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63 Comments
Praise
4/6/2022 03:25:54 am
As funny as it would sound, I needed to make sure I cross check the meaning of gun control all over again to be sure. About my stance on incident of April 3rd, I have no idea what could have triggered the mass shooting but I’m pretty sure whatever happened definitely didn’t need people getting hurt and shot at for or for no reason at all. Also gonna put the blame on the police force ( the officers ) that were stationed. if they had not neglected their jobs, lives probably won’t be lost that day or there won’t even be a mass shooting to begin with.
Tibby
4/6/2022 04:45:56 am
Do we know that the police neglected their jobs? I watched and listened to the videos, whoever that was, was determined cops or not. And even if the cops were doing their jobs, those sounded like semi-automatic weapons. Do cops carry those on a regular basis? And I'm guessing if they did, then Black people would have complained that the cops were carrying them in their neighborhood unjustifiably and stereotyping them. You can't win.
Andrea
4/6/2022 11:57:38 am
No one should be carrying semi-automatic weapons, having those types of weapons available to the public is the reason why mass shootings happen in the first place. The justice system is actively against minority groups especially black people so the outrage of a corrupt field having access to deadly weapons would be completely justified not just "unjustifiably stereotyping".
Vincent
4/8/2022 10:31:48 am
My stance on gun control is that I am pro gun control because people need to be able to carry firearms so that people can protect themselves and even if the government bans guns people still have other weapons at their disposal. Guns fall into the wrong hands a lot, that's why I feel that there should be some laws in place to measure your intentions when you buy a gun. People that don’t have good intentions or have a bad track record with previous weapons should either not be allowed a gun or should be arrested immediately on the spot they should not have any permission with any firearms or weapons. I feel that some gun laws for the people that are anti gun control should be in place not all but only some, people that are known for bad things should not have guns.
Tibby
4/6/2022 04:42:37 am
Policies? What policies? People in America don't care about policies. They argue and fight about their civil rights and freedoms and never want to make any compromises that might make them uncomfortable. But in other countries there is less violence because fewer weapons.
Praise
4/6/2022 07:11:26 am
Speaking for myself, I come from a country (AFRICAN to be exact) where there isn’t lesser violence. Trust me it may seem like fewer weapons but they’ve got a lot so much more corruption going underground. I have no idea if America has policies for gun control or not, but I‘ve said what I felt.
Yah
4/6/2022 10:31:31 am
My stance on gun control is that there should be police officers stationed at different event and outside of big building even as a security guard. There are of course crooked cops but if the shooter saw a police officer maybe they would have changed their minds on shooting the downtown area. Of course hun control can have its bad side because now anyone can have a gun with a permit, so it’s a 50/50 with gun control with because sometimes the wrong person just have their hands on a gun.
Crystal Holmes
4/6/2022 11:36:26 am
The cops are part of the problem but its the people too that cause gun control. I feel like the people don't care if cops around and that's an problem now. 4/6/2022 12:11:47 pm
I agree because cops is suppose to protect people in any situation
Joy Bateman
4/6/2022 10:36:17 am
I feel that gun violence is the cause today. Kids and teens fall in the wrong foot steps and follow parents and others. Lots of celebrities and people would still be alive and happy without guns. With guns people dont feel safe about going out and sending their kids to school. I think guns should be illegal, but this is just how i feel.
Saniyah Anderson
4/6/2022 11:32:15 am
I agree that gun violence is the cause today. Guns fall into the wrong hands which leads to death and horrible accidents. But guns have also saved lives just because you see one in sight it makes you rethink whatever negative decision your about to make.
Nichoals Harris
4/6/2022 10:40:12 am
Policies could help prevent some forms of violence but not all. People around the world fear for their lives everyday which causes them to have some sort of protection. But some people may use violence just because they want to which is why policies may not help gun control. The most a policy could do is make them think twice about what they're about to do which could end up being effective. In my opinion, even with gun policies in place, the situation would've still happened depending on why it happened.
Kenyon Winston
4/6/2022 11:50:55 am
I completely agree. It's not the guns, its the people behind the trigger. Guns will continued to be used regardless of policies.
Leslie Gonzalez
4/6/2022 10:40:59 am
My stance on gun control is something that should be put in place. The reason I believe in gun control is because with it there would be less violence. Without gun control it is easier to harm others and it is even possible to take a life. Others may argue that guns are needed to protect ourselves but the only people we are protecting ourselves from are other people with guns. Overall, gun control is needed to protect everyone in our society.
Levon Davis
4/6/2022 10:47:33 am
My stance on gun control is simple: I think we should get guns out of peoples hands that should not have them. Too many crimes are happening because of this and it is time to get a hold of it. I think we should have another secret service just like the f.b.i but that only focuses on guns.
