Gun Control

America is one of the most civilized and modern countries in the world. Yet America is full of violence in multiple forms. Not violence on TV or in films but real physical violence. America is one of the countries that lacks mostly in “gun control”. The second article of the American constitution explicitly states that a citizen under attack may react with the use of weapons. Thanks to this law it is very easy, even for a little kid to get control of a weapon, and we are not talking about a knife or an aluminum tube, we are talking about a fire weapon. It takes only one second far a boy to get mad and lose control and to kill a classmate or enemy, as has happened often. Also if a housekeeper has a gun and a burglar wants to rob his house, he will surely enter the house armed with another gun to defend himself so instead of a very simple robbery you might have a death (of either the housekeeper or the burglar). In the world 1 person per minute gets assassinated because of guns. It is true that you can possess a gun only if you present a drivers license and background evidence to gun-shop and that you can only carry around a gun if you have a “conceals weapon permit”, but these restrictions are very easy to break, they aren't severe enough. Instead in Italy it is very difficult to posses a gun and it is almost impossible to carry around a gun, except for the police, body guards, etc. Also the penalties for illegal gun carrying are huge. This surely increases the amount of successful robberies, but it decreases the amount of deaths during robberies. A few years ago I remember there was an event that brought the attention of many Italian TVs. A young burglar was shot by an house owner while trying to enter a house. The burglar was unarmed (except for a pocket knife) and the house owner got in trouble for this (obviously not too much trouble). Now this is normal in America but it shocked the Italian population. Also a few weeks ago in the Virginia tech Campus one man, who had a gun and lost his head managed to kill 32 people!!! This is sad and strange but what is even more shocking is knowing how much gun control has slipped of America. An article was published that showed cho's life before the event. He was a student who came from south Korea and he was very solitary, no friends , no girlfriend, little family but lately he seemed very dangerous. His worked in class and his essays shocked the professors and some students missed classes because they where afraid of him, Cho had been interrogated 2 times by the police and the police also offered Cho’s roommate protection (which he refused). The police had understood all of this facts before the tragedy but still didn’t confiscate Cho’s gun. This is a typical example of how weak gun control is in America and it would be time for politicians to come in action and change the security laws.