April Martinez: It just won't work

      There are a few major reasons in which why stricter gun control laws just simply will not work. The first reason being because if the government did try to buy back all of the citizens guns to cut down on how many guns are actually owned and out in the public, that is over 300 million guns and many people are not willing to give back their guns because they see it as a violation of the Second Amendment. And another reason is because it is thought that cutting down on gun and using stricter laws will dramatically cut down on crimes, which is not necessarily true.

     "'The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.' 'The Second Amendment guarantees the people a way to defend themselves. In past times, arming the population was a safeguard against possible government tyranny and dictatorship.

Today, many citizens still see their right to bear arms as an important means of self-defense; they also fear that gun control would be the first step towards the people’s rights being removed little by little. You can’t carry your guns around in public, you can’t own these specific guns, your guns need to be under lock and key at all times. Soon you can’t have any guns at all–time to amend the Constitution. You give an inch and the government could take a mile." 
    "Mass shooters don’t follow the law. Studies show that most criminals come by their guns illegally, often by theft or underground purchases. This allows them to completely bypass stringent background checks and other regulations. For example, Connecticut has one of the nation’s most strict gun laws. Gun owners must be 21 or older, apply for a local permit, be fingerprinted for a background check, wait for a 14-day period, and take a gun safety course.

But that didn’t stop Adam Lanza from simply stealing guns and killing 20 children and six adults at the Newtown shooting. Additional gun regulations would not have done anything to prevent the tragedy. Additional gun laws would also be difficult to enforce. Even Vice President Joe Biden admitted that the administration lacks the time to enforce existing gun laws on background checks, saying to an NRA representative, 'We simply don’t have the time or manpower to prosecute everybody who lies on a form, that checks a wrong box, that answers a question inaccurately.'”

"The Clause." The Clause. Annie Z. Yu, 01 Feb. 2013. Web. 22 Mar. 2013.