How Is Obama Changing Gun Laws

Moving for a general conclusion covering all states in the U.S., President Obama addressed the issue of stricter gun control and presented some evidence within individual states at the

President obama said at a press conference on October 01, 2015 “The solution to such violence is obvious. It cannot be this easy for somebody who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun.” (Simple Minded Gun Control). Gun control is a controversial issue worldwide. The reason why this has attracted so much attention is because not everyone is in favor of gun control and each side brings up excellent points about the issue. Research related to this issue strongly supports the claim that there SHOULD be more gun control laws. Three arguments that prove this position are (1) Incidents like Sandy Hook will be less likely to occur (2) It reduces the high rates of accidental deaths (3) As the years pass by and technology updates the laws should be up to date as well. Members from the National Rifles Association state that No law-abiding American should be forced to face evil with empty hands. I say I agree with President Obama there SHOULD be more gun control laws because it should not be as easy as it is for someone who wants to inflict harm on others to get their hands on a weapon.

This article also talks about the Sandy Hook shooting is where the start of this ban even caught president obama’s eye. The article also talks about how the president is using the safety of children to push this gun ban through. When adults take children to rallies to hold signs on sensitive topics, it always gives Power Play the willies. What does a 6-year-old know about abortion or gun control or the deficit that he or she wasn’t taught by his or her parents? When a 12-year-old attends an anti-war rally is he or she thinking about just-war theory and global politics or trying to impress an anti-war social studies teacher? This article will help me out because not only the gun ban will help prevent school shooting but in a way children are safe to go to school without having the fear of death.

Throughout the history of the United States, many gun laws have been passed and many have also failed. One of the most recent in memory is the law proposed by current president, Barack Obama. President Obama lets the public know that this is, "Just round 1" in his fight for stricter gun laws (Obama). Obama is showing the people that he is tired of being bullied around by Congress. He is not going to give up his fight for gun laws that easily. One failed bill is not going to stop him and he will fight as long as he is in office to bring new bills to law.

The U.S. Constitution was written in 1787, and even though it was made so long ago, it still serves as the basic framework for our country today. It has lasted with only twenty-four Amendments made to it in the past 228 years; an amazing feat in within itself, considering that the first ten were made within the first five years of having the Constitution and two others cancel themselves out. As well as the large changes made in formal Amendments, there are also small changes made that redefine these words. There are court cases that have arisen in the past and continue to rise up today that can lead to both major change and just tweaks to the rules and principles delegated by the Constitution.

The 2nd amendment is always in dispute. In the article Common Sense Gun Control written by Barack Obama addresses his stance on the topic. The main idea of Barack Obama’s speech was to inform people that the goal is to not take away peoples’ 2nd amendment but to prevent people from buying and killing people with guns. He is trying to persuade them to be for stricter gun control; not taking away the 2nd amendment. He accomplishes this by using different forms of persuasive elements such as using facts, using reasoning, and appealing to the audiences emotion.

President Obama would like to change the gun law(s), therefore we can reduce gun violence (mass murdering, school shootings etc.).

What his plan works toward is keeping guns out of the hands of criminals. The most effective way they see in doing this is by improving background checks. The steps he takes toward improving background checks include requiring federal agencies to make relevant data available to the background check system, addressing legal barriers that withhold information from the system, giving law enforcement the ability to run a full background check before returning a seized gun, and publishing a letter providing guidance on how to run a background checks. My initial assumptions were that none of these efforts even hint towards taking away guns from law-abiding citizens, but instead they are trying to keep guns away from criminals and the mentally unstable. My views have changed after my research. I have learned through our country's history that these laws could be used against us in the future. Especially laws as broad as "addressing legal barriers that withhold information from the background check system". This is a very broad statement and could be twisted in the future. Who decides what legal barriers are acceptable to address? What are the limitations of this law? It is laws like these that may lead to the disarming of the American citizens in the future, even if that is not President Obama's intent.

