Mykaela Johnson 

Period 1

Death and guns in the USA: The story in six graphs
After the Oregon Community College shooting, politicians and citizens are beginning to question when gun laws will be changed. The video shows politicians and authority figures after mass shootings being interviewed. Almost all of them brush off the idea of changing gun laws immediately, due to the tragedies they were dealing with.  Most said something like, "it isn't their main concern at the moment." The article shows statistics of how many guns are in the U.S. in comparison to other nations.  The first chart graphs the 10 countries with the highest rates of gun ownership. The United States came in first with 88.8% of citizens owning guns. The article later says that guns are used more in homicides in the U.S. than in other countries. The article, in total, has six graphs showing gun statistics in the United States in comparison to other countries. Overall, the article is trying to show why all these mass shootings are happening in the United States: guns are easily accessible and they're U.S. citizen's weapon of choice.
I personally chose this article because rather than stating a distasteful opinion and ranting on and on open why guns laws should be changed, the article let the statistics speak for themselves. The article explained in simple terms the affect of guns on our country. Who knew when the second amendment was established, we would later be dealing with whether or not to get rid of it? I believe when the second amendment was established, those men weren't thinking of mental ill people abusing the "right to bear arms" to hurt people. Time has passed and as our country changes I believe the rules of our country should change as well. The right to bear arms was a initially, a fair amendment, but I have always believed that a right given to you, is a privilege and can be taken away if abused. The right to bear arms has been more than abused, therefore it should be harder for every U.S. citizen to get their hands on a gun.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/03/us/gun-deaths-united-states/index.html