Isabelle Ross, an intern for Washington Monthly writes about a gun control legislation that is being introduce in House. The legislation targets the ban of bump stocks, which is a tool that modifies semi-automatic guns, to fire at the same pace as an automatic firearm. Ross argues that the Bump Stock legislation is not a big enough change, that will change the way gun control is regulated in the Unite States. She argues that extensive gun control laws will never be in place, unless gun-control groups rally together and find a "unifying strategy." She claims that in 2013, the NRA spent 62 times more money on lobbying, than the leading gun-control organization.
Ross makes a good argument in her article. The NRA has amassed a mass of supporters when it comes to firearms, because they have associated guns with "freedom" and "protection." While gun-control groups fight on the political front, the NRA fights using the fact that people are so attached to the right to bear arms amendment. I personally think that if after the Sandy Hook shooting, there was no change in gun-control policies, I honestly do not think that there is going to be any changes soon. The U.S showed the world that it was okay with gun violence, when innocent children were killed, and gun-control remained the same.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/10/13/gun-control-groups-need-a-new-strategy/
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/10/13/gun-control-groups-need-a-new-strategy/
On October 20,2017 My classmate Djaneaou’s blog titled Gun Control Groups Need a New Strategy, I commented my thoughts to the article.
ReplyDeleteI choose to comment on this blog post because most of blogs that I did over the semester were regarding violence and gun control. I Honestly agree with you Djenabou regarding that nothing has or will change with the gun control. We keep on having tragedies every day and a lot of innocent people are getting killed. I totally agree with your argument but United States have not done anything to save lives but they keep on coming up with new guns and more violence. I enjoy reading your article because I felt the same way about guns and I really think that the violence should stop. Bringing new guns and having more violence wouldn’t stop deaths of innocent people.