Comparative Summary

Comparative Summary Everyone was shocked by the massacre in Sandy Hook on December 14, 2012. A 20-years-old boy shot 20 children and 6 adults at a school in Sandy Hook. This news attracted many people’s attentions and caused fierce argument about whether the right of owning guns of American citizens should be restricted. Many people think that we should make limitations on gun control. Joshpe, a conservative and a Republican, discusses the importance of Republicans on the need to make sensible gun laws in the article “Republicans in Need of Sensible Gun Laws”. According to Joshpe, sensible limitations on gun laws will help people protect their families rather than infringing the constitutional rights. M.S., a blogger for The Economist newspaper, discusses the thought of unlimited gun controls is incorrect in the article “The right to commit treason”. In contrast, gun advocates believe that the right of owning guns is unlimited. Williamson (as cited in M.S.) argues that people need weapons to protect themselves and their families. According to Joshpe, Americans have a constitutional right to own guns inside their home to protect their families, but we do need sensible restrictions on owning guns. He wondered that how those gun advocates explained why people need “an assault weapon with a high-capacity magazine” for sportful purposes. After so many massacres happened, more and more Americans think that government needs sensible gun laws to protect citizen’s rights. Jospe, as a Republican, advocates that Republicans pay attention to this problem and take actions. Then they may get more votes from those people who suggest expanded gun restrictions.
Williamson (as cited in M.S.) disagrees with Joshpe and thinks his idea is “stuppid”. Williamson maintains that the constitution guarantees the right to gun ownership and there shouldn’t have limitations on what kinds of weapons Americans can own. He believes Americans have the right to own military-style weapons to

References: Joshpe, B. (2012, December 28). Republicans in need of sensible gun laws. The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved from http://www.sfgate.com/ M.S. (2012, December 30). The right to commit treason [Blog post]. The Economist. Retrieved from http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2012/12/gun-control-1 U.S. Const. amend. II.