Multimedia Post - Opinion

           Hello, K-BAP followers. It’s good to see you again. As you already know, this K-BAP blog is dealing with the stories and recipes of Korean food. However, for this one, I decided to post about my opinion on a topic as a part of course assignment. The chosen topic is of firearms regulating in United States. I know that this topic is not suitable for the main purpose of this blog, but I’m happy to assert my opinion through this post.

           If you are not living in the forest without any connection from the society, you probably have seen the news about shooting incidents that occurs almost every day. There are so many incidents occurred in United States that can be the evidence of necessity of gun regulating. About a week ago, there was police shooting in Charlotte, North Carolina that killed a man named Keith Lamont Scott. There was a mass shooting incident at night club in Orlando, Florida that killed and injured more than 100 people in last June. Although there are so many factors to be considered for proper analysis of those shooting incidents, one thing is clear. Indiscreet use of firearms is causing those kinds of tragedies.

           U.S. civilians’ right to bear and use firearms has been guaranteed by the Second Amendment of U.S. Constitution. Thus, keeping and using guns has been granted naturally. People are using firearms as one of means for their self-defense, entertainment, and even employment. In other words, firearm and U.S. society are inextricably linked to each other. Therefore, I think getting rid of the firearms from U.S. society would be harder than anything. However, in order to prevent the tragic incidents that caused by firearms, we have to do something. In my opinion, legal restriction of firearms should be reinforced. Although there are some legal measurements that control the firearms enforced in most of states, antisocial shootings are still occurring. It can be interpreted that present laws are not enough to control the firearms to prevent shooting incidents. Therefore, stricter laws should be established.

           I’m not judging the necessity and danger of firearm using in United States as a foreigner. However, preventing antisocial affairs that caused by firearms is the ultimate object for social development. It is clear that stronger legal restriction can lead less possibility of those tragic incidents.