them out of children’s and criminal’s hands. Also, a thorough background check should be made on all sales and transfers of a firearm. At this point in time background checks are not required by law in all states and on all firearm transactions. This creates a loophole in the system in which persons not legally able to purchase a gun are still allowed to do so. Now that juvenile gun violence is in almost every community it has become a social issue that demands attention. Firearms should be kept out of the hands of children and should not be used by juveniles against each other. There are numerous programs that have begun to educate today’s youth about gun violence and how to prevent it. These programs need to be implemented in schools and communities all over the country. Legislature should be passed to make it more difficult for criminals to acquire guns but not infringe on the law-abiding citizen. The laws we have should be enforced and more juveniles should be prosecuted in order to make it a risk to possess a firearm. A combination of prevention and law enforcement strategies must be enacted in order to resolve this problem within our country....
