The amendment that I would like to
add to the constitution is the same sex marriage amendment. I think that it
should be legal for a man and man or woman and woman to get married. If these
people are happy with that person, then why can’t they get married? Twenty nine
states have already made this legal, so why can’t our country just make it
legal? I believe that these people deserve to be happy, just like us. Yes, it
is a little deceiving if you see them in the street PDAing but if that is what
makes them happy then it shouldn’t be any different than seeing a guy and a
girl PDAing. If I was to write this amendment it would say “Any two individuals can get married” and it would be the 28th amendment of the constitution.
Sixteen other countries (and parts of Mexico) also have laws allowing same sex
marriage. It is time for change.
Monday, October 13, 2014
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Bowling for Columbine
After watching Michael Moore’s
documentation on Columbine, it made me realize how gun loving our country
really is. Michael opened my mind up to so many things that I had no idea about
and he also made me realize things about the United States. He showed us a lot of different examples of
gun control, school shootings, .
I believe that the media plays a
huge role in gun control and why people are the way they are in the United
States. I believe that our news tries to
scare people. After I saw “Bowling for Columbine” in class I watched the news
that night to see if it was actually as negative just like Moore said and it
really was! I’ve never realized how negative reporters on the news are!
I believe that people kill people;
guns do not kill people. If someone
wanted to kill someone, he or she is going to find a way to do it with or
without a gun. In the movie, Michael helped the kids that were shot in
Columbine go to KMART to try to plead with them not sell bullets anymore. I
feel that was a pointless thing to do because Eric Horns and Dylan Klebo that
invaded and shot the kids at Columbine could have gotten the bullets from
anywhere. Bullets are sold in thousands of other places other than KMART picking
out KMART and asking them to not sell bullets isn’t going to help the issue
that they want to solve.
The 2nd amendment says
that we have the right to bear arms. I believe that the right to bear arms is a
good thing because we need to protect ourselves, but it can also be a bad thing
because some people can get really carried away. So where do we draw the line?
How do we draw the line? I believe that
the people of the United States need to have more gun control to some extent. I
don’t believe that we need banana clips or magazines. I don’t think our
forefathers saw this coming when they passed this law, I can only imagine what
they are thinking right now. There is no
reason for random people to have these big and powerful guns. One of the most
shocking facts to me in the movie was that in a matter of two years, there was
only been 2 gun murders. Canada has just as many guns or maybe even more than
we do. Why is our gun violence so high and Canada’s is not? Even though the
United States has more people than Canada I really believe that our country has
an issue with guns. What do we in the United States do differently than Canada
to make our gun violence country such an issue?
Barack Obama does not want assault
weapons; I totally agree with him. I don’t believe that people need guns with
more than 4 or 5 shots. He passed 23 executive orders to restrict weapons. He
also is having background checks on all gun sales. A lot of states have laws on how long your
gun can be or how many clips. I agree with Obama. People shouldn’t be able to
just go out and buy a gun. There are
more than 100,000 people shot in the USA every year; it’s time to change
things.
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