Gun Control Debate: 10 Years After Columbine

By U.S. News Staff

April 20, 2009 RSS Feed Print

Ten years after the Columbine High School massacre, shooting sprees in New York and Pennsylvania bring renewed howls for tighter gun laws. But is gun control the answer? In U.S. News's monthly series The Chat Room, four advocates on both sides of the debate get their say, first in separate op-eds, then for several days as guests on the Thomas Jefferson Street blog.

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people should not always rely on the government to solve all our problems...if a student a a college has a gun he can shoot any person that barges in looking for a massacre!! militias do what the government cant, be everywhere at once.

ryan rumrill of NH 8:44AM December 23, 2010

first off there is no reason for a militia for every city, not one. second people do kill people and the number one thing that helps them do that are guns, so a ban on guns would be reasonable. yes, if someone wants to kill they will figure out a way to kill but it will be much harder if they dont have a gun and that difficulty will result in less deaths. and lastly you dont have the divine right to protect your family, its just something that would be expected of you, thats like saying god gave you the divine right to eat KFC.

this is a response to tracey's comment "we the people, have the right"

mar kid of CT 9:09PM December 01, 2010

why do honest americans have to give up there right to bear arms when half the crimes commited using guns are bought illegaly and the government cant do anything about it. you can put as many laws on guns as you want, but that wont stop crimes being commited by stupid people. and why does the government make it harder and harder to buy 9mm ammo, its redikules (for got how to spell it) more people buy rifle ammo than pistol ammo. why 9mm ammo?

kyle of TX 11:19AM December 01, 2010

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