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With the recent police shootings I decided that it was time to throw my voice into the ring. I'm not going to try to speak on behalf of the police, nor am I going to bad mouth them. The same goes for the African American population, I am not going to pretend that I completely understand your struggles. However, I will share my thoughts on the weapons that were used to kill these people. Yes, that's right, I'm going to talk about guns and probably offend some people. In my eyes, the only use you could have for a gun is hunting. I don't believe in trophy hunting, but if you want to kill a deer once a year so that you can have some venison, go right ahead. The problem arises when someone uses their gun to harm humans. Mass shootings have almost become the norm for us, which is sickening to me, as it should be to you no matter your stance on guns. Guns are made to kill and harm people, there isn't any other use that I'm aware of. "Oh, no, they protect people too" and in this "protection" are people not being shot? In order to protect yourself, you are injuring another human being. I can't tell you what we should do with guns, because handing them out to everyone or banning them completely seems like it will have negative effects either way. I can only tell you that I think we need to make a change, a change that involves less guns.