No Compromise By Kevin J. Curtis Johnny was trying to understand why the people in the United States were always arguing and fighting. It didn’t make sense! They were all just people living in the same big country. Why did they fight all of the time? He decided to talk to his dad about it. “It’s because somebody is always trying to take our guns away!” shouted Donald, as he finished loading the clip of his 9mm Glock. “But if nobody had guns,” began Johnny, “we wouldn’t need to have lockdown drills in our school for active shooters!” “You watch your mouth young man!” shouted Donald. “That kind of talk is dangerous! We need to be able to defend ourselves if someone else pulls a gun on us!” “But yesterday,” began Johnny, “you pulled a gun on that other car in traffic while driving us home. Nobody pulled a gun on you first.” “You shut your yap young man,” growled Johnny’s father. “That guy was looking for a slug in his head!” Johnny decided to ask his mom for h...