This past week, Americans witnessed the worst mass shooting on American soil. Forty-nine innocent victims were left dead, and an additional 53 were wounded by an outraged shooter in Orlando, Florida. The shooter, identified as Omar Mateen, was killed at the scene.

Mateen’s actions were that of terror, and hate against the LGBT community. When speaking to his parents, it was revealed how Mateen was outraged when he saw 2 men kiss in Miami. And seeing as this has become a common practice, Mateen decided to take action, and made yet another public place a shooting range.

The gun laws in America make it insanely easy for anyone to obtain a gun, and express their “discontent.” No place can truly be considered safe. The frequency of shootings that take place has increased, and it is certainly concerning to say the least. Schools, universities, pubs, parks, and every place imaginable is being turned into a shooting range by individuals who don’t like the way things are. If I was to write or say anything that someone didn’t agree with, they could just as easily look me up on the internet, and we’d have a gun range in yet another place. And this doesn’t just apply to me, but everyone.

Mateen decided to do what he did because he didn’t approve of same-sex relationships. In a country that is all about acceptance and being tolerant towards others, people sure go to extremes just because they don’t agree with someone else’s beliefs. There need to be more restrictions on how guns can be obtained. People also need to keep their emotions in check and can’t go around taking the lives of innocent people as they please.

Whoever is the next president (please let in not be Trump), needs to ensure that this doesn’t continue to happen in the future. America will never be safe if this isn’t dealt with, swiftly and effectively.