re early on in 2009 and with good reason too.
Recently a gun control bill was in front of the senate that deals with issues of limiting gun magazine capacity, expanding background checks, and reinstating the assault rifle ban. According to sources at Fox News, in April 2013, the gun control bill failed to be passed by the senate. In a news conference following the failed attempt to pass the gun control bill, “President Obama lashed out at his usual favorite targets, "the gun lobby" and Republicans” (Lott, 2013, Para. 1). President Obama accused the groups of lying, and even “scolded" senators [who] could not offer any good reason" to oppose the legislation.” Let us look at the items on the agenda. In the article, “Gun Control Laws Will Not Save Lives” by Stephen E. Wright, Wright discusses issues ranging from handguns, large capacity magazines, concealed guns, and how anti-gun groups misconstrue the facts regarding guns. In this article, Wright makes some compelling arguments that seem to have some thought behind them, or more “common sense” than anything. One of the biggest controversies that are in front of congress at this time is the matter of limiting the capacity of the guns magazine. Anti-gun groups are pushing to have the capacity of those magazines limited. Anti-gun groups claim, “Large capacity firearms magazines enable murderers to kill large numbers of victims” (Wright, 2012, Para. 7), Wright states, “It takes 2 seconds or less to change the magazine in a weapon, which is simply not an impediment for an armed man shooting unarmed victims.” (Wright, 2012, Para. 8) Though this argument seems valid, you have to ask yourself, “Could someone take over the gunman while he was changing the magazine in his/her gun?” Therefore, instead of shooting 15 people, the shooter might only be able to shoot 10 people before they are taken down.
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