Top 5 Reasons we need gun control.
All four of us grew up in Binghamton and one of us still resides there. We went to high school around the corner from today’s horrible events. All of our families still live in Binghamton, and Binghamton will always be home for us. Our thoughts are with the families of the victims.
1. 4/3/2009 – Binghamton, NY – Guns used: .45 Calibur and 9mm Handguns **Registered Gun Owner**
2. 4/16/2007 – Blacksburg, VA – Guns used: Glock 19, Walther P22
3. 4/20/1999 – Columbine, CO – Guns used: 12 gauge Savage-Springfield 67H pump-action shotgun, Hi-Point 995 Carbine 9 mm semi-automatic rifle, 9 mm Intratec Tec-9 Semi-automatic handgun, 12 gauge Stevens 311D double barreled sawed-off shotgun, Tec-9 handgun
4. 9/5/2002-10/24/2002 – DC/MD/VA Beltway Sniper Shootings – Gun used: Bushmaster XM-15 semiautomatic .223 caliber rifle
5. 50,000 Gun related deaths in the U.S. each year.
HM – Criminal background checks do not work unless they also apply to gun shows.
HM – If we want to find out the origins of illegal weapons, we need a national gun registry.
HM – More people are killed by their own guns than criminals for whom those handguns were originally intended to kill.
HM – You don’t need an Uzi with armor-piercing bullets for hunting any animal.
- Steve R. and Mike M.
in order to stop gun related death and appease the 2nd ammendment i propose that anyone can buy a gun but nobody can buy bullets.
because no where does it say you have the right to own bullets
Trevor
Your logic is stupid, I hope you can buy a brain in the future.
Black market is a lot cheaper then government controlled market, and bullets will sell just fine there, and your “non”-law abiding citizens will have no problem shooting an unarmed gunaphobe (scared of guns) man like you. Why don’t you do some research and see your logical flaw.
*shaking head at the stupidity of some Americans*
Your opinion is fine and acceptable, but there is no need to resort to calling myself or any other author ‘stupid’. This blog is an opinion blog, where we present things the way we see them. If you disagree, that is fine, but please refrain from childish name calling. We respect your opinion, even though we do not agree.
We wrote this post after our hometown was world news due to a lunatic who decided to murder 13 people, who bought his guns legally. I have fired guns before, I have handled them and agree with our constitution that people have a right to own a weapon. However, I am not delusional in my thoughts. It is very easy to get a gun. All I think is that there should be some restriction.
I believe that’s Chris Rock’s solution. Or rather, make bullets very very expensive. It’s like buying bread, but what if ham was illegal. Or you can buy marijuana paraphernalia, but not marijuana.
i’m thinking about becoming a costumed vigilante…seriously.
option 2. make bullets that only fit one type of gun, but that’s the only gun that they don’t make
option 3. don’t make military weapons that non-military can get.
trevor
This is just bad parenting. Guns aren’t the issue, kids with little to no correct parental attention are. Marijuana is illegal, and yet a lot of people still use it. Drunk driving is illegal, and people are still doing it. Lets ban people instead! smh