Makaio Carter
Stories (2/0)
Gun Control
For an average child in America in 2018, being in a school where at any moment a kid can pull out his father’s handgun is scary. For the average adult, a grown man pulling out a new AR-15 on the entire mall crowd has a higher chance than what it may seem. The events are real, they have happened, they will happen again. Either a lost, damaged child is bullied until he feels as if the only option left is to slay 20 children in his own classroom. Or maybe, a grown man, 18 or 19, was tortured as a child, abused and scared deathly of everyone since his whole life he has taken mental abuse from his old classmates, and decided to buy a new AR-15 to approach his old school and kill 17 innocent, loving teenagers without any mercy. Living a day knowing that dying is a legitimate fear is not a world any American should live in. Going to school and getting an education should not be scary. Whether someone’s daughter will live through the day safely at school should NOT be a worry. Therefore, this paper will further in-depth explain why things should change, maybe why they should not, and how these issues correlate with everyone on a daily basis.
By Makaio Carter6 years ago in The Swamp
Gun Control
What About Stricter Gun Control? In America, a staggering amount of crimes are committed with the assistance of deadly, and often military grade weaponry. Whether it’s a brutal, malevolent murder, or one of the dozen and a half senseless, bloody school shootings that have the entire nation in shock three months into 2018, guns are owned by 42% of Americans, yet 67% of all homicides committed by the use of a firearm. In America, the process to get a gun can take a mere three days, and background checks can take only minutes, allowing basically anybody without too severe of a criminal history to get a gun on demand. In Japan, where violent crime rate in relation to guns is significantly lower, the process to achieve the title of a gun owner can take up to around four months full of interviewing, inspecting, and learning. Due to that, the aforementioned crime rate relation to a gun control issue is substantially low compared to here in America. With that knowledge and comparison, should gun control strictness be increased? The answer: definitely. Many people try to argue their second amendment rights; despite the fact that the only goal of gun control advocates is to bring an end to the NRA’s blatant disregard for sensible gun regulation. In short- the time to do something about gun violence, was yesterday.
By Makaio Carter6 years ago in The Swamp