Comments on: Should Gun Control Become a Campaign Issue?

By: Aurelia @ PowerfulLatinas.com

Aurelia @ PowerfulLatinas.com — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 03:48:57 +0000

Viviana, Thank you for bringing this issue up. I agree that there should be more oversight, and some thoughtful, reasoned discussions. It doesn’t make sense to me that there is not some serious investigation of the issues given the multitude of examples you give above. Let’s hope both sides are listening…

By: Bren Herrera

Bren Herrera — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:13:34 +0000

I don’t get the hype of gun control…. These kids or young men that are committing this haneous crimes are not legal owners of the guns they’re using… A random killer, no matter how big or small the crime is not carrying around a registered gun. Monica, I agree with you in part, but what about irresponsible gun owners that SELL their guns, give them away and are simply dumb with it. They do exist. I know someone with a shotgun, legally purchased and owned. What he’s going to do with? Probably nothing but go hunting in the woods. Why should he be kept from purchasing one? I think background checks are super essential and way overdue.

By: Monica

Monica — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:13:32 +0000

EXACTLY! I’ve had this discussion with several friends and family members since the Aurora shooting. I’m not against the Second Amendment and I’m not against hunting – it has certainly provided a good bit of food on my family’s table. But I do think a weapon like this that is designed only for killing people – and MANY people at once – should only be available to our troops, and NONE should be sold to civilians because even if you are a responsible gun owner, what happens if you get robbed or when you die?

I don’t understand the 2nd Amendment argument really, because as you mentioned it says, people have the right to keep and bear arms. But it does not say we have the right to have access to ALL weapons. That’s just absurd. I don’t know if people are allowed to buy bazookas or cannons or chemical warfare legally, but if they are, that would be stupidity on our nation/government’s part. When our forefathers were drafting the Bill of Rights, our nation’s army consisted of THE PEOPLE. Today, that’s not the case. We have a huge, strong army to protect us from “invading” nations.

It’s our government’s responsibility to uphold the laws, but it is also their responsibility to protect the people. And time changes. The people living in our country today with access to weapons are a far cry from the people fighting to build a nation back in 1791. So is our environment.

Time does not stand still. It marches on and we must be able to change with it to meet the needs of the here and now.