Current Event Quiz #1.1

1. Walmart stop selling handgun/short barrel rifle ammo because the recent shootings happening at Walmarts or deaths happening in their stores.
2. January, 2014
3. the J.J. Pickle Research Campus at 10100 Burnet Road
4. It's a blitz package that utilizes 8 defensive backs
5. GSD&M

Long Response:

1. After the recent shootings, Trump is being pressured to allow "red flag" laws. This will also allow background checks to be required for people with guns. However, it doesn't seem likely that any such laws will be passed.

2. Red flag laws allow someone's guns to be taken away from them if they seem to be a harm to themselves or others due to issues such as being mentally unstable. From other sources other than the paper I read, I hear that these laws will allow a doctor or someone to report to a judge without notifying you, allowing for you guns to be taken away for a few weeks before you are even allowed to defend yourself. These are also known as "ex-girlfriend laws" because if someone just wants revenge, like an ex-girlfriend, they can just go up to a judge, say their's something wrong with you, and you get your guns taken away, even if you are perfectly fine.

3. I do believe that there should be some sort of background check for gun ownership, but red flag laws are just a method for trying to remove people's gun rights. If someone get's their guns taken away by a red flag law, and their house gets broken into by someone with gun, and they are both healthy minded, the victim has no way to defend themselves. Stricter regulations are just ways to work around the 2nd amendment and eventually take away our guns. They may be intended for good, but there is bound to be someone who will abuse it.

4. Yes I do. If our guns get taken away, or the requirements to use them become so strict that we practically can't, gun violence is going to skyrocket. The law abiding citizens who use guns to protect themselves will obey the law and give up the guns, but the criminals, the people who cause the gun laws to be enforced, won't. The violence rates will go up significantly, and I believe this happened to Australia, so there is a clear idea of what will happen.

5. I feel that gun control should be a state determination, not federal. If gun restrictions get out of hand and become bans, the states could fall into chaos. This will allow for some states to hopefully make smart choices about this. However, bad federal level decisions could very easily cause the entire country to fall.