Thank you all for coming to the presidential address. Today’s date is the 14th of December, 2016. Today marks the 4-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Massacre that took place in Connecticut. We are gathered here to commemorate the lives lost on this day. The 28 lives lost, the 20 innocent children’s lives. Children who because of that man aren’t able to fulfill their potential. Aren’t able to live out their lives, aren’t able to contribute to society. For those unaware of the event, on the 14th of December 2012, Adam Lanza breached the school grounds and went on to fatally shoot 20 children, aged between 6 and 7 years old. He also shot 6 adult staff members and prior to the shooting he brutally executed his mother at their Newtown home. After
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As I stated previously I’m all for your Second Amendment rights. I think you should be able to have guns. It's in our constitution. What I am not for are illogical arguments and lies. There is one argument and one argument in particular for owning a gun. That argument is “I like guns.” Now, I think I can see some faults in that poorly constructed argument. But do I agree that if you like something you should be able to have it, but if it endangers you or others it should be taken away. However, the other arguments come out, and these arguments are thought through. The main argument I hear when debating this topic is protection. As humans, protection means a lot. Protection means safety and safety means determines your well-being. However, I don’t see many news stories on guns protecting people. This argument just never stops “I need it for protection. I need to protect me. I need to protect my family.” Ok, is that why they’re called “assault rifles?” I haven’t come across any “protection rifles.” If you have a gun in your house you are 80% more likely to use that gun on yourself, then to shoot someone else. People seem to think that if you have a gun you’re instantly more protected. If an intruder enters your house at night, you’re protected. Tell me, how much sleep are you getting if you’re constantly waiting for intruders? You have guns because you like guns. It’s as simple as that. That’s why you go to gun conventions, …show more content…
To us it’s very important. But we need to understand that every country has a constitution. And I’ve had people come up to my face and say “You can’t change the Second Amendment.” And my response to that is, yes you can, it’s called an 'amendment. If you can't change something that’s called an “amendment” then somethings gone wrong. Don’t have the misconception that our constitution is set in stone. We’ve changed things before. We had prohibition, and I’m sure a lot of Americans are glad that’s no longer a thing. We also had slavery. However, Abraham Lincoln decided that there should be no more slaves. And 50% disagreed with him. And the same imbecilic arguments appeared, “Why should I have my slaves taken off me? I'm a responsible slave owner. I'm trained in how to use my slaves safely. Just because someone else mistreated their slaves doesn't mean that my rights should be taken away from me. I need my slaves to protect my family! I keep my slaves locked in a
As I stated previously I’m all for your Second Amendment rights. I think you should be able to have guns. It's in our constitution. What I am not for are illogical arguments and lies. There is one argument and one argument in particular for owning a gun. That argument is “I like guns.” Now, I think I can see some faults in that poorly constructed argument. But do I agree that if you like something you should be able to have it, but if it endangers you or others it should be taken away. However, the other arguments come out, and these arguments are thought through. The main argument I hear when debating this topic is protection. As humans, protection means a lot. Protection means safety and safety means determines your well-being. However, I don’t see many news stories on guns protecting people. This argument just never stops “I need it for protection. I need to protect me. I need to protect my family.” Ok, is that why they’re called “assault rifles?” I haven’t come across any “protection rifles.” If you have a gun in your house you are 80% more likely to use that gun on yourself, then to shoot someone else. People seem to think that if you have a gun you’re instantly more protected. If an intruder enters your house at night, you’re protected. Tell me, how much sleep are you getting if you’re constantly waiting for intruders? You have guns because you like guns. It’s as simple as that. That’s why you go to gun conventions, …show more content…
To us it’s very important. But we need to understand that every country has a constitution. And I’ve had people come up to my face and say “You can’t change the Second Amendment.” And my response to that is, yes you can, it’s called an 'amendment. If you can't change something that’s called an “amendment” then somethings gone wrong. Don’t have the misconception that our constitution is set in stone. We’ve changed things before. We had prohibition, and I’m sure a lot of Americans are glad that’s no longer a thing. We also had slavery. However, Abraham Lincoln decided that there should be no more slaves. And 50% disagreed with him. And the same imbecilic arguments appeared, “Why should I have my slaves taken off me? I'm a responsible slave owner. I'm trained in how to use my slaves safely. Just because someone else mistreated their slaves doesn't mean that my rights should be taken away from me. I need my slaves to protect my family! I keep my slaves locked in a