Gun Control
On January 1989,a mass shooting occurred in Stockton,California,were 34 students and one teacher were killed.Two months after the shooting occurred,President George H W Bush issued a ban on importing all semi-automatic weapons into the US, but the United States Congress felt that the current ban was not strong enough.For that reason,in November 1993, Congress proposed an assault weapons ban that would ban assault weapons in the U.S. for ten years.The ban would include the production and possession of semiautomatic weapon. The assault weapons ban was passed by congress and signed into law by President Clinton and was in effect for ten years.On September 13,2004 ,the current assault weapons ban was about to expire,but congress house …show more content…
The reason this advertisement was put out to the public are for two major reasons.The first reason the ad was put out to show how easy it is for a child to find a banned book.If the child is able to to get their hands on a banned book ,then how easy would it be for them to get their hands on a semi-automatic weapon if the weapons were illegal.The second reason this ad was put out to show the dangers of allowing your child to hold a dangerous in their hands.No parents wants to see an image of their child holding a dangerous weapon in their hand or the possibility hurting themselves or