Gun Control William Goldberg 813

William Goldberg 813

      Fifteen years ago, two teenagers named Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold brought shotguns and pistols to their school. This school's name was Columbine High School. At the school, the pair went on a mass murdering spree of the people attending the school that day. After killing thirteen people, the two shot themselves in the head, committing suicide. Fifteen years ago on April twentieth, the Columbine Massacre took place. After that day, school securities were tightened, students were frisked, and gun control was debated. Of course, there were always people who felt strongly about gun control, but the Columbine Massacre and other shootings really strengthened their belief. Now there are people who fight for their right to have guns, people who fight for the banning of the selling of automatic weapons, and even people who say guns should just be outright banned.
      There are more and more people who have decided that guns are just plain old bad. There are tons of articles online that discuss gun control where the author says that they will "settle" for only pistols being able to be bought. There are even some articles that claim that guns are terrible things that should be banned from the U.S entirely. These kinds of articles are becoming more and more popular now with every shooting.  And after the most recent Sandy Hook, there are very few people now left to oppose these gun haters. As someone who was born and is still being raised in New York, I haven't had much interaction with guns. But using the information I do have, I say that the best option for the U.S is to make it illegal to buy automatics and semi-automatics and keep it legal to buy pistols. I believe this is the right choice mainly because you can get the best of both worlds. If you feel like you need self-protection or if you just really want to own a gun, then a pistol is great, and if you oppose guns then you can understand that pistols are a lot less dangerous than rapid fire and long range guns. Sadly, it seems that with all of the shootings going on, most people are just too scared to do this and want to feel completely safe. Even though I see their point, it's unfair to others who'd like to have a gun that won't perform crimes. It seems that they just don't understand that it's not guns that kill people, it's people that kill people.
      In conclusion, I believe that pistols should still be allowed to be bought, just not anything stronger or faster. Unfortunately, I see the gun control debate going on for years and years to come since no one is selfless enough to compromise.