In light of the recent horrific events in Las Vegas, it is easy to immediately blame guns as the sole contributor to this terrorism. The events that transpired at the Route 91 music festival on the Las Vegas strip, were nothing short of a tragedy, but the root of an issue much larger than guns.

Regardless of race, color, religion, or political party affiliation, if you massacre innocent people, by definition you are in fact a terrorist. Still not convinced? The definition of terrorism, as per Nevada state law is, "any act that involves the use or attempted use of sabotage, coercion or violence which is intended to cause great bodily harm or death to the general population."

Even if guns were illegal, and no one on the continent of North America with the exception to law enforcement owned a gun or armed weapon, it would not prevent any terrorist attacks. On July 14, 2016 in Nice, France, a truck driver plowed his vehicle into a crowd of people who were all there to watch the Annual Bastille Day Parade, killing 86 innocent people. Earlier this summer at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, 22 people were killed and 59 were injured by a nail bomb. Weeks later, a van drove into a crowd of pedestrians on the London Bridge, only for the occupants of the van to flee the scene to the nearby Borough Market, and start stabbing people, killing 8 people and injuring 48. Shortly after on June 19, one person was killed and 10 more were injured after a man drove his van into a crowd of people praying outside a mosque in Finsbury Park.

This is an issue much larger than gun control, but an issue of heart. The list of terrorist attacks for 2017 is so long that Wikipedia had to divide it into different pages for each month of the year. Regardless of weaponry, or gun control, terrorists are going to find a way to cause terror; America needs to wake up. Security as a whole needs to be increased drastically.

To clarify, I am not by any means saying that the recent massacre in Las Vegas would have been preventable solely by security measures. What happened was a tragedy that has brought up a lot of controversy around new gun control legislation, but also brings up a question of security.

To commit a senseless crime as heinous as killing 59, and injuring over 500 innocent people, definitely brings up mental issues or no regard to human life.

If there ever was a time to make major security changes, the time is now. It is 2017, and you can walk into Disney World without any security check if you're not carrying a bag. The only security check that Disney World has is a bag check, and if randomly selected, a full body scanner. Disney Springs has no security whatsoever; no bag check, no metal detectors or anything. Universal Studios Orlando is one of the few tourist spots in Orlando that has taken full initiative, by requiring all guests to go through full body scanners with an additional bag check, like at the Airport.

The issue of gun control is still an issue that does need to be talked about, but we cannot sweep the issue of security under the rug. There is only so much prevention that can be done on the part of legislation.

"Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing."

1 Peter 3:9