Crystal Holmes
4/6/2022 11:40:16 am
Yea true , but people in the world still need to protect themselves too.
Leslie Cazares
4/6/2022 11:48:08 am
I disagree. Owning guns in the states has already been deeply implemented into our system and just simply taking them away would cause a major uproar. However, making them harder to purchase and running background as well as mental health checks would help tremendously.
Braylon Hill
4/6/2022 12:05:57 pm
i agree with your point but people should be able to protect there self also.
jayvion davis
4/6/2022 10:54:11 am
I think gun violence is bad but even with new policies to prevent gun violence due to the second amendment. It also wouldn't help because no matter what that won't stop shootings of any kind but gun control would help make sure there are less shootings in the world and would help the world become a little safer for people to live in.
reagan jones
4/6/2022 11:58:53 am
I agree with you but I still think that there should be some restrictions as to how to get a gun.
Alexander Castillo
4/6/2022 10:56:24 am
What we need is to make guns less accessible, and make them strict to use. Nowadays people can get guns and use them all the time.If we make them less accessible,like you needing to have some kind of certification to use them, like be a cop for 15 or 10 years,or serve your country. Something that makes them less accessible and more strict to use them. Yes i know guns are used to protect yourself and your family,but more people have harmed somebody or even harmed themselves, then just trying to help their family and friends.
Saniyah Anderson
4/6/2022 11:35:45 am
I agree that guns should be less accessible to any and everyone. I think you should 21 or older and have a background check ran. If anyone sold a gun to someone without checking their age and background that should be a crime.
Xzavion Bates
4/6/2022 10:56:56 am
My stance on gun control is neutral. I say this because either side you choose you will lose.There is always a different view point and reason why civilians should and should not have guns. For example, on one side people say yes to civilians having guns because they can come in handy for self defense. On the other hand what's to stop them from using the guns in an aggressive way.Clearly America has a lot of issues that they need to work out and the sad part is that this is not just happening in the United States.The way I see it there is no real solution that can work for every situation.Blaming the police or the people who shot those innocent people will get you no where.It's not like this is the first time to happen and I'm sure it will happen again whether we like it or not.Honestly those that got hurt were at the wrong place at the wrong time.We as a country need to rebuild a system that can actually protect everyone.
Tatia
4/6/2022 10:58:11 am
My stance on gun control is I think there should be more laws and regulations against them. Right now it's too easy to get a gun, the should be age limits and mental health tests and you must have a gun license. I believe that people who have guns in the houses with children should check them every day and keep the ammo in another safe location that the children won't find.
reagan jones
4/6/2022 11:55:37 am
While I understand what you're saying the availability of guns is definitely not helping out in any significant manner.
Crystal Holmes
4/6/2022 11:43:52 am
I agree with you 100% , they should do test and backgrounds check before getting guns. Now days children is walking around with guns just cause its cool. There should be an age limit and have an license. 4/6/2022 11:44:31 am
I 100 percent agree because if we get a gun law there wouldnt be as much violence as it is today, and there should be a age limit to having guns, it makes no sense for young kids theses days to be having guns and shooting each other also parents need to watch there kids just last week two kids died by playing with a possion weapon fire arm. Them kids ended up killing themseleves for having a gun, and thats my take on guns in the united states of america.
Jonathan Monge
4/6/2022 11:49:01 am
Sadly, you can't control all the time what people do with their guns in their homes. That's a social problem, we should educate ourselves on the use of guns and how we educate the children. However, I agree with you on mental health tests and other things.
Andrea
4/6/2022 12:03:54 pm
I completely agree with the metal health test and checks with children in house. Many mass shooters had mental health issues that could have been prevented with checks and test and also many children have died from guns in their own homes since parents didn't have the proper gun training.
Jacqueline Ramos
4/6/2022 12:15:45 pm
I agree, however regulating guns and firearms in general would be a very hard task to accomplish especially with how deep-rooted weapons are in the states.
Creighton Sanders
4/6/2022 10:58:41 am
With the fact that anyone nowadays can get a gun is a mind boggling thing. I know there are some pluses when it comes to gun control, mainly self defense but a taser can function as the same thing. A war crazed person can easily get a gun just from the fact that they were in the army and in a factor they might have PTSD and go shoot up a school or a park. People that happen to be younger than 15 have seen more gun activity than a grown adult. It is a big issue that anyone can get a gun so easily in the past couple years and those group shootings are going to still be on the increase in the United states.
roberto gallegos
4/6/2022 11:48:45 am
Although a taser could be used as a self defense weapon someone with a gun could easily back away and shoot. And yes a war vet would be allowed to own a gun just for being a veteran, that is the reason mental health checks should be made on those who own guns. It makes me furious that some kids have seen more gun violence than most adults. However it just proves that those who own guns should be held more responsible as parents and citizens.
cornell james
4/6/2022 11:59:57 am
i agree with this because one simple reason people might just have PTSD and flash out
Saniyah Anderson
4/6/2022 11:27:23 am
My stance on gun control is that there should be police officers stationed at different events and outside of big buildings even as a security guard. There are of course crooked cops but if the shooter saw a police officer maybe they would have changed their minds on shooting the downtown area. Of course gun control can have its bad side because now anyone can have a gun with a permit, so it’s a 50/50 with gun control because sometimes the wrong person just has their hands on a gun.
