Around the time of John F. Kennedy's assassination, the controversial and widely debated issue of gun control sparked and ignited across America. However, over the past decade, it has become one of the hottest topics in the country. Due to numerous recent shootings, including at the famous Sandy Hook elementary schools, Columbine High School, the Aurora movie theater and Virginia Tech, totaling 87 deaths, many people are starting to push for gun control in the country. national scale. An article published in the Chicago Tribune by Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Collins titled "Gun Control is Long Overdue" expresses the view that for America to remain the country of freedom, we must take action in the form of stricter gun laws. On the contrary, Kathleen Parker, a member of the Washington Post Writers Group whose articles have appeared in the Weekly Standard, Time, Town & Country, Cosmopolitan and Fortune Small Business, offers a different opinion on the subject. His article in The Oregonian "Gun Control Conversation Keeps Repeating" urges Americans to examine the cultural factors that create ...