Smart Guns

 Since the Sandy Hook shooting back in December, gun control has become a more prominent issue that has been showing up all over the media. A new type of gun may make the risk of deadly shootings a lot less likely to occur, by using a smart gun. Smart Guns "fire only when a certain magnetic ring [our watch] is in contact with the handle. So, if you don't have the ring, you can't shoot the gun".

  So you may be wondering why these type of guns would be beneficial. First, it would prevent the mentally ill and children from taking a family members gun. Also, for police officers, it would prevent their gun being taken and being used against them. 

According to NBC news, each year, "600 people are killed in accidental shootings. Some say putting this technology in the gun won't stop every gun death, but could save lives". Just the fact that some lives could be saved is why this technology for guns should be implemented to prevent future shootings like Sandy Hook from happening again.

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14 Year Old Evanston Student Shot and Killed

     Evanston, Illinois-- a place many families, students, and teens go to movies, shop, eat at  restaurants and see entertainment. A maze of purple floods the streets as Northwestern University students walk around in between classes. Although there are some "iffy" areas in Evanston, it is filled with affluent neighborhoods, where one would think there would never be life and death situations. However, on September 20th, 14 year old Dajae Coleman was walking home around 10 pm by Church St. and Davis St. (downtown Evanston) and was shot four times and fatally wounded in the chest. Coleman was prospected to go far in Basketball and his coach said that he was "one of those kids that's always willing to help out in the community". To read more click Here. 
      The news has shocked the community and yesterday students flooded Evanston High School wearing red, as it was Dajae's favorite color. Many people ask themselves, "Why him? Why was he killed?" The police are still investigating with currently no leads. They suspect it was not gang related, so why kill an innocent boy? 

     This tragedy has really made me think. Why is it so easy for Americans to get their hands on a gun? There needs to be stricter laws with gun use to prevent these accidents from happening. Only professionals should be able to own firearms because an unexperienced kid with a gun could potentially not just hurt others, but themselves because of lack of experience. 
      As Evanston family and friends mourn the loss, the school released Coleman's "Belief statement" that he wrote for his humanities class. To read his last piece of writing before his passing Click Here.