because in 1986 Gore was a Tennesse senator but once he became vice-president his opinion changed because most likely because that was the popular national opinion. The biggest flaw is that the people who face the worst punishment are the people who have registered their guns, and I very highly doubt that criminal tell the state that they have a gun that they have used or plan to use in a crime. This means that for the most part only law-abiding citizens are at risk of having their guns taken away or even being thrown in jail. Even some people who support gun control know that not all laws work the way they are supposed to; “California has some of the country's strictest, most intrusive gun laws. Those didn't prevent the shootings either” (Rimensnyder). There is no perfect law that will make criminals stop using guns illegally or keep guns out of the hands of children. As much as I hate to admit it young kids who don’t know a shotgun from a squirt gun will get a hold of guns, just like kids get a hold of cigarettes and alchohol and drugs. Even drugs, something illegal for anyone to have at any age or any time gets into the hands of kids, not because there is a lack of gun laws but because there is an excess of people who don’t care about those laws. While we may never solve the problem of criminals getting guns, cigarettes, alchohol and drugs to those who don’t fully understand what they have we can absolutely prevent accidental shootings and the solution is not trigger locks or smart guns. Trigger locks, usually used for hand guns, work by locking a pin in between the handle and the trigger which keeps anyone from pulling back the trigger whether it is loaded or not. Smart guns, also usually for hand guns, are still in the experimental stage, some smart guns have a computer chip that attaches to the users watch and another chip inside the gun, now when the chips are not within an inch or two of each other ...
