The gun control debate in America has been around for years. Many people argue that guns should not be accessible to the public. The amount of school shootings, random gun related homicides, and accidents that result in death because someone left the safety off is the cause of America having one of the highest percentages for gun violence in the world. 

   While some people argue that guns shouldn’t be legal for anyone to buy, other people have a different feeling about the situation. They believe that they “have the right to bear arms,” and that citizens have the basic human right to carry a gun. A popular argument that is used for this side is the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” 

   On December 14th, 2012, the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting took place. On December 14th, 2021, the nine year anniversary of the shooting, President Joe Biden spoke in a video message, sympathizing to all the families affected by this tragedy. Biden goes on to say that this was one of the “saddest days” of Obama’s presidency, and that he “found hope in the families’ fight to change the laws of a culture around gun violence.” 

   Another thing that Biden mentioned in his heartwarming video message was how “It’s still frustrating now, for you and me and many others in Parkland, Florida, and Oxford, Michigan — countless communities across the country. These horrific shootings make national headlines and embarrass us as a nation. And for many others, every day, particularly in Black and Brown communities, there is the equivalent of a mass shooting we don’t even hear about.”

   One thing that really stood out to me was the last line about how many shootings in less fortunate communities go unnoticed and often uncared for. A lot of times, the police like to link it to gang violence and ultimately drop the case.   So, how is justice getting served?