When 2 terrorists came in to california and killed plenty of people, one of them was arrested by the FBI and they want apple to make a skeleton key for all iphones. Apple wants the security of their customers personal information, so they said no. Because if there is a skeleton key, what will stop terrorists from using it? What if it gets into the wrong hands?Even apple cannot hack their own iphones because of their secure servers. Apple also does not know the passcode for the phone. If I get the skeleton key, I could erase 1000000 iphones, and say give me 20$ for your Iphones if you want them. Other companies that make phones like google or samsung are siding with apple because if the FBI gets a skeleton key from apple, they might ask for a skeleton key from them too. I side with apple because i don’t want the FBI getting my personal information.

But another thing the FBI wants is for apple to break only into this terrorists iphone. This is something apple doesn’t want to do because it might be a precedent. A precedent is when some one does something, and then people think they will do it again. So then afterwards, the FBI says this person looks suspicious, apple break into his phone for me, the FBI will be expecting apple to do the same thing. Then a bunch of other people do the same and it will put apple under tough circumstances. Other companies are also siding with apple in this to.  I also think precedents are bad like this, so I side with apple.

Gun Violence is when you use a gun to hurt somebody. Some people have justification to carry guns, like army men or police. Also, it would be okay if security guards like Boris had guns. It is justified because they need to protect themselves and others.  But I see no good reason for me or my family to use guns. If anyone but the people who I mentioned above had guns, a lot of things could go wrong. For example, people could sell it to a terrorist. Or they could lose the gun and little kids could find it, play with it, and by mistake kill themselves or others. Also, if you have a weapon you will most likely use it to solve problems with violence instead of words( that is what my mom said). additionally, statistics show that Americans commit suicide because of depression and easy access to guns.

I think we need to identify the people who have guns and only give certain people permission to carry guns. I think we need to make firearm laws like in countries such as Israel. I give Israel as an example because they have strict laws for firearms even though one would assume that because of the constant war and terror people would carry guns. The restrictions are that you need to be mentally healthy, be at a certain age, take a course, give a reason, be a resident for at least 3 consecutive years, and pass a criminal background check. I believe that if rules like this or stricter rules were in the U.S., I would feel better about people who carry guns. Maybe gun violence would decrease if that happened. So overall, I would argue that we need to make better laws about guns that make it harder to get a gun, and that guns will be in the hands of the right people.