An oral interview was done with a student at Westwood High School to see the viewpoints of fellow students. An edited transcription was made below. "Q" is me, the questionarre and "A" is Jacob Stubbs in one being interviewed.
Q: Hi Jacob, let’s start off by asking what your viewpoint is on this very controversial topic: Should handguns be banned or not? A: I feel like they should be banned due to the amount of deaths we have seen. Q: Do you feel like these deaths may have just coincidentally been because the owner had a handgun? Let me rephrase that... let’s say the user had a knife instead; do you think he would just kill the person with that instead of the handgun, thus eliminating the law to ban handguns? A: Okay that was a long question let me see if I got it down. So, you want to know if there will be any changes in murder even after the elimination of handguns due to the presence of other virulent weapons? (yes) Okay well in response to that I feel that the size, portability, and availability of handguns presently lead to this increased output of deaths. Since it’s so easy to own this item I feel like people are misusing it. If we are able to ban this weapon people will have a hard time finding another comparable weapon with its form factor, thus eliminating the deaths we see today. Q: Alright final question, how do you think the backlash would be if we got this law passed? A: I feel like it will be very bad for the first month as there are strong supporters in keeping handguns. Although after time people will learn to live life without it and we will all feel much safer Q: Okay thank you for your time Mr. Stubbs, have a nice day! A: Bye
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