The Pro Gun Control site I chose is the website of Jim Brady who was shot some 25 years ago when he was travelling with then president Ronald Reagan. His organisation does not believe in the complete banning of fire arms in America just that more sensible laws need to be enforced such as keeping dangerous weapons out of the wrong hands by making certain classes of weapons out of bounds for private ownership.They include Saturday-night specials, which are used almost exclusively for crime, military-style assault weapons like Uzis and AK-47s, and .50-caliber sniper rifles, which serve no ordinary sporting purpose.
I fail to see how American's could oppose this as they are still in support of people being able to bear arms as it is their 2nd ammendment right. There is just no need to possess guns which would be used in war or to kill elephants etc, if they feel the need to own/hold a big gun so bad why don't they just join the army or go on a big game hunt in south africa?!
Eventhough Jim Brady was permanently disabled after his shooting he still does not believe in a full ban on fire arms, why is it so engrained in American's that the need for guns is so high when in Canada there are more guns per person than in America and the rate of people killed by guns is considerably less. (see Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore)
http://www.armedfemalesofamerica.com/
The website I chose for anti gun control is a "armed females of America", one of the slogans for this website is "Gun control is revolting", they talk about their god given rights by alluding to the constitution which is strange because it was written by humans. Some people fail to see that the world changes over time and just because something was deemed right in 1791 does not mean that it is today.
"OUR RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS is an individual, inalienable right endowed by our Creator, guaranteed by the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights, and directly supports our lives, liberties, safeties and pursuits of happiness."
Many of the advocates for this site are mothers who want to be able to protect their children in the face of danger which I think is perfectly acceptable but is there any harm in regulating what guns are available for purchase, do you really need an AK47 to protect yourself rather than a hand gun.
American's seemed to be filled with this strange paranoia and fear over being attacked and the need to protect themselves, many fail to realise that maybe if there wasn't such an easy access to guns then there wouldn't be as much need for this paranoia. If someone really wants to kill someone with a gun then they will do just that but many more people get killed in America by guns just because in the heat of the moment they are available.
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