In the article" Do we have courage to stop this?" by Nicholas d. Kristof, he argues the idea about regulating guns. The predominant reason kids are dying in massacres like the most recent one is not that they have lunatics or criminals- all countries have them- but we suffer from a political failure to regulate guns. The United States isn't going to ban guns , but they can take steps to reduce carnage.
There are better regulation for ladders , even toy guns require orange tips, but the law makers don't have courage to stand up to National rifle Association and regulate guns carefully. It wouldn't be easy to eliminate gun deaths, but reducing gun deaths by one- third, can save 1,000 lives annually.
More Americans die in gun homicide and suicides in six months that have died in last 25 years in terrorist attack and the wars in Afganistan and Iraq combined. A starting point would be to limit guns to one a month. Make serial numbers more difficult to erase would help also. The murder rate in Australia, after passing the national fire arms agreement dropped by 40% and the suicide rate has drop by more then half. Treating guns seriously can save the life of many.
In States you have to be 18-21 to purchase a gun, but 21 to drink. Which is more dangerous? Even though guns can protect they can harm more. If they fall into the wrong hands they can do horrible things. People with cleans records kill also.
Are people taking this serious ? How may massacres do we need to have to regulate guns carefully? I know this isn't easy but we need a starting point and a ending point.
Good post. 95
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