Gun Control

Gun control has been a hot topic in the news lately because President Obama wants to try to eliminate some of the risks of shootings. One way he is trying to reduce the risk is by eliminating assault rifles and high capacity magazines. An assault rifle is a semi or fully automatic firearm with certain features similar to those used in the military. High capacity magazines are clips that hold excessive amounts of ammunition that can be put into the gun. Some people think this would help and others don’t.

    People who are against gun control are coming up with plenty of excuses with what is wrong with it but one excuse that has turned into a very discussable question still remains. Does gun control violate the 2nd amendment? The second amendment is the right to bare arms, so to ban assault rifles people would be stripped of their weapons or wouldn’t have the right to bare them any longer. What do you think, is it violating the 2nd amendment? There are a lot of people that do and then there are others that don’t. Not everyone can agree on gun control but most agree that something needs to be done especially after the Sandy Hook shooting.
    What is all being banned or what are they doing to prevent shootings from occurring? Like I mentioned earlier they are planning on banning assault rifles and high capacity magazines but they are also planning on doing more thorough background checks and a better job of testing for the mentally ill. This could and probably would help but you can’t not sell to parents of the mentally ill or even the ones with kids in prison, for example the shooter at Sandy Hook got his guns from his mom. So the seller of the guns can’t prevent the unstable from getting the guns only the parents can. That's where parents need to do their part and decide when to give their kids access to the guns they own.
    Where do you stand on gun control? Are you for it or against it?