Schools and Guns

Today in class we started to talk about the amount of school shootings that have happened in the last decade or so, the fact that people in America are becoming numb to this type of tragedy, the sad fact that we have to worry about something like this possibly happening in our school since it is so common, and the issue on gun control.  First, the amount of shooting that have happened in schools recently is crazy to me.  We said that there have likely been two dozen shootings like the one that happened in Oregon on Thursday.  Whether they have all had some kind of motive, like the man in Oregon killing Christians, or just random, there is no way of justifying these shootings.  They have happened so many times that people are slowly becoming numb and getting used to hearing that they have happened.  I firmly believe that regardless of the situation, the more something happens, the less shock or impact it has on people.  Sadly, this applies in this situation.  Even I am less and less surprised when I hear that something like this has happened.  As Ms. Johnson said today, it is not right that we should come to school every day and have to worry about something like this happening to us.  However, with as many times as it happens, it is almost impossible to not think about the fact that it very well could happen to us or anyone that we know.  With all that being said, I think taking guns away from people completely is not the way to solve this issue.  There are many people who are very responsible with their firearms who do not deserve to have them taken away.  I could see making it harder to get guns or educating people more who have guns, but removing them completely is not my idea of fixing this problem.