Post by Gray on Oct 9, 2017 4:16:08 GMT
Oct 9, 2017 0:05:28 GMT Cole Helzlsouer said:
In recent events with the shooting in Los Vegas brings up the topic of gun rights / gun control again. Guns "should" be always available to the general population of the United States, but is it fair for people who are angered to screw it up for everybody else. The people who "should" be able to own guns are people who can be responsible and understands the dangers that come with guns. Along with responsibility you must be knowledgeable on different types of guns and how to use them. Now for the topic at hand the shooter in Los Vegas used a semi automatic gun because automatic rifles have more restrictions and some are even illegal. Because of this the man put a "bump stock" on his gun witch allows the gun to have a faster fire rate. Although many people believe that guns are the reason for this violence this is not true. Guns cannot fire themselves and it is the corrupt individual using the firearm to create this chaos. With this being said guns should have more control as in a person should get a background check and they should also check to see if you have any family history with violence or anything of that nature. This will not fix violence. If we put more control on guns then people with find other ways to create chaos but we can at least try to stop as much crime from happening as possible.Is it fair to the general population that people who enjoy using guns and are responsible with guns be punished because of these types of people who do horrible things?
It's not really a punishment. If you follow the rules and go through the correct procedures and paperwork and go through all the restrictions you can still own a gun. But restrictions and possible sacrifices do need to be in place for the greater good of the country . A change needs to occur because too many lives have been lost from shootings and gun related crimes. There needs to be more thorough background checks or restrictions to hopefully decrease the amount of blood shed in this country. People who own guns aren't going to get their guns taken away so I shouldn't really affect them. But purchasing of new guns should be made stricter and more people need to be more careful with who they sell guns to in hopes to prevent more tragedy.