Should there be gun control? Do we the people
need help from the government to set guidelines and
bans out to keep us safe? If we did, would the prices
we pay surmount the desired results. No, gun control
is not a constitutionally sound device nor does it
Gun control is not a new tool. In the past century it
was used repeatedly by great rulers/dictators.
However, these rulers used it as a tool to manipulate
and de-power a nations people. Before Hitler took
over and began his quest of racial cleansing, he
banned guns from all citizens. Do you think that the
stories of 2/3 of "euro-jews" being led to death
like sheep would have been the same if they were
armed? I do not. Mass gun control was also used by
Joseph Stalin, Pol Pot and Mao Tse Tung to de-arm
However, this could never happen to the United
States. Our founding fathers foresaw this and
enplaned a precautionary amendment into our
constitution. Thomas Jefferson had one of the
most intelligent views on gun control, he said "Laws
that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those
determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things
the assaulted and better for the assailants." This is
have a second amendment that gives us the right to
But have steps to violate this right already
in motion? I think so. Waiting periods on buying
ridiculous. If someone who raped and beat you was
out of jail, and that person promised to "re-visit"
you not like to aquire a gun the night you found out
been paroled? I would. Also, should large and
be available? Absolutely, yes. Weapons of this
close to never used for criminal acts. Also, could
Tate have fought off the Manson Family with a small
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