Group: Tori Murphy,Aaron ,Mads Larsen,Iesha Stroud
I personally grew up with a father who was a hunter and used his right to bear arms for a sport. Also he would take his game home and we would use the resources and eat the meat, whether it be deer or a pheasant. I think we should be able to have guns but with restrictions. We live in a nation where guns are already distributed in the wrong hands, not having protection is dangerous. We need to make tougher restrtictions to make sure these guns aren't going in the hands of malicious citizens with the wrong intent.
Our group believes that guns should be restricted because of the recent events stemming from school shootings, drugs wars, and gang activity. We do think entirely that gun screenings should be continued before a man or woman purchases a gun permit. Also with restrictions, guns in homes should be thoroughly locked up and hidden from family members especially children. Many violent crimes or by mistake killings are from children finding the guns of their parents and with no knowledge of how to use the weapon by mistake shooting it and hurting a loved one. Mads who is from Norway grew up in a society where guns weren’t as dominate in his culture as is in our American culture. America has been this society based off our 2ndamendment stating that we do have the right to bear arms. ”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”. So undoubtedly we are more comfortable around the idea of having guns for protection and sport. Also with so many recent school shootings, school systems need to step up their protection with metal detectors and armed police officers on campus. We discussed gun rights in context of size and capability. We came to the conclusion that guns should be no bigger than a hand gun and no over abundance of gun power. Bullets should be minimized in purchases and bullets that explode when entered into a body should have no reason to be distributed. A man buying a gun for protection should not be allowed to purchase military power guns, or any type of sniper rifle or a silencer for guns. Guns should only be used and obeyed by our 2ndamendment and for protection.
I agree that more should be done in the field of gun safety. There exists a huge number of deaths because of negligence, and better education will help curb those death tolls. On the other hand I disagree that we should ban Assault Rifles. It is a lot easier to hide a handgun on a person, than it is to hide a rifle. Think about how under cover cops roll around, they carry hidden handguns that practically invisible to distinguish with the naked eye. However, a rifle would be bigger, and surely protrude from the body if the person tries to conceal it. When your group refers to military power guns what do you exactly mean? An AR-15 resembles what the military calls a Carbine Rifle. Military weapons are usually fully automatic, however the civilian versions are not allowed (by law) to be fully automatic. So technically, it's no longer a military weapon since its function has been modified for the civilian use.
ReplyDeleteYour group also stated that you support weapons for protection and sport. But then in your last statement ruled out almost every weapon that is used for a shooting sport. Shooting in sports might include hand guns, but some top level require a rifle and a scope; or simply a sniper rifle.
I really enjoyed reading your blog. The fact that you were raised by a parent who likes to hunt brings a totally different perspective to the argument. It seems like every group has taken the same stance on gun rights. They should be legal, but regulated and restricted in certain ways to ensure the safety of citizens. I also agree that you can't change gun rights without manipulating the 2nd amendment and so citizens should definitely continue to be able to bear arms. I also like the argument that you made to increase security around schools. If we can't keep every gun from falling into the wrong hands, at least we can prevent them from hurting innocent people by increasing security and police presence. Great Job!
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