On gun control
Gun control has once again become a hot topic of debate since the tragedy at Sandy Hook elementary in which twenty children and six adults were fatally shot. The Obama administration, never letting a good crisis go to waste, was quick to ride the wave of emotionalism to purpose sweeping firearms reform. President Obama in his speech at the Sandy Hook prayer vigil asked "Can we honestly say that we're doing enough to keep our children — all of them — safe from harm?" I'm inclined to believe that if Mr. Obama really cared about children he wouldn't support abortion in the first place. But I digress, on to gun control... While the those that support gun control have good intentions, it is based upon two assumptions that are both false. The first assumption is that gun control works. Past gun control attempts have shown that gun control is only effective in disarming law abiding citizens, it is not true for criminals who disregard the law anyways. For example in...