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SebastianSabala

English2010
Notebook15e
20January2016

Arestrictergunlawsreallybeneficial?
IfyoulookatChicagoIllinoisitisaplacewithsomeofthemorestrictgunlawsinthe
nationandyetitisoneofthemostviolentplacesinthenation.IhadafriendintheArmywhenI
wasinBasicCombatTrainingwecalledhimAnderson,thatwashislastname.Hewasraisedin
ChicagoandhealwayscalledChicagoChiraqbecauseitissoviolentthere.Thatwasthefirst
timeIheardthatreferenceandtoomeitwaskindofhumorousbecauseIknewtheyhadvery
strictgunlawsandthatitwasaviolentplace.Tohimitwasjustaneverydayoccurrencehe
wouldhearorseeonthenewsaboutsomeoneshootingupaChicagoTransitAuthoritytrainor
someonebeingmurdered.Tomeitsoundedlikepurechaos,becauseIgrewupinasmall
farmingtowninIdahowheretherewasreallynogunviolence,theonlythingyouwouldhear
aboutissomeonegettingintoacarwreckinanothertownorsomeonesgreatunclehadaheart
attack.Everyoneinmyhometownownedandcarriedhuntingriflesandhandgunsinfact,I
alwayshadasmallcaliberrifleinmypickupincaseIsawavoleorarockchuckinmyDad's
hayfield.SotomeIlookatthetwosituations,strictgunlawsmoreviolence,orhardlyanygun
lawsandpeaceandtranquility.
Somesources:
http://www.nationaljournal.com/s/70320/whyguncontrolcanteliminategunviolence

http://www.idaho.gov/laws_rules/firearm.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nineyearoldboyislatestvictimofchicagogunviolen
ce/

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