Attack gun violence by raising cost of bullets

Gun violence is a tremendous problem in America. American children are more at risk from firearms than the children of any other industrialized nation.

In one year, firearms killed no children in Japan, 19 in Great Britain, 57 in Germany, 109 in France, 153 in Canada and 5,285 in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control. That's a big difference and a big problem.

Every day, more than 80 Americans die from gun violence, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence reports.

The rate of firearm deaths among kids under age 15 is almost 12 times higher in the United States than in 25 other industrialized countries combined. American kids are 16 times more likely to be murdered with a gun, 11 times more likely to commit suicide with a gun and nine times more likely to die from a firearm accident than children in 25 other industrialized countries combined, according to CDC statistics.

One way to probably lower gun use would be to make the price of the bullet higher. I think one bullet should cost almost as much as a gun and I think bullets should be sold individually.

I feel that if people had to pay a lot more for bullets, they wouldn't buy them as freely.

I'm not the wisest person in the world, but I know if people had to pay $100 just for one bullet, people would think twice about how important it really is to kill themselves or other people with that bullet.

Shooting is the easiest way out and if people couldn't just shoot themselves or other people there would be lower gun crime rate in America.

By: Sherina Wordlaw, Pantagraph.com