Blog #8: Comment on Classmate's Work 2

I myself had recently made a post about gun control in the United States and after scrolling through blogs to find a post to respond to I found Guns by Mari. I found Mari's post veru interesting and I enjoyed reading the opposite side to what I had argued in my post. In this post, Mari believes that guns should be only allowed to law enforcement in the U.S. Mari made great points on how guns are dangerous in our society now more than ever because of the tragedies of school shootings. 

Personally I agree that guns are an issue in our society today, but I don't feel that taking the right to bear arms away from citizens of the United States is the answer to all our problems. I think no matter what law is in place people will find a way to own or carry a firearm, it is just inevitable in our country. It would be impossible to change this law for everyone and also make sure that everyone was following the law. However, I do think there could be some stricter laws surrounding obtaining and owning a firearm. Not only that but I believe we could make schools safer simply be providing more security in them. Personally, my high school only had one security guard for my entire school and that doesn't seem like enough if we want to keep children safe from someone who decides to walk into a school with a firearm.

I believe that just having more security in a school would be enough to deter someone from bringing a firearm into a school and it would also create a safer environment for students to go to everyday. I don't believe the solution should ever be to take the right away from someone especially those who could, under some circumstances, use a firearm in a good way like shooting at an armed person looking to do harm. 

In conclusion, I was very interested in this post and I thank Mari for sharing her side of this argument.