Ihad to write this argument for government class and i need to know if i have to change anything i don’t remember where i was when i heard about any other school shooting. they’ve become a fact of life. no shock, just resigned grief. are guns to blame? young male rage seems at least equally at fault — whether we call it mental illness, toxic masculinity, a sickness in our society, or a culture of violence, it’s an undeniable reality. boys are learning that violence is power, that life is dispensable, and that, if they aren’t popular, athletic, strong, or smart, they have very little value. yes, we need more and better mental health care in this country, and we need increased access. but making this into solely a mental health problem isn’t and yes, though actual bombs are illegal, homemade ones can be, well, made at home. ok, we can’t prevent that 100% of the time. but the idea that we should make every type of gun available to everyone just because they could also get a bomb makes no sense. why give more a killer options? and, we’ve actually made it harder to build homemade bombs. large purchases of certain ingredients are considered suspicious, and may be monitored, heavily regulated, or reported when purchased. but bombings are relatively uncommon domestically. there are more gun deaths in the us in 2 years than deaths by terrorist bombings in the entire world in 40. would limiting access to guns make them more common? it’s possible — but that’s not an argument against gun control from snowflakes gun control is a violation of the 2nd amendment confiscating everyone’s guns would be a violation of the second amendment. so would banning all guns outright. i know plenty of people would like this outcome, but let’s face it: it’s isn’t even a remote possibility.