In this article called Gun Safety Group Sees Room to Reinforce Existing Law by Michael D. Shear, he talks about a mass shooting that took place at a coomunity college in Oregon. President Obama adressed to the news that he had to ask his staff to pretty much get rid of the governments gun laws to see if it would prevent more massacres. A group called Everytown for Gun Safety says that President Obama could help protect any future gun victims from attackers, by decidimg to change a few laws made by the government that are in the books. John Feinbatt who is the president of Everytown said that, the white house needs to take steps in making schools safer by keeping criminals away from guns. He also said that the Justice Department should make

Changing the gun laws has become an attention-getting issue in this modern day and age. According to Wodarz and L.komarova (2013), firearm violence has become a significant problem in the United States, and the rate of firearm-related murders is higher than developed countries. They added that the gun law in this essay can be defined as the proportion of population that can acquire guns easily and legally. This essay will discuss changing the laws in the USA is necessary to reduce firearms-related loss of life by focusing on firstly，the fact that a large number of violence in the United States; next, self-defense by carrying gun and the right of citizens; lastly, after change the gun law in some countries and achieved significant

The second Amendment states “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Throughout the past, that sentence has caused excessive debate. The controversialist is that some citizens claim that a gun control policy is unconstitutional, although other disagree and says that it is necessary in order to minimize crime. Now, what does gun control mean? If it means to examine who is accountable enough to own a gun by a “Worldwide background check”;that sounds ethical to anybody. But in article “Congress blocked Obama’s call for new gun laws after mass shootings.” Obama states “we’re going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics.” Which was referred to the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting that had 26 victims involved, 20 being children that were executed and severely injured which happened on Dec 14, 2012 . Before that Obama's first term record was more focused on gun right than control. In 2010, he signed a bill allowing Amtrak passengers to pack guns in their luggage and carry loaded firearms into national parks. Ruin his 2012 reelection campaign, Obama said he wanted to work toward reintroducing a federal assault weapons ban, because “ Weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don’t belong on our streets. A firearm gives you the power, to defend yourself or to kill someone else. You choose your destiny of what your going to do. The constitution gives you the right to bear arms and any law that tries to revoke this is unconstitutional. If the citizens agree to gun control it will be like giving the key to a brutal government but at the end of the day guns are not the problem, people are. An unarmed civilization is in danger of being distressed by its own government, but an armed civilization can cause harm within its own citizens. Most citizens think that gun control is a solution to fight crime. After that lethal event at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, the gun control topics became very fragile because of the 26 victims that lost their lives. Supporters of gun control claim that if there were no guns on the

Gun laws are slowly getting less strict the effects of that are being shown today, gun laws should stay the same. If the laws are less strict more criminals will be able to buy guns which is bad. If the laws are even more strict then some people might not be able to buy guns to protect themselves and their homes. The government denied 126,000 people out of the 7,831,000 people who applied for them.(Longely) This shows that the government itself is becoming more lenient with gun control. The amount of people that weren't able to get guns were only “about 1.6 percent “ of the total amount.(Longely) The quote shows how the government is slowly denying less and less people so they are eventually going to stop denying altogether! The government needs to make their laws on gun control stay the same as the past, not let it drop more each year.

Susan Frederick is the senior federal affairs counsel at National Conference of State Legislatures. She writes an article, President Obama 's 2015 Executive Actions on Gun Control, in which she gives an overview of President Obama’s actions regarding gun regulation policy. Frederick begins by writing that the new regulations towards gun control are President Obama’s most recent strategy to fight gun violence in America. She then gives a list of the new regulations. Frederick provides an overview of the plan, writing that it will require a background check for all gun sales, ban all military style assault weapons, and limit magazine capacity to 10 rounds. Additionally, Frederick writes that the law improves mental health awareness, provides training for “active shooter” situations to law enforcement, school officials and first responders, and launches a national campaign to promote gun safety and encourage responsible gun ownership.

There have been some big bumps in the road for the people that have tried. The president himself if having problems trying to make stricter gun laws, however, it is not easy for him. The main problem is big gun organizations like National Rifle Association (NRA) and Gun Owners of America (GOA). These organizations have great influence on politicians, mostly because the “politicians fear arguing against those organizations as it could lose them votes” (Newsbeat). These things are making Obama issue a statement directly to these organizations saying “We’ve become numb to this,” (newsbeat). Showing that the people in these organizations need to realize something needs to change or more lives will be lost, however, not only will the organization need to change but everyone will need to change to help protect the

People kill people not guns. When the president talks about gun taking away guns what does it make you think about, does it make you think about a safer america, or would you be scared to live in america without a gun well if you ask me I would be afraid because if someone has an intention of hurting you they're going to do it even if they don't have a gun there intentions are still there so aren't you just taking away the good guys guns and giving the bad guys an advantage.If you were to be driving on your way to work and a drunk driver is driving and crashes into you are you going to make alcohol illegal or make it harder to get alcohol of course not because too many people would fight for what they want and you would surely lose your case