Guns On Lock
If the primary purpose of firearms is to provide the public an efficient
means of destruction of people, then the government needs to make additionals
laws on the sale of guns and make restrictions on ownership rights.
"On 14 October 1989, three teenage boys were examining a .38-caliber automatic
pistol that belonged to the father of one of the boys. Thinking that the gun was
unloaded because the ammunition magazine had been removed, one of the boys
pulled the trigger, accidentally shooting and killing fourteen-year-old Michael J.
Steber of Clay, New York. The boys had not realized that a round was still in the
gun's chamber" (Spizter 41). What's funny is that the gun manufacturer failed to
include a 75-cent safety feature that would have prevented the gun from firing
without the ammunition clip.
Guns shoot. If people have guns, eventually someone is going to get shot,
either by accident or for a purpose. The government needs to come up with
mandatory......
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