Gun Control

http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Barack_Obama_Gun_Control.htm


Recently On the Issues, Barack Obama was questioned on his policy on gun control. Obama stated, “I have no intention of taking away folk’s guns.” But he supported the D.C handgun ban, and said that it is constitutional. It seems that he contradicted himself by saying he is okay with letting people keep their guns, but he also is for handgun bans. He states that America has conflicting traditions in this country. There is one tradition of handgun ownership and gun ownership. There are also law-abiding citizens who use them for recreational hobbies and to protect their families, but there are also citizens who use guns for violence. Obama wants to get illegal guns off the street and crack down on the loopholes that exist in terms of background checks for children. Obama states that there can be reasonable, thoughtful gun control.
Obama said that if he becomes president he would like to regulate gun license and register gun owners. Even though Obama would like to license and register gun owners, he does not think that is going to be possible. Obama states, “What we can do is to provide just some common-sense enforcement.” Obama is going to make sure the efforts by the law enforcement to obtain the information to trace guns that were used in crimes to gun dealers without license. He also wants to start cracking down on the abuses of firearms that happen on the streets.
Barack Obama has great intentions on how to control firearms on the streets. It will be interesting to see if he can actually enforce what he wants to make happen. His policy on how to regulate the guns and firearms in our country needs to happen. There needs to be less illegal guns on the streets which would lower the crime rate in America.