Guns

Guns:

When it comes to guns, we are stubborn, selfish, and foolish with the direction and mindset most of us to have on gun control. Most of the actions and opinions of these politicians and gun nuts have bewildered me and highlight the corruption and stupidity of our society. I wonder if there was a time when it didn't take a tragedy or a few kids getting shot to care about one another. How is it that when you're the age of 18, you are old enough to buy an AR-15—an assault rifle which was created to make it easier to slaughter humans—but be too young to buy a Bud Light.

Our country's president reacted to the school shooting by stating how he believes arming teachers with guns would solve our problem. Now I do find it hard picturing my 70-year-old high school English teacher loaded and ready to take a life, but being the president isn't my job, so I guess I'm just going to have to see how this plays out. Another little fault I see in this solution is that, if one of these psychos doesn't have money of his own to buy a gun but finds out how to get access to the teacher's gun, that kid now has access to a gun that was provided by the school in which he is now armed and ready to kill a few of his classmates. Not all teachers are stable either. If you've been on YouTube, you may have seen the videos where teachers snap and end up attacking students, throwing desks and even throwing punches. Now imagine one of those teachers with a gun.

Another excuse to not change gun laws is that, “well, they will just buy the gun from the black market.” Now, a gun like an AR-15 on the black market is over $15,000. Unless you had an excellent summer job, there might be a problem. Once gun control comes into play, and that $15,000 gun on the black market is now outlawed in the US, the price of that initially is going to double, if not triple, on the black market. This number is just an estimate. I don't want to be on the FBI's watch list for looking up gun prices on the black market.

Owning guns for home protection is stupid and just an excuse for holding a gun. By the time a home invader with the intent to kill you gets to you in the middle of the night, it's too late and you're dead. Someone can solve this problem by having their gun at their bedside table or having it laying around for easy access. The fault with this is a kid sees it laying around, playing with it, and accidentally killing someone or himself. If you're that afraid of people breaking into murder you, invest in a home security system, get a guard dog, or even a steel vault door—or better yet, all three.

There is one reason why anyone needs a gun, and that's for hunting (cops and government is another story). To buy a gun, I believe you must have a hunting permit, and the only weapons that are available to purchase are the guns forged to hunt and kill animals. The second amendment is severely outdated and needs to be changed. Out with the old and in with the new. The second amendment was created for the sole purpose of, if the government goes crazy, we can fight against it and revolt. In this day and age, no one's going to revolt, and if a few people banded together to fight the government, they would be dead in seconds. Not going to happen. Even if we fight them with guns, they have bombs, gases, tanks, military jets, and helicopters, etc.

At this point of the read, you've probably assumed I hate guns. Funnily enough, I don't—I love guns. I have shot a variety of different weapons, and I've been to several different shooting ranges, and I have to say...I had a pretty good time. I love pugs. Pugs are my favorite thing ever. I couldn't live in a world without pugs. But if pugs started attacking schools and killing people in the masses, I'd be like OK, NO more pugs! How many more kids have to die for some of these gun people to realize maybe it's time to throw in the towel and save a few lives? I wonder how long it will take until I give up on this whole thing and stop caring to the point where, no matter how many kids get shot, nothing changes. The end where I sit down, grab the popcorn, and watch the freak show because that's all our country is—a freak show—and you're either in it or watching it. Welcome to the American dream, folks.