Life Is More Valuable Than Guns
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While a clear value can be placed on the cost of weapons, this student confirms that similar value cannot be placed on human life. Sadly, it can be argued that the government’s “value” of human life has decreased as gun laws have become more relaxed in the United States.
The truth of the matter is that seven people between the ages of 12 and 19 are killed on an average day, every day in America. The gun homicide rate is nearly 25 times higher than similar high-income countries. Despite these facts, the youth feel silenced and are now speaking loudly and clearly, trying to force those in positions of political power to make positive change. Most importantly, as our next slide shows, these incidents happy far too often.
