Wonderful, really captures different view points on gun control and bullying, and the unfortunate relation between the two. Definitly a must read

A tale all too chillingly real in current school environments. Two young men, Brendan and Gary are victims of teasing and physical bullying by members of the 'in' group (the jocks on the football team). Unable and unwilling to endure any more abuse they approach teachers and others to get some help to end the harassment. Unfortunately, they are told 'it's in their genes' and 'boys will be boys'. The boys decide to take matters into their own hands and develop a plan of retribution to gain their revenge on the assailants and others who just refuse to get involved. Eerily similar to the incidents at Columbine, this story reads as a wake up call to what happens in school environments. Teachers and administrators, parents and police share responsibility and a share of the blame of the tragedy. The book also contains many statistics about guns and gun control and also resources for help or information to those seeking it. I'm so grateful that this happened only in a book. Let's make this required reading in middle and high school environments and try to abort any possibility of similar events ever happening again.

I like how the book is made, with the viewpoints of several different people and the statistics on guns. More people should read this, as with all the bullying of today more people will try to bring guns in school. What Gary and Brendan did wasn't right, no, but if they hadn't been bullied they wouldn't have resorted to such actions. A powerful story with a message to end bullying.