Basically Good, or Basically Evil?
To me, this article makes it seem like people can be basically good and evil.
On September 17, 2013, a man named Aaron Alexis, 34, went to a navy yard in Washington and unleashed a barrage of bullets using an AR-15, and a semi-automatic handgun. The AR-15 is believed to have been used for most of the attack. The gunman killed twelve people before being killed himself by police during a shoot out. The part where I believe that people are basically evil is when I read that the gunman was shot and killed. I get the police were just doing their job, and that twelve other people were killed, but things could have been handled differently. They didn't have to kill him.
The news influenced Sen. Dianne Feinstein, one of the strongest proponents of a ban on assault weapons like the AR-15, to issue a statement the same day asking, "When will enough be enough?"
That statement is an example, to me, of people being basically good. The Senator is trying to do something good for this country by banning guns. And I see his point. There's been too many tragedies involving guns. So, when will enough actually be enough?
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