Leslie Cazares
4/6/2022 11:43:38 am
I believe that even with police stationed at large events (which they already are), would not stop people from harming others. It all comes down to mental health not being taken seriously. If someone is not mentally doing well, then I seriously doubt a couple of police officers will stop them.
Dayland Walker
4/6/2022 11:31:25 am
My stance on gun control is that people should have more control over it and not use it just for anything. Also, there needs to be more laws enforced over guns. Sometimes, it is okay to use them if they are needed in that situation. In general, guns aren't needed for everything but sometimes you will need it.
Roberto Gallegos
4/6/2022 11:55:19 am
Guns aren't something that could be controlled that easily. Even if there were more laws put in place to stop the shootings it wouldn't stop anything. The reason most shooters do what they do is because they're in an awful place mentally. So we should do a mental health evaluation on gun owners every week.
Jeremiah
4/6/2022 11:31:40 am
I feel like gun control is good and a bad thing.It can be good because you can protect yourself when your in danger.It can also be bad when you have people under the age using them just to show off to social media and they would also use them at the right thing. It is a big issue that anyone can get a gun so easily in the past couple years and those group shootings are going to still be on the increase in the United states.
Crystal Holmes
4/6/2022 11:32:12 am
My stance on gun control is that the world needs to be more serious about this matter. Guns are getting into the wrong hands and being used for the wrong reasons.Gun control is very common in today's time and it happens everywhere.There need to be new laws for purchasing guns from anywhere.
cornell james
4/6/2022 12:07:26 pm
for that reason alone gun control is needed in the world. new laws on guns would be great
Jacqueline Ramos
4/6/2022 12:11:35 pm
I agree, guns should be less accessible and background checks should be enforced. Mental health also plays a big part in this issue. The U.S doesn't take mental health/illnesses as seriously as they should.
Angel perez
4/6/2022 12:17:40 pm
California has the best gun laws to some people but yet we have gun shooting. Shooting is really no way to stop them
deyanira udave
4/8/2022 10:43:52 am
With this reason alone , laws of gun control should be more strict and enforced.
Jennifer Turner
4/6/2022 11:32:42 am
Gun Control is not the main problem. Gun influence is the biggest issue we face. How can we have gun control policies when the same forces who have the power to make this happen are influencing violent crimes? Gun violence is pushed through propaganda, if you think about it... Video games that encourage humans to step into a simulation to kill one another, music that invokes killing with guns is pushed through mainstream media, movies and T.V. shows that create realistic scenes for acts of gun violence. Our society is programmed to hate and kill through most media outlets, but yet when things such as a mass shooting occur the powers that be want to protect 'us.' We don't need to address gun policies, we need to address propaganda policies that influence gun violence.
Reagan Jones
4/6/2022 11:35:29 am
Personally, I think that the gun control laws need to be harsher. More specifically the rules themselves, and the consequences for disobeying them. Guns can easily fall into the hands of minors and the mentally ill. Due to the current accessibility of firearms in the U.S, more tragedies like this are likely to occur.
Jonathan Monge
4/6/2022 11:52:19 am
I agree with you. It's too easy to get a gun, and even if the owner uses it properly, it always get its way to someone who is not prepared to use one and will use it as a toy.
G.B.
4/6/2022 11:36:32 am
I think that gun control has nothing to do with anything. If we are being 100% honest, it seems that nowadays anyone can purchase and use a gun freely with zero consent. We try to bring about new policies and laws, but we have yet to dig into the root cause of the issue rather than seeing it from a surface perspective. No one deserves to lose their life because of the stupidity that government officials and even citizens tend to oversee. I, myself, have always thought about if certain people didn't have access to physical weapons. I think it is almost impossible to envision a world without guns! This has almost become a civil rights issue in the modern-day.
Leslie Cazares
4/6/2022 11:38:08 am
Gun control and gun laws in general are very flawed. Firearms should require a much harder process to obtain, including several background checks. Children and young adults still in High School should not be able to purchase or even have access to guns (18 or 19 year olds that might still be in High School). We need to better our laws and reinforce the restrictions.
