{"id":95,"date":"2012-12-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rokadudle\/a-better-solution-to-gun-control\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T19:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T19:10:29","slug":"a-better-solution-to-gun-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rokadudle\/a-better-solution-to-gun-control\/","title":{"rendered":"A Better Solution to Gun Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Since the recent Sandy Hook shootings, the argument for gun control has been on the tip of everyone\u2019s tongues.<\/h2>\n<p><em>Gun control<\/em> is the obvious solution to such heinous crimes. \u00a0We would be able to regulate who would be able to own and operate a gun. \u00a0Also, everyone would have a license to operate a gun, thereby making them a public registrant.<\/p>\n<p>But is this really the answer?<\/p>\n<h2>Gun Control and the 2nd Amendment<\/h2>\n<p>The 2nd Amendment is a VERY OLD amendment, based in a history that dates back to the colonial times. \u00a0However, no one has ever seem to be able to eradicate from the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Why is that?<\/p>\n<p>When the 2nd Amendment was ratified, we were still fighting a war against the British in 1689. \u00a0The \u201cright to bear arms\u201d came out of giving the people the right to form their own militia to defend against a tyrannical government.<\/p>\n<p>Do we have that problem anymore?<\/p>\n<p>The only way the Amendment has any basis for keeping it around today is \u201cfacilitating\u00a0against a natural right of self-defense.\u201d \u00a0But what would happen if <strong>gun control<\/strong> was legalized and the right to bear arms was stiffened to just people who hunt? \u00a0Who would we have a right to defend ourselves against?<\/p>\n<p>Gun control is a solution that warrants consideration on the ground that it doesn\u2019t have any bearing to today\u2019s current situation. \u00a0The world would be safe if there were NO GUNS ALLOWED! \u00a0All we\u2019d have to defend ourselves against would be muggers, robbers, and people carrying knives.<\/p>\n<h2>Alternate Solution to Gun Control<\/h2>\n<p>Although this has nothing to do with gun control whatsoever, Morgan Freeman made a GREAT argument that investing in mental health research might possibly solve the issue of people gunning down whole groups of innocent people<\/p>\n<p>What makes a person come to the decision to kill innocent people? \u00a0Is it mental health?<\/p>\n<p>Would talking to a counselor or giving them drugs help bring their bodily function back to equilibrium?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s possible. \u00a0There were unresolved demons at work inside these killers.<\/p>\n<p>What I find extremely disturbing about the Sandy Hook killer is how NO ONE knew him well enough to say anything important about him. \u00a0How sad it is to go through life without ANY friends or anyone to confide in?<\/p>\n<p>Did he confide with anyone in his own house? \u00a0Even his brother\u2019s friends knew OF him, but knew nothing ABOUT him. \u00a0Is that a sad household when your own brother does not even acknowledge his own existence?<\/p>\n<h2>The REAL Solution to Gun Control<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0Don\u2019t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.<br \/>\n&#8211; Dolly Parton<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>How true is that? \u00a0Our values have shifted dramatically in the last 30 years. \u00a0No longer is the family the center piece of our lives. \u00a0Our work is more important.<\/p>\n<p>What does this do?<\/p>\n<p>We neglect our children growing up. \u00a0We forget to just BE with them and watch them grow and nurture them and succeed as parents and fail as parents\u2026in front of them.<\/p>\n<p>Although I would love to make a law for parent control in order to make sure children grow up with loving parents, that\u2019s unlikely and stupid.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re reading this and you\u2019ve wondered how you can make a living AND be at home with your children to watch them grow, it\u2019s possible you should take a look at what I\u2019m presenting.<\/p>\n<p>The quality of people\u2019s lives have increased dramatically. \u00a0Yes, they are happy about making enough money to sustain a lifestyle AWAY from the job world, but they are MORE excited to BE with their families.<\/p>\n<p>Is that exciting or what?<\/p>\n<p>Click on the button below. \u00a0Take a look at the FREE video that is helping people LIVE the life they have wanted to live AND have a life at the same time.<\/p>\n<h3>Gun control may be a long-term solution to the senseless violence that has taken place in the last 12 years, but being apart of your children\u2019s lives will solve many problems of the world.<\/h3>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the recent Sandy Hook shootings, the argument for gun control has been on the tip of everyone\u2019s tongues. Gun control is the obvious solution to such heinous crimes. \u00a0We would be able to regulate who would be able to own and operate a gun. \u00a0Also, everyone would have a license to operate a gun, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":759,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[211,212,213],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-empower-network","tag-gun-control","tag-gun-control-laws","tag-morgan-freeman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rokadudle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rokadudle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rokadudle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rokadudle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/759"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rokadudle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rokadudle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rokadudle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions\/115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rokadudle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rokadudle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rokadudle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}