Gun Control Explained Summary

"Gun Control Explained," The New York Times, Richard Perez-Pena (October 7,2015) was written as a way to truly understand the way that gun control is run in America. It expresses all the restrictions which are given when people are trying to buy their firearms. People who aren't allowed to purchase firearms are those who are mentally disabled. But they somehow are able to bend the rules and still purchase them legally without them being denied. Usually shootings occur when the suspect isn't mentally healthy and has a break down which causes them to do the unnecessary. Stronger backgrounds checks are what law enforcement believes could be help to the solution to stop gun violence. They also suggest ending gun shows and banning the sale of assault rifles.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/07/us/gun-control-explained.html

Gun Violence solutions

"Americans won't tolerate firearm deaths forever," LA Times, George Skelton, (October 11, 2015), By eliminating the amount of guns available to people, the less chance there are of people actually getting shot and dying. Even though the U.S. has the least amount of population in the world it has the highest amount of civilians who are armed. Countries around the world limit the amount of firearms people are able to obtain whereas the U.S. virtually allows almost anyone to obtain one as long as they pass routine background checks. The U.S. should have more power in gun-control since people are able to go to other states and just purchase a firearm and put other states in danger. America is in a time where the need to find an answer for gun control is more apparent because many people are getting anxious and don't wish to see more mass shooting due to regulatory firearm purchases.

50th anniversary of Delano Farm Workers Strike, summary

LA Times, "Looking back 50 years after Delano farm workers' grape strike," Diana Marcum, (September 27, 2015). The article talks about families who celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Delano farm workers' grape strike. Each family shares their story and how the strike impacted their lives and shaped how they live today. Each family has a different story yet each relate to one another. The farmers strike is still remembered by many people and Caesar Chavez is a person in which each family addresses to younger generations since he is a person in which they all looked up to. Each family talks about how they were able to break a cycle and build from what they learned all hoping for generation after them to do the same.