American Crisis: Gun Laws, Mental Illness or a Combination?

There is an American crisis plaguing citizens who live in fear wondering who the next victim of a senseless killing spree will be. Some blame the current state of affairs on gun laws while others are bent that it is strictly a mental health issue. Is it really that black and white or could it be a gray area which is actually a combination of both? As long as each side of the argument continues to live on the “absolute” side of their belief, a resolution will not be established.

After the recent hate crime on a college campus in Oregon, the issues surrounding gun laws and mental illness have again begun to scream through the media and many social networking platforms. When comparing the number of deaths, between 2004 and 2013, committed by terrorism versus the number of people killed by firearms on the soil of the free world, according to the … click HERE to continue reading