Are we safe?
Look at the links below and think about how guns and violence have changed your lives. Then in 200 words or more answer the following questions.
Why do so many people think guns are "cool"? Are we safe? How has violence/guns affected your life? Should there be a change made to the 2nd amendment? Should there be more strict laws and punishments for those who use guns illegally?
2002 - The
Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
2006 - Five school girls are murdered by
Charles Carl Roberts in a
shooting at an Amish school in
Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts commits
suicide.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shootingshttp://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_wit_fir-crime-murders-with-firearmsThe
Second Amendment to the United States Constitution (Amendment II) is a part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects the pre-existing individual right to possess and carry weapons (i.e. "keep and bear arms") in case of confrontation. Codification of the right to keep and bear arms into the Bill of Rights was influenced by a fear that the federal government would disarm the people in order to impose rule through a standing army or select militia, since history had shown the way tyrants eliminated resistance to suppression of political opponents was to simply take away the people's arms and make it an offense to keep them.
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