In the wake of the most recent Florida school shooting, many of the nation's teens are pressing legislators to pass new Gun Control Legislation. They are asking for Universal Background Checks, bans on AR-15 type semi-auto rifles, bans on large capacity magazines, raising the legal age to buy rifles, etc.

Naturally, they are concerned, as we all are, about the relatively recent phenomena of violent school shootings. We are hearing the inevitable cries for "Common Sense Gun Laws" and the reasoning that such restrictions are necessary if they will save even one life.

Something to consider is the facts: Over the past 25 years, an average of 10 students per years have been fatally shot in schools. That is obviously unacceptable, but in 2016, 4689 teens were killed in fatal automobile accidents, up from 4272 in 2014. A good number of these fatal automobile accidents involving teens have been due to distracted driving due to texting and cell phone usage.

Fatalities in teen crashes spike after steady decline, studies find

School shootings are not the new normal

Obviously, since many teens now seem quite willing to give up rights in exchange for safety, it would be much more practical and beneficial for us to raise the legal driving age to at least 21, and also place strict age limits on the possession and use of cell phones.

These common sense changes will save over 400 times as many teens lives as the 2nd Amendment restrictions that are being proposed.

It is not surprising to find that the recent teen anti-gun protest movement and the town hall meetings are being funded and organized by anti-gun Democrats and anti-gun News Organizations like CNN. Once again, it seems likely that the shooter in Parkland, Florida had been under treatment for depression and ADHD, and was likely on SSRI anti-depressant drugs which have the severe side effect of causing suicidal and homicidal tendencies. I hope gun owners will be contacting their elected representatives to relate their opposition to restrictions on law abiding gun owners when there are much better ways to save teens lives.


A true sign of mental illness is any gun owner who would vote for an Anti-Gunner like Joe Biden.