s kids can sneak in weapons. Apossible answer to this would be to increase the consequences of being caught. This wasdone efficiently by congress making it a felony to bring a gun within one-thousand feet ofany school under the "Gun-Free School Zones" provision of the 1990 crime prevention. We can also put a large amount of the blame on our parents for violence. Whenparents buy a gun and don’t properly lock it out of reach, their kid could get a hold of itand bring it to school and already your in trouble. This is why parents should always lockaway their weapons and not just stick it in a draw or on the top shelf of a closet. Theymust also integrate to their children the repercussions of shooting a fire arm at someoneand allow them to shoot it themselves. This will educate kids and show them actualdamage that guns can and will cause if used inproperly.Experts have also said that most violent conflicts among school-age children canbe traced back to long-simmering disputes(Apfel 21). Some students may not have theproper up bringing to allow themselves to forgive and forget. If the schools can addressan argument before it is allowed to escalate, it could greatly reduce the building of angerin young students and possibly prevent them from further thoughts of revenge. This is notan easy task considering students don’t open up to authority figures and often lie to avertextensive punishment. This is why teachers and principles absolutely can not addressarguments in an authoritarian fashion. They must talk to the students involved and try tocome to some sort of an agreement with out the fear of punishment. Further more, where do teens get the money to buy these guns? Alot of studentswho obtain guns are able to afford them through the selling of drugs. Not nearly as manyteens would have guns if they didn't get the money from selling drugs(Gordon 30). If wecould stop the selling of drugs 20% or even 15%, their would possibl...
