People complain about gun laws. Why is it the gun’s fault? It is people killing people, not guns pulling the trigger killing these people. Many shootings have been going on lately; even some around us.
Stricter gun laws you would think would be a good idea. People who are buying guns have to be at least 21 years of age or older to buy a handgun from a dealer federally licensed to sell firearms in that state. A person who is 18 years old of age or older can purchase a rifle or shotgun from a federally licensed dealer in any state. In order to buy a gun, you have to have proof of age, which most of the time a valid driver's licence is best.
In Amarillo, Texas, for example, a woman was shot outside her apartment in June of 2016. They believe it was a silencer bullet that hit her. She was four months pregnant with a child.
The Las Vegas shooting that happened just this year had 58 killed and injured 500 people on October 1, 2017. This was the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. Stephen Paddock killed all those people in Las Vegas at Route 91 Music Festival. Paddock was 64 years old; he recently lived in Mesquite, Nevada. He shot those people from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. They looked through his computers, finances.There was no clue as to what the motive was. He had 23 guns with him, and many thousands of rounds of ammunition that he never fired. When searching his vehicle, they found several containers of chemical tannerite and more than a thousand more rounds of ammo. Paddock killed himself before police stormed his suite.
First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. November 5, 2017 that killed 26 people killed. Devin Patrick Kelley has been identified as the shooter. He walked into a small church and gunned them down. It was later found that he was shot by an armed citizen of the town. Kelley’s ex wife said that he abused her during their relationship. He told her would kill her and her family. She came forward and spoke about his abuse. He was charged with abusing a child and his spouse. Stephen Willeford was the man who chased Kelley down and shot him.
Guns are a good and bad thing. It all depends on who gets to use one and what they will do with it. When people use it to kill people of our country in a bad way, it is terrible. It is sad when they kill people. The guy that killed the shooter in Texas did a good thing.