Finally, we need gun control because school is no longer a safe place to send our children. Between 2013 and 2015, there were 154 school shootings in America, which equivalates to one school shooting per week. School is a place for learning, creating and developing. It is a place for children to be educated. It is not, and never should be, a place for violence. No child should go to school and not return. Yet, the truth of the matter is, America has decided that killing innocent children at school with military-grade weaponry is okay. Of course, no one would ever dare utter those words out loud, but then again, actions speak louder than words. Let me tell you what we do when a shooting occurs. We send our thoughts and prayers to those affected. …show more content…
Because in reality, it is much too late to talk about gun control. In the words of Barack Obama, “If public opinion does not demand change in Congress, it will not change”. Other countries have suffered the appalling tragedy that school shootings are, and have demanded change. They have been given the change that they deserve. They have not let people die in vain. Take Britain for example, when Thomas Hamilton entered Dunblane Primary School in Scotland on March 13th, 1996 and heartlessly murdered sixteen children, their teacher and wounded fifteen more children, the Snowdrop campaign began. The Snowdrop campaign called for the ban of handguns and presented a 750,000-signature petition to the UK parliament. Eventually, the British public’s demands were met, and two new Firearms Acts were passed. Surely, it’s about time for America to take similar action? However, if we look at the atrocity that was the Sandy Hook massacre then it is clear how differently the two countries responded to very similar incidents. In the years after twenty children and six women were killed in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14th, 2012 by Adam Lanza, America has retaliated with school