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“I think it’s something that should be done. We should control guns just as we control alcohol or drugs. I mean, I think it’s OK for everyone to own a gun, but you have to just go through the motions. Y’know? Like, just how you need to be 21 to buy alcohol, you need to also have like certain regulations. I mean, I’m not gonna let, like, just some random person that’s probably a criminal, probably has some mental issues or other problems with his head, and buy him like an automatic weapon. I mean, I don’t think it’s right. I don’t think you even need an automatic weapon, you can just buy a single gun.”

Jose Garcia

Nursing sophomore

“Well, I mean, there’s a lot to say, personally. I do feel safer if I do have a weapon, but there’s just so many limits. Like, getting a license is very important and having that chance of defending yourself or helping somebody else that might be in trouble can save a life. The thing is, it’s not the gun that kills, it’s the person behind it, in a personal aspect. Like, my mother’s in law enforcement so, I believe that, y’know, her showing me the proper way to have a weapon and how to conceal it and all that is very important, especially if you wanna protect yourself. If you’re a girl, it’s very difficult. So, having that little safe thing is very important.”

Tabitha Rodriguez

Psychology sophomore

“I think that there is no control at all, like, they just enter into a store and then you buy a gun. … How is your mind or your background? They don’t do anything. … [They do it] for the money and that’s why they don’t put regulations, because a lot of people are interested about the money and politics, too. So, I think that’s why there is no control at all, but I think it should because y’know it’s a lot, like, … every day it’s happening, it’s becoming normal and it shouldn’t be like that.”

Valeria Sevichay

Nursing junior

“I think it’s something that should be enforced ’cause of what happened in Vegas. There should be more security in the hotels, in airports, stores, wherever, ’cause it was one of the biggest shootings right now in modern history. There was 50 dead.”