Automatic detention for kids who commit crimes with guns. Once again we have a case of politicians looking at the result of the problem instead of the root. Pro-gun groups push for the availability of guns. Thus, guns more easily land in the hands of kids. But when these kids end up harming themselves or others, people like Bush lock them up and continue to push for the availability of guns.
Many young people feel that their neighborhoods are dangerous and carry guns out of fear.
But instead of being more protected, communities are made less safe and this overall sense of danger urges other to pack a gun as well. Thus, the arms race continues, with gun lobbyists in the background defining the ownership of a weapon designed to kill others as a fundamental human right. The Children's Defense Fund's 1999 report on children and guns states that every two hours in America, a child is killed by a gun. The next time you see a flyer, an ad or a candidate advocating the right to bear arms, remember who it is your right to have a gun is affecting and remember that what we should really be protecting is these children's right to live. Contrary to what groups like the Bruin Republicans argue, guns are not the solution.