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There has been a lot of talking lately about gun control. You
see Charlton Heston on television talking in favor of the NRA and attacking President Clinton for the most recent deal with Smith and Wesson. What is the issue, really? Is it our right to bear arms that is in question? Or is it just trying to keep them out of the hands of our children? And making them safer.
Let’s face it guns are available to everyone. They are out there. There is no control.
We can no longer count on our neighbors/communities to set examples about humanity, (when lifestyles vary as they do.) For youth, solutions for anger, choices, ways to deal with problems. Not just a quick fix. With a quick fix, what about repercussions? Are kids so out of control now, quick tempered and full of rage and frustration that they resort to violence without considering the consequences.
Our country was founded on violence, it’s the American way! To look back at American history, ours is not a gentle one. If guns are to remain a part of our heritage, then we have to become a more responsible gun nation. Guns represent power and skill, why not make them also represent safety.
What can we do? Are we helpless citizens trapped in a world of violence? We as mothers of teens think that the
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