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Ever since the tragic events of 9/11 2001 and the Patriot Act we Americans have been from a continued erosion of our freedoms, privacy and constitutional rights in the name of fighting terrorism. Our constitution is the only thing that protects our rights from any individual, group, or government that for any reason oversteps the boundary to erode our individual freedom. Lately the issue of gun control has become ingrained in the mainstream media. With the Aurora, Colorado massacre and the Sandy Hook elementary shooting still fresh on the public minds the mainstream media has been the public medium where the heated debate has erupted regarding the second amendment of the constitution or right to bear arms.

Private gun ownership is constantly being assaulted by new laws and legislation limiting and imposing ever increasing licensing requirements and restrictions to legally own a firearm, but have we gone too far? The first laws enacted further restricting gun ownership have already been passed in some states. For example, a bill that bans the ownership of any gun magazines that holds more than 15 rounds has passed the Colorado senate committee on March of this year. New York, Congressman, Steve Israel since last year has been pursuing for the renewal of the soon to expire Undetectable Firearms Act, to even include something that is still in the experimental or prototype stage; firearms or parts of firearms that could in the future be easily printed using a new wave of affordable 3d printers hitting the consumer market.

The bill would not only ban the use of weapons that cannot be detected using a metal detector, but any firearm party that could potentially be manufactured in the future using 3d printer technology (Greenburg). This all out assault from the mainstream media, the federal government and local government regarding further limiting our right to bear arms is an illegal immoral attempt to further limit our individual freedoms, security of the free state, and further erode our U.S. Constitution (Salsman).

Work Cited PageGreenburg, A. 15 April 2013. “Lawmaker Seeks to Extend 3D-Printed Gun Ban Bill To Ammo Magazines And Other Components,” Forbes. 15 April 2013. Salsman, R. 21 December 2012. “Gutting The 2nd Amendment Is Not The Way to Deter Mass.” Forbes. 15 April 2013.