by Emmanuel Giannakopoulos, staff reporter
In an unsigned editorial by the NY Times, they write about they feel about gun control, how to fix it, and criticizes people on what has been happening.
NY Times has a very controversial stand on gun control. The Editorial Board in their article End the Gun Epidemic in America, talked about how it is immoral and a national disgrace that weapons are being sold to people. They even speak on out on America’s elected leaders and criticizes them on how they deal with this issue. The Editorial Board goes as far as to say that all of America isn’t trying to fix any of this, although this topic is very controversial.
Gun control is terminology for restriction on the kinds of firearms that can be obtained and who can sell or give out firearms, but that’s not all the seller has certain obligations when he is going to sell a firearm to someone, such as background checks and whatnot. The buyer and the seller both have to report to the government of the transactions that transpired.
Many people disagree with NY Times and what they said, such as our President Barack Obama, he said, “Other countries, in response to one mass shooting, have been able to craft laws that almost eliminate mass shootings. Friends of ours, allies of ours —Great Britain, Australia, countries like ours. So we know there are ways to prevent it.”
“I think that guns should be more restricted, people should also get more background checks if they were to get a gun and they should always leave them at home,” junior Jordan Kose said.
They brought up the point of not allowing certain weapons such as modified combat weapons and certain kinds of ammunition. They believe that the Second Amendment should be removed, so people can’t have guns.
“No right is unlimited and immune from reasonable regulation,” The Editorial Board said.
