Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Restrict Guns NOW

Guns are part of America and in our Constitution. The second amendment is poorly written and has two parts, talking about a well-regulated militia and the right of people to bear arms. The founders believed the Constitution should be amended, changed and updated to follow the times. There is the elastic clause or necessary and proper and the amending process. both of these allow the Constitution and laws to change and grow in this country. While many of my liberal friends would love to see all guns go away, I believe we need to restrict guns and ammo. Since the shooting at Sandy Hook, there have been over 100 deaths by guns and most are not on the news. Guns have killed firefighters, an 11 year old and 6 year old. Guns are destroying our cities, our rural areas and suburbs. We need to do something and soon. Now is the time to debate, to talk and see what type of nation the US is and what we want to be. Get rid of all semi-automatic and automatic guns. There is no need to have these weapons in our homes. We do not need drums of ammunition hooked up to guns to kill without reloading. We do not need weapons that are only used to kill people, quickly in military fashion. Gun advocates will say this weapon is not military grade or people lie about the gun. Then, look at the advertisement of guns and see what the gun manufacturers say about them. What does the advertisement say? If the ad states the gun is military grade or for police, then the weapon should be banned. We need to buy back guns and have a program to get these guns out of homes. The handgun is killing our children in cities. It is designed to be concealed and it is used to kill people in cities. It causes so much trouble and the only purpose is to kill people. I do not see deer hunters using semiautomatic weapons or handguns. Does this mean the killing will stop? No, it means it will be harder to get a gun to kill someone. It means that mabye one life or more will be saved. In countries, states and cities that have tough gun restrictions, see less killings occur. Saving one life is worth a tougher law on guns.

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