The article “do we have the courage to stop this?” by Nicholas D. Kristof is about how important it is to regulate guns and how it can save live, up to 10,000 each year. Limiting gun purchase and tightening the rules on how to get a gun can decrease the amount of gun deaths even if it is just by one-third.  Nicholas makes a point by saying that we need to take the same drastic stand for gun shooting just as we did for automobile accidents. The amount of people die each year due to gun violence is said to be more than the amount of troops that die in war. Soldiers killed for protecting this country from invasions and terrorist attacks but here we are raging war against each other kill each other. The importance of regulating guns is significant because there are innocent children lives that are at stake and we need to know that our kids will be safe when we are not in sight.  I think all of America’s hearts fell when they heard of the 20 beautiful innocent kids that lives where cut short due to the school shooting in Connecticut. It makes me think if the gun man did not have a gun in his possession if those parents would still have their children with them today. Now I’m not saying that citizen should not be able to own a licensed hand gun for safety but    we need to realize that gun deaths are increasing and we need tighter rules so less innocent lives are not taken.