GUNS!

So the Supreme Court wants to decide for us whether or not we can possess a gun. So should we just rip up the Constitution now or later? Whether or not there is a gun ban, bad people will carry guns regardless. I don't see how the ban is going to lower the crime rate. If anything it will just make a criminal's job easier since we'll be left defenseless.

In the editorial "Gun control on a roll", the audience is basically everyone who believes we should have "the right to keep and bear arms". He talks about how the National Rifle Association really didn't want Sonia Sotomayor in the Supreme Court because she is against gun ownership. The president of the Brady Campaign, Paul Helmke, said "that politicians can vote against the NRA and still win, and win in gun-friendly areas". Helmke sees Sotomayor as a good thing, but the polls say something different. Most people would be against re-electing a senator who supports a Supreme Court nominee who does not believe in allowing people to own guns. So that should keep them on their toes come next election.

What is my take on the whole gun thing? I really don't see why having a gun is an issue. I know so many people who do, even my mom does! But that doesn't mean they're going to go on a killing spree. I just think people need to be responsible.