This article is written to inform the public that even though many states and lawmakers were motivated after past shootings to get stricter gun laws passed, they continue to fail at making real changes. After the shooting in Parkland, Florida, the lawmakers there drafted laws to allow changes that they said would keep people safe. These laws have yet to be passed. The only states where gun laws have actually had progress are Florida and Vermont. These states had laws signed by their governors including one to raise the age to purchase a gun to 21 and also a three day waiting period for purchases for individuals. The NRA is challenging the laws passed in Florida in court, but at least some progress has been made. Overall, I believe that this article was written to inform people that there is still a long way to go to get laws passed to keep these shootings from continuing.
I agree with the author of this article that laws need to be passed to keep people from getting guns that are not fit to have them. I do not feel that enough has been done after all of the shootings that have occurred. I think that people often refer to the 2nd amendment where it states that people have a right to have guns and defend themselves, but I feel that after everything that has happened, people should be open to making changes to this historical law.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/24/ap-despite-shootings-states-return-to-familiar-patterns.html
I also agree that laws need to be passed to keep people from purchasing guns who aren't fit to have them. I think too many people take advantage of this in the wrong way and it is very disturbing.
ReplyDeleteWe need change now. How many more innocent people will die before the government gets working on protecting their citizens from others, and frankly, from themselves.
ReplyDelete-Fiona Graybill
I am pleased that our states are trying to make changes and progress, but at the same time, we need to think about how many more lives have to be lost before we make an urgent change.
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ReplyDeleteI agree because most states don’t have a strict policy about people have guns. If we have stricter rules about purchasing guns we can save lives
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it is great to see some form of progress in gun laws, but devastating knowing how many mass shootings have happened before. The United States has an overwhelming majority of Mass shootings. This begs the question on how much more has to happen to start a larger change.
ReplyDeleteIt seems as if every time I'm trying to find an article for this blog, I see one about another shooting. I don't understand how politicians can listen to students speak of their friends being shot due to a lack of gun policies and not want to make a change. I think that many politicians have a mindset of "It won't happen to me". They believe that gun policies aren't important, because they believe they're safe. What's upsetting is that it is very likely that if it had been one of their children shot, they would be protesting, but since it doesn't affect them, they just want to talk about the second amendment. How can we get them to understand that kids are scared to go to school, a place of learning, where they should feel safe? How can they value a piece of machinery over human lives?
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you. There have already been (at least) 260 mass shootings this year alone. Sure guns can protect you but at this rate aren't they doing more harm than good?
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ReplyDeleteMy bad there was a typo that obscured the meaning of one of the sentences. Repost:
ReplyDeleteYes, it is true that there is a big problem in the United States regarding mass shootings, which are defined as shootings in which four or more people, excluding the perpetrator, are killed, as defined by the FBI. HOWEVER, tightening gun control legislation is not the way to go. There is a whole lot to say about this, but I have to get it done by 11:59 and then finish the chapter outlines. Therefore, I will list the points with which I most strongly disagree and address each of them individually.
1) You (Haley and also Karsyn because she said essentially the same thing) stated that you agree with the author that there should be laws put in place to bar people who are unfit to have guns from buying them. Judging by this comment, I'm assuming that both you and the author are unaware of the fact that in every state, there are background checks conducted by the FBI that don't allow felons, persons with a history of mental illness, among others to purchase a firearm. (http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/FPP/FAQs2.aspx)
As for the comment of Kennedy Morrison, the problem is not the rules, it is the ENFORCEMENT of the legislation that is the problem. More on that later.
Miranda: "I don't understand how politicans can listen to students speak of their friends being shot due to a lack of gun policies and not want to make a change." The truth is, virtually every politician wants to make a change because, quite obviously, something must be done about the issue. But students are not being shot due to a lack of policy, it is, again, the lack of enforcement. Florida policy states that you're not allowed to walk into a gun-free zone (a school) and kill people, yes? The policy was already in place; however, if the policy was enforced, more specifically, Cruz, a mentally ill person, was kept from purchasing the firearm, as is dictated by the policy, it would not have happened. You go on to speculate about what politicians would do if their own children were to be shot, which you, I assume, as suggested by my description of "speculation," have no evidence for. Kyle Kashuv, who you've probably never heard of, is a right-wing Parkland shooting survivor who is an advocate of the 2nd amendment and of gun rights. The point of mentioning this kid is to demonstrate that not everyone who has gone through a terrible experience such as this must be pro gun control. Also, there aren't really a bunch of kids out there who are scared to go to school, because if they really believed there were a chance they would get shot, they woudn't attend.
I just realized that this whole addressing statements with which I disagree thing is taking way too long so I'll just hit a few points :
1) Writing new laws and legislation, even if it were a good idea (it's not) would be ineffective because not even the current laws are enforced. This is why I continually say that the problem is the lack of enforcement, not lack of good legislation.
Yeah this comment is long enough.
Please do not address specific people when commenting. The last part of your comment is all that is necessary. We are all allowed to have our opinions.
DeleteI definitely feel that more rules about gun ownership and background checks should be taken more seriously and made a demand faster and asap. No one is save when people that aren’t supposed to have guns have them in their hands for the wrong reasons. Everyone needs to crack down on gun owners. - Paige McManaman
ReplyDeleteI really think that steps need to be taken to help gun violence. I definitely don't think those steps need to be teachers with guns. Teacher are here to teach not to save our life. I understand the wanting for safety it puts too much pressure on the teachers. - Bryn Bohannan
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