Gun Laws

Opinion Article

“HOOKED ON FEAR”

On April 16th, 2007, “thirty-three people were killed and fifteen others were wounded at Virginia Tech University in the deadliest campus shooting rampage in U.S. history”, writes the Reuters.

Americans still remember the massacre in Columbine High School, at Colorado, when two young-boys shot and killed twelve students and one teacher. The United States of America woke up and experienced the same nightmare.

President of the U.S., George W. Bush was standing in front of Virginia Tech’s Students and Faculty and stated that: “This is a day of sadness for all Nations”. Same words, that the former President, Bill Clinton said on April 20th, 1999 at the Columbine High School Auditorium at Colorado.

Up to date, we have had two Presidents, one Constitution that recognizes the right to the American citizen to bear and keep arms and eleven thousand one hundred twenty seven individuals (11.127) killed annually in the U.S by firearms.

The Association “Brady Center to Prevent