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More menatl health services would be beneficial because I don't think taking away people's right to protect themselves is okay. Also, I think have more resource officers could help better protect students. People who have bought guns in the past know that background checks are very thourough. Although I have never been through that check, I know people who have and I think people underestimate how strong it already is, but of course it can be better.

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Perhaps we could try to crack down on illegal gun sales (like selling illegal firearms over the internet, dealers, etc.). I'm just thinking that if somebody's actually going to go out and purchase a firearm to hurt people, they're going to try and get their hands on one, whether it's legal or not. So if it was harder to purchase a gun legally (while I'm sure that would help), the person would attempt to get one whether it was legal or not.

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I don't really think, unless we come up with some amazing solution, that there will ever really be a way to stop mass shootings. I believe that people will always find a way to do bad things. I don't really think that there is one solution to this problem. All of the possible answers have pros and cons so none really are THE answer. I think that to solve this problem we need to see were things started to become more violent. Which maybe they haven't, maybe it's just because we have more media to tell about things that happen, there has always been voilence in the world.

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I think that when people are buying guns they should perform background checks. To make sure that these people don't have any past problems. I think that guns should also be "checked" to make sure these people are using guns for safety, hunting, or anything non violent.

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I think that we could look into mental health more, because one, someones mental heath is probably the reason that people want to shoot others, two, looking into ones mental health will not only help those who want to harm others, will also everyone, harmful or not.

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I think that more extensive background checks would work. Also more or better health services to help people who are having mental struggles

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I think that it would be a good idea to up the security in schools and I also think schools should get metal detectors. Humans can be tricked, but metal detectors don't lie.

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I think re-examining/ making background checks more strict is something that should be taken into consideration. I really don' t think it's necessary for an 18 year old to have a large gun, especially if they aren't mentally stable.

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I don't think there is one true solution to eliminating all mass shootings but that a combination of a few is what it will take to make a significant difference. I do not think that making it illegal to get the guns will make the biggest difference because some people could still illegally get their hands on a gun. I do like the idea of making background checks more thorough and possibly a metal detector in schools.

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I think that strengthening background checks would be beneficial. So would more mental health services. I think that if more people were on the lookout for kids and adults with mental health problems, there would be more of a chance to stop that person from acting. I don't think that arming teachers is a good idea though, because some teachers would probably not be able to handle a gun. Though I would not be opposed to more school resource officers. Not guards or a militia, that's just overboard, but just some more school resource officers to go around the district

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I think we need to start to have re-examinations on backround checks, and find a permanent solution now

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I think we need to start to have re-examinations on backround checks, and find a permanent solution now

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Ok but like to be completely honest, I really don't think that we can fix this problem because although it may seem otherwise, kids are smart an

Sure sure we can add more security officers and armed teachers to our schools, but statics show that most schools have more resource officers than counselors. That your more likely to pass someone with a gun than someone who you can talk to when your troubled. In my opinion, I feel  that schools should have more counselors.

Also I think that it would be best to change the legal age to buy guns. Just think that if students can purchase a gun, they can't shoot up a school. But there are still some hole in this story like that kids could use their parents weapons and such. Kids could also buy guns illegally like they would with 🤬 and other contraband.

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I think there needs to be more mental health services and possibly more background checks.

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I think that toughening background checks would be a good idea. I also think that a first time gun owner should go through classes for safety.

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if a persons brain is not developed enough by 18 to legally drink alcohol, then why can a persons brain be developed enough to own a gun? they cannot make good choices at 18 to drink alcohol because it is too "dangerous", yet you can give a gun to an 18 year old, someone who is barely an adult. i also think that background checks are very important, and whatever background check people have to go through now, it is obliviously not enough. it should be changed to be, not harder to pass, but still hard enough to where if someone has something, like a unknown mental illness, they guns don't fall into the wrong hands. we must also consider that people are not honest. They can lie and cheat to get themselves what they want. We know that some see this as a violation of the 2nd amendment (right to bear arms) but we would not demolish their right, but we would just delay it, per-say. (i will look into the hunting situation)

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I believe that in order to solve this problem , we should beef up school security, and add armed guards to campuses

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School Security would help, plus more mental health services can also help

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I think a possible solution is Re-examining and toughening background checks, because if someone has a criminal  record then its a little suspicious that they wanna purchase a gun.  I also think we should change the law so that a 18 year old can not acquire a gun, because at 18 you can't even drink alcohol yet so its not a safe age to own a gun.

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I think that changing the law that you can't own certain types of guns until you are older than 18 is a good idea. I am definitely not a anti-gun kind of person but I think there need to be a lot more restrictions. I like the idea of conceal and carry guns because those are very useful in bad situations but I don't see the why an 18 year old would need an AR-15 unless they were planning on shooting up a school or killing someone. It's like that guy said, he has hunted all his life and still hunts and owns several guns, but an AR-15 isn't for hunting; it's for killing.

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I think that there should be more extensive background checks and they should have randome back upchecks. The child and parents/gardians should have to tack a class on how to properaly use a gun. I also think that the partent/gardian should have to tack a class on on how to reconise the warning sings for if someone might be leaning toward a vilonet act. I think that the schools should have more security in them and we should make more things like glass wingows and doors bulletproff/more pretective so that way kids and  staff can go in to one of the rooms secure the door and have safe place to hide with out the bullets getting through.  The guns that are abel to 🤬 many people should only be allowed for people in the millitary and in ocupashions where they are having to inforce the law.

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I think that we should make background checks more thorough and that certain guns should be illegal to obtain at 18.

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We could make sure that kids with mental heath issues aren't easily looked over. People should report something if they see a warning sign.

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Most people think that arming all the teachers would make people very uncomfortable, and giving the teachers that get hot-headed or who are not the most physically stable is not safe. So, what if you would arm very specific teachers. Perhaps teachers with background knowledge on how to handle a gun. Arming specific teachers who are capable of using a gun would make the school environment much more safer.

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I think a solution we could do would be to do more screening for people buying these guns. We should look more for if they have mental health issues. Another thing is ban people who have been punished for committing more crimes or who are banned from doing things such as flying. I think that would help fix the issue, but I don't believe that one act will be the end to all of this. However I think this will do more because it makes it harder to stop the issue before it comes an issue. If you just guard a school, maybe the person will then shoot up a gas station instead, or who knows what.

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I agree with guns. I don't think there is any solution that will 100% fix the problem, but I also think no teenager should be able to purchase a gun, and there should be more thourough backround checks. Also, the state should look into peoples social medias and comments beforing granting them to responsibility to own a gun.

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Although I think more intense background checks would help, I don't think making certain guns illegal is going to do any good. This is because, if criminals are wanting dangerous guns, they don't care if the guns are illegal, they're criminals. They are breaking the law already, so making guns illegal would not only keep up the acts of criminals, but would endanger our people, as they cannot fight back. I agree that we need to keep guns around for our own safety, but make sure that they are also in the right hands.

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I think that we should focus on the purchasing of guns.. I feel that 18 is too young to be able to make stable decisions with fire arms.. At such a young age we find ourselves living the me me me mentality and we aren't thinking about our consequences.

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I think there needs to be more than just one resource officer at our school. I don't think that we necessarily need armed guards walking around the school, but I think more resource officers would help because if something like that were to happen, they would be ready to protect everyone. It could even be a possibility that we might need metal detectors at the entrance. I think that would help too.