Gun Control, Day Two

Continuing on with the film we started yesterday, more information about how guns affect our world was presented. Not only did it talk about gun violence in history, but also many other topics, such as how most guns used in massacres are acquired legally.


As guns grew to be more convenient to buy, gun violence also increased along with it. First of all, purchasing guns wasn't heavily regulated until President Lyndon Johnson passed the Gun Control Act of 1986, that denied weapons to felons, minors, and people who are mentally-ill. But this law didn't stop the circulation of illegal gun possession, just merely slowed it down. And this is only a percentage of the estimated firearms in circulation, which is about 300 million. Legally and regulated. That means that there are other firearms that are unregulated and illegal/legal. Just like in today's showed portion of the film, an individual can just use a 3-D printer to make parts for a gun. I was surprised, just like some other classmates. And it goes to show how people can find loopholes to acquiring guns, with no one knowing about it. 

And people should know more. It does involve the second amendment, after all. We can't just be bystanders, waiting for other people to speak up to the government, thinking that its just a problem that happens rarely. 26. That's how many documented mass shootings that have happened from 2000 to 2013. Most of them I didn't know about, and that adds to the point. Obama, after the Washington Navy Shooting(article), stated that in order to for change to happen, we, the people, have to make that change.