First off no one, absolutely no one, is in favor of senseless gun deaths. No, not even members of the NRA.Next, no one has a monopoly on virtue in this argument. One side painting the other as "evil, immoral, naive or bloodthirsty" is part of the problem in politics in 2018. Good people can and do disagree on all sorts of issues, including this one. Not all students are in favor of gun restrictions and yes, even students who had terrible things happen to them are worthy of having their ideas criticized.
If you are in favor of the walk outs fine, that is certainly your right. Would you feel the same way if the students walked out to protest an idea/political issue that you disagree with? What if they were protesting abortion rights? What if they were against raising the minimum wage?Or, what if :: gasp :: they were advocating for increased freedoms on the rights to own a gun? You need to ask yourself if it's the walkout that bothers you, or if it's the issue they are supporting that does.
This is just my opinion. I don't own any guns, but I shoot them. I don't have an opinion for or against guns. However, there is an old quote I like, it says "the only people locks keep out are honest people" I think there is some truth there. You can make all the laws you want (and most are knee jerk reaction laws that will probably do little to none) but if a bad guy wants to get a gun, he will get a gun. I believe that people are attacking a symptom of the problem, but not the problem itself. A great majority of people who commit these atrocious crimes are people who have been bullied, who have been ostracized, who have come from broken homes, who have not known real love or friendship in their lives. This might seem weird, but my I think that the way to stop a killer is not to block guns (it's too late by then), but to keep them from becoming killers in the first place! You do not destroy what you care for.
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