On February 14, 2018, America was struck with another merciless school shooting. A 19 year-old Nikolas Cruz gunned down his former (was expelled at the time of shooting) high school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. There were 17 victims that will forever be in the hearts of their fellow classmates. Nikolas later after the shooting blended into the crowd, and then went to a subway and ordered a drink. Now right in that very moment, there is definitely something wrong with the security system in the high school. It was reported that their surveillance system was actually 20min behind real time. This allowed Nikolas to slip into the crowd. Another problem was that officers were stationed at the building, so where were they during the school shooting? Well I can tell you that an officer named Scot Peterson locked up at the West entrance of the school, and remained outside while he SHOULD of went into the building, confronted the gunman, then killed the gunman. …show more content…
I get that people hunt and like to shoot recreationally, but do an 18 year-old student or adult need the power to buy an assault rifle? The last point I’ll state is that our country should change the legal age to buy firearms. In 1984 Congress passed a law stating that the states raise the drinking age to 21 or lose 10% of federal highway funds. They did this, because scientist believed that at age 21 you’re body has finally reached its peak in growth, so Congress passes a law to protect its citizens’ health and well-being. So why not take this kind of action with gun control? I feel as if scientist think 21 is when the body is fully developed; I would think the brain would be too. Raising the age to legally purchase a firearm would not hurt the general public. Yes, It would make them upset, but it wouldn’t affect the 2nd amendment. We would still have the right to bear arms, but some of us would just have to wait a little longer to enact that