot Gabby Gifford in the head, but she survived. This wasn't a mass shooting, but the Trayvon Martin killing. These tragedy opened our eyes as a society and impacted the victims families and America. Everybody doesn't need to have access to  guns, it puts society at risk. We don't know who's crazy or have any problems. You can go buy a gun at Walmart if you're 18 and older.  Gun's shouldn't be that easy to get, we need to take control. America needs stricter gun laws, so these tragedies won't occur or just get rid of them. Why does America need weapons? so, they an fire them at innocent people? Their is no good reason why? Gun's is an act of violence, and we don't need to be losing our youth who hasn't even lived their lives through the dangers of people having handguns.  How many times do we need to lose lives over gun violence. When the elderly dies we lose our past, but when children die we lose our future. 


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