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A couple weeks ago at Ohio State University, we saw what a person would do to cause harm to other humans. Abdul Razak Ali Artan took a knife onto the campus and began stabbing people. News reports and politicians were quick to pin it as a shooting when, in fact, the attacker did not have a gun. And, to no surprise, liberals and progressives began using it to promote stricter gun control laws, which would disregard the rights promised in the Second Amendment.
Gun control is a sham and waste of time. If someone wants to hurt you, they will find a way, regardless of whether or not guns are legal. We need guns to protect ourselves from the minority of unstable people who have the intent to kill, because they will always exist.
Alyse Szymanski
West Jordan