For my critique I choose Government: For Us orAgainst Us, I’m not a gun owner but to have the idea of people around me either
in the classroom or at work really has my attention. I liked from the start
that she states that guns don’t have a mind of their own and go on these
rampages that have happened in the past like the Columbine or the Sandy Hook shootings.
As much as we depend on the police, there are times like these unplanned events
that could be prevented if responsible individuals have a firearm with them.
Another thing that I liked was that she included the bill that will allow for this
to happen with a few exceptions like the holder being 21 and up, taking a
class, and passing a background check. Studies did show when it came to these
school shootings that the gun holders had some an accusation with a psychotic
problem so having these background checks would defiantly be crucial. Now the
only thing I don’t like about this idea is that now there is the potential of
anywhere I go someone will have a firearm with them and that makes me uncomfortable
only because I don’t know that stranger or what their motive could be. Recently
I saw a video about an 18 year old trying to develop a safe gun were in able to
fire it uses a fingerprint scanner so only the carrier can use it. This could prevent
accidental deaths as well as mass shootings from happening which would persuade
people that guns really don’t kill people, people kill people.