Say A Victim's Mother Analysis

“Emily Elizabeth Marks. That was my youngest child 's name. You can read it silently or say it out loud, but please do not forget her name.” Says a victim’s mother.

“I can’t change the facts that my son kept a gun handy and that in a moment of despair, he methodically used it in a way that left him no second chance.” Say a victim’s parents.

"People have told us that if Arlyn had not taken the gun, she could have killed herself another way. It’s possible that the delay as she looked for another way would have given her mind time to move out of the suicidal trance she was in." Says a victim’s sister.

(“Victim Stories”)

All of these people have suffered from their children or relatives dying from gun violence, whether it was suicide or homicide,

the customer should be permitted from buying a firearm unless given permission or permit to do so.

Of course, one might be thinking “not all mental illnesses are dangerous!” and that person is absolutely correct. Blaming all mental illnesses is simply wrong, if anything, mental illnesses are the least thing to worry about compared to alcoholics or ones who have problems with controlling anger and own firearms.

“Federal laws prohibit the purchase and possession of guns by anyone who is an “unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance.” But the statute ignores alcohol abuse. That is also a mistake. The evidence linking alcohol abuse and gun violence is compelling. One study shows that subjects who have ever been in trouble at work for drinking or were hospitalized for alcohol abuse were at increased risk of committing homicide and suicide.” (“Violent”) Says New York

The only way guns should be used is for specific, permitted reasons such as police, heavily guarded areas, military, and other