An online newsstory on Townhall.com tells of an event on February 12, 2007. A lone gunman, Sulejman Talovic, opened fire at the crowded Trolley Square shopping mall in Salt Lake City, Utah, killing five. Armed with a shotgun with a pistol grip, a .38-caliber handgun with rubber grips, and a backpack full of ammunition, he rampaged through the mall, but he did not get as far as he had hoped. He was stopped by off-duty police officer Kenneth Hammond of the Ogden City Police Department, who was at Trolley Square having an early Valentine’s Day dinner with his pregnant wife. When they heard the shots, she called 911 and he drew his weapon and confronted Talovic. Hammond was joined by Sgt. Andrew Oblad of the Salt Lake City Police Department. They pinned down Talovic, until a Salt Lake City Police Department SWAT team killed him. Hammond, a man with a weapon, was credited with saving countless lives.
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Many studies and polls have shown that almost 70% of the people in favor of more gun control are Democrats (pollingreport.com/guns). Democrats wants to outright ban semi-automatic weapons, and if that is successful, what is stopping them from trying to completely ban all guns? Republican senator Ted Cruz has spoken out on gun control. He states,”The right to self-defense is an essential component of the liberty we enjoy as Americans and is embodied in the Second Amendment. From successfully protecting law-abiding citizens’ Second Amendment rights at the Supreme Court, to defeating legislation that sought to take away this right, I have always championed the right to keep and bear arms.” There is nothing you can do to change the Constitution. You can attempt to amend it, but something this controversial that will affect many gun owning Americans will not be amended so easily, especially with a current majority republican Senate and House of
Many studies and polls have shown that almost 70% of the people in favor of more gun control are Democrats (pollingreport.com/guns). Democrats wants to outright ban semi-automatic weapons, and if that is successful, what is stopping them from trying to completely ban all guns? Republican senator Ted Cruz has spoken out on gun control. He states,”The right to self-defense is an essential component of the liberty we enjoy as Americans and is embodied in the Second Amendment. From successfully protecting law-abiding citizens’ Second Amendment rights at the Supreme Court, to defeating legislation that sought to take away this right, I have always championed the right to keep and bear arms.” There is nothing you can do to change the Constitution. You can attempt to amend it, but something this controversial that will affect many gun owning Americans will not be amended so easily, especially with a current majority republican Senate and House of