“Protect Kids, Not Guns” – A Reality Check

by Angie Mekki

This piece by Micah Bazant stands for stricter gun control laws to protect children (and faculty) during school shootings since there is an uprise in them. This was and still is important because whenever school shootings happen, there is an uproar about gun control. Many people believe in the right to bear arms and not to ban guns, other people would argue to ban guns completely. This artist makes the point that regulating guns should not be discussed with a black-or-white approach so long as children and faculty members are still always in danger. This still resonates now because there is even a rise in the number of teenagers and children bearing arms here on our own Staten Island. Yesterday afternoon, five shots were fired across McKee High School and injured a 17-year-old boy. The morning before, a 17-year-old boy snuck a gun loaded with 10 bullets into Curtis High School. Intermediate schools on our island are being flooded with gun threats. This can all be found on the Staten Island Advance. So, this issue is still important and even personal to us today.

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