Monday, March 24, 2014

Gun Control Violating Second Amendment?

According to this article, a new law has been passed by Burlington's voters about gun control.  This law passed on March 4th states to enact stiffer gun laws.  "By a 2-to-1 margin, they banned the carry of firearms in bars and restaurants, authorized police to confiscate guns during domestic disputes and required gun owners to keep firearms locked up at home. "  The people in Burlington need to realize that if the bad people in this world are what cause tragedies such as the movie theater shooting, or Sandy Hook.  The murders in this world will find a way to get their hands on a gun, no matter how strict the rules are.  If they want to commit a crime of that nature that badly, they will do whatever it takes to get their hands on a weapon such as a gun.  Then who will protect the citizens who obey the gun laws?  Gun owners will not have enough time to fiddle around with putting a key in a lock if there is someone already standing in their house aiming to shoot at them, and the same goes with domestic violence calls.  Officers have no idea if the person in the house is simply using their fists or if they have a fully loaded gun, but if the officer walks in there unarmed, they have no way of protecting the good people in the house or themselves.  ""It's astonishing that people are so cavalier about violating the Second Amendment," Mack said. "Burlington City Council sounds like they are just following the trend to do things that are entirely unconstitutional and go around sheriffs, and go around the laws, or subvert the laws, or disobey the laws.""  People either just don't realize that this law is wrong, or they just don't care.  Either way, it is unconstitutional and should not be enforced.  Police officers are the good guys, they are on our side.  We should not take the rights of them having a gun away from then, because that just hurts our safety even more.  Like I said before, if someone really wants to get a gun to shoot down people, they will find a way no matter what.  They might even just go to a sporting store and rob the hunting section; you never know.  "In Saratoga Springs, N.Y., citizens publicly protested the state's new SAFE Act last week by burning a thousand gun registration forms."  Here is what the SAFE Act is supposed to be used for, ""The SAFE Act stops criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from buying a gun by requiring universal background checks on gun purchases, increases penalties for people who use illegal guns, mandates life in prison without parole for anyone who murders a first responder, and imposes the toughest assault weapons ban in the country. For hunters, sportsmen, and law abiding gun owners, this new law preserves and protects your right to buy, sell, keep or use your guns."
- Governor Andrew Cuomo"  I believe that this law means no harm, but as a law abiding citizen, I do not want it to become tougher and tougher for me to receive my pistol permit which I plan on applying for as soon as I am old enough to do so.  My parents are friends with many people in law enforcement including police officers, and they all say that you better try and get your guns as soon as you can, because it's becoming constantly more difficult to get your gun permit.  My parents are also trying to become eligible to own and use guns, but they were told by their friends in law enforcement that they would most likely have to write down one of the police officers names in order for their application to be accepted and not turned away.  

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