In school we recently watched the film Bowling for Columbine. In this film the main topic was gun control in the U.S., it also showed many factors of why people get worked up over gun control, such as school shootings and how easy it is to buy guns and ammunition. I believe that gun control is very important, although I don’t believe our government needs to step in as much as society demands them to. On the other hand I support the fact according to the 2nd amendment we have the right to bear arms, so the government needs to respect that right and continue giving us that right and the freedom that comes with it.
In the 2nd amendment its
states “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”,
allow me to break this down so it relates to gun control. When it says well
regulated militia, it says here that a well regulated militia means all men accept for few public officials had
to be drilled and trained regularly, but the only way any of this would ever be
able to happen is if the government allowed unrestricted access to guns. One
thing to keep in mind here is that back when this was allowed was when rifles
were all single shot guns, now we have semi-automatic guns and fully-automatic
guns, so I believe on those two things the government should have limits.
One of the things our video touched
on was safety in schools, or not allowing guns near or on school property. I
believe that having metal detectors at schools and having a police officer on
hand during the day would be very helpful with the situation. The fact that an
officer would be at the school all day I believe would discourage thoughts of
kids bringing guns in school.
The last thing I would like to
touch on is the day Barack Obama passed 23 laws involving gun control. The
president pushed the government to these laws by saying he holds the highest
power and thus gets to make these types of decisions. Although most of the laws
he passed like making more personal information relevant and available for the
back ground checks, may seem unnecessary and I believe certain things should be
kept out of the background checks. But I do believe that background checks need
to be continually done and keep being done. This should be something that helps
limit who can and cannot have guns.
I believe that gun control is a
huge thing that needs to be watched in our country, but I do not think the
government should be able to bud into respectful law – abiding gun owner’s
lives and take away rights that the constitution gave them. All in all we need
to make sure and protect our rights and eventually we will have to accept what
laws our government set for us. I just hope they keep in mind that guns aren’t only
used for killing people; many people own them for lots of things like
recreational activities and never plan on using them for violence these people
need to keep their rights, and the government needs to remember that when
passing gun control laws.
