The gun problem in the United States is an epidemic. Weapons of destruction now lay in the hands of the mentally ill, criminals, and children. All people who have no business handling a killing machine. It is seemingly evident that there is no place where we are safe. Schools, churches, concerts, and clubs all have witnessed a mass shooting in the past 2 years. With each disaster we have seen, the problem gets worse. We need to stop this from happening again in the future. Not only have we had to watch these shootings happen; we have had to watch lawmakers do little to nothing about guns every single time. Nothing was passed after Sandy Hook, nothing was passed after the shooting at Pulse, nothing was passed after Las Vegas, and still not much has been passed after the most recent mass shooting at a high school in Parkland. People say arm the teachers, put more armed guards, up the security. We should not have to arm more people, or up the security, all of it could ...