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Widow to Navy Seal Sniper Chris Kyle confronts Obama at a Town Hall conference hosted and televised by CNN. Taya Kyle said that with Obama trying to make a law on sticker background checks for gun control is giving people "false hope", saying that a background check is not going to stop anyone including her from getting a gun.She mentions that there are already "thousands" of gun control laws that are not being enforced and only a fraction of them are being prosecuted.

Long line are forming at gun shows. Many are anxious in buying a gun. However, many sellers are not require to preform a background check and many gun show sellers feel that this is the way it should be. Saying that the government shouldn't control who should purchase guns.

President Obama's executive action to expand gun sale background checks has opened up a legal can of worms. Specifying he means that background checks were a joke before he came into office. Anyone was cable of buying a gun with with no worries since President Obama been in office its mandatory for everyone to get a background check before the purchase of the weapon.

This article explains the leniency of Arizona gun laws. People in the state of Arizona are even allowed to carry concealed weapons into some government buildings. Anyone over the age of 21 can possess a gun without a permit and without a complete background check.

The contents of this article covers the lenient laws surrounding the law that allows citizens to carry concealed weapons with little to no training, and little to know knowledge of the purchasers background, placing society in danger.

This sites confirms that Arizona has some of the most lenient gun laws, but that if the background had more restrictions it would be a violation of the 2nd Ammendment

This is about making the new gun laws but two people debating on weather or not they should be new laws or if they should just have stronger enforcement and better background checks.

The writer of this article believes America has a gun problem based on these statistics. They are starting to issue background checks when purchasing firearms to hopefully stop people who have bad intentions. It also talks about how much money guns are costing u.s. taxpayers based on the medical bills, etc. that follow guns when they are purchased by the wrong people.

10 solutions that might help illegal immigration. See what's number 1.

Top 10 Solutions to Illegal Immigration in the USA Illegal immigration has long been a problem in the U.S. The government has certain legislative policies in place to deal with this problem. Despite these efforts immigration continues to be rising problem in the U.S.

Gives solutions to stop the increase of illegal immigrants that come into the United States. They think that strengthening border security might work as well as making it harder for illegals to live in America by using background checks, ect. They even promote the idea that maybe if living here is so difficult, then maybe illegal immigrants might even want to leave voluntarily.

This article talks about the protections of the HIPAA Privacy Rule and how the Obama administration's gun control plan will disclose patient information without their consent for background check purposes.

In one year ages ranging from 0-19, 17,499 shootings happen from homicides, assaults, suicides, suicide attempts, accidental shootings and police intervene. 40% of guns sold in America are sold without a background check.

By focusing on certain categories of mental illness researchers say federal gun law overlooks those at greater risk of violence. The government believes that it is very important that they keep guns away from the mentally ill individuals in our society.

Those with mental illness are shown to have a higher risk of acting out violent crimes (specifically with the use of a gun). However, this is not the case all of the time due to the fact that there are still an abundant amount of shootings each year where the criminal(s) behind the weapon do not have any mental illnesses. We should be looking into the psychological factors of the criminals behind the gun, but also doing more extensive background checks and setting stricter limitations on who is able to purchase/receive guns.

Actions the president is taking to keep guns out of the wrong hands. One way of doing this is by doing background checks and making sure that guns are not being sold to criminals.

Among other things, Arizona does not: Require a background check prior to the transfer of a firearm between private, unlicensed parties; Prohibit

Pros and Cons for gun control

In this article it gives both pros and cons of enacting the gun laws. Tells you both aspects of how certain situations can be reduce for example suicide. Some people believe if the government would have a stricter laws for gun control. Less harm of hurting others or yourself can have a big role. People who don't agree with gun control believes if their are more background checks its invading their privacy.

Obama gives a speech in regards to gun control and how he plans to handle this controversial issue. He discusses intensifying background checks on those wishing to purchase a gun.

In 1995, a permit-to-purchase handgun law went into effect in Connecticut, stating that people who want to buy a gun must apply for a license (or permit) with the local police, a process that involves a background check, as well as complete at least eight hours of gun safety training. Since this law, homicide has seen a reduction in that area but there is still more that needs to be done.

President Obama talks about how he will make a stand against gun violence making sure background checks are enforced . He mentions that America is dealing with sadness with school shootings and violence across the country wants to change that. Mr. Obama felt it was his duty to stop this act before it gets out of control.

Illegal gun trafficking and poor background checks are what American's who want to "ban" our second amendment should be looking into. There has been a great deal of public shootings and many have blamed the guns for doing the killing. When in fact, all guns that are involved in these shooting and many crimes, are illegal, or not registered.

This article looks at the gun control laws in other countries and the reasons why they developed those laws. IN 2012 the death of 20 children at a school in Newtown Connecticut caused an upraise in the debate on whether we should have a more strict gun control law or not. President Obama tried getting semi-automatics and military style weapons banned and having a more strict background check was defeated in the senate in 2013. Since the mass shootings in 2015 Obama is trying to rekindle the bill.

Mike Rowe talks about what would actually happen if heavier gun control laws were laid down. He talks about how he thinks a heavier background check would not do much to a criminal purchasing a gun illegally. He says then that if we cannot control the government, why would we want to make it bigger by handing over our guns.

We do need stronger gun control laws, but either way I feel as if anyone now a days think its okay to have self defense as in automatically killing someone. Self defense is a mechanism as to which keeps oneself safe, as well as stopping the offender in a way that does not kill them, only stops; by saying that does not mean "go kill them" and that is what most people believe now a days is what self defense is, just by killing another individual.