More Gun Control

 

            The topic of gun control is very controversial. Some people believe that guns should be sold anywhere and to anyone, and some people believe that guns should be altogether banned from private ownership. The Mostly Liberal Party realizes that guns are important to a certain extent, but we know that the way this country handles the way guns are sold and obtained needs to change.

            Guns can be used for many purposes: They are used by hunters to kill animals. They can be used by regular people as self-defense weapon, or, in many unfortunate cases, as a way to commit crimes. The are also extremely important for professional uses like the police or the military. Recently, however, it seems as though a lot of people have been using guns for the wrong reasons. Today, if you wanted to, you can walk into a gun store, and purchase a gun. That should be allowed because many people, like hunters or people that want a sense of security, need guns. The problem, though, is that the restrictions on who can buy a gun are not being paid attention to as well as they should. Some stores that sell guns do background checks, but many do not. Because of this, people that are in gangs or people that want guns for illegal reasons can buy any gun they want if they have a relatively clean record. We at The Mostly Liberal Party know that this is not ok. Nobody should be allowed to purchase a gun unless they go through the steps, which we will make mandatory, that will ensure not only that they are qualified to buy the gun, but also that it has the proper safety requirements and registrations.

The other thing that our party is appalled by is that nearly all gun stores sell automatic weapons. This, unfortunately is a way that criminals can hold up stores or kill a lot of people very quickly. It is also how nearly all of the recorded school shootings and mass shootings of people occur. Our party realizes that there is definitely no reason whatsoever why fully automatic weapons should be sold because that is literally the only reason why people would buy that kind of gun. Handguns are used for self-defense and shotguns and rifles, which are the only other guns that we will allow to be sold, are used for hunting and sport. If you look at nearly any fully-automatic weapons, you will see that they were made for purposes like the military or any government group like that. The military uses these guns to destroy their enemies.

If our party is elected, we will make it one of our top priorities to regulate gun control. We will completely ban the selling and having of any fully-automatic weapon, unless it is owned for display in which case it would be made unusable. We will still allow the selling and having of handguns as long as they have a clip size of eight or smaller. We will also continue the selling of shotguns and rifles, but nothing that will make the cartridge be able to hold an excess amount of bullets than a normal one, like a larger clip. In allowing the distribution and purchase of these guns, we will also strongly force the way they will be sold. For one thing, nobody will be allowed to buy a gun, or any weapon for that matter, unless given a proper, thorough background check. This check will include, but not be limited to, making sure that the buyer shows at least two forms of identification that include their picture and address, as well as verifying that the buyer is a legal citizen of the U.S. The seller will also have access to and check the person’s file for any type of criminal record. If the buyer has no criminal record, they will be able to buy the gun. If the buyer does have a criminal record, it will be looked into further. Depending on the charge, the buyer may or may not be allowed to buy a gun. If the charge says that the buyer committed a murder, not in self-defense, they will automatically not be allowed to buy a gun. If the charge says that they either injured or attempted to injure anyone or anything with a gun without the intent to kill, they will not be able to buy a gun until five years after the case was filed. If they have a minor offense like a speeding ticket, they will be able to buy a gun. No matter who buys a gun, weather they have committed a crime in the past or not, everyone will have the gun registered on the site of the purchase. They will also have their fingerprints taken, and filed away with the serial number and make and model of the gun. This way, if a gun is left at the scene of the crime, or if a suspect says that they don’t own a gun, we will easily be able to access their file and find out who’s gun it is, or if the suspect does own a gun.

            America has had way too many incidents with guns and because the current government isn’t paying enough attention to this problem, it isn’t getting much better. The Mostly Liberal Party will make sure that the selling and purchasing of every gun will be documented and regulated so the amount of murders and shootings will drop drastically. The 11th Amendment states that we have the right to bear arms. That doesn’t mean that we have the right to commit crimes with them.