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Gun Violence In Politics

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Some people may ask themselves, or even ask others, what are politics? Politics play a major role in our society, which is used to protect our rights, govern the people, and to make decisions based on the needs of the nation. Politics has played a major role in our society in the last five years, due to a significant issue involving the use of gun control. Many people have come across the saying, “Guns don’t pull the trigger themselves, but the people do. Gun violence in the US has become a national dilemma. Many people have taken advantage of gun use, and have manipulated the effectiveness without any thought put into their actions. In over the last five years, gun violence has taken a toll in the school systems, within the law enforcement, and within the public. Since Obama’s presidency term, gun violence has increased tremendously. Obama pointed out within his second term, he was going to make it a top priority to reduce the issues on gun violence. He designed 23 executive actions …show more content…

It was said by the governor of Connecticut that the state legislation passed banned the purchase of a gun without background check through private sales, and the purchase of 10 round or more. This was a great that these laws were passed, but to me, the main issue is not whether the gun was purchased or not, but why are people being allowed to just walk in a without reason. This comes into place with the issues of security. This is important to me because, as a college student, we should feel safe about entering such places. Gun control is the not the main issue. The main issue is why there is not a high level of security within the school system. In addition to the school systems, security would be highly effective within public places such as movie theaters. Many theaters don’t have high security, or even detectors, which will significantly decrease gun

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