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Between the 9/11 terrorists attacks and Edward Snowden's whistle blowing, American's have been debating over whether it is against our constitution to collect massive amounts of data on our citizens through internet uses and phone calls, or it our country's security is more important.

Years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and two years after Edward Snowden's revelations about extensive U.S. government surveillance of phone and internet data, Americans have mixed and conflicting views about government surveillance programs. On the one hand, a majority of Americans oppose the government collecting bulk data on its citizens, others believe there aren't enough limits on what types of data can be collected.

Terrorism certainly created more fear in the west and Americans wanted to feel more safe. Even if it means sacrificing some personal freedoms so that the government catches the crimes before they happen. Recently, it's been seen that it has gotten out of control more than anticipated.

Mayor Bloomberg, of New York City, wants to ban the sell of large sodas and other sugary drinks. The article talks about how if the government can stop the sell of sodas, then what's next, limiting food portions, and meals sold in grocery stores. Thaler an author on these issues, stated that a better way to handle these situations is to nudge people in another direction, like offering kids fruits and veggies in the cafeterias.

This website shows a very good side of why the government should keep away from limiting the personal freedoms in the internet. Also, goes a little into online gambling

Some believe that parents should take control what happen in their families. Those same parents wants the government to handle what happen with other and their lifestyles. The government is trying to decide how to control how a person gambles with or without the interenet. Who are we to tell someone when to gamble and how often to gamble. The internet is a freedom to do what we want to do in it. Each familiy should not be told what to search or what game to play when using the internet.

"It's Personal," published in October of 2010, thinks that limited government can ensure the safety of personal freedoms in America and solve many of our economic problems. Author Pat Toomey describes taxes and health care initiatives, amongst others, as being directly linked to the loss of freedoms to establish a free enterprise system that works.

Buffett said he understands the position of Apple CEO Tim Cook, who does not want to open up the iPhones of everyday Americans to government scrutiny. "I don't know Tim [Cook] real well. Everything I know about his is he's a high-grade an individual as you can imagine," he said.

Apple shouldn't share their info. Once that backdoor is opened it can never be closed

I strongly believe whatever we sign or agree to with keeping our personal life a secret, there is always going to be something there violating our personal rights. We as humans are all different and come from different backgrounds but sine we are not the "law" or we do not know more than the FBI or Apple, they will continue to think it is okay to violate our privacy.

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.

This article basically provides facts and statistics of gun violence throughout the years. It breaks down the different gun violence over the years. The amount of people who own guns today continue to increase dramatically, especially due the recent mass shootings.

Allegedly Japan, as a country, has unified their gun control. You would have to pass competency tests for mental stability as well as physical competency tests to qualify for a gun license, and even then the Japanese government has a hold of firearm production which can limit the output of firearms.