Editorial

Basic summary:

liberals - No guns!
republicans- I want to protect myself and hunt to feed my family
liberals - Eat vegetables like me, no ones going to shoot you because we took the guns away
republicans- someones breaking into my house and they have a gun
liberals - hug them
republicans- ill have to stab him
liberals- that's mean :( hes poor share what you have
republicans - stab stab stab
liberals- u should go to jail for that and pay his medical bills :(





The second amendment guarantees Americans the right to bare arms, however liberals want to see our rights as Americans infringed upon. Liberals believe there should be more government restrictions on guns and some even go as far as stating that the second amendment only grants state militia the right to bare arms. All Americans should be outraged by this clear threat to our rights that made this great country. The united states was historically forged by the right for citizens to bare arms. We fought off the red coats to gain our freedom and now some people want to infringe upon our rights as Americans.

Some may argue that issuing carry and conceal licenses is dangerous and may provoke many to use their firearms in crimes. However these scare tactics by the liberals simply do not match up to the facts.In Florida 221,443 concealed carry licenses were issued between October of 1987 and April of 1994. During that time, Florida recorded 18 crimes committed by licensees with firearms. so now we know that registered fire arms make up an extremely low percent of crime, but what are these guns being used for? In 1982, a survey of imprisoned criminals found that 34% of them had been "scared off, shot at, wounded or captured by an armed victim." Guns again are here to protect us against threats.

Also some people believe that we would all be better off without guns entirely. However criminals always find ways of obtaining what they want whether it be drugs, money, or guns. So what happens when we ban guns? In Washington D.C. they enacted a virtual ban on handguns in 1976. Between 1976 and 1991, Washington D.C.'s homicide rate rose 200%, while the U.S. rate rose 12%. Why is this? The guns are all gone? But the ugly truth is that guns are here to stay and as long as there are criminals there will be guns. All we can do as Americans is to be prepared. If you put guns in the hands of citizens then criminals think twice before acting. Clearly gun rights are a necessity in a free society so we should all hold these rights dearly and protect them with our lives if necessary as our fore fathers did.