Neutrality Is Oppression
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As voices of the youth grow stronger and stronger, this student states that those who stay neutral and quiet on the issue of gun control are no better than those opposed to stricter laws. The desire for such vocal change comes from the seeming disparity between the very loud voices of gun supporters and gun-law statistics.
Take this statistic for instance; from 2009 to 2013 there were half as many mass shootings in states that required thorough background checks for gun buyers than states that did not. This directly points to the success of gun control laws in states that currently employ them in some form.
