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Wether you are a Democrat, a Republican, an Independent, etc., the world view on guns is changing. In fact, in the more recent years, mostly the 2000s, society has shifted and viewpoints are changing on many controversial topics; one of them being the 2nd Amendment on an American citizens right to own a gun. ThisContinue reading “Final Words”

Shown above is a bar graph of different generations when asked the question, “What is more important, protecting gun rights or controlling gun ownership?”. To my surprise, there is not a significant difference among the baby boomer generation compared to the millennial generation. I always thought that the iGen or millennial generation was much moreContinue reading “Is There A Generation Gap?”

This is an exciting day for me. Virginia Governor, Ralph Northam Above is a quote stated by Virginia’s state governor, Ralph Northam, as he officially signed into law harsher gun control laws. Northam has been advocating for these and has finally gotten them through the system, onto paper, and into law. The laws entails moreContinue reading “It’s Official”

I have not really touched on why some individuals do not believe that stricter gun laws are the answer to the gun control problem in America. One of the key arguments for harsher gun control laws is the issue of mass shootings; some type of mass shooting occurs almost everyday in The United States andContinue reading “Could Gun Control Laws Really Be The Anwer?”

A mass shooting is defined as an event that kills four or more people involving a fire arm. In the link that is attached below, an expert and professor from Harvard University who has studied gun violence for many, many years is interviewed on how he believes that America can reduce its gun violence. ManyContinue reading “Can We Stop Mass Shootings?”

https://gun-control.procon.org Above I have attached a link; in this link, there is a list of pros and cons of stricter gun laws in America. The point of my blog is to discover more about the issue of the 2nd Amendment in society today, and form a position on the issue through my research. My goalContinue reading “Pro or Con- You Decide”

Mass shootings, an incident involving multiple victims of gun violence, occur more often than most might want to believe. In 2019 alone, there were 417 mass shootings; by looking at this number, it can be assumed that multiple most likely happened in the same day. This terrifying number is just in the United States alone.Continue reading “Other Countries May Have The Answers”

Shown above is a Quinnipiac poll conducted in May of last year; the responses are from various Americans when asked, “Do you support or oppose stricter gun laws in the United States?” As expected, 91% of Democrats voted in support while 62% of republicans opposed. The real shocker of this poll comes from the men,Continue reading “America Has Spoken”

We have all heard things about the “black market” throughout the years; from what I know, it is a place where people go to trade different items that one may not be able to obtain legally at the time. One of the biggest contributors to the trade of the black market is guns. In mostContinue reading “The Street Versus The Shop”

Many gun-activists peacefully protested around the Virgnia State Capital a couple of weeks ago to take a stand against the Democratic legislation of new gun laws trying to be passed in The Virgina Legislature. These new laws consist of universal background checks for the sale of any firearm and incorporates a harsher restriction from localContinue reading “Richmond Peacefully Protests For Gun Rights”