An arm and a leg but, don’t take my “Arms”

By: Robert Blask

The nation is caught with their head spinning on a recent political debate on federal Gun Laws and new restrictions. Gun control supporters joined Governor O’Malley Friday in calling for new regulations. The Maryland Firearms Safety Act requires licensing, training and fingerprinting in order to legally own a gun in the state. The governor’s bill also bans assault-style weapons and magazine clips with more than 10 rounds. On Jan. 16, 2012, President Obama held a press conference to announce his plan for changing the face of gun control in this country. Among his suggested initiatives are universal background checks for gun sales, the reinstatement and strengthening of the assault weapons ban, limiting ammunition magazines to a 10-round capacity, providing schools with resource officers and counselors, putting more police officers on the streets, establishing stronger punishments for gun trafficking, and offering more comprehensive insurance coverage for mental health.
Senate Majority Leader EJ Pipkin said “the governor’s proposals do not address gun crime.”

above shows how that even by taking the guns out of the hands or respected law abiding citizens it does not stop how how criminals will get possession of the guns.

this link below is a 2 hour link although you don't have to watch the whole thing, it is recommended that you scan through and see what representatives have to say.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LWb3XDLrf4

More than 1,300 people signed up to raise their objections last week in a House joint committee hearing Friday. They returned to Annapolis Tuesday to testify for and against 23 gun bills offered by House Delegates related to firearms possession and 

regulation.
while many will argue that guns are dangerous and are resulting in mass casualties and devastation like:
March 8, 2012—Two people were killed and seven wounded at a psychiatric hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when a gunman entered the hospital with two semiautomatic handguns and began firing.
March 31, 2012—A gunman opened fire on a crowd of mourners at a North Miami, Florida, funeral home, killing two people and injuring 12 others.
April 2, 2012—A 43-year-old former student at Oikos University in Oakland, California, walked into his former school and killed seven people, “execution-style.” Three people were wounded.
April 6, 2012—Two men went on a deadly shooting spree in Tulsa, Oklahoma, shooting black men at random in an apparently racially motivated attack. Three men died and two were wounded.
May 29, 2012—A man in Seattle, Washington, opened fire in a coffee shop and killed five people and then himself.

While all these devastating. Guns are not the reason that they were killed. and getting rid of guns because we have police is like getting rid of fire extinguishers because we have firefighters.
in 1791 the constitution 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.  taking our right to arm not only weakens our national defense but makes us more of a prime target to terrorism due to the lack of defense. While we may have the worlds leading military, that did not stop chinese leader Xi Jinping from attacking our defenses from the fear of our military power but of the art of war that “Behind every blade of grass hides a man with gun”. -Sun Tzu it was to our nation’s best interest and to our national defense that our enemies did not know who had the guns just that everyone had one.

people that are saying yes to this law are saying that:

1.  Most violent crimes are committed with guns; thus, restricting gun ownership will likely reduce the number of such crimes.

2.  Lunatics, bullied school kids, disgruntled workers, and others can inflict mass casualties with guns that otherwise wouldn't be possible.

3.  A crime victim who has a gun may be in more danger than an unarmed person since the criminal may kill in perceived self-defense.

4.  Suicides and crimes of passion are higher with gun availability, as it's much easier to act immediately on your impulses when a gun is

and people who are saying no to this bill say:

1.  Criminals will always find a way to obtain their guns, leaving law-abiding citizens without any weapons to use in defense.

2.  Crimes are often prevented by the deterrent effect of the possibility of victim gun possession.

3.  The 2nd Amendment to the Constitution protects the individual's right to gun ownership.

4.  Woman and weaker individuals may have no means of self-defense from rape or other crimes, especially in the inner city.

Both sides make a pretty good claim and show that, Ultimately it is not a good idea to take the arms out of the hands of our citizens. we are preaching to the wrong people because most people who own a firearm are law abiding so punishing them all would remain mute. Being a life member and a big supporter of the NRA I know that this will not go lightly through the eyes of the people.