safe from crime. I strongly support the second amendment. I think it should be every citizen’s right to own a gun for hunting or protection provided that they have a license and are educated about gun safety. I am in favor of laws that keep guns out of the hands of criminals and away from children. I support increasing the number of community police on our streets, and give them the high-tech tools and the training they need to keep crime down. I am for strengthening the laws against serious criminals. I am strongly for victim rights. I support the “Megan’s Law” requiring that people should be told if a sex offender lives in their area. (Federal Sentencing Reporter 10). Statistics indicate that strangers commit only one percent of violent crimes against women (The New American Magazine). I want to be protected, if I am in this small percentage. When a woman awakens and sees a male stranger crawling through her window and heading toward her bed, he is not a small percentage. He is a 100 percent fiend. But, if she had a pistol under her pillow and knew how to use it, she could make him a 100 percent corpse, and the world would be a far better place (The New American Magazine). That is my reason for supporting the second amendment. BibliographyHammer, Marion. “United We Stand, Divided We Fall.” American Hunter June 1998James Dao, New York Times, p. A18 May 3, 2000Lee, Robert, “Gun Report” The New American Magazine, November 11, 1996 Mauer, Marc. "Preventing and Fighting Crime, What Works?" FDCH Congressional Testimony, 10/02/2000“Where They Agree: Regarding Guns,” Associated Press. Los Angeles Times April 21, 2000 www.AlGore2000.com/issues/crime. May 16, 1999www.georgebush.com/crime...
