Emily Peterson

ejpeterson@stcloudtimes.com

Liberals don’t want to take your guns. All liberals want to do is to enforce gun restrictions to insure a psychopath won’t have easy, legal access to buy a gun.

To purchase a gun, one should have to go through a background check to prove they are mentally stable and responsible enough to safely own a gun.

Statistics show that the majority of people who buy a gun for self-defense are less than 1 percent likely to actually use the gun for its intended purpose. That means placing certain restrictions on laws regarding conceal-and-carry permits would not affect the safety of the general population.

Also, if someone is not a felon or dangerous criminal, and would pass any background checks, they have no moral reason to object to any extensive checks to insure safety of the general population.

Even though conservatives would make the argument that people who want guns badly enough would be able to buy one anyway, the fact is that it would be much more difficult for said person to obtain the weapon.

Guns are fantastic when used properly, safely and legally. To prevent a complete ban on guns, we should allow stricter background checks to provide a safer environment for the country.