Gun Control In Schools Pros And Cons

In recent times the topic of gun control has been at the forefront of political debates, mainstream media and even the kitchen table talk of every American household. The beginning root of the heated topic of gun control in recent history was the mass shooting and bombing of Columbine High School. The two assailants of the school were Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris on April 20th, 1999. They were armed with 99 explosive devices, two 9mm handguns, a 12 gauge shotgun and a rifle. Their firearms were fired a whopping 188 times combined throughout the shooting. Armed with explosives they were projected to kill all 400 or so students that were in the cafeteria where two of the bombs were placed. However, not all of the bombs detonated and in total

there was 15 deaths including the two assailants suicides with24 injuries. Shortly after in the year 2000 officials began focusing more on gun control.

This shooting not only opened up the door for other mass shootings but also the debate about gun control. The next major event that influenced the topic of gun control was the largest terrorist attack on US soil which was 9-11-2001. The events that occurred on 9/11 were not involving guns, but it did spark a huge debate on concealed carry and gun control laws. On September 11th 2001 four passenger operated by United Airlines and American Airlines were hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda

terrorists. Two of the planes were crashed into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center. Within an hour and forty two minutes both 110 story buildings collapsed. The third plane crashed into the western side of the Pentagon. The fourth plane was crashed into a field just outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania after the passengers of the hijacked plane stormed the cockpit in attempt to take back over the plane. The attacks killed in total 2,996 people and injured over 6000 others.

It was also the deadliest event for firefighters and police officers with 343 fire fighters killed and 72 police officers killed respectively. This terrorist attack shook the whole nations causing everybody to question how safe we are as a country. The Virginia tech shooting also known as the virginia tech massacre occurred on april 16th 2007. A senior at Virginia tech, Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 32 people and wounded 16 others in two separate attacks. Cho purchased the firearm and passed the background check even after being deemed mentally ill. This caused a 60% increase in the acquirement of concealed carry permits in the state of Virginia. This sparked enormous debates across the country on the process and the depth of the back ground checks performed before the purchase of a firearm. This caused President George W Bush to sign a rare piece of the Bipartisan gun control legislation which strictly regulates the purchase and ownership of firearms to those deemed mentally ill and criminals. There was a long spree of mass shootings and gun related violence within the past 18 years. But all of the blame has been pointed towards the

guns. But the real problem of all of the violence is how easy it is to acquire a firearm for anyone in the united states weather it be legally or illegally