There has been a TON of controversy over this lately. Personally, I believe that we do not need stricter gun laws because it is a person's right to be able to defend themselves, and in addition, a people's right to defend themselves in the case that their government might turn tyrannical; this was the purpose of the second amendment. Arguments for the other side include how guns are incredibly dangerous and lead to such events like school shootings; people usually cite countries like Japan and Australia that have a full ban on guns except for the army etc, and have seen relatively less criminal gun use.
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I think you're on the right track here. I personally don't believe that we need stricter gun laws, instead we need heavier penalties for crimes committed with firearms. I personally believe that owning a Firearm is a right, and that rights cannot be restricted or regulated otherwise they would be privileges. This wouldn't stop us however, from enacting new penalties and criminal punishments for committing a crime with a Firearm. I think too many thugs are essentially unscathed from the judicial system so long as they don't fall into the 1st degree category for violent crimes committed with a firearm.
See the tables for yourselves, we're spread even in some areas but most areas look pretty ridiculous for 2nd and 3rd degree manslaughter.
https://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/rpt/2013-R-0186.htm
And don't ask me how you can be convicted of KIDNAPPING with a firearm and only be sentenced to 20 years. I think we can all agree, if you steal a child at gunpoint....you should probably be exiled from the U.S. We're not talking about a minor lapse in judgement here.
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