Gun Control. Some when they hear this they automatically think “You ain’t touching my guns” But I think that what we need to understand is that gun control isn’t the government taking away your guns its controlling and placing restrictions on who can get the guns.I personally think that we need tighter restrictions on guns because of the recent tragedies we have had and continue to have in mass shootings,many argue that gun control would be against our 2nd amendment but as I said before we wouldn’t be bannig them just making it harder for certain people to attain them, with gun restrictions we can reduce these death rates and I honestly think that it would be worth at least giving a try. Mass shootings occurred throughout history, but has become a major problem now. Mass shootings have become a norm in our country. …show more content…
When this was added to our constitution the colonists were afraid of the red coats invading so they needed it to fight them off and defend themselves from the British force. Times have completely changed since then we are no longer trying to fight of red coats from our backyards or afraid of Native Americans attacking us. Even if we were to at some point be attacked by a tyrannical government or army I’m pretty sure they would not waste their time and money on ammo and going door to door, but they would probably use an atomic bomb or something. But this would probably never happen because we are slowly advancing and have become more civilized with a democratic government instead of a monarch. Those that oppose gun restrictions most commonly use the reasoning of how it is needed for protection, but in reality do you really need a semi-automatic for someone that may just want to steal your