Gun politics in the United States

Why is gun control so controversial?

Many people believe that gun control laws violate our constiutional right to bear arms. Others believe that high rates of gun violence justify more restrictions on firearms.

Modern firearm technology has made the issue of gun control more complicated. Today we have weapons that our Founding Fathers could never have dreamed of.

Because america was borne from slavery we were being enslaved by a tyrant power and left them to start a new life.(The tea party)Our forefathers said it best,"The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
-- Thomas Jefferson -Letter to William S. Smith, Paris, Nov. 13, 1787
The said Constitution [shall] be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms."

-- Massachusetts' U.S. Constitution ratification convention, 1788 James Madison, of Virginia:

If we weren't so violent we wouldn't need guns to "defend" ourselves. You don't need a Tec-9 to kill deer.