Columbine Killers: Article Analysis

Vince Coglianese explains thoroughly in his article “ACLU Says Reid's Gun Legislation Could Threaten Privacy Rights, Civil Liberties” about one side of how many would feel if background checks were extensive: “More extensive background checks and requirements can be an invasion of privacy, such as medical records and personal information.” Even though sales would require more client information, the knowledge of their medical records can help determine whether they can handle the responsibility of a firearm. The same thing goes for the knowledge of criminal records. If Devin Patrick Kelley, the texas church shooter, had his medical and criminal records checked he would not have be eligible to receive a gun and would have raised flags in the system; and if the Aurora, Colorado Movie theater shooter, James Holmes had his medical records given, he too would be deemed unfit to carry and own a firearm. Dave Cullen’s news article “The Depressive and the Psychopath: At last we know why the Columbine killers did it,” details how the mentality and year planning that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went through when attempting to shoot and bomb Columbine High School; they were deemed psychotic and homicidal and yet still managed to receive guns. Ex-convicts or those who have a history with violence can be automatically identified and flagged for the denial of a firearm or to be constantly

With all these barriers in the way, less gun sales would be made and from those who do go through the checks and process will be heavily observed because "you're never going to get criminals to go through universal background checks,"