Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Will Gun Control Do Anything?

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.  -2nd Amendment

What is the purpose of the 2nd Amendment? The purpose is to give us the right to protect us from our on government. Infringed is the biggest word in the Second Amendment. The definition of infringed is, Actively break the terms of a law or agreement or also LIMIT it. So how does Obama not realize that limiting our gun rights is technically infringing them? Making laws on limiting the 2nd Amendment seems a little unconstitutional to myself. In one of CNN's article about gun control the reporter says, "Supporters of gun control argue that the constitutional to my right to bear arms can be limited, for example, by the existing ban on private citizens possessing grenade launchers and other military weaponry." Yes they are comparing explosives to weapons that can either hunt game, shoot for fun, or mainly protect yourself. There is a huge difference between a fire arm, to an explosive. A citizen can get an 8hr training course on how to use a firearm. You need very important training to learn how to use an explosive. 

Obama is for gun control and excessive background checks. How will this stop criminals (who commit the crime) from purchasing firearms and getting a hold of them? They are criminals anyway, they will obviously just skip the background check any way. These checks will just be another burden on the law-following citizens.
Gun Control is all for taking out semi-auto weapons such as the AR-15. The common misconception of the     AR-15, is that the "AR" stands for "assault rifle" or "automatic rifle". "AR" actually stands for "Armalite", armalite is the company that created the AR-15. The biggest issue with the AR-15 is that it is very accurate, very powerful, and worse of all "very scary". Well news flash, all guns are powerful, no matter what the caliber. A Smith & Wesson M&P 15-22, with a .22 caliber is a semi auto, and better yet, very accurate. The gov also wants to ban the high round magazines in such guns. How will this do anything? It takes a second to change a magazine! The criminals who would have these types of weapons do not go through background checks and usually get the weapon illegally. The citizens who have these types of weapons usually have it legally for fire range shooting or for protecting their property, family, and self.
Department of Human Services purchased 7000 AR-15s and with that 1.9 BILLION .223 rounds. Let me add they also requested 30 round magazines! You may ask why. The answer is they said it is for "self defense". WAIT, why is it called a "self defense" weapon when it is in their hands but a scary "assault rifle" in our hands? What about the rounds that they purchased? I'm pretty sure they will be having a lot of target practice!

If you take away guns like these it will only hurt the economy as well. In 2011 annual report, rifles accounted for $83.4 million in revenue that year out of $324.2 million in total net firearms sales. Yea if you take away rifles, it will probably hurt our economy.
Will Gun Control actually work? I think nay,banning such weapons like the AR-15 won't do much, a criminal can still get a hold of illegal drugs such as cocaine. Someone may ask, why does anyone need an assault rifle anyway? My response is, why did Rosa Parks need to ride in the front of the bus? Answer being that the Constitution protects her freedom to do so, that is all the justification she needs.

This is my view on gun control, I am all against it because I think that my right should be kept and not be infringed. 


Facts are stubborn things America...

DHS buying guns


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