Gun Control Is Really Gun Abolition!.

             At about three in the morning, a family residing in decent neighborhood outside of Los Angeles peacefully slept one night. Quietly, a thief picks the front door lock and advances into the living room. After observing no sustainable valuables, he sneaks down the hall into the master bedroom. Thinking that the couple lying in bed would not awake, the criminal begins unloading the jewelry box. As he looks over he notices a terrified woman staring at him. She screams, "Mike wake up!" Mike opens his eyes and sees the criminal rushing towards them. Mike reaches under the bed, meanwhile the criminal reaches for his pistol but he is too late, Mike has already aimed his .357 revolver. The criminal explodes out the bedroom and rushes out the front door. Mike runs to check on his two sons and finds that luckily everyone is safe, this time.

             The Second Amendment protects our "right to bear arms." This is one of, if not the most important rights drafted in the Constitution. Private gun ownership is critically important for self-protection. It is impossible to accept that law enforcement officers will arrive during a life threatening incident, in fact many times the police do not even arrive at a crime scene for several minutes and sometimes hours afterward. Many Gun control laws have already been authorized, aiming towards complete banishment of our Second Amendment right. Complete handgun abolition would be United State"s most dangerous mistake. .

             Handgun restrictions are simply disguised policies of gradual complete firearm abolition. Just recently found in Time Magazine, Bill Clinton was asked if he was seeking total abolition of firearms, he replied, "No, we"re not there YET"(Under the Gun, 42). Our Founding Fathers drafted the Constitution in effort to grant citizens freedom and create a democracy. James Madison praised, " The ADVANTAGE of being armed, which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation.