Ten-thousand, five-hundred, twenty-seven people die a year in a handgun related incidents in the United States. This number, by far, out weighs those gun related deaths in countries such as Sweden, Great Britain, and Japan, which number 13, 22, and 87 respectively. What is the reason for such drastic differences in numbers? The latter mentioned countries have stricter gun control laws and they require bare arm safety courses. These laws have a direct relationship to the number of …showed first 75 words of 544 total…

…showed last 75 words of 544 total…a gun. Just as Winthrop struggled with the conflict between people's rights and the authorities impending on their rights, we today, have those same struggles. The right to bare arms and the responsibilities that go with those rights is just one of the many of those struggles we as American citizens have to face today. Had there been a better screening process to own a gun, the Lock Haven Massacre in 1969 may have been prevented.