Jonathan Monge
4/6/2022 11:38:47 am
I think that guns should be more difficult to get, there should be a regulation on guns, maybe even a test to see if you or those closest to you are mentally stable. As a person who comes from another country, it's shocking to see how easily a person can get a gun in the US. I understand that there are people who want to feel secure,but you can't give an entire country the freedom to have a killing tool in their hands, eventually, they or someone else using their gun will hurt someone. And the evidence is there, just look how people who shoot schools get their guns, the parents casually had one in their closets, a friend has one etc. Americans always talk about freedom, but your freedom ends when you interfere with other people's lives.
Roberto Gallegos
4/6/2022 11:39:34 am
It is the right of the people to bear arms, as said in the second amendment of the constitution. Although this is our right, not everyone should be eligible to own a gun. Although there should be more gun control laws, those laws should not stop the people from carrying them but to make it harder to own a gun legally. No criminals or those with a mental illness should bear arms as they are a risk to themselves and others. We should be allowed to own and carry guns as long as we pass a mental health test and have no criminal background.
Andrea Macias
4/6/2022 11:40:45 am
I'm all for gun control, it is too easy for people in this country to own firearms. With having easy access to guns there are more violent crimes such as mass shootings, and hate crimes. We as a country have had too many mass shootings that have affected many types of people, especially children. Australia in 1996 had one of the worst mass shootings in their history and it was their last since they banned all semi-automatic rifles and all semi-automatic and pump-action shotguns in the same year. Mass shootings have unfortunately become the norm in America and now everyone has become desensitized to it.
Jasmine Gonzalez
4/6/2022 11:42:56 am
My stance on gun control is that it should be taken seriously. This is so because having gun control taken seriously can save a lot of human lives, while if they don’t take gun control seriously it can end up hurting and killing so many lives. I know a lot of people would disagree, but our lives matter more. Only the people who are allowed to own a gun are the ones who keep other people safe, which are the police officers. In conclusion I believe con control should be taken very seriously.
Braylon Hill
4/6/2022 12:04:21 pm
I agree police officers are the only ones the should have guns outside the house.
cornell james
4/6/2022 11:45:35 am
Gun control is more needed in the world because the younger generation is getting more hold into guns. kids 10-15 holding guns harming other people. the gun store owners should pay more attention to what there selling.
Braylon Hill
4/6/2022 11:56:07 am
America should become more strict on gun control. There are people dying to gun violence almost everyday. America should make a rule to where you can have a gun but on inside the house. if self protection is needed outside of your home it should be a taser that replaces the gun.
cornell james
4/6/2022 11:57:03 am
Gun control can be avoided by not influencing the younger generation to use them towards danger. i'm all for gun control because we can make the people great again by helping them with gun control all the shooting that happens and massacres for no reason has to stop.
Victoria Fonseca
4/6/2022 11:59:28 am
Do we really need the police to stop just gun violence? Most of the time violence is not only caused by guns but other matters of violence too. even if the police were to stop gun violence it wouldn't even make sense.gun controls Laws are very flawed and are causing harm in states. It also allows children and students in high school to own a firearm while being underage. Gun control is a problem that should be dealt with but it shouldn't be the ONLY problem to be solved for future measures.
Angel perez
4/6/2022 12:10:38 pm
I think that the police have to do a lot. I feel like we need to work with them.
deyanira udave
4/8/2022 10:37:36 am
You do have some points but we cant just work with many issues at the same time. Yes gun control isnt the only issue the police should help with but for now its best if we just work with one issue at a time. To help solve other issues we have to try to at least solve one thats already a greater issue towards others .
Angel perez
4/6/2022 12:00:53 pm
I feel that people should have guns.California is one of the most difficult places to get a gun but yet we just had a gun shooting in California .Yet in place like Texas we have more gun but people know how to use a guns you see kids for 9 years old knowing how use a gun but people in places that is difficult to get a gun people scared just if they see one.People that grow up seeing gun you fear but you understand guns.
Terell Mills
4/6/2022 02:07:46 pm
I feel like gun control is out of hand right now.Gun control is out of hand because of how loosely and available guns are.So therefore, guns are out of control and are not being carried and handled like they should.
deyanira udave
4/8/2022 10:33:15 am
My stance on gun control is that it should be taken more into consideration . Mostly because of the incidents that have been happening with guns. The problem is allowing people who shouldn't even have the possession of a dangerous weapon like a gun. Matter in fact , they should take many tests of someone to get a license of a gun before even able to purchas it and own a gun . Even a persons current and past mental health issues should be a concern since you dont know if giving a gun to someone who could possibilty cause a problem to others because of their current health. Gun control should be taken more seriously with how more and more people are getting guns . Leave a Reply. |
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