Stand for the 2nd!
Monday, February 01, 2016
Hey everyone, Collin here. Today I am going to be sharing my opinion on maybe one of the most debated topics: Guns and gun laws. I am going to put my opinion out there loud and clear: I am very pro-gun. Now I am going to tell you why. First off, it is our right. The second Amendment clearly states, “The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Most politics overlook that part because they say that guns kill. They would be right, but guns would save more people than they kill. I say “would” because right now the government wants to make it really hard for citizens to own firearms and the people, who need them most, cannot get them. Also the government has gun owners register so they know who owns a firearm. “Ok,” you say, “what is bad about that?” Well, in South Carolina, Representative Mike Pitts introduced a bill that would require all journalists to register with the government to post about the state news. Pitts didn’t write it to pass it, he wrote it to show that people will get upset when a right, not about guns, is tampered with. However, when there is a law introduced that makes firearm owners register with the government, people think that it is good. “But Collin,” some of you would say, “if everybody had a firearm, a mentally insane person could start shooting everybody.” You would be correct but then again, there would be people around who had guns and could stop it. Another thing is, I would rather face an armed mentally unstable person shooting at a crown of armed people than facing an armed terrorist shooting at a crowd of unarmed people. So now the liberals and democrats are going after ammunition because they know they cannot mess with the 2nd Amendment. But what use is a gun without bullets? It doesn’t work. So in theory they are not going after the 2nd Amendment. Nevertheless they are still trying to make firearms useless, therefore infringing our right to protect ourselves with firearms. In conclusion, firearms should not be taken away and Americans deprived of our right that the Founding Fathers gave us. Comment if you liked this or think otherwise. -Collin Spot
A very popular topic in politics right now is gun control and gun rights. With all the recent attacks on innocent people, why would anyone be opposed to more gun control? While I am not completely against gun control, there are many things with which I don't agree. As a girl coming from a redneck family, I am very familiar with guns. I have been handling and shooting guns since I was eight, and I have always enjoyed it. Guns are an important part of American’s rights. The second amendment gives us the rights to “keep and bear arms” meaning we are allowed to possess firearms for our own protection. Self protection is a right given to us by God. The founders of our country believed it was necessary for our citizens to own guns for the protection of our liberties. President Barack Obama is pushing gun control in the United States. He says to purchase a gun you must pass a background check. While I believe that would be beneficial, I don’t think it would help much. The biggest threat is not the guns but the people who hold the guns. People kill people.We have seen proven facts that strict gun control results in higher, violent crime acts. The UK has one of the highest rate of violent crime acts, more so than the United States. Britain has the second highest overall crime rate in Europe. Even France’s gun control laws did not stop the horrendous attack that killed at least 130 innocent people. If anything, they limited the citizens in their own protection. If we have the ability to defend ourselves, maybe we can stop tragedies from occurring. By creating more strict laws, you are damaging the safety of the country. I think we need to focus on enforcing the laws that are already set in place instead of creating more that will just go unfollowed. Even if you ban them all together, guns are still going to get in the hands of the wrong people. Criminals are obtaining guns in spite of the fact that we have laws set up to prevent that from happening. Why don't we stop trying to push more laws, punishing honest people? We as citizens have a responsibility. That responsibility is to simply, be responsible. - Les Anya
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