I wish you the very best. I am writing to you to talk about the issue of gun control in the U.S. today, it is a serious issue that I know you are working hard to fix. My purpose in writing this letter to you is to tell you how I feel about the issue, and maybe give you some help in figuring out this terrible situation we are in the U.S.
Gun control in the U.S. is possibly the most deadly situation today in our amazing country. Guns are everywhere nowadays, and there is at least one in every household, but that is not the scariest part. You can buy guns at department stores and auctions legally, but most people that use guns to kill people buy them illegally, and tons of people in the U.S. sell guns illegally. People with mental illness, also can easily obtain a gun, without having to take a test or someone looking at paperwork that says they
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is the number of school shootings we have, over the past ten years the number of school shootings we have had has tripled what it used to be. This is a terrible thing that happens, but we can maybe prevent the number that happen if we protect our schools better. You should not be able to bring a firearm on a school campus, and if you do you should be arrested, because it is a very dangerous situation. You should have to walk through a metal detector before you are allowed to enter a school, by doing this you could catch people with firearms before they do something stupid, and very bad. Also, maybe have a security guard on campus to help, if a shooting does break out. By doing these few things, i think we can make schools for children much safer.
As I said earlier, My purpose in writing this letter to you was to tell you how i feel about the situation, and i feel like just a few minor things could help the efforts in making a country a safer place, even if people still have and use firearms. I wish you all the best in trying to figure out this serious situation we have in the U.S.