Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Gun Control


The article I chose the read http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/g/gun_control/index.html is explaining the different gun control laws passed by different presidents. Starting with Kennedy and Martin Luther King in 1968 and ending with Obama in 2012. Gun control is a touchy subject and brings a lot of mixed feeling to a lot of people. In 1994 president Bill Clinton passed the first bill to ban certain kinds of assault weapons and to require a background check before purchase.  In 2008 the Supreme Court ruled that the bill of rights include a guarantee of the people’s right to own a gun. I know this is a touchy subject and different people have a different look on the situation, but banning guns in my opinion will only cause more crime. I think a better screening, not selling full auto weapons, and a stricter standard of sale would be more beneficial than the total ban of weapons. Obama just stated he will try to pass the ban as soon as possible and allow illegals into our country, ha four more years of suffering.   

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