One of the top three things that liberals and conservatives tend to fight about 24/7 is gun control. Liberals tend to believe that with stricter gun control laws there will be a decrease in gun violence. While conservatives tend to think that with stricter gun control laws won 't just breach the second amendment but it will also cause more gun related violence. In the online article “OUR OPINION: Gun Owners ' Support Needed to Stop Mass Killings” by The Editorial Board written for CentralMain.com, The Editorial Board states how conservatives are the ones that hold the key in order to make any changes with the gun control laws, they also go on about how Americans should stop throwing the same old arguments at each other and actually do something
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The Editorial Board backs this up by stating that places having more guns tend to have more shootings, “This is true even in a low-crime state like Maine, which has more incidents of gun violence per 100,000 in population than what are often thought of as high-crime states such as New York and California or Washington DC” (The Editorial Board). There are two more things that are used in order to back up their argument about having stricter gun control laws, one of them is on gun control isn 't a constitutional issue, “Responsible gun control does not violate even a strict reading of the Second Amendment. There are already limits on who can own a gun and what kinds of guns they can own, so it is not an absolute right.” (The Editorial Board). The second thing The Editorial Board goes on to refute what many conservatives believe to be the reason with gun violence, mental …show more content…
After doing quite a bit of research on this controversial topic I changed my mind. Specially in the moment when we hear of another mass shooting, no one is to blame but the people who pulled on the trigger. When you sit down and think about it leaving all of your feelings out of it and just looking at the facts you can clearly see what the problem is. There is a saying that goes, if guns are outlawed then only outlaws will have
The Editorial Board backs this up by stating that places having more guns tend to have more shootings, “This is true even in a low-crime state like Maine, which has more incidents of gun violence per 100,000 in population than what are often thought of as high-crime states such as New York and California or Washington DC” (The Editorial Board). There are two more things that are used in order to back up their argument about having stricter gun control laws, one of them is on gun control isn 't a constitutional issue, “Responsible gun control does not violate even a strict reading of the Second Amendment. There are already limits on who can own a gun and what kinds of guns they can own, so it is not an absolute right.” (The Editorial Board). The second thing The Editorial Board goes on to refute what many conservatives believe to be the reason with gun violence, mental …show more content…
After doing quite a bit of research on this controversial topic I changed my mind. Specially in the moment when we hear of another mass shooting, no one is to blame but the people who pulled on the trigger. When you sit down and think about it leaving all of your feelings out of it and just looking at the facts you can clearly see what the problem is. There is a saying that goes, if guns are outlawed then only outlaws will have