Recently I have read an article called, “Do We Have the
Courage to Stop This?” by Nicholas D.
Kristof. In the article, the author talks about the shooting
that has recently took place at a school in Connecticut, and other violent mishaps.
Kristof not only gives his opinion on the shooting, but also on how we should
regulate guns to prevent the usage of guns nowadays.
In the article, Kristof says that one of his Facebook
followers mentioned that “it is more difficult to adopt a pet than it is to buy
a gun.” He also says that “The tragedy isn't one school shooting, it' the unceasing toll across our country. more Americans die in gun homicides in 6 months than have died in the last 25 years in every terrorist attack and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq combined, which means that most likely if guns were regulated there would be a lower percentage of homicides, and not only that but there would also be some major changes in our country.
In the article, Kristof points out that guns should be regulated just
as seriously as cars, meaning that there are so many regulations for cars. Like
seatbelts for instance, ever heard the saying click it or ticket”? That means
that you are obligated to wear a seatbelt, which is also a state regulation here
in Pennsylvania. But why don’t they have a little saying about guns? Are they
not going to regulate the real dangers in the state of Pennsylvania? They’re
just leaving us for dead. There are guns on the streets, people are just
killing one another and getting away with it. But people are going to jail and
getting tickets for not wearing their seatbelts and drunk driving. I think that
guns should be regulated here in the state of Pennsylvania. They should have to
wait 4 weeks for a gun, just as in Canada and also have to do background checks
on people who want to buy guns.
