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What Gun Owners Should Anticipate with a Democrat AdministrationRight after the presidential elections, rumors of changes in leadership
styles and policies have spawn across the country. The change that is
anticipated to happen is a double-edged sword that will affect the
country positively and negatively. Because of the partisan differences,
the transition of the government from the conservative republican to
the more lax but pro-life democrats is expected. Obama's speeches
during the campaign somehow gives insight that he will be crusading for
gun-less America and will do all possible moves to refrain from
engaging to wars. In a wide view and in the effect of the war on
Afghanistan and Iraq, the sentiments of Obama are but an acceptable
notion. However, there are some small things here that should not slip
out of Obama's eyes as this might cause a grim situation. Gun-less
America is not an answer to peaceful America rather it is synonymous to
defenseless Americans. Criminal rates across the country
heightened as crisis has not yet been leveled and that unemployment
rate rose worst than those 30 years ago. Violence is expected to even
increase as this crisis continues to be in effect and that its
rehabilitation is way projected for about 5 years. Aside from the
crisis, the country is already suffering from lawlessness because of
some factors affecting security policies and other legislations. This
malady is rather sad but can even become sadder if no immediate
intervention can be done with it. Businessmen in America are
usually armed with guns for defense and order in their premises. Small
businesses in addition depend on their guns to foster and advance
safety of the business without having to pay for a security. Too
unfortunate as projected, the next president is pro on passing stricter
laws on gun ownership and dealership. The reason behind this is the
simple notion that the lesser the guns being issued, the lower the
crime that may happen. However, criminals do not always use licensed
and issued guns, most of the time; guns used in crimes are smuggled.
This is what contradicts the stated notion. According to a
legislation passed in Florida, a new gun regulation is to be
implemented with greater emphasis on gun ownership and dealership and
focused mainly on the conduct of background checking of all applicants
for gun ownership and renewing gun owners. The concern also affects gun
dealers in the state including those selling at show rooms, etc.
Background check of gun owners and applicants has been done for quite
sometime already. But according to Florida legislators, there are flaws
in the law that they needed to revise it and make it stricter. There
are resistances however from some factions that say the revising of the
existing law and the implementation may contradict the Constitution
under Human Rights clause. But it was clarified that said law is not
necessarily intended for enforcement but for dealership only. The law
suggests that gun owners be mentally checked to make sure that the
intention for the ownership of the gun is not for a possible
retaliation. A criminal background check will refrain from providing
unlawful person to own deadly weapons publicly. With this
present issue on gun ownership, it is truly easy to say that the penny
has really two faces. Though it may sound safer to have guns for
defense, it cannot be assured when there is an existing law that
prohibits one, in superficial sense, to own a gun. Well, it might not
be that the law prohibits, but because of the strict clauses in there
makes it look something not regulating but prohibiting.
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