fornia, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, New York, Texas, Virginia) and in the District of Columbia (lvrj.com). I feel that this is due to the lenient gun control law in the United States that is causing the increase in firearm related fatalities.Teen murders is becoming an issue in the Las Vegas Valley, which is leaving more families to face the devastation an unexpected death brings and the pain that lingers for the remainder of their lives. Twenty-six youths ages 13-19 were slain last year in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Las Vegas police arrested Manuel Arias, 717, for one shootings of a teenage girl. However, countrywide, coroner statistics showed 20 youths were killed in 1994 and 14 in 1995. Of the 60 teens killed between 1994 and 1996, 11 were girls and 49 were boys (lvrj.com). Already this year, five teens have been killed in Las Vegas, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Due to the increasing amount of deaths that are caused by firearms, Congress should enact stricter gun control laws. However, they are not and more people are continuing to die on a daily basis due to that matter. Congress is continuously discussing ways of preventing convicted felons, mental patients, and illegal aliens from purchasing firearms, but do not fulfill the voters wishes of doing so. I feel that this is the governments way to prevent the United States from becoming overpopulated, because they are not doing anything to stop this problem. On the other hand, if most of the United States population is killed by gunfire, then where is the tax money going to be derived from? In my opinion, there should be a way to eliminate the section of the Second Amendment that gave the citizens of the United States the right to bear arms. ...
