Shooting for New Gun Laws?

January 13, 2013:  The Rising Gun Sales

As Washington awaits Vice President Joe Biden's proposal on curbing gun violence, the country has different plans in mind.

You'd think that after the Newtown school shooting that citizens in this "secure" country would quickly wish to take whatever actions necessary to get rid of this violence, right?  Wrong.  According to the New York Times, "gun and ammunition sales are spiking as people rush to expand their arsenals in advance of any restrictions that might be imposed."  Gun cases are emptying.  Shelves are being cleared.  Stores have low inventories.  So obviously the people don't want guns banned, so what do they want?

Apparently, the answer to gun control to most seems to be more background checks.  By closing the loopholes that currently allow 40 percent of gun sales to be made without background checks, hopefully the system could be safer.  The guns would be in the hands of those that can really handle them, solving the issue.  But what about these increased sales now?

At this point, stricter background checks haven't been put into place, so these gun sales happening now aren't as secure.  Maybe citizens only want a chance to protect themselves and are getting the guns now for the future.  And, yeah, it's great for sales!  However, what about those that are purchasing these weapons with possible malicious intentions?  It seems that there will never be one true solution to protect the country from gun violence.  In this day and age, the only thing we can all do is educate ourselves and try to keep the situation as under control as possible.