Do We Have Courage To Stop This

The article "Do We Have the Courage to Stop This?" by Nicholas D. Kristof is about how it should be harder in the USA to get/purchase a gun. Like how they got a whole lot of rules to purchase a car.

In the article it says "It is more difficult to adopt a pet than it is to buy a gun." This means it is more rules and regulations to buying a pet than their is to buy a pet. In the article it also says "The Occupational Safety and Health Administration  has five pages of regulations about ladders, while federal authories shrug at serious limitations on firearm. Ladders kill around 300 Americans a year, and guns 30,000." This means that The Occupational Safety and Health Administration care more about ladders that are killing 300 people, than guns that are killing 30,000 people a year.

I do think their should be more regulations on guns. People don't treat them as serious as other things. Guns are killing most Americans. People have more safety rules on dumb things like ladders, than guns. Guns should have more rules and regulations to make it harder for Americans to get a gun.

This article make me think why don't people care about putting rules on guns. Trying to make it harder for people to get one. This article makes me think would people put ragulations on guns.

Marijuana Decriminalization

In the article "Marijuana law just creates criminals" by Hakeem Jeffries is about how the marijuana law makes huge amounts of people go to jail.

In the article it says "Despite this change in law, arrests for small quantities of marijuana over the last decade have skyrocketed, with more than 400,000 people arrested and unceremoniously run through the criminal justice system." This means that over the last 10 years 400,000 people have been sent to jail. In the article it also says "A majority of these arrests happen only in certain neighborhoods. Indeed, compounding the injustice is the fact that 85% of the people arrested are African American and Latino." This means that 85% of the 400,000 people that have been sent to jail where black and Latino.

I think that people shouldn't get locked for small amounts of weed. I think that it is ridiculousness for 400,000 people to be sent to jail for a small amount of weed. Sometimes weed can be your medicine.

This make me think deeper into the topic because 85% out of 400,000 people are African American and Latino. What do other people think about people being sent to jail for small amounts weed, mostly African American's and Latino's. Do people think it's good they are arresting people for small amounts before they turn into big amounts of weed? 

Kobe Byrant 30K Points

The article "Kobe Bryant youngest to 30,000" by Dave McMenamin is about Kobe Byrant scoring 30,000 points Dec. 5th, 2012 against the New Orleans Hornets. He is also 1 of the other 5 to score 30,000 points in the NBA all-time.

In the article it says, "Bryant made a slashing right-handed runner in the lane with 1:16 remaining in the second quarter against the New Orleans Hornets, giving him 30,001 career points at just 34 years,". This means Kobe got his 30,000 point against the New Orleans Hornets with just 1 minute and 16 seconds remaining in the second quarter. In the article it says "Bryant joins Chamberlain (31,419 points), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387), Karl Malone (36,928) and Michael Jordan (32,292) as the only five players in NBA history to reach the 30,000-point plateau." This means that Kobe Byrant joins the other 4 players in the NBA to hit 30,000 points. 

I think Kobe is one of the best players in the NBA. He had lots of achievements. He had great achievements. Kobe accomplished a good achievement by scoring the 30,000 points.

What do other Kobe fans think about his accomplishment? How do non-Kobe fans think about his accomplishment? This makes me think Kobe Byrant can be on the Hall of Fame. I think deeper in the topic because Kobe Byrant is my favorite basketball player. It makes me think what else can he accomplish. 

16-Year-Olds Driving

The article "Should 16-year-olds drive?" by Ted Gregory is about how people talk about should 16-ye ar-olds drive or not. Some say yes, some say no.

In the article the Hinsdale Central High School sophomore said "I don't think it matters what age you are, as long as you have the practice and experience." This means this person don't care if your 10, if you past you driving test you are cable of driving. Brent Johnston, a driving teacher at Hinsdale Central said "That's like saying we'er not going to let any kid get near a pool or lake or ocean and drownings will do down,". He is comparing kids drowning in water to teenagers dying in car accidents and motor accident. So he is saying you cant stop kids from swimming so the drowning rate can drop, so you cant stop teenagers to stop driving so the car or motor accidents rate can go down.

I agree with the people that say 16-year-olds-should drive. I do because 16-year-olds have responsibilities to be place at a certain time. Like going to school and work. Sometimes the public transportation don't be running or run late. So this cause them to be late to school or work.

I did think deeper into the article because i'm  not 16 yet and I would want a car to drive to work or school.