LETTERS

Stopping gun violence

Posted 4/30/15

To the Editor:

If you’re trying to stop gun violence, why is it still on the streets? 

Gun violence is affecting many of us in our community. There are many problems with gun violence, …

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LETTERS

Stopping gun violence

Posted

To the Editor:

If you’re trying to stop gun violence, why is it still on the streets? 

Gun violence is affecting many of us in our community. There are many problems with gun violence, especially innocent people dying because of it. One of our main problems is that state officials are not enforcing gun laws as much as we would like. More things should be happening to try to decrease gun violence. 

We would like to solve this problem by hosting a statewide Gun Buyback Program. This is usually sponsored by local businesses and private donors. We also want to create a legislation, to support our cause. This legislation that we plan on creating will make sure that the Gun Buyback will keep running yearly. 

Although the Gun Buyback Program is not the only way to get guns off the streets, but it is the start of a puzzle. This will not end all the violence, but we believe it can make a change. People say that guns are for their protection, but who would you need to protect yourself from, if there were no guns on the streets?

We would like to reach out to the attorney general and the police chief to come to Roger Williams Middle School to talk to us. We hope you would be able to complete this project by May 11, 2015 or after. Thank you for taking your time to read this. We hope to start this program as soon as possible!

Kaylee Beato

Providence

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  • davebarry109

    Kaylee....have you watched the rioting in Baltimore? Philidelphia? When society breaks down, the cops are overwhelmed. Why do we need guns? Because we have the right to defend ourselves from criminals who won't follow the law regardless of how many gun laws are passed.

    Have you read the constitution? See 2nd amendment.

    Also, gun buyback programs are a feel good thing that does nothing to stop gun violence. Gun violence is perpetrated by criminals.

    Friday, May 1, 2015 Report this

  • ianjohnstone

    Kaylee -

    Thanks for these thoughts. I'm from Gun by Gun (www.gunxgun.org), a nonprofit that helps communities raise funds for buybacks using crowdfunding. Check out our site and let us know if we can help!

    Ian

    Friday, May 1, 2015 Report this